Author Question: A patient has a blood pressure of 140/98 mmHg. Which one of the following can the EMT ascertain from ... (Read 142 times)

humphriesbr@me.com · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

A patient has a blood pressure of 140/98 mmHg. Which one of the following can the EMT ascertain from this reading?

A) The pulse pressure is narrowed.
B) The afterload is increased.
C) The preload is diminished.
D) The SpO2 level must be abnormal.

Question 2

A 20-year-old female has called 911 for chest pain. On scene you find that she has shallow breathing with an SpO2 reading of 91 on room air. She states she was in a car crash yesterday and diagnosed in the hospital with broken ribs. She says that her pain is right where the ribs are broken and rates it a 10/10. Breath sounds are present bilaterally. In this situation, the EMT should attribute the hypoxia to which one of the following?

A) The fractured ribs have pierced the lung, causing it to collapse.
B) Swelling from the rib fractures has compressed the lung.
C) The patient is bleeding into the lungs, compressing the alveoli.
D) Pain from rib injury prevents full expansion of the chest cage.