ESP (Emergency Care)

Quiz 9

Read each item carefully and select the best choice.

1.      The heart is ------------separated into two parts.

( longitudinally  /  anteriorly  /  laterally   / bilaterally  )

2.      The heart is controlled by the --------.

( heart"s muscle  / right side of the heart  / heart"s electrical system  / left side of the heart  )

3.      The mental status may provide a clue ----the length of time from the beginning of poison ingestion.

( as to  /  so as to  /  as for  / as if  )

4.      Be sure to ---- both the respiratory rate and depth of respiration.

( ventilate   / assess  / alert  / monitor  )

5.      ----the airway , the respiratory may suddenly become inadequate from the delayed absorption of the poison.

( Similarly  / Unlike  / Likely  / Like  )

6.      -----monitor the chest rise and fall and the rate of respiration.

(  Relatively  / Closely   / Comparatively  / Ultimately  )

7.      An antidote is a substance that will ---- a poison or its effects.

( concentrate  /  contract  / neutralize  / ingest  )

8.      If the patient is experiencing an altered mental status from the poison, it is evident that the poison ----into the bloodstream.

( is already being absorbed   / absorbs already   / was already absorbed  / was already being absorbed  )

9.      The treatment of poisons is generally ------toward prevention of absorption.

( geared  / transfused  / transferred   / vocalized  )

        10 . Cyanide is a byproduct of incomplete ----of many plastic, silk and synthetic carpets.

( absorption   /  combustion  / consumption  / sanitation  )

11.  This drug is quickly ----into the bloodstream.

( absorbs  /  absorbed  / absorptive  /  absorption  )

12.  The patient was taking a widely ----sedative.

( preion  / prescribed  /  prescribe  / preive  )

13.  She suffers from ---vision.

( impair  / impaired  / impairs  / impairment  )

         14. The house is in a very -----position.

( exposed  /  exposure  /  exposing  / expository  )

15.  The prefix " trans- " in transport means-----.

( carry  / move /  across  / along  )

16.  The suffix " – algia" in neuralgia means ----.

( study  / inflammation  /  swallow  / pain  )

17.  Accidental is the antonym of ---.

( intentional  / sudden  / random  / simultaneous  )

18.  ----exercise can sometimes cause health problems.

( Energetic  /  Systemic  / Irregular  /  Excessive  )

19.  There is a strong ----that smoking can cause lung cancer.

( confliction  / indication  / consideration  / attention  )

         20 . As a standard ------, firefighters will receive cyanide –poisoning antidotes.

( correction  /  security  / precaution  / facility  )