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1. Which of the following would be the result of an obstruction in a branch of the pulmonary artery?

Blood is not pumped to the lungs.

Blood cannot return from the lungs.

Blood is not pumped to the brain.

Blood cannot return from the brain to the heart.

2. Which of the following is a characteristic of referred pain?

It is only felt in hollow organs.

It is felt in a location other then the organ causing it.

It is usually described as “crampy” or “colicky.”

It is caused by psychological stress.

3. Which of the following is a function of the autonomic nervous system?

Solving complex math problems

Constriction of blood vessels

Running or walking

Speaking

4. The muscular organ in which a baby develops during pregnancy is called the:

amniotic sac.

placenta.

fetus.

uterus

5. Which of the following is a potential side effect of nitroglycerin?

All of the above

Difficulty breathing

Sudden increase in heart rate

Decreased blood pressure

6. Which of the following is the way in which the heart muscle receives oxygen?

Blood from the pulmonary vein enters capillaries in the myocardium.

Blood from the left ventricle enters capillaries in the myocardium.

Blood surrounds the heart in the pericardial sac.

Blood from the aorta enters the coronary arteries.

7. How many cervical vertebrae are there?

8. You are on the scene of a 50-year-old male who lacerated his arm on a sheet of plate glass. He is pale, diaphoretic, and mumbling incoherently. You have controlled an arterial bleed with direct pressure. His blood pressure is 76/p, pulse 120, and respiratory rate of 28. Which of the following signs is the most concerning?

The altered mental status

The tachycardia

The respiratory rate

The blood pressure

9. Which of the following is an accurate definition of a flail chest?

The fracture of one rib in two or more consecutive places

The fracture of at least four ribs in two or more places

A section of the chest wall that is unstable, leading to breathing problems

A lung that has been punctured by a fractured rib, resulting in a buildup of air

10. When a person acts in a manner that is unacceptable to himself or those around him, this would be considered which of the following?

Psychotic episode

Behavioral emergency

Psychosomatic reaction

Mental illness

11. During which stage of labor is the baby born?

First

Third

Second

Ninth

12. How does aspirin actually reduce the chances that a patient suffering a myocardial infarction will die?

It reduces the amount of pain in the heart.

It reduces the ability of the blood to form clots.

It prevents a deadly fever from developing.

It reduces the inflammation in the heart.

13. Which of the following must be treated by the EMT if present in a patient with an apparent behavioral emergency?

Acute alcohol intoxication

Suicidal ideology

Severe clinical depression

Hypoglycemia

14. Which of the following BEST describes the term crowning?

The presenting part of the baby being visible at the vaginal opening

A discharge of bloody mucus

The delivery of the head during a breech birth, completing delivery

Complete dilation of the cervix

15. Which of the following BEST describes the events that occur during the first stage of labor?

Expulsion of the placenta

Rupture of the amniotic sac

Thinning and dilation of the cervix

Expulsion of the fetus through the birth canal

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