Advanced EMT 2nd Edition
(Alexander/Belle) Chapter 14 Patient
Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
Exam 2023 A+
A systematic process of collecting
... [Show More] relevant patient information in order to determine a
patient's medical condition and establish priorities for treatment and transport would be
known as: - Correct Answer-patient assessment
Giving oxygen to a patient without having to have a specific diagnosis of the underlying
cause of difficulty breathing would be an example of using: - Correct Answerassessment-based management
An AEMT engaging in a systematic reasoning process to explain the assessment
findings would be exercising: - Correct Answer-clinical problem solving
An AEMT provider's provisional diagnosis of a patient's medical problem upon which the
medical treatment plan is based would be referred to as: - Correct Answer-field
impression
The means by which energy, often mechanical forces, is transmitted to the body,
producing the potential for trauma would be defined as the: - Correct Answermechanism of injury
What question is NOT a goal of the patient assessment process? - Correct Answer-
"What kind of insurance does the patient have?"
Successful patient assessment requires that you FIRST establish: - Correct Answertrust and rapport with the patient
Patient assessment consists of four essential components. These components in order
from beginning to end of the call would be: - Correct Answer-scene size-up, primary
assessment, secondary assessment, and reassessment
During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT monitor the
patient's condition for changes, assess the effects of treatment, and make adjustments
in treatment as needed? - Correct Answer-reassessment
During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT collect vital
signs, obtain a medical history, and look for additional signs of injury and illness? -
Correct Answer-secondary assessment
During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT determine the
safety of the scene and formulate a general impression of the nature of the situation? -
Correct Answer-scene size-up
During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT look for and
manage any immediate threats to the patient's life and establish priorities for treatment
and transport? - Correct Answer-primary assessment
What is NOT part of the scene size-up phase of the patient assessment? - Correct
Answer-patient vital signs
What mnemonic represents the components of the primary assessment for all patients?
- Correct Answer-ABCD
A patient having a decreased level of awareness and ability to respond to stimuli would
be correctly referred to as: - Correct Answer-obtunded
The mnemonic used to determine the patient's BEST response to stimuli would be: -
Correct Answer-AVPU
Those patients who need or are on the verge of needing emergent interventions are
considered: - Correct Answer-critical
Which of the following patients is considered to be a non-critical patient?
A) Patient with symptoms of cardiac chest pain
B) Patient with signs and symptoms of stroke
C) Patient with a mental status that is not altered
D) Patient with a significant mechanism of injury - Correct Answer-patient with mental
status that is not altered
With critically injured patients the complete secondary survey is BEST performed: -
Correct Answer-during the transport to the hospital
Which of the following is NOT a step of the secondary assessment?
A) Obtaining a medical history from the patient
B) Determining the patient's chief complaint
C) Measuring baseline vital signs
D) Conducting a physical examination - Correct Answer-determining the patient's chief
complaint
A quick physical exam performed on critical medical or trauma patients to identify
potentially life-threatening conditions NOT found in the primary would be called a: -
Correct Answer-rapid physical exam
The link between the primary assessment and secondary assessment can be
remembered by the mnemonic: - Correct Answer-ABCDE [Show Less]