OEC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Patients who have a foreign body in their eye will likely
a. be sensitive to bright light
b. have pain that indicated an infection has started.
c. Be able to open their eyes easily
d. experience no pain or discomfort - Answers - a. be sensitive to bright light
The major cause of death in avalanche victims is
a. severe hypothermia
b. trauma
c. asphyxiation
d. bleeding - Answers - c. asphyxiation
Which of the following actions should you take to decrease a patients heat loss due to
radiation?
a. Put a hat on the patients head
b. Turn off all fans in the room
c. Wipe the patients skin down with warm water
d. Apply warm packs to the patients body - Answers - a. Put a hat on the patients head
While a 61-year old female in cardiac arrest receives emergency care you note that her
abdomen grows larger with each ventilation provided from a bag-valve mask. What
instructions should you provide?
a. "try delivering each ventilation quickly , and lets slow down the rate."
b. The ventilation rate and force of ventilation need to be increased so that air reaches
the lungs
c. Lets slow the ventilation rate to 12 per minute and not squeeze in as much air with
each breath
d. I need another rescuer to apply firm pressure over the stomach while we ventilate this
patient - Answers - c. Lets slow the ventilation rate to 12 per minute and not squeeze as
much air with each breath.
A 25-year old woman arrives in the aid room with her husband. She is 37 weeks
pregnant and in labor. Your exam reveals the babys head is coming out of the mother.
Have someone call for EMS, and prepare for delivery of the baby. Which of the
following actions would you take?
a. Tell her husband that the hospital is only 10 min away and that he should taker her
there
b. Obtain her vital signs and call for an ambulance to take her to the hospital.
c. Open and prepare an obsterical kit.
,d. Have her hold her legs together to prevent delivery until ALS ambulance arrives -
Answers - c. Open and prepare an obsterical kit
Special operations is a term used to denote:
a. infrequently performed activities that require specialized training , skills and
equiptment in a remote setting
b. Protocols OEC Technicians use when working with an ambulance service in an urban
setting
c. a federal team that is organized to handle mass casualty situations involving
mountainous terrain
d. a specialized procedure that is used for victims of chemical terrorism events and that
involves both decontamination and drug injections - Answers - a. infrequently performed
activities that require specialized training , skills and equiptment in a remote setting
Which of the following factors that can affect shock must be kept in mind?
a. Signs of shock do not appear until two pints of blood is lost
b. A person in poor health cannot tolerate the same amount of blood loss as a healthier
c. The amount of blood loss is easily estimated by the amount of blood visible on the
snow.
d. Adults show signs of shock much more quickly than do 6 year olds - Answers - b. A
person in poor health cannot tolerate the same amount of blood loss as a healthier
The coccyx is
a. The neck
b. The upper back
c. the tailbone
d. the lower back - Answers - c. the tailbone
Which of the following situations is occurring in the body of a person in shock?
a. The cells are getting glucose and other nutrients but not oxygen
b. The amount of oxygen reaching the cells is adequate, but carbon dioxide is not being
removed.
c. The blood contains an adequate amount of oxygen but not enough nutrients for cells
to survive.
d. The cells are not getting enough oxygen and nutrients. - Answers - d. The cells are
not getting enough oxygen and nutrients.
YOu have been called to aid a patient with abdominal pain . The patient states that he
recently had his gall bladder removed. As an OEC Technician, you realize that the
gallbladder is located in the:
a. left upper abdominal quadrant
b. right upper abdominal quadrant
c. lower left abdominal quadrant
d. lower right abdominal quadrant - Answers - b. right upper abdominal quadrant
, A patient complains of severe and sharp pain in the right lower abdominal quadrant.
Based on the locations, what organ or structure is nost likely involved>
a. The liver
b. The kidney
c. The spleen
d. The appendix - Answers - d. The appendix
Which of the following statements concerning allergies is true?
a. Allergies affect young healthy individuals only
b. An allergic reaction to a substance can occur minutes, or hours, after exposure to the
substance
c. Once hyper-sensitized to a substance, a given individual will experience allergic
reactions to the substance randomly, not consistently
d. Anaphylaxis is the mildest type of allergic reaction - Answers - b. An allergic reaction
to a substance can occur minutes, or hours, after exposure to the substance
A man lying in the prone position is:
a. sitting with his legs slightly bent
b. lying face down on his stomach
c. lying face up on his back.
d. lying on his back with his legs elevated higher than his head - Answers - b. lying face
down on his stomach
An OEC Technician identifies the medications a patient takes during which portion of an
patient assessment?
a. The primary assessmenbt
b. the OPQRST exam
c. the chief complaint
d. the SAMPLE history - Answers - d. the SAMPLE history
You have been called to an unknown medical emergency. On scene you are presented
with an 84-year-old patient who is confused and does not obey commands. Which of
the following action would be most useful in determining the patient's normal mental
status?
a. Examine the patients pupils
b. Question the patient's family
c. Identify the patient's medications
d. Check the patient's vital signs - Answers - b. Question the patient's family
Dislocating a shoulder after catching a ski pole on a tree branch is an example of an
injury caused by which MOI?
a. Rotational injury
b. Blunt injury
c. wiplash injury
d. compression injury - Answers - a . Rotational injury
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Patients who have a foreign body in their eye will likely
a. be sensitive to bright light
b. have pain that indicated an infection has started.
c. Be able to open their eyes easily
d. experience no pain or discomfort - Answers - a. be sensitive to bright light
The major cause of death in avalanche victims is
a. severe hypothermia
b. trauma
c. asphyxiation
d. bleeding - Answers - c. asphyxiation
Which of the following actions should you take to decrease a patients heat loss due to
radiation?
a. Put a hat on the patients head
b. Turn off all fans in the room
c. Wipe the patients skin down with warm water
d. Apply warm packs to the patients body - Answers - a. Put a hat on the patients head
While a 61-year old female in cardiac arrest receives emergency care you note that her
abdomen grows larger with each ventilation provided from a bag-valve mask. What
instructions should you provide?
a. "try delivering each ventilation quickly , and lets slow down the rate."
b. The ventilation rate and force of ventilation need to be increased so that air reaches
the lungs
c. Lets slow the ventilation rate to 12 per minute and not squeeze in as much air with
each breath
d. I need another rescuer to apply firm pressure over the stomach while we ventilate this
patient - Answers - c. Lets slow the ventilation rate to 12 per minute and not squeeze as
much air with each breath.
A 25-year old woman arrives in the aid room with her husband. She is 37 weeks
pregnant and in labor. Your exam reveals the babys head is coming out of the mother.
Have someone call for EMS, and prepare for delivery of the baby. Which of the
following actions would you take?
a. Tell her husband that the hospital is only 10 min away and that he should taker her
there
b. Obtain her vital signs and call for an ambulance to take her to the hospital.
c. Open and prepare an obsterical kit.
,d. Have her hold her legs together to prevent delivery until ALS ambulance arrives -
Answers - c. Open and prepare an obsterical kit
Special operations is a term used to denote:
a. infrequently performed activities that require specialized training , skills and
equiptment in a remote setting
b. Protocols OEC Technicians use when working with an ambulance service in an urban
setting
c. a federal team that is organized to handle mass casualty situations involving
mountainous terrain
d. a specialized procedure that is used for victims of chemical terrorism events and that
involves both decontamination and drug injections - Answers - a. infrequently performed
activities that require specialized training , skills and equiptment in a remote setting
Which of the following factors that can affect shock must be kept in mind?
a. Signs of shock do not appear until two pints of blood is lost
b. A person in poor health cannot tolerate the same amount of blood loss as a healthier
c. The amount of blood loss is easily estimated by the amount of blood visible on the
snow.
d. Adults show signs of shock much more quickly than do 6 year olds - Answers - b. A
person in poor health cannot tolerate the same amount of blood loss as a healthier
The coccyx is
a. The neck
b. The upper back
c. the tailbone
d. the lower back - Answers - c. the tailbone
Which of the following situations is occurring in the body of a person in shock?
a. The cells are getting glucose and other nutrients but not oxygen
b. The amount of oxygen reaching the cells is adequate, but carbon dioxide is not being
removed.
c. The blood contains an adequate amount of oxygen but not enough nutrients for cells
to survive.
d. The cells are not getting enough oxygen and nutrients. - Answers - d. The cells are
not getting enough oxygen and nutrients.
YOu have been called to aid a patient with abdominal pain . The patient states that he
recently had his gall bladder removed. As an OEC Technician, you realize that the
gallbladder is located in the:
a. left upper abdominal quadrant
b. right upper abdominal quadrant
c. lower left abdominal quadrant
d. lower right abdominal quadrant - Answers - b. right upper abdominal quadrant
, A patient complains of severe and sharp pain in the right lower abdominal quadrant.
Based on the locations, what organ or structure is nost likely involved>
a. The liver
b. The kidney
c. The spleen
d. The appendix - Answers - d. The appendix
Which of the following statements concerning allergies is true?
a. Allergies affect young healthy individuals only
b. An allergic reaction to a substance can occur minutes, or hours, after exposure to the
substance
c. Once hyper-sensitized to a substance, a given individual will experience allergic
reactions to the substance randomly, not consistently
d. Anaphylaxis is the mildest type of allergic reaction - Answers - b. An allergic reaction
to a substance can occur minutes, or hours, after exposure to the substance
A man lying in the prone position is:
a. sitting with his legs slightly bent
b. lying face down on his stomach
c. lying face up on his back.
d. lying on his back with his legs elevated higher than his head - Answers - b. lying face
down on his stomach
An OEC Technician identifies the medications a patient takes during which portion of an
patient assessment?
a. The primary assessmenbt
b. the OPQRST exam
c. the chief complaint
d. the SAMPLE history - Answers - d. the SAMPLE history
You have been called to an unknown medical emergency. On scene you are presented
with an 84-year-old patient who is confused and does not obey commands. Which of
the following action would be most useful in determining the patient's normal mental
status?
a. Examine the patients pupils
b. Question the patient's family
c. Identify the patient's medications
d. Check the patient's vital signs - Answers - b. Question the patient's family
Dislocating a shoulder after catching a ski pole on a tree branch is an example of an
injury caused by which MOI?
a. Rotational injury
b. Blunt injury
c. wiplash injury
d. compression injury - Answers - a . Rotational injury
