Answers
1). Which of the following medications are likely to be carried on an emt staffed ambulance?
Ans: Oxygen, activated charcoal, oral glucose
2). You patient is a 59 year old woman with a history of emphysema. per protocol, you have
assisted the patient in using her medication inhaler. what is documented?
Ans: The patient's response to the medication
3). Which of the following best describes a contraindication to a medication?
Ans: A reason why you should avoid giving a medication to a patient
4). When recording a patient's list of medications on your pcr, what should be included?
Ans: Prescription medications, OTC medications, and herbal medications
5). A drug's form refers to which of the following?
Ans: Its physical state, such as powder, liquid, or gas
6). What best describes the sublingual route of medication administration?
Ans: The medication is placed under the tongue
7). What is an example of a medication trade name?
Ans: Nitrostat
8). What is a desired action of epinephrine delivered by auto-injector?
Ans: Constriction of blood vessels
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, 9). Which breath sound is the emt likely to hear when a patient with partial airway obstruction
that began while eating steak?
Ans: Stridor
10). Which of the following sounds may be heard in lower respiratory obstruction?
Ans: Wheezing
11). Which of the following observations indicate that your patient may have overused his
prescription inhaler?
Ans: Nervousness
12). After administration of a prescribed inhaler, which of the following should the emt not
reassess
Ans: Pupillary size and reaction
13). What is a prescribed medication used in inhaled form for respiratory problems?
Ans: Albuterol
14). What is a medication that is used for a 52 year old male with difficulty breathing and a
history of emphysema?
Ans: Proventil
15). Most inhaled medications that emt's assist patients with respiratory distress depends on
what mechanisms of action?
Ans: Dilation of the bronchioles
16). What is the goal of early cpt in cardiac arrest?
Ans: To maintain circulation to the vital organs while awaiting defibrillation
17). What type of patient should an automated external defibrillator be applied to?
Ans: One that is pulseless and apneic
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