EMT 13

Which of the following is the best way to assess a patient's skin temperature?

• Place your cheek against the patient's abdomen.

• Place the back of your hand against the patient's forehead.

• Place the back of your hand against the patient's abdomen.

• Place your cheek against the patient's forehead.

If capillary refill is assessed in a child patient, how long should it take the normal pink color to return to the nail bed?

Select one:

• 2 seconds

• 5 seconds

• 3 seconds

• 4 seconds

The normal range for blood glucose is between 70 mg/dL and:

Select one:

• 100 mg/dL.

• 110 mg/dL.

• 120 mg/dL.

• 90 mg/dL.

You are attempting to assess the blood pressure of a 35-year-old male at the scene of a multiple vehicle collision. The scene is very noisy and you are unable to clearly hear the patient's heartbeat. You should:

• use an automatic blood pressure machine.

• obtain the blood pressure by palpation.

• try using the patient's other arm.

• have your partner try auscultating the blood pressure.

What category would include a patient with a blood pressure of 134/84 mmHg?

• Normotension

• Prehypertension

• Hypertension

• Hypotension

Slight movement of the chest during respiration is usually indicative of which of the following?

• Noisy breathing

• Shallow breathing

• Normal breathing

• Labored breathing

Your patient is warm, dry, pink, and denies shortness of breath. Which of the following should the EMT expect to find when evaluating the patient's oxygen saturation?

Select one:

A.

102 percent

B.

98 percent

CORRECT. The patient is obviously not hypoxic, so the oxygen saturation should be in the normal range.

C.

91 percent

D.

95 percent

• 102 percent

• 98 percent

• 91 p percent

• 95 percent

An oxygen saturation of 97 percent is considered which of the following?

• norma

• severe hypoxia

• Significant hypoxia

• Hypoxia

You are called to a 72-year-old patient with weakness and headache and an initial blood pressure of 140/92. Her repeat blood pressure at 5 minutes is unchanged. Her condition is called:

Select one:

A.

hypotension.

B.

prehypertension.

C.

stroke.

D.

hypertension

• hypotension

• prehypertension

• stroke

• Hypertension