Test bank for Medical emergencies
Latest edition
1. Which of the following should be done jest if an adult patient does not have a pulse? -
Answer-Call for emergency assistance
2. Elevating the patient’s feet above the head to increase blood flow to the brain is the
response to what medical condition? - Answer-Syncope
3. Clinical consideration for patients with bronchial asthma should include? - Answer-
Shorter appointments to reduce stress
4. A patient with which of the following medical conditions may benefit from prophylactic
sublingual nitroglycerin? - Answer-Cardiovascular disorders
5. Which of the following is one sign of anaphylactic shock? - Answer-Respiratory
distress
6. If a blood pressure reading of 142/96 on an adult it is classified as - Answer-
Hypertension
7. What is the ratio of breaths to compressions for an adult victim when cpr is performed? -
Answer-2 breaths/ 30 compressions
8. The drug most commonly used in a medical emergency is - Answer-Oxygen
9. In emergency care, the acronym AED represents - Answer-Automated external
defibrillators
10. What does the AED provide to the heart? - Answer-Jolt of an electrical current
11. If a patient tell you how he or she is feeling the patient is referring to a - Answer-
Symptom
12. What is the medical term for fainting - Answer-Syncope
13. The medical term for Chest pain is - Answer-Angina
14. The medication a patient with asthma would most commonly have with them is? -
Answer-Bronchodilator
15. What kind of allergic response could be life threading? - Answer-Anaphylaxis
16. An abnormal decrease of glucose in the blood can cause - Answer-Hypoglycemia
17. If a medication were placed sublingually where would it be placed? - Answer-Under the
tongue
Latest edition
1. Which of the following should be done jest if an adult patient does not have a pulse? -
Answer-Call for emergency assistance
2. Elevating the patient’s feet above the head to increase blood flow to the brain is the
response to what medical condition? - Answer-Syncope
3. Clinical consideration for patients with bronchial asthma should include? - Answer-
Shorter appointments to reduce stress
4. A patient with which of the following medical conditions may benefit from prophylactic
sublingual nitroglycerin? - Answer-Cardiovascular disorders
5. Which of the following is one sign of anaphylactic shock? - Answer-Respiratory
distress
6. If a blood pressure reading of 142/96 on an adult it is classified as - Answer-
Hypertension
7. What is the ratio of breaths to compressions for an adult victim when cpr is performed? -
Answer-2 breaths/ 30 compressions
8. The drug most commonly used in a medical emergency is - Answer-Oxygen
9. In emergency care, the acronym AED represents - Answer-Automated external
defibrillators
10. What does the AED provide to the heart? - Answer-Jolt of an electrical current
11. If a patient tell you how he or she is feeling the patient is referring to a - Answer-
Symptom
12. What is the medical term for fainting - Answer-Syncope
13. The medical term for Chest pain is - Answer-Angina
14. The medication a patient with asthma would most commonly have with them is? -
Answer-Bronchodilator
15. What kind of allergic response could be life threading? - Answer-Anaphylaxis
16. An abnormal decrease of glucose in the blood can cause - Answer-Hypoglycemia
17. If a medication were placed sublingually where would it be placed? - Answer-Under the
tongue
