Question 1

What is/are common cause(s) of a compromised airway?

Accepted Answer

The common causes of airway compromise include the tongue, foreign matter, trauma, burns, allergic reactions, and infection.

Question 2

Emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and asthma are all types of what?

Accepted Answer

Emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and asthma are all types of obstructive lung diseases. Smokers are more susceptible to contract these types of respiratory problems.

Question 3

What of the following is true of capillaries?

Accepted Answer

Capillaries, are tiny vessels that connect arterioles to venules, they are found in all parts of the body, and allow for the exchange of nutrients and waste at the cellular level.

Question 4

What is meant by systolic blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

A person's systolic blood pressure is the pressure exerted against the wall of arteries when the left ventricle contracts. Diastolic blood pressure is the pressure exerted against the walls of arteries when the left ventricle is at rest.

Question 5

What organ secretes insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin?

Accepted Answer

The pancreas secretes insulin, glucagon and somaostatin. The islets of Langerhans are located on the pancreas and are responsible for secreting insulin and glucagon to help regulate a person's blood sugar.

Question 6

What is the name for a substance secreted by an endocrine gland that has effects upon other glands or systems of the body?

Accepted Answer

A hormone is a substance that is secreted by an endocrine gland that has effects upon other glands or systems of the body.

Question 7

Where is the pituitary gland located?

Accepted Answer

The pituitary gland is located at the base of the brain and is responsible for excreting growth hormone, prolactin, ACTH, MSH, TSH, FSH, and LH. It has two endocrine glands and is known as the master gland of the body. It regulates the function of most other endocrine glands through hormone secretion.

Question 8

What is the score range of the Glascow Coma Scale?

Accepted Answer

The Glascow Coma Scale is used to determine a patient's level of consciousness. The patient is rated on a scale from 3 to 15. A score of 3 is the lowest and a score of 15 means that the patient is functioning normally. The scale is used specifically to evaluate a patient's neurological function and is used in evaluating trauma, stroke, and patients with altered mental status (AMS).

Question 9

A patient you are assessing presents with complaints of vision that has suddenly blurred, difficulty swallowing, and is having trouble speaking. What are they showing the warning signs of?

Accepted Answer

A patient that present with sudden blurry vision, difficulty swallowing, and is has having trouble speaking is showing the warning signs of a stroke. Other signs and symptoms include numbness, weakness, or paralysis of the face, arm or leg, trouble understanding, sudden confusion, dizziness, loss of balance, or an unexplained fall as well as a sudden, severe unexplained headache.

Question 10

Grand mal seizures are also known by what name?

Accepted Answer

Grand mal seizures are also known as Tonic -Clonic seizures. There is loss of consciousness during the seizure. The tonic phase consists of muscles becoming more rigid, and is followed by the clonic phase, which involves the jerking of the extremities.

Question 11

You are assessing a patient who is complaining of hematemesis, dark stools, frequent diarrhea, and has orthostatic vital signs. These signs and symptoms indicate that your patient is suffering from what?

Accepted Answer

A patient whom is complaining of hematemsis, dark stools, frequent diarrhea, and has orthostatic vital signs indicate that they are suffering from an upper GI hemorrhage. Common causes of this are peptic ulcer disease, gastritis, esophagitis, tumors, or esophageal varices.

Question 12

You are assessing a patient who presents with complaints of progressive anorexia, abdominal bloating, diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, chills, and fever. These signs and symptoms indicate that your patient is suffering from what?

Accepted Answer

If you are assessing a patient that presents with complaints of progressive anorexia, abdominal bloating, diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, chills, and fever indicate that they are suffering from a bowel obstruction or intestinal blockage. The most common causes of this include tumors, foreign bodies, and prior surgery.

Question 13

You are assessing a patient who presents with complaints of acute onset right lower quadrant pain beginning around the umbilicus and is also complaining of nausea, vomiting, fever and anorexia. These signs and symptoms indicate that your patient is suffering from what?

Accepted Answer

If you are assessing a patient who presents with complaints of acute onset right lower quadrant pain beginning around the umbilicus and is also complaining of nausea, vomiting, fever and anorexia indicates that they are suffering from appendicitis. Treatment includes prevention of shock and transport for surgical removal of the appendix.

Question 14

You are assessing a patient who presents with complaints of excruciating flank pain, difficulty urinating, hematuria, nausea, and vomiting. These signs and symptoms indicate that your patient is suffering what?

Accepted Answer

If you are assessing a patient who presents with complaints of excruciating flank pain, difficulty urinating, hematuria, nausea, and vomiting indicate that they are suffering from kidney stones. Kidney stones are most common in males age 20 to 50 years old.

Question 15

You are assessing a patient who presents with complaints of colicky pain in the right upper quadrant that gets worse after they eat and is unresolved by antacids. These signs and symptoms indicate that your patient is suffering from what?

Accepted Answer

If you are assessing a patient who presents with complaints of colicky pain in the right upper quadrant that gets worse after they eat and is unresolved by antacids indicates that they are suffering from cholecystitis. This is caused by gallstones lodging in the duct that drains the bladder or in the bile duct causing liver or pancreatic congestion.

Question 16

What is the major artery of the neck?

Accepted Answer

The major artery of the neck is the carotid. It supplies blood to the head and its pulsations can be palpated on either side of the neck.

Question 17

Difficulty breathing, anxiety, abnormal blood pressure, sudden onset of sweating, and squeezing, dull pressure to the chest are signs of symptoms of what?

Accepted Answer

A patient who presents with difficulty breathing, abnormal blood pressure, sudden onset of sweating and squeezing dull pressure to the chest are signs and symptoms of cardiac compromise. Other signs and symptoms include irritability, feeling of impending doom, abnormal/irregular heartbeat, epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, and pain radiating down the arms or into the jaw.

Question 18

What is known as a state of profound depression of the vital processes of the body?

Accepted Answer

Shock is a state of profound depression of the vital processes of the body.

Question 19

Where can central pulses be located?

Accepted Answer

The central pulses are located at the carotid or the femoral arteries. They are known as central pulses because they can be found in the middle of the body (neck, groin).

Question 20

What does the American Heart Association recommend the compression -to -ventilation ratio to be for all single rescuers to use for all victims from infants (not including newborns) through adults?

Accepted Answer

The American Heart Association recommends the compression -to -ventilation ratio for all single rescuers be 30:2. This recommendation applies to all lay rescuers and to all healthcare providers who perform single -rescuer CPR.

Quiz 1: Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) Basic