EMS1055 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
Which of the following is defined by only performing skills and treatment that fall
within your certification and training?
Neglect
Scope of Practice
Standard of Care
Implied consent
scope of practice
Which patients should you protect yourself with BSI precautions?
All patients
Only patients who look sick
Only patients who are bleeding
Only patients with a productive cough
all patients
Which of the following patients is experiencing tachypnea?
A patient with a respiratory rate of 16 bpm
A patient with a respiratory rate of 25 bpm
A patient with a respiratory rate of 12 bpm
A patient with a respiratory rate of 20 bpm
A patient with a respiratory rate of 25 bpm
,You initiate treatment of an injured patient. You are waiting for help to arrive, but
are in a huge hurry. You decide to leave before handing over care to an equal or
higher level provider. This is called?
Neglect
Abandonment
Really mean
Perfectly legal
Abandonment
You are assessing the pupils of a patient with a significant head injury. You
notice that one pupils is dilated while the other appears normal (ipsilateral pupil
dilation). What condition do you suspect?
Respiratory distress
Skull fracture
Cerebral herniation
Sympathetic response
Cerebral herniation
You ask an adult patient for consent to treat them and they verbally respond that
you can. What kind of consent is this?
Expressed
Implied
Minor
Deliberate
Expressed
,The respiratory pattern that is fast and deep, often associated with metabolic
acidosis secondary to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is called?
Biot's
Apneustic
Eupnea
Kussmal's
Kussmal's
Which skin condition is an indication of shock?
red, hot and dry
warm, pink and dry
pale, cool, diaphoretic
cyanotic
pale, cool, diaphoretic
You palpate a radial pulse and it is present. You know that the systolic blood
pressure is at LEAST?
90 mmHg
60 mmHg
70 mmHg
80 mmHg
80 mmHg
Which blood pressure is considered hypotensive in an adult?
90/60
120/80
, 180/100
102/88
90/60
How much oxygen should you flow for a patient on a NRBM?
5 LPM
5-10 LPM
15-20 LPM
10-15 LPM
10-15 LPM
Which nare of the nose is typically larger and should be used for NPA insertion?
Left
They are equal
Impossible to know
Right
Right
You are assessing AVPU on a patient. The patients eyes are closed and does not
respond to your voice. You perform a light sternal rub and the patient groans.
What score do you give on the AVPU scale?
Pain
Alert
Voice
Unresponsive
Pain
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
Which of the following is defined by only performing skills and treatment that fall
within your certification and training?
Neglect
Scope of Practice
Standard of Care
Implied consent
scope of practice
Which patients should you protect yourself with BSI precautions?
All patients
Only patients who look sick
Only patients who are bleeding
Only patients with a productive cough
all patients
Which of the following patients is experiencing tachypnea?
A patient with a respiratory rate of 16 bpm
A patient with a respiratory rate of 25 bpm
A patient with a respiratory rate of 12 bpm
A patient with a respiratory rate of 20 bpm
A patient with a respiratory rate of 25 bpm
,You initiate treatment of an injured patient. You are waiting for help to arrive, but
are in a huge hurry. You decide to leave before handing over care to an equal or
higher level provider. This is called?
Neglect
Abandonment
Really mean
Perfectly legal
Abandonment
You are assessing the pupils of a patient with a significant head injury. You
notice that one pupils is dilated while the other appears normal (ipsilateral pupil
dilation). What condition do you suspect?
Respiratory distress
Skull fracture
Cerebral herniation
Sympathetic response
Cerebral herniation
You ask an adult patient for consent to treat them and they verbally respond that
you can. What kind of consent is this?
Expressed
Implied
Minor
Deliberate
Expressed
,The respiratory pattern that is fast and deep, often associated with metabolic
acidosis secondary to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is called?
Biot's
Apneustic
Eupnea
Kussmal's
Kussmal's
Which skin condition is an indication of shock?
red, hot and dry
warm, pink and dry
pale, cool, diaphoretic
cyanotic
pale, cool, diaphoretic
You palpate a radial pulse and it is present. You know that the systolic blood
pressure is at LEAST?
90 mmHg
60 mmHg
70 mmHg
80 mmHg
80 mmHg
Which blood pressure is considered hypotensive in an adult?
90/60
120/80
, 180/100
102/88
90/60
How much oxygen should you flow for a patient on a NRBM?
5 LPM
5-10 LPM
15-20 LPM
10-15 LPM
10-15 LPM
Which nare of the nose is typically larger and should be used for NPA insertion?
Left
They are equal
Impossible to know
Right
Right
You are assessing AVPU on a patient. The patients eyes are closed and does not
respond to your voice. You perform a light sternal rub and the patient groans.
What score do you give on the AVPU scale?
Pain
Alert
Voice
Unresponsive
Pain
