A monthly quiz to test your ambulance knowledge:
Quiz 10
1) The main artery supplying blood to the brain is:
a: mesenteric
b: innominate
c: carotid
e: hepatic
2) The term apnoea means that the patient is:
a: in cardiac arrest
b: breathing with difficulty
c: in respiratory arrest
d: exhibiting Cheyne-Stokes resperations
3) Grease should not be used on oxygen equipment because:
a: it contaminates the oxygen
b: it may block the regulator
c: it creates the risk of explosion
d: it causes oxygen leaks at joints
4) A patient with a head injury must also be suspected of also
having an injury to:
a: the chest
b: the cervical spine
c: the thoracic spine
d: the scapula on both sides
5) The main artery supplying blood to the liver is the:
a: carotid
b: hepatic
c: gastric
d: renal
6) Arteries are lined with:
a: endothelial tissue
b: fibrous tissue
c: lymphoid tissue
d: muscle tissue
7) An aneurysm is:
a: sticture of a blood vessel
b: abnormal local dilation of blood vessel
c: narrowing of a blood vessel due to atheroma
d: rupture of a artery into a adjacent structure
8) An acid solution is one where the pH reading is:
a: 7.4
b: greater than 7.4
c: less than 7.0
d: greater than 7.0
9) Which of the following nerves supply the heart:
a: vagus
b: sciatic
c: phrenic
d: costal
10) Paralysis of all four limbs is known as:
a: paraplegia
b: hemiplegia
c: quadriplegia
d: monoplegia
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