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MPTC FIRST RESPONDER EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -6
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MPTC FIRST RESPONDER EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #6Stages of grief - correct answer denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
Informed consent - correct answer the patient understands who you are what you want
to do and what happens and allow you to treat them
Implied consent - correct answer the patient does not specifically refuse emergency
care
Negligence - correct answer patient suffers further injury or harm because the care
administrator did not meet standard of care
Recovery position - correct answer a side-lying position used to maintain a clear airway
in unconscious patients without injuries who are breathing adequately. Allows
secretions to drain from the mouth
Person dead at scene - correct answer decapitation
Rigor morris
Tissue decomposition
Dependent lucidity
Sample - correct answer sign and symptoms
Allergies
Medication
Past medical history
Last oral intake
Events leading up to the injury or illness
Signs of adequate breathing - correct answer look,listen,feel
Jaw-thrust maneuver - correct answer use for patients that have neck injury
Secondary assessment - correct answer deformities
Open injuries
Tenderness
Swelling
Signs of anaphylactic shock - correct answer itchy,hives,swelling,wheezing and serve
respiratory distress,loss of consciousness rapid weak pulse,rapid onset
Angina pectoris - correct answer chest pain or discomfort,shortness of breath,sweating
Heart attack - correct answer chest pain shortness of breath associated jaw or arm pain
, Chf (congestive heart failure) - correct answer shortness of breath
dizziness,weakness,rapid/shallow breathing,sweating,moist/gurgling breathing,enlarged
neck veins swollen ankles
Stroke - correct answer weakness on on side,dizziness,garbled d or unable to speak
could have trouble seeing
Diabetes - correct answer inability's to produce insulin process glucose
Ingestion - correct answer 80% of poisonings may see chemicals or residue around
mouth
Inhalation - correct answer toxic substance is entered body via breathing absorbed into
lungs
Absorbstion - correct answer source are animal bites stings and toxic injections
Injection - correct answer substance enter the body via skin commonly pesticides toxic
chemicals
Heat exhaustion - correct answer person exposed to temp greater than 80 degrees with
humidity, produce sweating nausea dizziness low body
Heat stroke - correct answer body subject more heat than it can handle
Body temps rises greater than 106
Skin becomes dry and flush
Unable to sweat may go unresponsive
Frostbite - correct answer skin exposed to extreme cold. Hands toes can become numb
and bright red turn pale or white
Hypothermia - correct answer body temp less that 95 normals not fatal. As it progresses
the body cannot compensate therefore shaving stops. If temp is below 83 cardiac arrest
can happen
Drowning - correct answer result of submersion in water or other fluids
Cold water drowning - correct answer mamillian dive reflex when submerged in cold
water hr decreases as does oxygen demand decrease metabolic rate
Shock - correct answer as failure of the circulatory system
Treatment for shock - correct answer lay on back
Managing cabs
Controlling bleeding
Maintain body temp
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