EMT National Registry Test Review
Vasoconstrictor & Bronchodilator - Correct Answer - Effects of Epinephrine
Vasodilator - Correct Answer - Effects of Nitro-glycerine
1) BP < 100 systolic
2) Already taken 3 doses
3) Last dose within 5 minutes
4) Sexual enhancement drugs within 48 hours - Correct Answer - 4 Contraindications for Nitro-
glycerine
Knee-chest position - Correct Answer - What position is used for a patient with a protruding
umbilical cord?
number of pregnancies - Correct Answer - Define gravida
number of live births - Correct Answer - Define para
When their breaths/min do not fall between 8<x<30 - Correct Answer - When to ventilate patients?
90% - Correct Answer - % oxygen by BVM
Dead space in lungs, body retains carbon dioxide. Very prone to upper resp. diseases like
pneumonia. - Correct Answer - Emphysema
Heart can't pump blood sufficiently to meet the body's needs. Commonly caused by MI. Pulmonary
oedema & rales from fluid, sit patient upright (High fowlers, legs down) and administer high flow O2
via NRB mask. - Correct Answer - Congestive Heart Failure
Blood clot that has travelled throughout the blood stream and is blocking an artery of the lung. -
Correct Answer - Pulmonary embolism
, Collection of fluid outside the lung, compresses lung and causes dyspnoea. Stems from infection,
CHF or cancer. - Correct Answer - Pleural Effusion
Usually caused by trauma. Pressure in pleural pace keeps lungs inflated, pleuritic chest pain.
Collapsed lung. - Correct Answer - Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Precedes 1/3 of all strokes. Blockage or spasm of blood vessel (clots), signs & symptoms must be
gone within 24 hours. - Correct Answer - Transient Ischemic Attack
Brief LOC from transient cerebral hypoxia. Lasts less than 30 seconds, should then be immediately
alert and oriented. From vagal stimulation. (Fainting) - Correct Answer - Syncope/Syncopal Episode
Condition of reoccurring seizures. - Correct Answer - Epilepsy
"Absence spells", usually in kids 6-12. Staring episodes, mistaken for lack of attention. - Correct
Answer - Petit Mal Seizure
LOC & violent muscle contractions (what most people think of when they picture a seizure). - Correct
Answer - Grand Mal Seizure
Phase of Grand Mal Seizure, RIGHT before the seizure occurs. - Correct Answer - Pre-ictal (aura)
Stiffening of the limbs during a grand mal seizure. Breathing may cease or decrease - Correct Answer
- Tonic Phase
Jerking of limbs and face, after the tonic phase. - Correct Answer - Clonic Phase
After the tonic-clonic convulsions of a grand mal seizure, the patient is altered, disoriented, and
recovering. - Correct Answer - Post-ical phase
Repeated seizures without a break in between. Continuous seizure lasting more than 10 minutes, 3
or more seizures in one hour. - Correct Answer - Status Epilepticus
Vasoconstrictor & Bronchodilator - Correct Answer - Effects of Epinephrine
Vasodilator - Correct Answer - Effects of Nitro-glycerine
1) BP < 100 systolic
2) Already taken 3 doses
3) Last dose within 5 minutes
4) Sexual enhancement drugs within 48 hours - Correct Answer - 4 Contraindications for Nitro-
glycerine
Knee-chest position - Correct Answer - What position is used for a patient with a protruding
umbilical cord?
number of pregnancies - Correct Answer - Define gravida
number of live births - Correct Answer - Define para
When their breaths/min do not fall between 8<x<30 - Correct Answer - When to ventilate patients?
90% - Correct Answer - % oxygen by BVM
Dead space in lungs, body retains carbon dioxide. Very prone to upper resp. diseases like
pneumonia. - Correct Answer - Emphysema
Heart can't pump blood sufficiently to meet the body's needs. Commonly caused by MI. Pulmonary
oedema & rales from fluid, sit patient upright (High fowlers, legs down) and administer high flow O2
via NRB mask. - Correct Answer - Congestive Heart Failure
Blood clot that has travelled throughout the blood stream and is blocking an artery of the lung. -
Correct Answer - Pulmonary embolism
, Collection of fluid outside the lung, compresses lung and causes dyspnoea. Stems from infection,
CHF or cancer. - Correct Answer - Pleural Effusion
Usually caused by trauma. Pressure in pleural pace keeps lungs inflated, pleuritic chest pain.
Collapsed lung. - Correct Answer - Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Precedes 1/3 of all strokes. Blockage or spasm of blood vessel (clots), signs & symptoms must be
gone within 24 hours. - Correct Answer - Transient Ischemic Attack
Brief LOC from transient cerebral hypoxia. Lasts less than 30 seconds, should then be immediately
alert and oriented. From vagal stimulation. (Fainting) - Correct Answer - Syncope/Syncopal Episode
Condition of reoccurring seizures. - Correct Answer - Epilepsy
"Absence spells", usually in kids 6-12. Staring episodes, mistaken for lack of attention. - Correct
Answer - Petit Mal Seizure
LOC & violent muscle contractions (what most people think of when they picture a seizure). - Correct
Answer - Grand Mal Seizure
Phase of Grand Mal Seizure, RIGHT before the seizure occurs. - Correct Answer - Pre-ictal (aura)
Stiffening of the limbs during a grand mal seizure. Breathing may cease or decrease - Correct Answer
- Tonic Phase
Jerking of limbs and face, after the tonic phase. - Correct Answer - Clonic Phase
After the tonic-clonic convulsions of a grand mal seizure, the patient is altered, disoriented, and
recovering. - Correct Answer - Post-ical phase
Repeated seizures without a break in between. Continuous seizure lasting more than 10 minutes, 3
or more seizures in one hour. - Correct Answer - Status Epilepticus
