AMLS POST TEST 3 LATEST VERSIONS REAL

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AMLS POST TEST (3 LATEST VERSIONS ) REAL

EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

ANSWERS /ADVANCED MEDICAL LIFE

SUPPORT, AMLS PRETEST

A 45-year-old patient is found supine on the floor. Healthcare providers note pinpoint pupils, shallow respirations, and vomitus in and around the mouth. What course of action should be taken next?

• Initiate an IV and administer naloxone
• Supplemental oxygen and suction
• Obtain a blood glucose level
• Begin BVM ventilations

Correct answer: Supplemental oxygen and suction

Patients with a history of COPD that present with an acute onset of shortness of breath are likely to have what condition?

• Pulmonary embolism
• Angina pectoris
• Angioedema
• Hypertensive crisis

Correct answer: Pulmonary embolism

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During compensatory shock, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone

system is activated to cause a/an:

• Increase in preload, afterload, and re-absorption of sodium
• Decrease in preload, afterload, and re-absorption of sodium
• Hypotension and bradycardia
• Vasodilation and sodium retention

Correct answer: Increase in preload, afterload, and re-absorption

of sodium

What clinical findings are most commonly associated with a pulmonary embolus?

• Clear breath sounds with tachypnea
• Rhonchi auscultated bilaterally with hypercarbia
• Crackles heard in the bases with bradycardia
• Fever, tachycardia, and tachypnea with increased work of

breathing

Correct answer: Fever, tachycardia, and tachypnea with

increased work of breathing

What condition is most likely to cause respiratory acidosis?

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• Anxiety/panic attack
• Narcotic overdose
• Methanol ingestion
• Diabetic ketoacidosis

Correct answer: Narcotic overdose

A 55-year-old complains of an 'aching' chest discomfort that persists over several days. The patient has a temperature of 101F (38.3C). Which finding will help narrow the diagnosis to pericarditis?

• Pain is relieved when supine
• Pulsus alternans is present
• S3 gallop is auscultated
• ST-segment elevation in all leads

Correct answer: ST-segment elevation in all leads

Anaphylaxis is most associated with which physiological event?

• Hemorrhage
• Vasodilation
• Bradycardia
• Hypertension

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Correct answer: Vasodilation

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by what pathological change?

• Excessive mucous production
• Inflammation of the visceral pleura
• Breakdown of the alveolar-capillary membrane
• Accumulation of fluid between the pleural layers

Correct answer: Breakdown of the alveolar-capillary membrane

Continuous positive airway pressure would be most beneficial in treating which patient?

• A 43yo with a decreased LOC with respiratory difficulty
• A 22yo with severe asthma who is not responding to

nebulizer treatments

• A 38yo with carpal pedal spasms, clear lung sounds, and

respirations of 40/min

• A 55yo with jugular vein distension and a BP of 90/60

Correct answer: A 22yo with severe asthma who is not

responding to nebulizer treatments