General Medical 1
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 50
General questions relating to the medical section.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which of the following patients does NOT require immediate transport to the hospital?
- A.
A patient with airway compromise.
- B.
A patient with signs of compensated shock.
- C.
A patient who is a threat to themselves or others.
- D.
A patient who is altered in mental status.
- 2.Many patients with HIV do not demonstrate signs or symptoms.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Though there is no vaccine available for Hepatitis C, it is not very communicable and the treatment modalities are very effective in clearing it from the body.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Your patient presents with general malaise, fever, headache and stiff neck. You are most concerned with which communicable disease?
- A.
Meningitis
- B.
Syphilis
- C.
Herpes
- D.
Hepatitis
- 5.Another term for shortness of breath is:
- 6.The two main muscles or muscle groups involved in normal breathing are:
- A.
Accessory muscles and Clavicular
- B.
Costals and Abdominal
- C.
Intercostals and Diaphragm
- D.
Abdominal and Intercostal
- 7.What is the term for the ability for cardiac cells to create their own impulse?
- A.
Conduction
- B.
Impulsivity
- C.
Automaticity
- D.
Ischemia
- 8.The area of specialized nerve cells in the heart that initiate the impulse for contraction is called the:
- A.
Atrio-ventricular node
- B.
Bundle of His
- C.
Sino-atrial node
- D.
Purkinje fibers
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