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EMT FINAL EXAM REVIEW: CHAPTERS 1-41QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
A blank device works by blowing oxygen or air continuously.
Correct Answers CPAP
A fracture of which of the following bones would be considered
a skull fracture? Correct Answers temporal bone
A method of assessing compromise to an extremity when a
muscular skill to injury is suspected is Correct Answers
Following the 6 P's
A painter falls from his ladder and tells you he dislocated his
shoulder again when you attempt to splint the shoulder it pops
back into place. What should your next step be? Correct
Answers make sure if we feel a pop that there're distal poles
motor sensory is still functioning. And then obviously we would
sling it
A patient uses a home ventilator connected to a tracheostomy
tube to breathe, which of the following is the correct procedure
to use when moving this patient to the ambulance? Correct
Answers ventilate the patient's tracheostomy tube via a
connected bag valve mask that's going to be you breathing for
them at a normal rate in volume, we're only going to do this
while they're disconnected from the ventilator, but we we don't
need to panic because remember we can bag them the same way
that the machine is that's what we're going to do.
,According to Dr. Hans Seil, the third stage of the body's
response to stress is known as the blank stage. Correct Answers
exhaustion
According to the rule of nine for infants and young children, the
patients head and neck account for what percentage of total body
surface area? Correct Answers 18%
Albuteral and eppinephron will both have bronchcoilation
properties that improve the amount of oxygen that a person can
in hell and absorb. However, albuteral is administered only for
asthma, whereas eppinephrine is administered for both asthma
and anaphylaxis. Why is eppinephrine and not albutol the first
choice for anaphylaxis? Correct Answers That means that
epinephrine is an epinephrine will help reduce the swelling so
that' reduce the swelling in the airway and that is a priority for
us. That is the reason why we give Epi over Albuterol when it
comes to aniflaxis.
All the following are ways that an EMT can increase both
physical and mental well being accept, okay?
a. If you eat carbohydrates
b. If you exercisec.
c. If you spend time with family and friends relaxing
d. Drinking caffeine instead of alcohol Correct Answers d.
Drinking caffeine instead of alcohol
An off duty EMT is driving down the road when she sees a
major vehicle accident off duty, okay? There are no medical
emergency medical responders on scene yet. There are only
good Samaritans. The EMT is late for a doctor's appointment so
,she decides that she will not stop and help. The driver of the
vehicle dies before help arrives. One of the good Samaritans
notices she has an EMT license plate and writes her plates down
as she passes by. The good Samaritan is angry that the EMT did
not stop and help. Which of the following statements is true?
Correct Answers The EMT is not negligent because she did not
have a duty to act. Now, if I'm working okay, or if I'm
volunteering or responding in that capacity, then sure, because
we have a duty to act in that moment however, this this person is
off duty, and she doesn't have to stop if she doesn't want to now
most of us are going to, but they cannot charge her for being
negligent because she did not have a duty to act because she was
off duty.
Applying an external source of heat to the patient's body to re-
warm him is called what kind of warming. Correct Answers
considered an active rewarming.
As an EMT your best clue indicating the possibility of internal
bleeding may be the presence of what? Correct Answers
mechanism of injury
Biological warfare is most effective when the agent can gain
access through which the following routes? Correct Answers
respiratory tract
Bleeding from soft tissue injuries should initially be controlled
with which one of the following? Correct Answers direct
pressure
, Blunt and penetrating injuries can damage chambers of the heart
or cause conditions like Correct Answers Pericardial
tamponade
Concerning attempted suicide, which of the following
statements is true? Correct Answers All suicide attempts must
be taken seriously.
During the new employee orientation, the training officer meets
a new EMT 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 passed the exam. What is the
best answer for that employee? Correct Answers EM.T's are
constantly evolving EMSs. EMS is constantly evolving in
response to evidence based research, so for that reason, guys
after you get your EMT, you will have to continue your
education, so you'll have to do CE's in order to re-certify, okay
and it's because EMS is constantly evolving.
During the primary assessment of an unresponsive two month
old infant, which pulse should be palpated on a two month old?
Correct Answers bracial artery
GCS is a neurological assessment that looks at which of the
following? Correct Answers A neuro assessment that that
assesses what eyes opening verbal response and motor response.
How is activated charcoal, which is carried by EMS services,
supplied for use in emergency situations? Correct Answers So
activated charcoals of powder, which is mixed with water.
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