Primary Care

Primary Care

PCare, Ch 12 Quiz Name___________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Devices for maintaining airway patency in a 5-year-old patient include all of the following EXCEPT a(n): A) endotracheal tube. B) pharyngotracheal lumen airway. C) oropharyngeal airway. D) suction unit. 2) Which of the following explanations is FALSE regarding the need to perform a scene size-up? A) It may tell you to request additional resources to the scene. B) It will allow you to operate on the scene without worrying about possible hazards. C) It may give you important information that will guide your medical care. D) It allows you to look for any hazards or dangers. 3) One of the best ways to minimize patient anxiety during a physical exam is to: A) warm your hands and instruments before use. B) limit your exam to procedures that do not cause the patient anxiety. C) use a calm, professional approach. D) avoid exposing any of the patient's body parts. 4) You find a patient awake and alert with stable vital signs, lying supine on the sidewalk after being struck by a motor vehicle traveling at 10 mph. The mechanism of injury and initial patient presentation leads you to suspect: A) severe internal injuries. B) closed-head injury. C) pneumothorax. D) lower extremity trauma. 5) Your patient presents with audible stridor in the upper airway. Which of the following statements is true? A) Stridor is not a sign of a serious problem. B) All causes of stridor can be managed in the same way. C) You must evaluate the history of the condition causing the stridor and the associated clinical signs. D) Stridor is a sound that is referred from the lower airways. 6) During your focused exam of a patient with a suspected myocardial infarction, you should examine: A) deep tendon reflexes. B) peripheral perfusion status. C) extraocular movements. D) range of motion in joints. 7) All of the following mechanisms of...

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