AMLS Review (Latest 2023 / 2024)
Complete Questions & Answers 100% Correct
- As you obtain historical information regarding your patient, you note that the
patient's presentation and responses are very similar to several patient complaints you have treated in the past. Integrating this information from past
experience to this current experience is known as:
Answer: Pattern recognition
- In which situation has the threat to your personal safety been reduced
most significantly?
Answer: A barking dog has been secured in a kennel in the yard.
3. You evaluate the patient's environment to assess for:
Answer: all of the above; Safety concerns, Room Temp, Assistive devices
- An unresponsive patient has a needle in his arm when you arrive. His
pupils are pinpoint, and he is breathing four times per minute. You are preparing to administer naloxone. At this point, opioid overdose is your
initial:
Answer: Differential diagnosis
- An 18-year-old male had a tonic-clonic seizure. Coworkers report no known
seizure history. You can arouse him to voice. P 118, R 20, BP 102/68. The
diagnostic test most likely to narrow your differential diagnosis would be:
Answer: Blood glucose analysis
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- A 23-year-old female has an acute onset of left flank pain. You should
investigate which of the following regarding her pain?
Answer: Dysuria
- When you use an interpreter to question a 42-year-old female about her
abdominal pain, what is the best way to ensure information has been con- veyed accurately and completely?Answer: Let the patient write her answers, and have the interpreter restate them so you will have a recored of her statements for your report. (yeah right)
8. After you ensure scene safety, your highest priority is to:
Answer: Rule out imme- diate life threats
- Which of the following physical findings points most specifically to in-
creased intracranial pressure?
Answer: Respiratory rate is 8 and irregular.
- You are transferring a 65-year-old female with renal failure from the
nursing home. She has a history of "abnormal lab values" and is drowsy and
weak. You note the following lab values: serum calcium 10.0 mg/dL (0.55
mmol/L), pH 7.28, potassium 6.1 mEq/L. The patient goes into cardiac arrest after you load her into the ambulance. After epinephrine, you should first
consider giving her:
Answer: Magnesium sulfate
- Which of the following describes a behavior that represents normal mental
status? A person who:
Answer: Is drowsy and slow to respond to questions after awakening from a
nap.
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