Your patient has a deformity to the midshaft of the forearm. He most likely has suffered an injury to which of the following bones?
a) Femur
b) Patella
c) Fibula
d) Radius *

The best position to place a patient who has no spinal injury and is breathing is:
a) Recovery *
b) Fowlers
c) Supine
d) Prone

In the order of care for skeletal injuries, first priority is given to possible injury to the spine. Next is care for possible injuries to the: 
a) Pelvis
b) Skull *
c) Rib cage
d) Thigh

The trachea is:
a) Formed by tubes that branch from the throat and take air to the lungs
b) An air passage to the lungs *
c) A leaf-shaped structure that covers the larynx
d) A food passage with carries food and fluid to the stomach

Splinting helps minimize the complications associated with extremity injuries.  Which of the following is not one of those complications?
a) Pain
b) Bleeding
c) Motor sensory impairment *
d) Closed injuries become open injuries

The Alveolar Sacs are located in which body system?
a) Circulatory System
b) Respiratory System *
c) Digestive System
d) Nervous System

The pocket mask device without an oxygen source will deliver what percentage of oxygen to the patient?
a) 21 percent
b) 35 percent
c) 15 percent *
d) 100 percent

You are attempting to ventilate a patient with a pocket mask device. The patient’s chest does not rise. You should:
a) Increase the oxygen flow from 10 lpm to 15 lpm
b) Deliver very quick forceful ventilations
c) Re-evaluate the head position and the mask seal *
d) Begin chest compressions and continue ventilation

Without oxygen, lethal changes take place in the brain cells within _______________ minutes.  Brain death may start with _______________ minutes.
a) 4 to 5;  10
b) 4 to 6;  10 *
c) 5 to 7;  10
d) 4 to 6;  12

An emergency move should be considered in the following situations:
a) Impending structural collapse
b) Inability to properly manage uncontrolled bleeding
c) Both a & b *
d) Neither a nor b

The preferred method to move a responsive, non-injured patient down steps is by the use of a:
a) long-spine board
b) ambulance stretcher
c) stair chair *
d) vest-type immobilization device
 
How do you know you are performing effective CPR?
a) The patient may try to swallow, gasp or move his limbs
b) You see the chest rise and fall during ventilations
c) Sometimes skin color improves
d) All of the above *

Bright red blood spurting from a wound indicates _________bleeding.
a) venous
b) capillary
c) arterial *
d) venule

Your patient is bleeding from a laceration to the forearm. The artery or pressure point that should be used to control bleeding is the:
a) Ulna artery
b) Radial artery
c) Femoral artery
d) Brachial artery *

Which rule does not apply when dressing wounds?
a) Cover the entire wound
b) Always remove blood-soaked dressings and replace with clean, sterile ones as necessary *
c) Control bleeding
d) Use sterile or clean materials

which of the following impaled object may be removed in the prehospital setting?
a) Screwdriver imbedded in the chest
b) Pitchfork impaled through the foot
c) Knife imbedded in the upper leg
d) None of the above *

Basically, shock is the failure of the body’s circulatory system to provide enough  oxygenated blood and nutrients to all vital organs.
a) True *
b) False

The term “hypovolemic shock” includes all shock caused by fluid loss. (Bleeding, burns, vomiting, etc.)
a) True *
b) False