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Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
A 69yo female is being treated by you and your partner for suspected SVT. Initially the patient was CAOx3. You administered two doses of Adenosine, 6mg & 12mg. The patient remains in SVT and has now become unresponsive and hypotensive. You elect to use synchronized cardioversion due to the patient current condition. The correct initial dose for synchronized cardioversion is 50J.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
When a spinal injury is suspected a back board is NOT needed because the basket immobilizes the spine enough already.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
When a victim is removed from the water and found to be unconscious, you should first give:
  1. 15 compressions
  2. 30 compressions,
  3. 1 breath, 15 compressions
  4. 2 breaths
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
You find a small unconscious child on the pool deck , what is the first thing you should do?
  1. Check for breathing
  2. Area surrounding check
  3. Call for help
  4. Tap & Shout
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
The first step to rescuing a victim is to communicate with them.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
Prior to contacting medical command, you may give which medication to the Asthmatic/COPD patient under standing orders?
  1. Albuterol
  2. Duo-neb
  3. Solu-medrol
  4. Magnesium Sulfate
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
The total number of intubation attempts by an ALS crew may not exceed               before a backup airway device must be used.
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
An electrical shock that disrupts the electrical activity of the heart long enough to allow the heart to spontaneously develop an effective rhythm on its own.
  1. v-fib
  2. defibulation
  3. defibrillation
  4. CPR
  5. none of the above
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
What is the best location for performing a pulse check on a 48-year old man who is unconscious and not breathing?
  1. At the radial artery of the wrist
  2. At the brachial artery of the arm
  3. At the carotid artery of the neck
  4. On the chest directly over the heart
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
For a choking infant, you give 5 back blows and 10 chest compressions.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
What is W.A.R.T.S the treatment for?
  1. Little skin tags that appear generally on the hands and feet
  2. Shock
  3. Sprains and Strains
  4. External Bleeding
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
A 35 year old male involved in a motor vehicle crash. He is awake, complaining of shortness of breath. He has absent lung sounds on the left side. Under standing orders we may perform                       Needle Decompression                       
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
An 86yo female presets with chest pain and dizziness. 12-lead ECG revelas sinus bradycardia at a rate of 38bpm with 4mm elevation in the inferior leads and reciprocal changes. The initial treatment for this patient's heart rate would be               .
  1. Atropine 0.5mg
  2. TCP rate of 60
  3. TCP rate of 70
  4. Atropine 1mg
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
You are treating a 32yo male who is actively seizing. IV access has been established. You elect to administer a benzodiazepine under standing orders. Which medication and dose would you administer to the patient?
  1. Lorazepam 1mg
  2. Lorazepam 2mg
  3. Diazepam 0.5mg/kg
  4. Lorazepam 0.1mg/kg
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
ETA stands for Estimated Time of Arrival.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
You are treating a 44o female with a suspected CVA. Her blood pressure is 88mmHg systolic and MAP 56. You elect to administer 0.9% NSS at 125ml/hr to maintain her blood pressure and MAP in accordance with the standing orders. The correct systolic blood pressure and MAP are               and               , respectively.
  1. 90,65
  2. 100,75
  3. 120,65
  4. 90,90
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
When rescuing a victim, you should first jump in the water and swim to the victim to assist them in swimming to the wall.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
What is D.R. the treatment for?
  1. Sprains and Strains
  2. External Bleeding
  3. Illness
  4. Shock
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
You are called to the scene of a male who has been stabbed in the chest and abdomen. BLS advise that the patient is deceased. At this point you would perform a field pronouncement and return to service.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
What does EMD stand for? Emergency            medical            dispatch.
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