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You observe your partner correctly obtaining a patient's blood pressure when he:

A) inflates the cuff maximally prior to slowly deflating and listening for a pulse.
B) deflates the cuff 2 mmHg per second while listening with a stethoscope.
C) stops inflation and starts deflation as soon as the radial pulse disappears.
D) places the stethoscope under the cuff and deflates it.

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When obtaining blood pressure on a patient in a standing position, the patient states that he suddenly feels weak and is going to pass out. Your immediate action should be to:

A) place the patient back into bed.
B) determine the blood pressure by palpation.
C) ask the patient if he is having chest pain.
D) hold the patient upright until the blood pressure is obtained.

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Your partner states that he wants to palpate the blood pressure. What equipment would you hand him?

When using the SAMPLE mnemonic, which of the following statements made by the patient would be categorized under the letter "M"?

An EMT has an accurate understanding of the systolic blood pressure when he tells you that the systolic blood pressure is:

When obtaining a blood pressure, the EMT listens for a pulse over what blood vessel?

An obese female has called you with the complaint of abdominal pain. The regular adult cuff will not fit around her arm, so you retrieve the large adult cuff from your supplies. Embarrassed, the woman says, "My arm is so fat. Do you really need to roll up my sleeve to get my blood pressure?" Your best response would be:

An EMT is correctly assessing a patient's radial pulse when he:

As you enter the scene of a medical emergency, the Emergency Medical Responder informs you that the patient is not breathing and has pupils that are fixed and dilated. Based on this description, which one of the following are you expecting to see when you reach the patient's side?

For which patient would a capillary refill time of 3 seconds be most indicative of poor perfusion?

The EMT understands the primary reason to obtain a medical history using the SAMPLE mnemonic when he states:

You determine a radial pulse is readily palpable, but has uneven intervals between beats. This would best be documented on the prehospital care report as:

Which one of the following descriptions would be obtained when asking about the "A" component of the SAMPLE history?

Which one of the following characteristics is a quality of a patient's pulse?

Which one of the following statements made by an EMT indicates an accurate understanding of checking a patient's skin temperature?

You are assessing a female patient with a complaint of shortness of breath. When assessing her skin, which one of the following should be recognized as abnormal?

You are called to a long-term care facility to assess and transport a patient with a high fever. You do not have a thermometer on your unit. Which one of the following signs should you use to confirm the patient's increased body temperature?

Which one of the following patients should the EMT recognize as having a normal skin temperature?

When evaluating a patient's skin color, the EMT should:

A 41-year-old male patient reacts to painful stimuli by moaning. You shine a light at his right pupil. Which one of the following reactions would be normal?