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AMLS Post Test (Latest 2023 / 2024)

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• 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

Answer: b. 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

Answer: a. Pulmonary embolism

• 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

Answer: a. Increase in preload, afterload, and re-absorption of sodium

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• 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

Answer: a. Clear breath sounds with tachypnea

• What condition is most likely to cause respiratory acidosis?

• Anxiety/panic attack
• Narcotic overdose
• Methanol ingestion

d. Diabetic ketoacidosis: b. 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

Answer: d. ST-segment elevation in all leads

• Anaphylaxis is most associated with which physiological event?

• Hemorrhage
• Vasodilation
• Bradycardia
• Hypertension

Answer: b. Vasodilation

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