EMT 14

Mr. Green is complaining of severe difficulty breathing after being stung by a bee. His wife states he has had reactions to bee stings before, but not quite this severe. Which medications should you specifically ask him about?

Select one:

• Beta-blockers

• Insulin

• Antibiotics

• Epinephrine

When using the memory aid OPQRST, which of the following questions would help you find out about P?

Select one:

A.

Do you have any past medical history?

B.

Are you having any pain?

C.

Does anything make the pain better or worse?

CORRECT. The P in the memory aid OPQRST stands for provocation; asking if anything makes the pain better or worse or what caused the pain to start are common questions to determine provocation.

D.

What is your primary complaint?

• Do you have any past medical history?

• Are you having any pain?

• Does anything make the pain better or worse?

• What is your primary complaint?

Once you have reached a possible diagnosis for a patient, you should:

Select one:

• continue to look for data that will help rule in or rule out other conditions.

• aggressively treat the patient for that condition only.

• stop looking for other causes for the patient's signs and symptoms.

• assume your diagnosis is wrong and start your assessment over from the beginning.

Which of the following is one advantage of using heuristics?

Select one:

• It allows you to treat the patient during diagnosis.

• It slows the process of diagnosis.

• It provides a more accurate diagnosis.

• It speeds up the process of diagnosis

An EMT's assessment differs from an assessment made in the emergency department in which way?

Select one:

• Time is available in the emergency department to make a diagnosis.

• An EMT's focus is on life threats first.

• The emergency physician is concerned with scene safety.

• The EMT is working with limited resources

A list of potential diagnoses compiled early in the patient's assessment is known as which of the following?

• Assessment-based diagnosis

• Traditional diagnosis

• Emergency medical diagnosis

• Differential diagnosis

Mr. Hughes is a 49-year-old man complaining of chest pain. To find out about the quality of his chest pain, which of the following questions is most appropriate?

Select one:

• On a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the worst, how would you rate your level of pain?

• Does anything make the pain worse?

• Can you describe how the pain in your chest feels?

• Are you having pain anywhere beside your chest?

________ are signs or symptoms that suggest the possibility of a particular problem that is very serious.

Select one:

• Worst-case scenarios

• Differentials

• Red flags

• All of these