Advanced Medical Life Support AMLS Review|Complete Questions and Answers, All Correct|2023/2024
Advanced Medical Life Support AMLS
Review|Complete
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Correct|2023/2024
As you obtain historical information regarding your patient, you note that the
patient's presentation and responses are very similar to several patient complaints
you have treated in the past. Integrating this information from past experience to
this current experience is known as:
Pattern recognition
In which situation has the threat to your personal safety been reduced most
significantly?
A barking dog has been secured in a kennel in the yard.
You evaluate the patient's environment to assess for:
all of the above; Safety concerns, Room Temp, Assistive devices
An unresponsive patient has a needle in his arm when you arrive. His pupils are
pinpoint, and he is breathing four times per minute. You are preparing to
administer naloxone. At this point, opioid overdose is your initial:
Differential diagnosis
An 18-year-old male had a tonic-clonic seizure. Coworkers report no known
seizure history. You can arouse him to voice. P 118, R 20, BP 102/68. The
diagnostic test most likely to narrow your differential diagnosis would be:
Blood glucose analysis
A 23-year-old female has an acute onset of left flank pain. You should investigate
which of the following regarding her pain?
Dysuria
When you use an interpreter to question a 42-year-old female about her abdominal
pain, what is the best way to ensure information has been conveyed accurately and
completely?
Let the patient write her answers, and have the interpreter restate them so you will
have a recored of her statements for your report. (yeah right)
After you ensure scene safety, your highest priority is to:
Rule out immediate life threats
Which of the following physical findings points most specifically to increased
intracranial pressure?
Respiratory rate is 8 and irregular.
You are transferring a 65-year-old female with renal failure from the nursing
home. She has a history of "abnormal lab values" and is drowsy and weak. You
note the following lab values: serum calcium 10.0 mg/dL (0.55 mmol/L), pH 7.28,
potassium 6.1 mEq/L. The patient goes into cardiac arrest after you load her into
the ambulance. After epinephrine, you should first consider giving he [Show Less]