EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
Questions and Answers Top Graded
2024
What type of bleeding is difficult to control because of the high pressure?
A. venous
B. arterial
C. capillary
D. Lymphatic -Correct Answer ✔Arterial
The primary method of controlling bleeding is by
A. Elevation
B. Direct pressure
C. Pressure points
D. packing the wound -Correct Answer ✔Direct pressure
A man who has fallen from the roof of a two story house has obvious bone injuries to his
lower extremities and is bleeding freely from a wound to his left side. He has a blood
pressure of 104/54 mm Hg, a thready pulse of 128/min. After securing his airway and
giving oxygen by mask at 15 LPM, you should next:
A. Control the bleeding from the wound
B. Splint the bone injuries
C. Record his vital signs again
D. Apply and inflate a pneumatic counterpressure device -Correct Answer ✔control the
bleeding from the wound
Hypoperfusion is another name for
A. shock
B. cyanosis
C. Hypoxia
D. hypertension -Correct Answer ✔shock
The parameters and limitations of a given medical provider refers to:
A. EMT-B competency
B. The scope of practice
C. Good Samaritan Laws
D. personal knowledge to provide care -Correct Answer ✔the scope of practice
EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
,EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
How a person should act or carry out a procedure is called the:
A. Duty to act
B. Standard of care
C. community conduct
D. good samaritan act -Correct Answer ✔standard of care
Which of the following components are needed to prove negligence?
A. duty to act, abandonment, breach of duty, and causation
B. duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages, and causation
C. abandonment, breach of duty, damages and causation
D. breach of duty, injury/damages, abandonment and causation -Correct Answer ✔B.
Duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages, and causation
A patient has granted you permission to start treatment. This is called:
A. Consent
B. Duty to Act
C. Standard of Care
D. Res Ipsa Loquitur -Correct Answer ✔consent
Which of the following patients has the right to refuse treatment?
A. Minor
B. Unconscious patient
C. Mentally competent adult
D. Mentally incompetent adult -Correct Answer ✔Mentally competent adult
Diabetic patients with an altered LOC are in need of prompt care because:
A. Hypertension can lead to unconsciousness
B. Hypoglycemia can lead to unconsciousness
C. Insulin overdose can lead to heat exhaustion
D. Cold skin temperatures can lead to hypothermia -Correct Answer ✔Hypoglycemia
can lead to unconsciousness
Oral glucose works in the body by
A. decreasing blood sugar levels
B. decreasing insulin production
C. increasing blood sugar levels
D. increasing insulin production -Correct Answer ✔increasing blood sugar levels
Oral glucose should not be given to diabetic patients who:
EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
, EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
A. are found unconscious
B. have low blood pressure
C. are complaining of abdominal pain
D. have been drinking alcoholic beverages -Correct Answer ✔are found unconscious
What are the classic signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia?
A. warm, dry skin; hunger; abdominal pain; deep, rapid respirations
B. warm, dry skin; irritability; bradycardia; rapid respirations
C. cold, clammy skin; bradycardia; hunger; deep, rapid respirations
D. cool clammy skin; increasing anxiety tachycardia; shallow, rapid respirations -Correct
Answer ✔cool clammy skin; increasing anxiety; tachycardia; shallow, rapid respirations
The diaphragm and intercostal muscles contract during:
A. Inhalation
B. Exhalation
C. Exhumation
D. Accessory breathing -Correct Answer ✔Inhalation
The topographic term used to describe the rear surface of the body is:
A. Anterior
B. Exterior
C. Inferior
D. Posterior -Correct Answer ✔posterior
The function of the right atrium is to:
A. pump the blood to the body
B. pump the blood to the lungs
C. receive blood from the pulmonary veins
D. receive blood from the veins of the body and the heart -Correct Answer ✔receive
blood from the veins of the body and the heart
Which of the following systems has specialized tissue that produces rhythmic electrical
impulses?
A. Skeletal
B. Endocrine
C. Circulatory
D. Cardiac -Correct Answer ✔cardiac
The inferior portion of the sternum is called the:
A. talus
EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
Questions and Answers Top Graded
2024
What type of bleeding is difficult to control because of the high pressure?
A. venous
B. arterial
C. capillary
D. Lymphatic -Correct Answer ✔Arterial
The primary method of controlling bleeding is by
A. Elevation
B. Direct pressure
C. Pressure points
D. packing the wound -Correct Answer ✔Direct pressure
A man who has fallen from the roof of a two story house has obvious bone injuries to his
lower extremities and is bleeding freely from a wound to his left side. He has a blood
pressure of 104/54 mm Hg, a thready pulse of 128/min. After securing his airway and
giving oxygen by mask at 15 LPM, you should next:
A. Control the bleeding from the wound
B. Splint the bone injuries
C. Record his vital signs again
D. Apply and inflate a pneumatic counterpressure device -Correct Answer ✔control the
bleeding from the wound
Hypoperfusion is another name for
A. shock
B. cyanosis
C. Hypoxia
D. hypertension -Correct Answer ✔shock
The parameters and limitations of a given medical provider refers to:
A. EMT-B competency
B. The scope of practice
C. Good Samaritan Laws
D. personal knowledge to provide care -Correct Answer ✔the scope of practice
EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
,EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
How a person should act or carry out a procedure is called the:
A. Duty to act
B. Standard of care
C. community conduct
D. good samaritan act -Correct Answer ✔standard of care
Which of the following components are needed to prove negligence?
A. duty to act, abandonment, breach of duty, and causation
B. duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages, and causation
C. abandonment, breach of duty, damages and causation
D. breach of duty, injury/damages, abandonment and causation -Correct Answer ✔B.
Duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages, and causation
A patient has granted you permission to start treatment. This is called:
A. Consent
B. Duty to Act
C. Standard of Care
D. Res Ipsa Loquitur -Correct Answer ✔consent
Which of the following patients has the right to refuse treatment?
A. Minor
B. Unconscious patient
C. Mentally competent adult
D. Mentally incompetent adult -Correct Answer ✔Mentally competent adult
Diabetic patients with an altered LOC are in need of prompt care because:
A. Hypertension can lead to unconsciousness
B. Hypoglycemia can lead to unconsciousness
C. Insulin overdose can lead to heat exhaustion
D. Cold skin temperatures can lead to hypothermia -Correct Answer ✔Hypoglycemia
can lead to unconsciousness
Oral glucose works in the body by
A. decreasing blood sugar levels
B. decreasing insulin production
C. increasing blood sugar levels
D. increasing insulin production -Correct Answer ✔increasing blood sugar levels
Oral glucose should not be given to diabetic patients who:
EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
, EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
A. are found unconscious
B. have low blood pressure
C. are complaining of abdominal pain
D. have been drinking alcoholic beverages -Correct Answer ✔are found unconscious
What are the classic signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia?
A. warm, dry skin; hunger; abdominal pain; deep, rapid respirations
B. warm, dry skin; irritability; bradycardia; rapid respirations
C. cold, clammy skin; bradycardia; hunger; deep, rapid respirations
D. cool clammy skin; increasing anxiety tachycardia; shallow, rapid respirations -Correct
Answer ✔cool clammy skin; increasing anxiety; tachycardia; shallow, rapid respirations
The diaphragm and intercostal muscles contract during:
A. Inhalation
B. Exhalation
C. Exhumation
D. Accessory breathing -Correct Answer ✔Inhalation
The topographic term used to describe the rear surface of the body is:
A. Anterior
B. Exterior
C. Inferior
D. Posterior -Correct Answer ✔posterior
The function of the right atrium is to:
A. pump the blood to the body
B. pump the blood to the lungs
C. receive blood from the pulmonary veins
D. receive blood from the veins of the body and the heart -Correct Answer ✔receive
blood from the veins of the body and the heart
Which of the following systems has specialized tissue that produces rhythmic electrical
impulses?
A. Skeletal
B. Endocrine
C. Circulatory
D. Cardiac -Correct Answer ✔cardiac
The inferior portion of the sternum is called the:
A. talus
EMT Final Exam Practice Study Guide
