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EMT Final April
determine the scene is safe.
893 - The first step an ambulance crew should take when approaching the scene of an emergency is
to: determine the scene is safe.
A. Insert a nasal airway
833 - Your 36 y/o pt is unresponsive upon attempting to insert an OPA, the patient gags, You should
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C. Keep the weight close to your body
894 - To protect yourself from injury when lifting a stretcher, you should
d. describe the smell of alcohol and empty beer cans which were noted at the scene.
896 - You are completing a patient care report for a patient injured in a car crash. You notice the smell
of alcohol and empty beer cans in the vehicle. The best way to document you findings in the patient
care report is to:
determine the number of patients.
898 - Your ambulance is the first to arrive at the scene of a three-car crash. After assessing potential
hazards, you should:
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b. education and feedback regarding patient care.
900 - A good EMS quality improvement (QI) program includes:
a. washing your hands with soap and water.
901 - While transporting a bleeding patient you followed good infection control procedures, including
wearing gloves, a mask, protective clothing and eye protection. Further precautions include
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903 - After air passes through the vocal cords during inhalation, which structure does it reach next?
a. Reassess the airway for an obstruction.
906 - You are ventilating an apneic asthmatic patient with a BVM, but notice there is inadequate chest
rise. What should you do?
a. She has an airway obstruction.
You are using a bag valve mask and oral airway on a 72 year old apneic female. Suddenly it becomes
difficult to ventilate. What should you suspect?
Insert a nasal airway
909 - A 72 year old female patient is unresponsive following an ejection from a vehicle crash. She has
an open jaw fracture and a dilated right pupil. What is the best way to open this patient's airway?
b. use a soft tip catheter and suction until clear.
910 - A 4 year old female tracheostomy patient has pulled out her tracheostomy tube. The opening is
partially obstructed with skin. You should:
d. inadequate oxygen delivery to cells.
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911 - Which of the following is the best definition of hypoperfusion?
decompensated.
912 - Your patient has the following signs and symptoms: increased heart rate, narrowing pulse
pressure, rapid respirations, weak peripheral pulses, thirst, and cool, clammy skin. The patient also
states a feeling of impending doom. This patient is most likely exhibiting which type of shock?
b. position the patient on her left side, administer oxygen and transport emergently.
913 - You are responding to a 23 year old pedestrian who is 7-months pregnant and was struck by a
motor vehicle. She is complaining of abdominal pain, her skin is pale and cool, heart rate is 110,
respirations are 20. You should:
decreasing mental status.
915 - Your patient was struck on the right side of the head by a baseball. Which sign or symptom
would indicate a significant head injury?
b. suction the airway
916 - Your patient has a 2 inch laceration at the corner of the mouth with profuse bleeding into the
oropharynx. You should:
b. initiate positive pressure ventilations.
918 - A patient has been kicked in the chest. One section of ribs is moving separately during
respirations. You should:
D. Reduce further nerve and blood vessel damage
919 - the use of a traction splint for femur fractures is important in order to
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a. femur fracture
920 - Which of the following is most likely to be life-threatening?
C. Pull gentle traction and apply a splint
921 - A 23 year old construction worker twisted his foot climbing up a ladder. He has an obvious
deformity on the right leg just below the knee. The lower leg and foot are cyanotic and pulseless. You
should:
d. immediately stabilize the cervical spine.
922 - A 16 year old football player received a blow to his left femur. You can see deformity and the
patient is in extreme pain. He does not remember how the injury happened. You should:
Chest strap
923 - Which strap should you place first when securing a patient onto a long spine board?
a. apply direct pressure and treat for shock.
924 - Your patient has a gunshot wound to the anterior thigh. You should
d. take spinal precautions and rapidly transport.
925 - A 72 year old with heart problems fell out of bed. He is confused and has pale and sweaty skin.
You should:
b. establish c-spine protection, open the airway and assess breathing.
926 - Your patient was on a third floor balcony which collapsed. The patient is semi-conscious, has an
impaled piece of wood in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen, an obvious femur fracture and
multiple cuts and bruises. You should:
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