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JB LEARNING: EMT FINAL EXAM Questions and Answers 100% Solved A 4-year-old, 15-kg male ingested an unknown quantity of acetaminophen (Tylenol). The child's mother states that she does not know when the ingestion occurred. The child is conscious and alert and in no apparent distress. The EMT sh...

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JB LEARNING: EMT FINAL EXAM

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A 4-year-old, 15-kg male ingested an unknown quantity of acetaminophen

(Tylenol). The child's mother states that she does not know when the

ingestion occurred. The child is conscious and alert and in no apparent

distress. The EMT should: - ✔✔administer 15 g of activated charcoal.

A patient who has experienced a back injury, with or without spinal cord

damage, would be triaged with a ___________ tag during a mass-casualty

incident - ✔✔yellow

An unconscious patient found in a prone position must be placed in a

supine position in case he or she: - ✔✔requires CPR

Following delivery of a pulseless and apneic infant who has a foul odor,

skin sloughing, and diffuse blistering, you should: - ✔✔Provide emotional

support to the mother

Substance abuse is MOST accurately defined as: - ✔✔knowingly misusing

a substance to produce a desired effect.

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Both areas of the pons are sued to: - ✔✔augment respiration during

physical or emotional stress

A transient ischemia attack (TIA) occurs when: - ✔✔a small clot in a

cerebral artery causes temporary symptoms.

A decrease in blood pressure may indicate: - ✔✔a loss of vascular tone

Ketone production is the result of: - ✔✔fat metabolization when glucose is

unavailable.

A partial-thickness burn involves the outer layer of skin and a portion of the:

- ✔✔dermal layer

A young female experienced a laceration to her left eyeball from flying

glass when her boyfriend broke a soda bottle against a wall. There is

moderate bleeding and the patient states that she cannot see out of the

injured eye. You should: - ✔✔avoid applying pressure to the globe when

you are covering the eye.

At rest, the normal adult heart rate should not exceed: - ✔✔100 beats/min

Delivering a patient to the hospital involves all of the following activities,

EXCEPT: - ✔✔giving a verbal report to the clerk

Common names for activated charcoal include all of the following,

EXCEPT: - ✔✔Fructose

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As the bronchus divides into smaller bronchioles, the terminal ends of

these smaller passages form the: - ✔✔alveoli

Common signs and symptoms of AMI include all of the following EXCEPT:

- ✔✔pain exacerbated by breathing

Breathing occurs as the result of a(n): - ✔✔increase in carbon dioxide,

which decreases the pH of the CSF

During the alert and dispatch phase of EMS communications, the

dispatcher's responsibilities include all of the following, EXCEPT: -

✔✔discouraging the caller from providing care until the EMS unit arrives

Initial signs and symptoms associated with viral hemorrhagic fevers

include: - ✔✔headache and sore throat

Bile is produced by the liver and concentrated and stored in the: -

✔✔gallbladder

The MOST appropriate treatment for a patient with a mild upper airway

obstruction includes: - ✔✔administering oxygen and transporting

immediately

A 22 year-old female patient is complaining of dyspnea and numbness and

tingling in her hands and feet after an argument with her fiancé. Her

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respirations are 40 breaths/min. You should: - ✔✔provide reassurance and

give oxygen as needed.

A 37 year-old male is found unresponsive in his car. His airway is patent

and his respirations are rapid and labored. As you and your partner are

assessing and treating the patient, a police officer hands you a medication

named Alupent, which he found in the backseat of the patient's car. This

medication suggests that the patient has a history of: - ✔✔asthma

A positive TB skin test indicates that: - ✔✔you have been exposed to TB

Kussmaul respirations are an indication that the body is: - ✔✔attempting to

eliminate acids from the blood.

A patient with a history of schizophrenia called EMS because he was

experiencing abdominal pain. When law enforcement arrived, the patient

became violent, necessitating the placement of handcuffs. When you

assess the patient, he tells you that killing someone will make his

abdominal pain go away. His vital signs are stable. How should you

manage the situation? - ✔✔Request a police officer to accompany you in

the ambulance.

A blood pressure cuff that is too small for a patient's arm will give a: -

✔✔falsely high systolic and diastolic reading.

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