Online Quiz 7

On-line Paramedic Quiz 7

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The physician orders 8 mcg/min of isuprell for a 70 kg patient. You put 2 mg in 250 mls of D5W. What is the rate of microdrips?

Your answer:
120 gtts/min
30 gtts/min
90 gtts/min
60 gtts/min
A person who acts in a less developed form of behavior is demonstrating:

Your answer:
agoraphobia
bipolar disorder
paramoia
regression
If a rescuer inadvertently increase rate and depth while ventilating a patient is may result in:

Your answer:
hypercarbia and metabolic acidosis
hypercarbia and respiratory alkalosis
hypocarbia and metabolic alkalosis
hypocarbia and respiratory acidosis
You are treating a 35 year old male who was the driver in a MVC. He is complaining of chest pain and shows steering wheel imprints on the chest. Lung sounds are equal bilaterally. Patient is hypertensive but has bilateral decreased femoral pulses. Which is the most likely diagnosis?

Your answer:
fractured sternum
rib fractures
dissected aorta
tension pneumothorax
In a normal person, respiration is triggered by:

Your answer:
CO2 level
oxygen level
CO level
HCO3 level
Which injuries have the lowest priority in the field?

Your answer:
thoracic trauma and airway obstruction
respiratory burns and abdominal trauma
cardiac trauma and head injury
spinal injury and open fractures
Initial therapy for a child with a high fever, drooling, and anxiety is:

Your answer:
direct laryngoscopy
humidified O2 by mask
prepare for intubation
administer racemic epinephrine
Ecchymosis over the mastoid bone is called:

Your answer:
hemoptysis
Battle's sign
quadriplegia
Cheyne stokes sign
What would you NOT use in neonatal resuscitation?

Your answer:
epinephrine
CPR
endotracheal intubation
a high flow O2 by demand valve
Catecholamines are:

Your answer:
sympathomimetic
parasympathetic
cholinergic
none of the above
How do you know your treatment for shock is effective?

Your answer:
return of spontaneous ventilation
blood pressure rises
cyanosis is gone
2 liters of fluid have been given
A drug with predominantly alpha effects will cause:

Your answer:
vasoconstriction
vasodilation
bronchodilation
none of the above
Hypovolemic shock produces:

Your answer:
increased afterload
increased CVP
increased preload
decreased preload
A 5 year old is leaning forward, drooling, stridorous, feverish, and has pain on swallowing. He most likely has:

Your answer:
bronchiolitis
epiglottitis
croup
asthma
Which area reflects the central venous pressure?

Your answer:
aorta
right atrium
pulmonary artery
radial artery
The patient who is decorticate will move his hands and arms:

Your answer:
toward the body
over the head
extended away from the body
none of the above
A drug with beta effects will cause:

Your answer:
vasoconstriction
bronchoconstriction
increased heart rate
none of the above
Which is the correct placement of the paddles for defibrillation?

Your answer:
cardiac apex and over center of sternum
cardiac apex and on sternum at Angle of Louis
cardiac apex and on left of sternum
cardiac apex and below clavicle, right of sternum
The effective action of acetylcholine is:

Your answer:
antagonistic
adrenergic
sympathetic
parasympathetic
The danger of thrombophebitis is that a clot may break loose and travel to the:

Your answer:
brain
liver
legs
lungs
What do you call a coarse rub or bark on expiration?

Your answer:
wheezes
croup
rhonchi
rales
The most significant problem resulting from hypoglycemia is:

Your answer:
loss of consciousness
damage to the pancreas
damage to the brain cells
hunger
By what process does a solute move through a semi-permeable membrane?

Your answer:
magic
activity
osmosis
diffusion
A diabetic with hypertension who experiences numbness of the left arm for 30 minutes has likely had:

Your answer:
focal seizures
conversion hysteria
petit mal seizures
transient ischemic attacks
You put 1 gm of lidocaine in 250 mls of D5W. You are told to administer 2mg/min. How many gtts/min is this?

Your answer:
60 gtts
45 gtts
15 gtts
30 gtts

The physician orders 8 mcg/min of isuprell for a 70 kg patient. You put 2 mg in 250 mls of D5W. What is the rate of microdrips?

A person who acts in a less developed form of behavior is demonstrating:

If a rescuer inadvertently increase rate and depth while ventilating a patient is may result in:

You are treating a 35 year old male who was the driver in a MVC. He is complaining of chest pain and shows steering wheel imprints on the chest. Lung sounds are equal bilaterally. Patient is hypertensive but has bilateral decreased femoral pulses. Which is the most likely diagnosis?

In a normal person, respiration is triggered by:

Which injuries have the lowest priority in the field?

Initial therapy for a child with a high fever, drooling, and anxiety is:

Ecchymosis over the mastoid bone is called:

What would you NOT use in neonatal resuscitation?

Catecholamines are:

How do you know your treatment for shock is effective?

A drug with predominantly alpha effects will cause:

Hypovolemic shock produces:

A 5 year old is leaning forward, drooling, stridorous, feverish, and has pain on swallowing. He most likely has:

Which area reflects the central venous pressure?

The patient who is decorticate will move his hands and arms:

A drug with beta effects will cause:

Which is the correct placement of the paddles for defibrillation?

The effective action of acetylcholine is:

The danger of thrombophebitis is that a clot may break loose and travel to the:

What do you call a coarse rub or bark on expiration?

The most significant problem resulting from hypoglycemia is:

By what process does a solute move through a semi-permeable membrane?

A diabetic with hypertension who experiences numbness of the left arm for 30 minutes has likely had:

You put 1 gm of lidocaine in 250 mls of D5W. You are told to administer 2mg/min. How many gtts/min is this?

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