Paramedic Emergency Care Chapter 13 -
AAOS Emergency Care in the Streets
Gathering a patient's medical history and performing a secondary
assessment should occur:
after life threats have been identified and corrected in the primary
assessment.
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
In prehospital care, the priorities of evaluation and treatment are based
on:
the degree of threat to the patient's life.
When determining whether a patient is sick, your MOST effective tool is
often:
a quick visual assessment.
You will MOST likely develop your field impression of a patient based on
the:
chief complaint and patient history.
Which of the following statements regarding the patient assessment
process is correct?
The assessment process must be organized and systematic, yet flexible
enough to allow you to maximize the amount of information you can
gather.
After determining that the scene is safe, the FIRST step in approaching
a patient is to:
introduce yourself to the patient.
,When a patient presents with two seemingly unrelated complaints, it is
MOST important for the paramedic to determine:
which complaint has a higher priority.
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
Which of the following questions would be of LEAST pertinence when
trying to determine a patient's current health status?
"Are your mother and father still living?"
Your patient will MOST likely develop a good first impression of you if
you:
look and act professional and confident.
The paramedic should address a patient:
as the patient wishes to be addressed.
EMS providers who read off a list of questions to the patient to fill in all
the blanks on the run report:
tend to make little or no eye contact with the patient.
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
Paying attention, making eye contact, and repeating key information
from the patient's answers are examples of:
facilitation.
Pausing to consider something significant that you have just been told is
called:
reflection.
, An empathetic attitude:
puts you in your patient's shoes.
Which of the following questions will yield the LEAST reliable information
when assessing a patient with abdominal pain?
"Does the pain radiate to your chest or back?"
Which of the following is an example of a leading question?
"Do you think that you are experiencing a cardiac emergency?"
The mnemonic "OPQRST" is a tool that:
offers an easy-to-remember approach to analyzing a patient's chief
complaint.
Your patient says, "I can't catch my breath." In response, you state,
"That's very helpful. Let me think about that for a moment." This dialogue
is an example of:
reflection
If you suspect that a patient has been abused, it is MOST important that
you:
request law enforcement personnel if necessary.
When asking questions pertaining to a patient's sexual history, it is
important to remember that:
obtaining the history in a private setting is essential.
A patient who is overly talkative during your assessment:
may have abused methamphetamines.
AAOS Emergency Care in the Streets
Gathering a patient's medical history and performing a secondary
assessment should occur:
after life threats have been identified and corrected in the primary
assessment.
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
In prehospital care, the priorities of evaluation and treatment are based
on:
the degree of threat to the patient's life.
When determining whether a patient is sick, your MOST effective tool is
often:
a quick visual assessment.
You will MOST likely develop your field impression of a patient based on
the:
chief complaint and patient history.
Which of the following statements regarding the patient assessment
process is correct?
The assessment process must be organized and systematic, yet flexible
enough to allow you to maximize the amount of information you can
gather.
After determining that the scene is safe, the FIRST step in approaching
a patient is to:
introduce yourself to the patient.
,When a patient presents with two seemingly unrelated complaints, it is
MOST important for the paramedic to determine:
which complaint has a higher priority.
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
Which of the following questions would be of LEAST pertinence when
trying to determine a patient's current health status?
"Are your mother and father still living?"
Your patient will MOST likely develop a good first impression of you if
you:
look and act professional and confident.
The paramedic should address a patient:
as the patient wishes to be addressed.
EMS providers who read off a list of questions to the patient to fill in all
the blanks on the run report:
tend to make little or no eye contact with the patient.
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
Paying attention, making eye contact, and repeating key information
from the patient's answers are examples of:
facilitation.
Pausing to consider something significant that you have just been told is
called:
reflection.
, An empathetic attitude:
puts you in your patient's shoes.
Which of the following questions will yield the LEAST reliable information
when assessing a patient with abdominal pain?
"Does the pain radiate to your chest or back?"
Which of the following is an example of a leading question?
"Do you think that you are experiencing a cardiac emergency?"
The mnemonic "OPQRST" is a tool that:
offers an easy-to-remember approach to analyzing a patient's chief
complaint.
Your patient says, "I can't catch my breath." In response, you state,
"That's very helpful. Let me think about that for a moment." This dialogue
is an example of:
reflection
If you suspect that a patient has been abused, it is MOST important that
you:
request law enforcement personnel if necessary.
When asking questions pertaining to a patient's sexual history, it is
important to remember that:
obtaining the history in a private setting is essential.
A patient who is overly talkative during your assessment:
may have abused methamphetamines.
