Diabetic Emergencies Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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Diabetic Emergencies Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers
During your primary assessment you find your patient has an altered mental status. This could indicate which of the following?
A.
Failing respiratory system
B.
The need for rapid transport
C.
The need for suctioning of the airwa...
Diabetic Emergencies Exam
Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
During your primary assessment you find your patient has an altered mental status. This
could indicate which of the following?
A.
Failing respiratory system
B.
The need for rapid transport
C.
The need for suctioning of the airway
D.
Problems with the RAS due to hypertension - Answer- A.
Failing respiratory system
A seizure that occurs spontaneously from an unknown cause is called:
A.
idiopathic.
B.
hypoxic.
C.
tonic-clonic.
D.
hypoglycemic. - Answer- A.
idiopathic.
Which of the following is one of the most common characteristics of a stroke?
A.
Sudden, severe headache
B.
Projectile vomiting
C.
Weakness on one side of the body
D.
Sudden onset of bizarre behavior - Answer- C.
Weakness on one side of the body
,You are called to a scene at which multiple patients are seizing at the same time. The
likely cause is:
A.
something environmental at the scene.
B.
hypoglycemia.
C.
hypoxia.
D.
metabolic. - Answer- A.
something environmental at the scene.
The most common medical emergency for the diabetic is hypoglycemia, or low blood
sugar. Which one of the factors below is NOT a cause of hypoglycemia?
A.
Overexercises or overexerts himself
B.
Takes too much insulin
C.
Vomits a meal
D.
Reduces sugar intake by eating too much - Answer- D.
Reduces sugar intake by eating too much
A patient who demonstrates any one of the three symptoms from the Cincinnati
Prehospital Stroke Scale has a(n) ________% chance of having an acute stroke.
A.
50
B.
70
C.
60
D.
80 - Answer- B.
70
In hyperglycemia, increasing blood sugar levels starve the cells of the body for:
A.
insulin.
B.
sugar.
C.
oxygen.
D.
fats - Answer- B.
sugar.
, You respond to a 32-year-old female who is having a seizure. You arrive on the scene
to find the patient drowsy, confused, and complaining of a headache. This patient is
demonstrating the:
A.
tonic phase.
B.
postictal phase.
C.
aura phase.
D.
clonic phase. - Answer- B.
postictal phase.
Your patient is a 44-year-old male with a history of diabetes. He is lying on the living
room floor, unresponsive to all stimuli. He has a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per
minute, heart rate of 112 beats per minute, and is pale and sweaty. Which of the
following should you do to treat this patient?
A.
Apply oral glucose solution to a tongue depressor and insert it between the patient's
cheek and gums.
B.
Place the patient in the recovery position to protect the airway and place oral glucose
solution under the patient's tongue.
C.
Encourage the patient's family to administer his insulin.
D.
Place the patient in the recovery position, administer oxygen, and monitor his airway
status. - Answer- D.
Place the patient in the recovery position, administer oxygen, and monitor his airway
status.
Treatment of someone with a seizure disorder includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A.
placing a bite block in the patient's mouth so he does not bite his tongue.
B.
placing the patient on the floor or ground.
C.
removing objects that might harm the patient.
D.
loosening restrictive clothing. - Answer- A.
placing a bite block in the patient's mouth so he does not bite his tongue.
A dose of oral glucose gel in a toothpaste-type tube is:
A.
half a tube.
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