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Aurora Health Care
EMS Continuing Education
1st Quarter 2016 Quiz
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1.
A wet patient:
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
Limb (arms/legs) temperature may frequently be:
a.
b.
c.
d.
3.
1-2 degrees warmer than our core temperature.
The same as our core temperature.
1-2 degrees cooler that our core temperature.
10-12 degrees cooler than our core temperature.
Shivering is a body function that:
a.
b.
c.
d.
4.
Retains heat better than a dry patient.
Loses heat at the same rate as a dry patient.
Loses heat at a rate 25 times faster than a dry patient.
Is less likely to suffer from hypothermia.
Helps the body eliminate heat.
Generates heat.
ONLY indicates someone is cold or frightened.
Ceases when the bodies temperature reaches 80 degrees.
How many minutes until Frost Bite can occur to exposed skin if the temperature is
-35°F and the wind speed is 10 miles per hour?
a.
b.
c.
d.
5 minutes
10 minutes
30 minutes
60 minutes
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5.
As a patient’s body gets colder and colder, the following sequence happens:
a.
b.
c.
d.
6.
Hypothermic patients may become hypoglycemic because:
a.
b.
c.
d.
7.
True.
False.
Warm IV fluids are appropriate for hypothermic patients. Even though your
service may not have IV warmers, there are other options for warming IV fluid
bags. These warmed fluids can be then used for infusing warm IV fluids and as
hot packs placed near the patient’s body.
a.
b.
10.
They are more susceptible to sudden ventricular fibrillation.
Cardiac arrest is more difficult to manage.
Cold, frostbit or frozen skin is very delicate and injury prone.
All of the above.
Use caution when managing a hypothermic patient’s airway. Hypothermic
patients typically have slower and shallower respirations. It may be difficult to
verify respirations and some adjuncts may precipitate lethal cardiac dysrhythmias.
a.
b.
9.
They are not consuming sugars while they are cold.
Shivering requires muscle activity which consumes/requires sugar.
Cold bodies metabolize sugar at a rate faster than a normo-thermic body.
A hypothermic body cannot store sugars.
Severely hypothermic patients should be handled very carefully because:
a.
b.
c.
d.
8.
Shivering begins, judgment errors, motor coordination fails, dysrhythmia.
Unresponsive to pain, pulses difficult to obtain, shivering stops, amnesia.
Judgment errors, shivering stops, ventricular fibrillation, motor
coordination fails.
Shivering begins, motor coordination fails, judgment errors, ventricular
fibrillation.
True.
False.
There are serious complications associated with hypothermia. Warming a patient
may trigger some of these complications. Anyone who has suffered a hypothermic
incident needs to receive a medical evaluation.
a.
b.
True.
False.
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11.
The expected normal daytime temperature range when obtaining a tympanic (ear
canal) temperature would be:
a.
b.
c.
d.
12.
The major organ involved in temperature regulation is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
13.
Liver
Spleen
Pancreas
Skin
Those at greatest risk for heat-related illness include:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
14.
90 to 95 °F (32–35 °C)
95.9 to 98.6 °F (35.5–37.5 °C)
100.4 to 104 °F (38.0 -40.0 °C)
82 to 90 °F (28–32 °C)
Infants and Children to age 4
Adults greater than 65 years of age
Patients on certain medications
All of the above
None of the above
Heat stroke is a life threatening emergency.
a. True
b. False
15.
Mild hypothermia may cause coagulopathy issues in the trauma patient.
c. True
d. False
The following two questions MUST be answered correctly by EMT-Intermediate’s
(99 or 12), Paramedic’s and RN’s to get credit for having completed this packet.
16.
The dysrhythmia most commonly seen in moderate hypothermia is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Atrial tachycardia
Atrial fibrillation.
Asystole
Ventricular fibrillation
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17.
At what hypothermic temperature is ventricular fibrillation most likely to occur:
a.
b.
c.
d.
31°C (88° F)
22°C (71.6° F)
18°C (64.4° F)
35.7 °C (96.3°F)
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