Exam 1: Introduction to Paramedicine

Which of these is NOT one of the six rights of drug administration?

In the early-adulthood age bracket, what is the leading cause of death?

Your ambulance arrives at a scene where a car has run into a ditch alongside a two-lane country highway. You should park the ambulance:

A physician has ordered you to give a medication that you believe will harm your patient. Which of the following should you do?

Of the normal tidal volume for the average 70-kg adult, what amount of air (in mL) is NOT available for gas exchange?

The most abundant cation in extracellular fluid is:

Your patient is experiencing right lower quadrant pain following a syncopal episode. She reports that her last menstrual period (LMP) was about six weeks ago. While she is awaiting an abdominal CT, the surgery resident asks that you initiate an IV of lactated Ringer's solution using a blood set (10 drops/mL) and infuse 1 liter over 1 hour. What drip rate (in drops/minute) will you use to attain this rate of administration?

Tachyphylaxis can be managed by:

Seeking and recording pertinent negatives demonstrates which of the following?

One way to improve airway management and ventilation is to make sure that:

According to Starling's Law, the administration of nitroglycerin will result in ________ preload, ________ stroke volume, and ________ myocardial oxygen demand.

Which of the following devices is known as a dual-lumen airway?

An occupation in which the practitioners have a competence in a specialized body of knowledge or skills that has been recognized by some organization or agency is called a:

In which class of the Vaughn-Williams classification system of antidysrhythmic medications does amiodarone belong?

Which of the following documents containing vital information is affixed to the patient during large-scale incidents with multiple patients?

If a legal case is brought against you, your best defense in court is usually:

Which of the following is part of good handwashing technique?

A fine, bubbling sound heard on inspiration and associated with fluid in the alveoli and terminal bronchioles is called:

A(n) ________ airway is shorter, narrower, less stable, and more easily obstructed than at any other stage in life.

When a drug causes a change in the cell membrane, preventing additional stimulation of the cell no matter how much stimulation is offered, that drug is called a: