Chapter 14 Quiz Flashcards
It is especially important to assess pulse, sensation, and movement in all extremities as well as pupillary reactions in patients with a suspected ___________ problem.
A. respiratory
B. cardiac
C. endocrine
D. neurologic
D. neurologic
In 2009, the H1N1 virus accounted for over 200,000 deaths worldwide in the form of the swine flu. In 1919, a similar outbreak of the H1N1 occurred in the form of the Spanish flu. Starting in Kansas City, the virus spread rapidly worldwide, claiming up to 50 million lives. These are both examples of:
A. uncontrolled outbreaks.
B. parasitic infection.
C. pandemics.
D. epidemics.
C. pandemics.
When forming your general impression of a patient with a medical complaint, it is important to remember that:
A. the conditions of many medical patients may not appear serious at first.
B. it is during the general impression that assessment of the ABCs occurs.
C. the majority of medical patients you encounter are also injured.
D. most serious medical conditions do not present with obvious symptoms.
A. the conditions of many medical patients may not appear serious at first.
An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:
A. a disease that can be spread from one person or species to another through a number of mechanisms.
B. the invasion of the human body by a bacterium that cannot be destroyed by antibiotics or other drugs.
C. any disease that enters the body via the bloodstream and renders the immune system nonfunctional.
D. a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the body.
D. a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the body.
Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for complications caused by the influenza virus?
A. 12-year-old child with a fractured arm
B. 39-year-old man with mild hypertension
C. 50-year-old woman moderate obesity
D. 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes
D. 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes
Assessment of the medical patient is usually focused on the _________.
A. medical history
B. nature of illness
C. associated symptoms
D. field diagnosis
B. nature of illness
Which of the following conditions is NOT categorized as a psychiatric condition?
A. Depression
B. Substance abuse
C. Alzheimer disease
D. Schizophrenia
B. Substance abuse
After sizing up the scene of a patient with a possible infectious disease, your next priority should be to:
A. take standard precautions.
B. notify law enforcement.
C. quickly access the patient.
D. contact medical control.
A. take standard precautions.
You are attending to a 27-year-old male driver of a car. According to his passenger, the patient had been acting strangely while driving, then slumped forward against the steering wheel, apparently unconscious. The car drove off the road and struck a telephone pole. The patient remains unconscious, and physical assessment reveals only a large hematoma on his right forehead with no other physical signs. Your patient is a diabetic who had been under a lot of stress lately and may have missed meals. This is an example of a:
A. trauma emergency.
B. combination of a psychiatric and trauma emergency.
C. combination of a medical and trauma emergency.
D. medical emergency.
C. combination of a medical and trauma emergency.
When caring for a patient with an altered mental status and signs of circulatory compromise, you should:
A. transport immediately and begin all emergency treatment en route to the hospital.
B. perform a detailed secondary assessment prior to transporting the patient.
C. limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if possible.
D. have a paramedic unit respond to the scene if it is less than 15 minutes away.
C. limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if possible.
