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National EMT Registry Exam Questions And CorrectAnswers 2024-2025
Stridor sound/ pathophsyiology - Answer harsh, high pitched sound, swelling, foreign
body in upper airway
Snoring sound/ pathophsyiology - Answer Tongue obstructions
Gurgling sound/ pathophsyiology - Answer Fluids in upper airway; suction is needed
Dilated pupils: what does it mean? - Answer cardiac arrest, shock, cerebral hypoxia,
cocaine, epinephrine, amphetamines
Small pupils: What does it mean? - Answer Narcotics, CNS disorder, glaucoma
medication
Unequal pupils: what doe it mean? - Answer Brain injury, brain tumor, stroke
Glasgow Coma Scale Criteria (maximum numbers) - Answer Eye (4), Verbal (5), Motor
(6)
Decorticate definition - Answer flexed arms and extended legs (flexion)decerebrate
definition - Answer extended arms and legs (extension)
JVD: what can it mean? - Answer Tension Pneumothorax, cardiac tamponade, right
heart failure, pulmonary embolus, emphysema, chronic bronchitis
Flat Neck Veins: What can it mean? -Answer Hemothorax, dehydration, shock
,Rales/Crackles: what does it mean/sound like? -Answer Fluid in small airways;
CHF, pulmonary edema, pneumonia, COPD
Rhonchi: what does it mean/sound like? -Answer Mucus or fluid in large airways;
bronchitis, COPD, pneumonia
Wheezing -Answer Whistling sound due to bronchoconstriction; Asthma and allergic
reactions
Biots respirations - Answer irregular periods of breathing or gasping with apnea; usually
due to increased ICP
Cheyne-Stokes Respirations - Answer fluctuating between increasing and decreasing
rates/depth; due to a neurological condition
Hyperventilation - Answer Rapid and shallow; emotional event or neurological condition
Kussmaul's respirations - Answer Rapid and Deep; due to Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Right Upper Quadrant organs - Answer Liver, Gallbladder, Stomach
Left Upper Quadrant organs - Answer Spleen, Liver, Stomach, Pancreas
Right Lower Quadrant organs - Answer Appendix, ovaries
Left Lower Quadrant Organs - Answer ovaries
, Where are the kidneys located? - Answer Retro peritoneal
Infant Vital Signs - Answer Pulse = 85 to 205, BP = 85 to 104 systolic, Respiratory rate =
30 to 60
How do you examine infants and toddlers? - Answer Toe to head, outside to inside, try to
distract them with toys
How would you examine preschool age children? (3-6) - Answer Examine chest first,
head last, and let them touch stethoscope and other medical equipment
At what age do anterior fontanelles close? - Answer Approximately 1 year
What are sunken fontanelles indicative of? - Answer dehydration or shock
What are bulging fontanelles indicative of? - Answer Increased intracranial pressure,
seizures, crying
Are children more or less susceptible to trauma than adults? -Answer More susceptible
to trauma bigger heads, less developed muscles
What are the two routes of drug adminstration? -Answer Enteral GI tract = sublingual,
oral and parentral everything else
What are the four steps of a seizure? -Answer 1) Aura sensation prior to seizure
2) Tonic
3) Clonic
4) Post Ictal period of regaining consciousness
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