EMS 1055 EVALUATION EXAMS SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔placenta rupture - ✔✔A tear in the uterine wall and/or placenta
-painful, dark red vaginal bleeding
-patient cannot stand up
-transport knee to chest or comfortable position
✔✔Florida Power and Light - ✔✔1.Full Term
2.Preterm
3.Abortions (included planned and unplanned)
4.Living children
ex: Para 2-1-1-3 for a women with 2 full term deliveries, 1 pre term delivery, 1
abortion,and 3 living children
✔✔Tuberculosis - ✔✔-caused by mycobacterium
-usually seen in the apex CXR
-airborne and highly contagious when patient is symptomatic
-most people are asymptomatic
treatment
-supportive care
-protect yourself and others from exposure
symptoms
-productive cough
-poor appeite
-chest pain
-coughing up blood or mucous
✔✔influenza (flu) - ✔✔acute viral infection of airways
-fever, malaise, cough, sore throat, myalgia, eye pain
treatment
-tamiflu and other antiviral drugs
✔✔type 1 diabetes mellitus - ✔✔A chronic condition in which the pancreas produces
little or no insulin.
✔✔type 2 diabetes mellitus - ✔✔A chronic condition that affects the way the body
processes blood sugar (glucose).
✔✔Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - ✔✔a life threatening condition that affects people with
diabetes
, -It occurs when body starts breaking down fat at a rate that is much too fast
-the liver processes fat into a fuel called ketones which causes blood to become acidic
-blood glucose 250 or higher
-much more common in type 1 diabeties
symptoms
-polydipsia
-polyuria
-polyphagia
signs
-low GCS
-confusion
-ketotic breath
-kussmal breathing
-tachycardia, hypotension, dehydration
✔✔hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state - ✔✔-complication with diabetes in which high
blood sugar results in high osmolarity without significant ketoacidosis.
-most common in type 1 diabetics
-symptoms include dehydration, weakness, leg cramps, vision problems, and altered
LOC
-blood glucose >600mg/dL
✔✔diabetes insipidus - ✔✔-causes fluid imbalance in body
-caused by insufficient or ineffective ADH, nothing to do with blood glucose or insulin
-S/S include severe polydipsia, and polyuria, leg cramps, and fatigue
✔✔Narcotic overdose - ✔✔1. emergency kit (ABCD): airway suction, endotracheal
intubation, iv access, normal saline, thiamine, dextose, naloxone (one time)+traditional
orders 2. pulse oximetry, cardiac and bp monitor 3 ABG, CBC, BMP (glucose), urine
output, urine toxicology, blood alcohol, CXR, EKG, LFT... 4 NG tube, activated charcoal
and naloxone (continue), psychiatry consult, suicide contract,
✔✔Methamphetamine - ✔✔a powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central
nervous system, with speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood
changes; over time, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels
- dilated pupils
✔✔Types of bandages - ✔✔Gauze, compression, triangular, tube
✔✔Types of bandaging - ✔✔-figure 8
-reverse spiral (use when using non elastically bandages)
✔✔How to treat chemical burns - ✔✔-remove source
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔placenta rupture - ✔✔A tear in the uterine wall and/or placenta
-painful, dark red vaginal bleeding
-patient cannot stand up
-transport knee to chest or comfortable position
✔✔Florida Power and Light - ✔✔1.Full Term
2.Preterm
3.Abortions (included planned and unplanned)
4.Living children
ex: Para 2-1-1-3 for a women with 2 full term deliveries, 1 pre term delivery, 1
abortion,and 3 living children
✔✔Tuberculosis - ✔✔-caused by mycobacterium
-usually seen in the apex CXR
-airborne and highly contagious when patient is symptomatic
-most people are asymptomatic
treatment
-supportive care
-protect yourself and others from exposure
symptoms
-productive cough
-poor appeite
-chest pain
-coughing up blood or mucous
✔✔influenza (flu) - ✔✔acute viral infection of airways
-fever, malaise, cough, sore throat, myalgia, eye pain
treatment
-tamiflu and other antiviral drugs
✔✔type 1 diabetes mellitus - ✔✔A chronic condition in which the pancreas produces
little or no insulin.
✔✔type 2 diabetes mellitus - ✔✔A chronic condition that affects the way the body
processes blood sugar (glucose).
✔✔Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - ✔✔a life threatening condition that affects people with
diabetes
, -It occurs when body starts breaking down fat at a rate that is much too fast
-the liver processes fat into a fuel called ketones which causes blood to become acidic
-blood glucose 250 or higher
-much more common in type 1 diabeties
symptoms
-polydipsia
-polyuria
-polyphagia
signs
-low GCS
-confusion
-ketotic breath
-kussmal breathing
-tachycardia, hypotension, dehydration
✔✔hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state - ✔✔-complication with diabetes in which high
blood sugar results in high osmolarity without significant ketoacidosis.
-most common in type 1 diabetics
-symptoms include dehydration, weakness, leg cramps, vision problems, and altered
LOC
-blood glucose >600mg/dL
✔✔diabetes insipidus - ✔✔-causes fluid imbalance in body
-caused by insufficient or ineffective ADH, nothing to do with blood glucose or insulin
-S/S include severe polydipsia, and polyuria, leg cramps, and fatigue
✔✔Narcotic overdose - ✔✔1. emergency kit (ABCD): airway suction, endotracheal
intubation, iv access, normal saline, thiamine, dextose, naloxone (one time)+traditional
orders 2. pulse oximetry, cardiac and bp monitor 3 ABG, CBC, BMP (glucose), urine
output, urine toxicology, blood alcohol, CXR, EKG, LFT... 4 NG tube, activated charcoal
and naloxone (continue), psychiatry consult, suicide contract,
✔✔Methamphetamine - ✔✔a powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central
nervous system, with speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood
changes; over time, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels
- dilated pupils
✔✔Types of bandages - ✔✔Gauze, compression, triangular, tube
✔✔Types of bandaging - ✔✔-figure 8
-reverse spiral (use when using non elastically bandages)
✔✔How to treat chemical burns - ✔✔-remove source
