WEST COAST EMT BLOCK EXAM #2 QUESTION BANK 2024 (140 PAGES) WITH EXPERT VERIFIED ANSWERS (GUARANTEED PASS) | RATED A+

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A 40-year-old male crashed his motorcycle into a tree. He is semiconscious, has snoring respirations, and has a laceration to the forearm with minimal bleeding. You should: apply a cervical collar a... nd suction his airway. open his airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver. apply a pressure dressing to the patient's arm. tilt the patient's head back and lift up on his chin. - Answer>>>open his airway with the jawthrust maneuver. A 33-year-old female presents with lower abdominal quadrant pain. She is conscious and alert, but inmoderate pain. While your partner is asking her questions about her medical history, you take her vitalsigns. When you assess her radial pulse, you are unable to locate it. You should: A. assess the rate, regularity, and quality of her carotid pulse. B. advise your partner that the patient's blood pressure is low. C. immediately take her blood pressure to see if she is hypotensive. D. conclude that she is perfusing adequately since she is conscious. - Answer>>>A. assess the rate, regularity, and quality of her carotid pulse. End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring is clearly indicated for patients who present with A. a headache. B. abdominal pain. C. high blood pressure. D. respiratory distress. - Answer>>>D. respiratory distress. The "Golden Period" begins when an injury occurs and ends when: the patient receives definitive care. the patient is admitted to the ICU. you depart the scene for the hospital. you arrive at the emergency department. - Answer>>>the patient receives definitive care. The diastolic pressure represents the: average pressure against the arterial walls during a cardiac cycle. minimum amount of pressure that is always present in the arteries. increased arterial pressure that occurs during ventricular contraction. difference in pressure between ventricular contraction and relaxation - Answer>>>minimum amount of pressure that is always present in the arteries. [Show More]

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