Final EMT Exam - Test Bank QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS Graded A.
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AN EMT INVOLVED IN AN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT CALL, SUCH AS ONE IN WHICH A COWORKER WAS KILLED SHOULD BE URGED TO .... - Answer- SEEK HELP FROM A TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
AS YOU ARE TRANSPORTING A CONSCIOUS PATIENT YOU NOTICE THAT HIS BREATHING HAS BECOME LABORED. WHICH ACTION SHOULD YOU ...
Final EMT Exam - Test Bank QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS Graded A+2024-2025.
A PATIENT WHO HAS SHALLOW, SLOW IRREGULAR GASPOING BREATHS IS SAID
TO HAVE _______________ RESPIRATIONS? - Answer- AGONAL
A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE LONG-BONE FRACTURES OF THE EXTREMITIES
SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR TRANSPORT AND SHOULD BE TREATED? -
Answer- EN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL
A TEENAGE MALE HAS FALLEN ONTO A RAILING WHILE SKATEBOARDING. HE
COMPLAINS OF RIGHT-SIDED CHEST PAIN AND MODERATE DYSPNEA. EXPOSURE
OF THE CHEST REVEALS A SECTION OF HIS RIBS THA TIS MOVING OPPOSITE OF
THE REST OF THE RIBS. YOU SHOULD? - Answer- APPLY A BULKY DRESSING OVER
THE SECTION
A YOUNG FEMALE WAS INJURED IN AN AUTOMOBILE WRECK, STRIKING HER
HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD. SHE IS UNCONSCIOUS AND HER BREATHING IS
IRREGULAR. SHE IS BLEEDING FROM A SCALP WOUND, BUT YOUR ASSESSMENT
SHOWS THAT HER CRANIUM IS INTACT. HER VITAL SIGNS ARE PULSE 68, BP
148/90, AND HER PUPILS ARE UNEQUAL. YOU SHOULD SUSPECT? - Answer- CLOSED
HEAD INJURY
AFTER ACTIVATING THE AUTO-INJECTOR, HOW LONG SHOULD IT BE HELD IN
PLACE BEFORE REMOVING IT FROM THE PATIENTS THIGH? - Answer- 10 SECONDS
AN EMT INVOLVED IN AN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT CALL, SUCH AS ONE IN WHICH
A COWORKER WAS KILLED SHOULD BE URGED TO .... - Answer- SEEK HELP FROM
A TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
AS YOU ARE TRANSPORTING A CONSCIOUS PATIENT YOU NOTICE THAT HIS
BREATHING HAS BECOME LABORED. WHICH ACTION SHOULD YOU TAKE BASED
ON THIS INFORMATION? - Answer- - NOTIFY THE RECEIVING FACILITY
- ENSURE A PATENT AIRWAY AND ADEQUATE O2
- CONTINUE REASSESSMENT
,BARBITURATES MAY BE REFERRED TO AS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? - Answer-
DOWNERS
A teenage male has fallen onto a railing while skateboarding. He complains of right-sided chest
pain and moderate dyspnea. Exposure of the chest reveals a section of his ribs that is moving -
Answer- apply a bulky dressing over the section.
Your patient is a 50-year-old female with a history of alcoholism. She is found unresponsive in
bed by her son. Which of the following possibilities should you keep in mind during your
assessment? - Answer- all of the above
What is a simple step EMTs can perform to help prevent the spread of flu in the prehospital
environment? - Answer- Place a surgical mask on suspected flu patients.
You are assessing an 82-year-old female that has been lost in the woods behind her nursing home
for several hours on a crisp fall evening. Your pulse oximeter shows her oxygen saturation to be
82% even though she appears to be breathing adequately. In order to ensure an accurate reading -
Answer- Warm the patient's hands and try again.
A patient uses a home ventilator connected to his tracheostomy tube to breathe. Which of the
following is the correct procedure to use when moving this patient to the ambulance? - Answer-
Ventilate the patient's tracheostomy tube via a connected bag-valve mask at a normal rate and
volume while the patient is disconnected from the ventilator.
Which of the following is NOT an appropriate statement for the EMT to make on a patient care
report? - Answer- the patient was having an asthma attack
Your patient, a 29-year-old female, was the front seat passenger in a vehicle that was struck in
the passenger's side door by another vehicle that ran a red light. Which of the following is most
likely to have occurred? - Answer- The patient's body was pushed forcefully out from under her
head, causing injury to the cervical spine.
,Your patient is a 12-year-old boy who ran his arm through a glass window and has an 8-inch
laceration on his anterior forearm. You have applied a pressure dressing and bandage, but these
have become saturated due to continued bleeding. Which of the following should you do now? -
Answer- Elevate that arm and prepare to apply a tourniquet or consider administering a
hemostatic agent.
BEFORE APPLYING A NRM, THE EMT SHOULD TAKE WHAT ACTION? - Answer-
INFLATE THE RESERVOIR BAG 1/3 OF THE WAY
BURNS POSE A GREATER RISK TO INFANTS AND CHILDREN FOR WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING REASONS? - Answer- PEDIATRIC PATIENTS HAVE A GREATER RISK OF
SHOCK FROM THE BURN
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING OCCURS BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
ROUTES? - Answer- INHALATION
CHEMICAL COLD PACKS ARE CARRIED ON THE AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT
OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? - Answer- MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES
DURING THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, THE TRAINING OFFICER MEETS
WITH THE NEW EMTS AND EXPLAINS TO THEM THE MONTHLY TRAINING
SCHEDULE AND THE CLASSES THEY MUST ATTEND FOR EMT RECERTIFICATION.
ONE OF THE NEW EMTS ASKS THE TRAINING OFFICER WHY THEY HAVE TO KEEP
TAKING EMT COURSES IF THEY ALREADY PASED THE MET EXAMINATION. WHAT
IS THE BEST ANSWER? - Answer- EMS IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING IN RESPONSE TO
EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH
EPINEPHRINE DELIVERED BY AUTO INJECTOR MAY BE INDICATED FOR PATIENTS
WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS? - Answer- SEVERE ALLERGIES TO
PEANUT, SHELLFISH, PENICILLIN, OR BEE STINGS
EXPERT CLINICIANS MAY USE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF THINKING THROUGH
PROBLEMS, BUT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WILL THEY HAVE IN COMMON? -
Answer- STRONG FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE
, HOW MANY CERVICAL VERTEBRAE ARE THERE? - Answer- 7
IF THE BABY'S UMBILICAL CORD IS NOTED TO BE WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK
AFTER THE HEAD IS DELIVERED, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE DONE?
- Answer- TRY TO SLIP THE CORD OVER THE BABY'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS
IN ASSESSING A PATIENT'S BREATHING, WHAT IS YOUR FIRST QUESTION? -
Answer- ARE THEY BREATHING?
IN REASSESSMENT, WHAT ARE THE 3 INTERVENTIONS THAT YOU AS THE EMT
SHOULD CHECK? - Answer- - OXYGENATION
- BLEEDING MANAGEMENT
- ADEQUACY OF OTHER INTERVENTIONS
IN THE PRIMARY ASSESSMENT, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN
ACCEPTABLE METHOD OF ASSESSING THE PATIENT'S CIRCULATORY STATUS? -
Answer- TAKING A BLOOD PRESSURE READING
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS HSOULD AN EMT WITHHOLD
RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES FROM A PATIENT IN CARDIAC ARREST? - Answer- THE
PATIENT'S CAREGIVER PRESENTS A DNR ORDER SIGNED BY THE PATIENT AND
HIS PHYSICIAN
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ZONES IS THE EMT EXPECTED TO BE STAGES AT
THE SCENE OF A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT? - Answer- COLD ZONE
MRS THOMAS CALLS 911 FOR HER 9 MONTH OLD BABY, ELIZA, WHO IS LISTLESS
AND PALE. SHE TELLS YOU THAT THE BABY OVERSLEPT THIS MORNING AND
HSE HAD A HARD TIME WAKING HER UP. MRS THOMAS IS VERY DISTRAUGHT
WORRYING ABOUT THE BABY. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NEXT? - Answer- TRY TO
GET SOME CURRENT HISTORY FROM THE MOTHER
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