EMT FINAL EXAM / COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE TEST-BANK – EXPERT STRATEGIES,
REVIEW OF KEY QUIZZES, AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
FOR GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Which types of lungs sounds correlate with upper airway obstruction?
Stridor
Which types of lungs sounds correlate with lower airway obstruction?
Wheeze
Why is excessive vomiting and diarrhea more dangerous for children than
adults?
Causes dehydration faster, children can't compensate
What about the disproportionately large head in infants causes shaken baby
syndrome to be so dangerous?
Big floppy head prone to brain tissue bleeding
List the risk factors for SIDS. What major change in society helped significantly
lower the mortality ratefrom this condition?
Encouraging babies to sleep on their back campaign
If performing rescue breaths on an infant with a BVM, how should you position
the infant to make surethe airway is in neutral (open) alignment?
Support shoulders
List the three components of the pediatric assessment triangle
,- Airway
- Work of breathing
- Circulation
What is a leading cause of injury in elderly patients?
falls
What parts of a patient's medical history - including age, behavioral health,
possible trauma, andprescription medication, might increase a patient's risk for
having a head bleed (akahemorrhage/hematoma?)
Blood thinners
Old age
TBI
History of alcoholism
3 multiple choice options
When working with a hearing impaired patient, how should you attempt to
communicate if their hearingaids are not working?
Reverse stethoscope or have them write things down
3 multiple choice options
Summarize the purpose of the EMTALA law. What is an emergency department
required to do?
Screen and stabilize the patient regardless of their ability to pay
3 multiple choice options
Describes signs and symptoms a patient may present with in a cervical spine
injury.
Numbness or tingling
3 multiple choice options
What is the minimum pressure that must be present when testing a suction
unit?
, 300 mmHg
3 multiple choice options
What is the minimum capacity of oxygen that a portable cylinder should have
before being changed?
500 PSI
3 multiple choice options
In what types of traffic locations do the most common and serious ambulance
crashes occur?
Intersections
3 multiple choice options
When driving an ambulance, what is one type of vehicle that an emergency
vehicle, by law, can neverpass -even if the lights and sirens are activated?
School Bus
3 multiple choice options
What is the difference between cataracts and glaucoma? Which causes a
clouding of the eye lenses?
- Glaucoma - Optic Nerve Damage
- Cataracts - eye clouding
3 multiple choice options
In elderly patients who fear being removed from their home, what might they
do to avoid hospitalization when we're performing our assessment?
deny pain
3 multiple choice options
What changes might we need to consider in how we position patients with
obesity for transport? Howmight supine positioning compromise ABC's?
Sit them up on an angle so we do not compromise Airway
STUDY GUIDE TEST-BANK – EXPERT STRATEGIES,
REVIEW OF KEY QUIZZES, AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
FOR GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Which types of lungs sounds correlate with upper airway obstruction?
Stridor
Which types of lungs sounds correlate with lower airway obstruction?
Wheeze
Why is excessive vomiting and diarrhea more dangerous for children than
adults?
Causes dehydration faster, children can't compensate
What about the disproportionately large head in infants causes shaken baby
syndrome to be so dangerous?
Big floppy head prone to brain tissue bleeding
List the risk factors for SIDS. What major change in society helped significantly
lower the mortality ratefrom this condition?
Encouraging babies to sleep on their back campaign
If performing rescue breaths on an infant with a BVM, how should you position
the infant to make surethe airway is in neutral (open) alignment?
Support shoulders
List the three components of the pediatric assessment triangle
,- Airway
- Work of breathing
- Circulation
What is a leading cause of injury in elderly patients?
falls
What parts of a patient's medical history - including age, behavioral health,
possible trauma, andprescription medication, might increase a patient's risk for
having a head bleed (akahemorrhage/hematoma?)
Blood thinners
Old age
TBI
History of alcoholism
3 multiple choice options
When working with a hearing impaired patient, how should you attempt to
communicate if their hearingaids are not working?
Reverse stethoscope or have them write things down
3 multiple choice options
Summarize the purpose of the EMTALA law. What is an emergency department
required to do?
Screen and stabilize the patient regardless of their ability to pay
3 multiple choice options
Describes signs and symptoms a patient may present with in a cervical spine
injury.
Numbness or tingling
3 multiple choice options
What is the minimum pressure that must be present when testing a suction
unit?
, 300 mmHg
3 multiple choice options
What is the minimum capacity of oxygen that a portable cylinder should have
before being changed?
500 PSI
3 multiple choice options
In what types of traffic locations do the most common and serious ambulance
crashes occur?
Intersections
3 multiple choice options
When driving an ambulance, what is one type of vehicle that an emergency
vehicle, by law, can neverpass -even if the lights and sirens are activated?
School Bus
3 multiple choice options
What is the difference between cataracts and glaucoma? Which causes a
clouding of the eye lenses?
- Glaucoma - Optic Nerve Damage
- Cataracts - eye clouding
3 multiple choice options
In elderly patients who fear being removed from their home, what might they
do to avoid hospitalization when we're performing our assessment?
deny pain
3 multiple choice options
What changes might we need to consider in how we position patients with
obesity for transport? Howmight supine positioning compromise ABC's?
Sit them up on an angle so we do not compromise Airway
