EMT Final April Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
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EMT Final April Exam Questions With
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Determine the scene is safe. - answer893 - 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 - answer833 - Your 36 y/o pt is unresponsive upon ...
EMT Final April Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
Determine the scene is safe. - answer✔✔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 - answer✔✔833 - Your 36 y/o pt is unresponsive upon attempting to
insert an OPA, the patient gags, You should
C. Keep the weight close to your body - answer✔✔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. -
answer✔✔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. - answer✔✔898 - Your ambulance is the first to arrive at the
scene of a three-car crash. After assessing potential hazards, you should:
b. education and feedback regarding patient care. - answer✔✔900 - A good EMS quality
improvement (QI) program includes:
a. washing your hands with soap and water. - answer✔✔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
Trachea - answer✔✔903 - After air passes through the vocal cords during inhalation, which
structure does it reach next?
a. Reassess the airway for an obstruction. - answer✔✔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. - answer✔✔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?
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Insert a nasal airway - answer✔✔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. - answer✔✔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. - answer✔✔911 - Which of the following is the best
definition of hypoperfusion?
decompensated. - answer✔✔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. -
answer✔✔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. - answer✔✔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 - answer✔✔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. - answer✔✔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 - answer✔✔919 - the use of a traction splint
for femur fractures is important in order to
a. femur fracture - answer✔✔920 - Which of the following is most likely to be life-threatening?
C. Pull gentle traction and apply a splint - answer✔✔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. - answer✔✔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 - answer✔✔923 - Which strap should you place first when securing a patient onto a
long spine board?
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a. apply direct pressure and treat for shock. - answer✔✔924 - Your patient has a gunshot wound
to the anterior thigh. You should
d. take spinal precautions and rapidly transport. - answer✔✔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. - answer✔✔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:
coordinate your moves with your partner. - answer✔✔935 - When lifting a patient on a stretcher
you should:
21 year old unconscious male - answer✔✔937 - Consent to treat is implied in which of the
following cases? . 21 year old unconscious male
developing regular exercise habits - answer✔✔938 - Which of the following is a positive method
to reduce stress?
B. Your pt blocks access to critical pt - answer✔✔939 - you are at the scene of a MVC which of
the following situations would require rapid extrication?
C. Call online medical control✓ - answer✔✔940 - Your 90 year old nursing home patient is
pulseless and apneic. The nurse shows you a note in the patient's chart stating "Do not
resuscitate". The note is signed by a physician. You should:
take manual stabilization of the spine. ✓ - answer✔✔941 - You are treating a 23 year old patient
in a car crash. He is complaining of neck, back and leg pain. He has a cut above his left eye. You
should:
This is known as: a standing order.✓ - answer✔✔942 - You are treating a 50 year old male with
chest pain. Your written protocol indicates that you should give nitroglycerin.
C. Explain that the mask is very important and continue its use✓ - answer✔✔947 - victim of
smoke inhalation has developed difficulty breathing. He does not like the smell of the mask you
are using to deliver O2. You should
C. stop suctioning and give a breath✓ - answer✔✔946 - A 60 year old patient with a stoma is
apneic. You have been suctioning pink frothy sputum for 10 seconds and you continue to get
more material. You should:
c. the tongue✓ - answer✔✔948 - An unresponsive 82 year old patient is lying supine. Their
airway is most likely to be obstructed by:
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