Patient assessment:
_____ 1. Which of the following is not a vital sign?
a. pulse c. respiration
b. mental status d. blood pressure
_____ 2. you should obtain the first vital signs
a. during the scene size up
b. during the focused history and physical exam
c. during the beginning of the initial assessment
d. immediately after determining responsiveness.
_____ 3. the vital sign that is least useful in adults is:
a. skin color c. pupillary reaction
b. capillary refill d. blood pressure
_____ 4. The patient that you would expect to have the slowest at rest pulse
rate is an.
a. child c. athlete
b. adult man d. elderly woman.
_____ 5. an emt b should be most concerned with a pulse rate maintained above.
a. 60 beats per min. c. 100 beats per min.
b. 80 beats per min. d. 120 beats per min.
_____ 6. in case of shock or later stages of blood loss, an emt-b would expect the pulse to be
a. rapid, strong and bounding. c. slow.
b. rapid and thready d. absent.
_____ 7. the first pulse taken by an EMT-b on patients one year and older is the:
a. carotid. c. femoral
b. radial d. pedis dorsalis pulse
_____ 8. If an emt-b has trouble finding the radial pulse on a conscious patient
he or she should first
a. try the other side of the same wrist
b. press more gently
c. use the thumb to palpate the pulse
d. try the wrist on the other arm.
____ 9. a rapid pulse, or any pulse over 100 beats per min. is called:
a. tachycardia c. diastolic
b. bradycardia d. systolic
_____ 10. The act of breathing out is called:
a. inhalation c. respiration.
b. exhalation d. inspiration.
_____ 11. in case of children and infants, an EMT B can expect to find the
highest normal respiration rates in an.
a. adolescent c. infant.
b. preschooler d. newborn
_____ 12. All of the following are signs of labored breathing except.
a. nasal flaring. c. grunting.
b. retractions. d. palpations.
_____ 13. the respiratory sound that points toward medical problems such as
asthma is:
a. snoring c. gurgling
b. wheezing d. crowing
____ 14 The respiratory sound that indicates that a patient might need suctioning is:
a. a. crowing c. snoring
b. wheezing. d. gurgling
_____ 15. The skin color that indicates inadequate breathing or heart function is
a. pink c. mottling
b. cyanotic d. pale
_____ 16. the skin color that indicates inadequate breathing
or heart function is:
a. pink c. mottling
b. cyanotic d. pale
_____ 17. For skin to be called Clammy: it must be:
a. moist and warm c. damp.
b. cool and dry d. cool and moist.
_____ 18. when checking pupils, and emt-b should look for all of the following except:
a. size, c. reactivity
b. equality d. color
_____ 19. in cases of stroke or head injury, the pupils are likely to be:
a. dilated. c. unequal
b. constricted. d. non reactive.
_____ 20. a normal systolic blood pressure for a 40 year old female would be:
a. 90 c. 130
b. 100 d. 140
_____ 21. when deflating the cuff of a sphygmomanometer:
the systolic blood pressure is the:
a. first sound. c. dullest sound
b. last sound. d. most muffled sound.
_____ 22. High blood pressure is associated with all of the following except:
a. fright c. emotional distress
b. exertion d. blood loss
_____ 23. On unstable patients an emt-b should take vital signs every:
a. 20 min. c. 10 min.
b. 15 min. d. 5 min.
_____ 24. In distinguishing signs from symptoms an example of a symptom would be:
a. chest pain c. retraction
b. slow pulse d. cyanosis
_____ 25. The L in SAMPLE stands for:
a. length of illness c. length of complaint.
b. last doctors visit. d. last oral intake.
do this on scrap paper, then use the key
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