Week 4 Study Guide

Question 1

Which emergency situation requires first priority assessments?

Answer 1

1. Poison
2. Airway and breathing problems
3. Head injury

Question 2

What is the first and most critical step in responding to an emergency in an ambulatory care emergency situation?

Answer 2

Recognize when emergency measures should be taken

Question 3

What are three true statements about Good Samaritan Laws?

Answer 3

1. They provide some legal protection to the emergency care provider
2. Providers must act in a reasonable and prudent manner
3. The conditions of the law buried in each state

Question 4

What is the main purpose of the crash cart in the ambulatory care setting?

Answer 4

All emergency supplies are together and available

Question 5

What are three true statements regarding shock?

Answer 5

1. Inadequate circulation to the body parts
2. Areas around the lips, eyes, fingernails, may turn cyanotic
3. Pulse become rapid and weak

Question 6

Which body area would be more suited to a spiral bandage for wounds or injuries?

Answer 6

Arms or legs

Question 7

What are three true statements regarding burns?

Answer 7

1. A second-degree burn involves the epidermis and dermis.
2. Blisters form with second-degree burn.
3. Third-degree burn affect or destroy all layers of skin.

Question 8

What is the most appropriate response when caring for burns?

Answer 8

Cover with a sterile dressing

Question 9

What types of burns should be seen by the provider?

Answer 9

1. All burns involving the very young or the elderly.
2. A burn involving an area larger than a child’s hand.
3. Any burns on the face, hands, feet or genitals.

Question 10

What are the important assessments when caring for injuries to the musculoskeletal system?

Answer 10

1. Note the extent of swelling or bruising.
2. Note deformity or pain.
3. Note the use of extremity.

Question 11

What is most applicable for symptoms of shivering, cool skin, listlessness, confusion, and slowed pulse and respirations?

Answer 11

Hypothermia

Question 12

What are the characteristics of heat exhaustion?

Answer 12

1. Cold clammy skin
2. Profuse sweating
3. Headache
4. General weakness

Question 13

What is the most applicable for skin that becomes off color, waxy, and numb?

Answer 13

Frostbite

Question 14

What type of poisoning is common with drug abuse?

Answer 14

Poisoning bite injection

Question 15

What is most appropriate when dealing with poisoning?

Answer 15

Identify the name and amount of poison taken

Question 16

What type of shock might occur if a person who has hypersensitivity to a sting is not seen by a physician immediately?

Answer 16

Anaphylactic shock

Question 17

What is the common term for the medical term syncope?

Answer 17

Fainting

Question 18

What are appropriate responses when caring for a person who is having a seizure?

Answer 18

Slowly assist patient to the ground, move objects out of the way to prevent injuries, put pillow/rolled jacket under patient’s head to prevent injury, call MA to get doctor and call EMS

Question 19

What is a condition that occurs as a result of an inability of the body to properly convert sugar from food into energy?

Answer 19

Diabetes

Question 20

What is a condition that occurs as a result of an excess of insulin and an insufficient amount of sugar circulating through the bloodstream?

Answer 20

Insulin shock

Question 21

What would be the most appropriate assessment for symptoms of exaggerated, ate hungry respirations and “fruity acetone breath”?

Answer 21

Acidosis

Question 22

What are true statements regarding bleeding?

Answer 22

Serious loss of blood and profound irreversible shock can happen quickly

Question 23

A patient calls and states her husband is having some loss of vision, confusion, slurred speech, and nausea. What is the possible assessment?

Answer 23

Stroke

Question 24

What is the most appropriate assessment for the symptoms of cold and clammy skin, profuse perspiration, pain radiating into the left shoulder or the jaw, and nausea?

Answer 24

Heart attack

Question 25

CPR plus automated external defibrillation (AED) can boost survival significantly if it is begun within how many minutes of collapse?

Answer 25

3-5 minutes

Question 26

A few of the common signs and symptoms of a snake bite include:

Answer 26

1. Rapid pulse 2. Nausea 3. Vomiting

Question 27

What is the most appropriate action of medical assistant if a patient feels faint in the examining room?

Answer 27

Lay the patient down or have them sit with their head down leveled with their knees

Question 28

If an adult has burns to the front torso and front of the right arm, what percent of the body surface area is involved?

Answer 28

22.5 percent

Question 29

In which accredited programs must medical assistants be certified in CPR to provider level and taught by instructors who are certified to teach CPR?

Answer 29

1. CAAHEP 2. ABHEC

Question 30

What is the most appropriate action of a medical assistant in responding to an emergency situation?

Answer 30

Act quickly and access the nature of the situation

Question 31

Rebecca, a patient in the clinic, comes in with a jag 3 inch open, laceration on her hand, which she calmly shows to you what is your first priority for care?

Answer 31

Minimize the risk of infection

Question 32

In the medical office, a cardiac patient, accompanied by his wife, complains to you of chest pain. In assessing the patient, what would you do first?

Answer 32

Obtain information about the symptoms being experienced

Question 33

What advice is appropriate for patient education for a patient who has a severe or life-threatening illness or allergy?

Answer 33

Carry the universal medical identification symbol or the identification card

Question 34

Emergency treatment of a snake bite includes applying a construction band 4 inches above the bite site. T/F

Answer 34

TRUE

Question 35

Antidote for most poisoning work either by reversing the effects of the poison or preventing the poison from working. T/F

Answer 35

TRUE

Question 36

The combination of rescue breathing and chest compressions is known as CPR T/F

Answer 36

TRUE

Question 37

CPR alone can save an individual from cardiac arrest T/F

Answer 37

FALSE

Question 38

The most common type of fainting episodes occurs when the blood pressure drop quickly in response to a highly charged emotional or stressful situation. T/F

Answer 38

TRUE

Question 39

A patient stumbles through the door just as the office opens, and the provider is not in. He says he experienced a sharp blow to the stomach is holding his abdomen and then pitches forward and falls on the floor waiting. What is the next thing you do?

Answer 39

Have a staff member called paramedics

Question 40

Provider level CPR and basic first aid is a requirement for medical assistance to graduate T/F

Answer 40

TRUE