Part of the Medical Emergencies practice questions exam area.
This page holds 200 free practice questions for Chapter 29, Psychiatric Emergencies, covering behavioral emergency assessment and the mental status exam, verbal de-escalation, anxiety and panic, PTSD, depression and bipolar disorder, suicide risk and self-harm, psychosis and schizophrenia, delirium versus dementia, severe agitation with restraint and chemical sedation, neuroleptic malignant and serotonin syndromes, eating and personality disorders, and involuntary holds, capacity, and pediatric and geriatric behavioral emergencies. They are written for paramedic and EMT students working through Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, 9th edition. Every question shows the correct answer with a short explanation as soon as you tap, so you learn while you test rather than waiting until the end.
Study it two ways: the 10 Question Blitz, a quick round where every right answer lights a siren and any misses lead into Lights & Sirens, a 5-in-a-row drill on that section, or the full 100-question test drawn at random from the whole chapter. After each test you get a score and a section-by-section breakdown. Progress on the full test is saved on your device, so you can stop and pick up later.
You are dispatched to a 'man acting violently' at a residence. Your first priority is to:
Answer: D. Make sure the scene is safe for you
No care can begin until the scene is safe, so stage until law enforcement secures a potentially violent scene. Glucose testing is important, but only once you can reach the patient safely.
The main goal of verbal de-escalation is to:
Answer: A. Help the patient regain control of his behavior
De-escalation is a collaborative process that reduces agitation so coercive measures become unnecessary. It is not a stalling tactic before restraint.
Anxiety differs from fear in that anxiety is:
Answer: C. A response to a vague or future threat
Fear responds to an immediate, identifiable danger, while anxiety is apprehension about something uncertain or in the future. Both produce the same sympathetic physical signs.
Most students use the 10 Question Blitz for daily practice and take the full 100-question test in the days before a class exam or NREMT practice. Lights & Sirens after a blitz is the fastest way to close gaps the night before a test.
Every question in this chapter is also listed by section, with answers, on the topic pages above. See all paramedic topics or take the NREMT paramedic practice test.
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