PSFA Final Test

Unlawful physical contact with a patient is called:

Certain states have ________ laws that protect care providers from civil liability for delivering care, as long as it is to their level of training and the best of their ability.

Standard precautions are specific steps taken to prevent exposure to:

Body substance isolation (BSI) precautions include:

Which body cavity houses the heart and lungs?

The body maintains ________ in every cell of the body by the regular delivery of oxygen and nutrients and removal of waste products.

An 85-year-old man complains of chest pain. He has a fast heart rate and a low blood pressure. His skin is pale, cool, and sweaty, and he feels anxious. This patient is showing signs and symptoms of:

The most common cause of cardiac arrest in adults is:

Which of the following is NOT a common indication for oxygen administration?

A patient who will not tolerate oxygen by mask or cannula might benefit from:

Your patient has been thrown from a vehicle during an accident. You need to ensure a patent airway but are concerned that the patient may have a spine injury. Which method do you use?

Firefighters have pulled a woman out of a burning building. She is not burned but she has been exposed to a lot of smoke, which means she is at risk for:

All the information you gather about the patient’s current and previous medical conditions is referred to as the patient’s:

Which of the following would be considered a symptom?

The term ________ refers to actions taken to correct or stabilize a patient’s illness or injury.

Which of the following is characteristic of normal breathing?

An altered mental state can be brought on by any of the following EXCEPT:

Your patient was injured when his airbag deployed during a head-on collision. To begin your assessment, you first:

All unresponsive trauma patients should be assumed to have which of the following?

A patient has swelling and deformity in her right upper thigh after a motor vehicle crash. You are concerned about an injury to which bone?

A patient has bright red blood spurting from a laceration on his leg. This bleeding is best described as:

Common causes of multiple casualty incidents include:

You are responding to a construction site on a hot day where a person has become dizzy. On your arrival, you find a patient lying on the ground being fanned by his friends. He is sweating heavily. This patient most likely has:

________ is a method of sorting patients for care and transport based on the severity of their injuries or illnesses.

Common causes of multiple casualty incidents include:

Unintentional medication errors are common among elderly patients because:

Which of the following is a sign of imminent delivery?

You must save the placenta, all attached membranes, and all soiled sheets and towels so that a physician can examine them to ensure the entire organ and its membranes were expelled from the uterus. If you don’t have a basin or container to collect these items, allow the afterbirth to deliver directly:

When working on the scene of a call that is located on a highway responding personnel should wear:

Your patient is bleeding profusely from a wound to her wrist. There are no dressings immediately available. What should you do first?