A 87 year old female has bilateral rales. What should you suspect?
A. Abdominal edema
B. Pulmonary edema
C. Pedal edema
D. Sacral edema
2. What is
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A. Dyspnea
B. Hypotension
C. Hypertension
D. Leg pain
3. A 14 year old male is recovered from a 30F pond after falling through the
ice 10 minutes ago. How should he be moved to the ambulance?
A. Fireman's carry
B. Sliding him across the ice in a stokes basket
C. Dragging slowly by his torso
D. Gently on a backboard
4. A 56 year old male complains of "squeezing" chest pain after doing yard
work. He states the pain has subsided slightly with rest. What should you do?
A. Assist with his prescribed nitroglycerin
B. Assess his vital signs
C. Administer oxygen
D. Administer aspirin
5. What are the names of the four valves in the heart?
A. Left Atrial, Right Atrial, Septal, Ventricular
B. Mitral, Tricuspid, Pulmonic, Aortic
C. Mitre, Trigeminal, Pulmonary, Aorta
D. Ventral, Caudal, Transverse, Lateral
6. A 75 year old male describes sharp, tearing pain in his abdomen and back.
Blood pressures are 114/ in his left arm 60/0 in his right arm. He is cool,
pale and diaphoretic. What should you suspect?
A. Acute mycardial infarction
B. Pulmonary embolism
C. Aortic dissection
D. Simple pneumothorax
7. A 76 year old female complains of chest pain on the right side directly
above her 4th intercostal space. She states that she had a "hip replaced" a
couple of weeks ago and that she is recovering well. What should you suspect?
A. Myocardial infarction
B. Pulmonary embolism
C. Pnemothorax
D. Acute coronary syndrome
Scenario:
8. A 32 year old female attempted to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills
and cutting her wrists. She has dark red blood oozing from the wrist
lacerations. Vital signs are BP 90/52, P 130 and weak, R 18. What type of
bleeding and shock is she experiencing?
A. Venous bleeding with neurogenic shock.
B. Capillary bleeding with cardiogenic shock.
C. Venous bleeding with hypovolemic shock.
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D. Arterial bleeding with hypovolemic shock.
9. A 71 year old female is short of breath and has lower leg pain. She took 2
doses of her prescribed nitroglycerine and 324 mg aspirin 10 minutes ago.
Vital signs are BP 160/90, P 88, R 24, SpO2 88%. What should you do?
A. Apply oxygen by non-rebreather mask.
B. Obtain a second set of vital signs.
C. Administer an additional dose of aspirin.
D. Administer a third dose of nitroglycerin.
10. An 84 year old man is in cardiac arrest in the passenger seat of a vehicle
following a single car crash. The driver tells you that his passenger had
complained of chest pain prior to the car crash. What should you do?
A. Contact the patient's personal physician.
B. Treat the other patients while attempting to contact medical control.
C. Establish an incident command post.
D. Start CPR and call for additional ambulances.
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