1	EMP 193 Exam 2 Review
2	Question A verbal report given to the hospital staff should not include what?
3	Answer What you believe is wrong with the patient.
4	Question The FCC is responsible for prohibiting the use of patient names during radio reports. True or False?
5	Answer False, The FCC is concerned with offensive language
6	Question Mistakes in documentation can not only lead to legal problems, but is can also lead to what problems in patient care?
7	Answer Potentially threatens the patients care
8	Question “I understand” or “I can’t imagine” are phrases the paramedic can use to convey what?
9	Answer Empathy
10	Question When dealing with a language barrier, it is best to utilize an ________, if possible.
11	Answer interpreter
12	Question The “Standard of Care” in which all paramedics are measure against are made up of what?
13	Answer Protocols, standing orders, and patient care algorithms
14	Question When a protocol could potentially harm your patient, it is your responsibility to use critical thinking and devise what?
15	Answer An appropriate response of your own
16	Question Statements such as “go on” and “I’m listening” best describe what?
17	Answer Facilitation
18	Question When evaluating for JVD, the best patient position is what?
19	Answer 45 degrees (Semi Fowlers)
20	Question The abbreviation PRN is best defined as what?
21	Answer As needed
22	Question Auscultation for bruits is best defined as?
23	Answer Turbulent sounds, often assessed in the carotid bodies.
24	Question What is an alternate name for raccoon eyes, and what is it indicative of?
25	Answer Periorbital ecchymosis, basilar skull fx.
26	Question The “ fight or flight” response will often diminish what?
27	Answer Ability to concentrate
28	Question The court views and EMS written run report as what?
29	Answer An exact description of what happened during the call.
30	Question A multiplex will allow a paramedic to transmit two things at the same time. What are these things?
31	Answer Radio traffic and telemetry
32	Question When percussing the thorax without a stethoscope, the correct placement of your hands would be to place them where?
33	Answer Fingers parallel and between the ribs.
34	Question By have the patient repeat a series of words with no correlation, you will most likely be assessing what?
35	Answer Memory and Attention
36	Question While assessing the carotid bodies, you identify a thrill, what is consistent with this assessment finding?
37	Answer Partial occlusion of the carotid bodies.
38	Question When auscultating at the second intercostal space just left of the sternum, you are most likely to hear what valve?
39	Answer Pulmonic
40	Question Palpating at the fifth intercostal space near the left mid-clavicular line is a good place to palpate for what?
41	Answer Point of Maximum Impulse (PMI)
42	Question Define borborygmi.
43	Answer Hyperactive Bowel Sounds (hyperperistalsis)
44	Question Having a patient move his arms above his head, while assessing range of motion, best defines what term.
45	Answer Abduction
46	Question After a significant head injury, a patient has a mood change. What area of the brain is affected?
47	Answer Frontal
48	Question After what age will the fontanelles no longer be a good indicator of hydration?
49	Answer 18 months normally closed by this time
50	Question Ophthalmoscopes are used to assess eyes, otoscopes are used to assess ______?
51	Answer Ears