EMS 108 Exam 2 ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
EMT's respond to a known heroin abuser who is unresponsive. If they give Naloxone
(Narcan) to this pateint, the EMT's should recall what? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Naloxone administration could cause seizures in the patient
How is Nitroglycerin usually given by the EMT? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Sublingually
Nitroglycerin, when given to patients with cardiac-related chest pain, does what? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Relaxes the walls of the coronary arteries - relieves pain
Shortly after assisting a 65-year-old female with her prescribed Nitroglycerin, she begins
complaining of dizziness and experiences a drop of 30 mm Hg in her systolic blood pressure.
The patient remains conscious and her breathing is adequate. You should? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Place her in a supine position
The medical term for an extremely low blood glucose level is? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Hypoglycemia
What medication form does oral glucose come in? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Gel
What is an example of a generic drug? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- Aspirin (created to be
the same as an already marketed brand name drug in dosage form, strength, safety, route of
administration, quality, performance, characteristics and intended use)
- Ibuprofen
What is NOT a characteristic of epinephrine? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Decreased heart
rate and blood pressure
Which of the following medication routes delivers a drug through the skin over an extended
period of time, such as Nitroglycerin or Nicotine patch? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Transcutaneous
, Which of the following medication routes would be the MOST appropriate to use in an
unresponsive patient when intravenous access cannot be obtained? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Intraosseous
A 19-year-old male was stung multiple times by fire ants. He is experiencing obvious signs
and symptoms of anaphylactic shock. You administer high-flow oxygen and give him
epinephrine via intramuscular (IM) injection. Upon reassessment, you determine that his
condition has not improved. You should? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Repeat epinephrine
injection after consulting with medical control
A 56-year old male is found semiconscious by his wife. Your assessment reveals that his
respirations are rapid and shallow, his pulse is rapid and irregular, and his blood pressure is
low. The patient's wife states that he complained of left arm pain and nausea the day before,
but he would not allow her to call 911. The MOST likely cause of this patient's present
condition is? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Cardiogenic Hypoperfusion
Clinical signs of compensated shock include? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- agitation
- anxiety
- restlessness
- feeling of impending doom
- altered mental status
- weak, rapid, thready or absent pulse
- clammy (cool, pale, moist) skin
- pallor w/ cyanosis about the lips
- shallow, rapid breathing
- air hunger (shortness of breath)
- nausea or vomiting
- capillary refill longer than 2 seconds in infants and children
- marked thirst
- narrowing pulse pressure
Neurogenic shock occurs when? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Failure of the nervous system
causes widespread vasodilation
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
EMT's respond to a known heroin abuser who is unresponsive. If they give Naloxone
(Narcan) to this pateint, the EMT's should recall what? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Naloxone administration could cause seizures in the patient
How is Nitroglycerin usually given by the EMT? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Sublingually
Nitroglycerin, when given to patients with cardiac-related chest pain, does what? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Relaxes the walls of the coronary arteries - relieves pain
Shortly after assisting a 65-year-old female with her prescribed Nitroglycerin, she begins
complaining of dizziness and experiences a drop of 30 mm Hg in her systolic blood pressure.
The patient remains conscious and her breathing is adequate. You should? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Place her in a supine position
The medical term for an extremely low blood glucose level is? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Hypoglycemia
What medication form does oral glucose come in? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Gel
What is an example of a generic drug? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- Aspirin (created to be
the same as an already marketed brand name drug in dosage form, strength, safety, route of
administration, quality, performance, characteristics and intended use)
- Ibuprofen
What is NOT a characteristic of epinephrine? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Decreased heart
rate and blood pressure
Which of the following medication routes delivers a drug through the skin over an extended
period of time, such as Nitroglycerin or Nicotine patch? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Transcutaneous
, Which of the following medication routes would be the MOST appropriate to use in an
unresponsive patient when intravenous access cannot be obtained? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Intraosseous
A 19-year-old male was stung multiple times by fire ants. He is experiencing obvious signs
and symptoms of anaphylactic shock. You administer high-flow oxygen and give him
epinephrine via intramuscular (IM) injection. Upon reassessment, you determine that his
condition has not improved. You should? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Repeat epinephrine
injection after consulting with medical control
A 56-year old male is found semiconscious by his wife. Your assessment reveals that his
respirations are rapid and shallow, his pulse is rapid and irregular, and his blood pressure is
low. The patient's wife states that he complained of left arm pain and nausea the day before,
but he would not allow her to call 911. The MOST likely cause of this patient's present
condition is? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Cardiogenic Hypoperfusion
Clinical signs of compensated shock include? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- agitation
- anxiety
- restlessness
- feeling of impending doom
- altered mental status
- weak, rapid, thready or absent pulse
- clammy (cool, pale, moist) skin
- pallor w/ cyanosis about the lips
- shallow, rapid breathing
- air hunger (shortness of breath)
- nausea or vomiting
- capillary refill longer than 2 seconds in infants and children
- marked thirst
- narrowing pulse pressure
Neurogenic shock occurs when? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Failure of the nervous system
causes widespread vasodilation
