Online Quiz 5

On-line Paramedic Quiz 5

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1 A pregnant patient suffering from edema, hypertension and increased muscle tone is likely suffering from:

Your answer:
preeclampsis
ecclampsia
PMS
postural hypotension

2 A radio's squelch should be adjusted:

Your answer:
monthly
before each transmission
every time the radio is turned on
when it is first installed

3 The most common cause of airway obstruction in the unconscious victim of an unwitnessed collapse is:

Your answer:
dentures
tongue
mucous
food

4 Which drug is used as both an anti-arrhythmic and an anti-convulsant? (Cool drug to read up on)

Your answer:
diazepam
lidocaine
phenytoin
physostigmine

5 The preferred site for intraocceous needle placement for a child in the field is:

Your answer:
midshaft femur
distal tibia
distal femur
proximal tibia

6 A 35 year old male on bed rest got up and suddenly developed chest pain and severe dyspnea. His lung sounds are clear and equal. What do you suspect?

Your answer:
pulmonary embolism
spontaneous pneumothorax
acute MI
pneumonia

7 A patient presents with vomiting, headache, and yellow vision. The monitor shows rapid atrial fib with frequent PVCs. The patient states that she takes a heart pill. She is most likely suffering from:

Your answer:
lasix overdose
lidocaine toxicity
influenza
lanoxin (dig) toxicity

8 While administering 6 liters of O2 to a COPD patient, the patient suddenly becomes apneic. You should:

Your answer:
discontinue the O2 therapy
begin assisting ventilations with a BVM
increase the O2 flow
immediately intubate the patient

9 A patient with a history of seizures is most likely to take which medications:

Your answer:
inderal and digitalis
lasix and lanoxin
theo-dur and lanoxin
dilantin and phenobarbitol

10 Bleeding in the third trimester of pregnancy without pain is most likely:

Your answer:
PID
placenta previa
abruptio placenta
mittleschmertz

11 Treatment of neurogenic shock should include: (HINT: PASG is still on the TxDSHS list of required skills. Until they remove it we will leave this question in.)

Your answer:
oxygen, IV, PASG, consider vasopressors
IV, aramine, lidocaine infusion
oxygen, IC, aramine, trendelenberg position
oxygen, IV, valium

12 A 30 year old unconscious patient has an obstructed airway unrelieved by chest thrusts (Simply a CPR compression). The next therapy would be:

Your answer:
direct laryngoscopy
attempt to ventilate
positive pressure ventilation
cricothyrotomy

13 Vasopressors may be indicated in which type of shock?

Your answer:
neurogenic
hypovolemic
respiratory
metabolic

14 A patient receiving a unit of blood begins complaining of lower back pain, substernal chest pain, dyspnea and a headache. What do you suspect?

Your answer:
dehydration
pyrogenic reaction
hemolytic reaction
anaphylactic reaction

15 A patient complaining of chest pain who is showing multifocal PVCs on the monitor should be treated with:

Your answer:
1mg/kg lidocaine bolus
1 mg/kg bretylium bolus
2-4 mcg/kg lidocaine bolus
2-4 mcg/kg lidocaine infusion

16 The paramedic should know that the administration of nitrous oxide?

Your answer:
should not be used if patient has a suspected AMI
causes a decrease in intracranial pressure
should be self administered by the patient only
should not be used in trauma patients

17 For every unit of blood lost in trauma, how much crystalloid must be infused?

Your answer:
twice as much
equal amount
half as much
three times the amount

18 Which drug is a parasympathetic antagonist?

Your answer:
lidocaine
atropine
digoxin
dopamine

19 A patient who is listless, slovenly, unkempt, is most likely suffering from:

Your answer:
depression
mania
anorexia
paranoia

20 Which of the following is NOT an endpoint to the administration of procainamide? (This drug is old school but still available. Still used in ICU)

Your answer:
the dysrhythmia is suppressed
QRS narrows by more than 50%
1 gm has been administered
hypotension develops

21 A patient who is suicidal usually:

Your answer:
is also homicidal
does not transmit their intentions
tends to feel isolated
doesn't really mean it

22 Which of the following solutions is hypotonic?

Your answer:
D50W
0.45% NS solution
0.9% NS solution
D5W

23 A heat exhaustion patient is suffering from what type of shock?

Your answer:
cardiogenic
neurogenic
hypovolemic
metabolic

24 A normal, head first delivery is termed:

Your answer:
cephalic
caudal
breech
transverse

25 What hormone is secreted by the female posterior pituitary gland and causes the contraction of the uterine smooth muscle?

Your answer:
oxytocin
estrogen
progesterone
evesterone