EMT Exam Practice Questions and Answers | Latest Update 2023/2024 (Graded A+)

Circulatory system - correct answer (circulation of blood) carry welloxygenated blood and other nutrients to body's cells, removal of waste and carbon dioxide from cells -Heart, blood vessels, blood -arteries, veins, capillaries arteries (arterial) - correct answer carry O2 blood to body veins (venous) - correct answer returns unoxygenated blood to heart/lungs cappilaries (capillary) - correct answer exchange site between blood and tissues EMT Readiness Exam (TCC) Questions and Answers Latest Update 2023 Digestive system - correct answer break down(digest) the food we eat so it can be absorbed through intestines and used for food and energy for our cells. Also helps remove waste products from the body -Esophagus, liver, pancreas, small intestine, large intenstine Urinary system - correct answer remove chemical wastes from body and help balance water and salt levels in blood -Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra Endocrine system - correct answer (hormone-producing glands): regulation of many of processes within human body. Regulate metabolism, physical size, strength, hair growth, voice pitch and reproduction by hormones Reproductive system - correct answer produces hormones needed for sexual reproduction. -Testes and penis(male) -ovaries, fallopian tube, uterus and vagina(female) EMT Readiness Exam (TCC) Questions and Answers Latest Update 2023 Respiratory system - correct answer exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Warms and filters air as enters the body (breathing) -nose, mouth trachea, lungs, bronchi, brochioles, alveoli Nervous function - correct answer control movement, interpret sensations, regulate body activities, and generate memory and thought ○ Brain, spinal cord, nerves ○ Central NS= brain and spinal cord. ○ Peripheral NS= Sensory(incoming nerves) and Motor(outcoing nerves) ■ Autonomic nervous system= control system for heart rate, respiratory rate, digestion, perspiration, salivation. Integumentary system - correct answer skin is largest organ of body that covers systems, organs and systems. It protects body from heat and cold as well as toxins. It regulates body temperature as well as body fluids and chemical balance ○ Layers of skin, nails, hair, sweat glands, oil glands, and mammary glands ○ Epidermis, Dermis, and Subcutaneous layer EMT Readiness Exam (TCC) Questions and Answers Latest Update 2023 Components of Patient Care Reports - correct answer Patient record Legal record Continuity of Care Quality assurance Administration Consist of: Run Data(name of partner/time of call), patient data, fill in, check boxes, narrative: SOAP SOAP - correct answer subjective- told by patient, family, dispatcher, objective- everything you see during assessment assessment- what you think is wrong with patient plan- what you did with patient beginning to end How to use Bag Mask Device/BVM - correct answer Single rescuer: open airway(head tilt-chin lift), remove any visible obstruction, mask over mouth/nose forming AC with hand, observe chest rise with proper rate, allow for exhalation between ventilation ○ Adult- 10-12/minute EMT Readiness Exam (TCC) Questions and Answers Latest Update 2023 ○ Child: 12-20/minute ○ Infant: 20-30/minute Double-rescuer: one person behind the head to open up the airway, insert the oropharyngeal in the mouth(little hook) or nasopharyngeal(nose tube) into the airway, remove any obstruction, place mask over mouth/nose and other person maintain tight seal using 2 hands, proper rate as above^ SAMPLE'(D) - correct answer Signs/symptoms Allergies Medications Pertinent past medical history Last oral intake Events Doctor AVPU - correct answer Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive PERL - correct answer Pupils that are Equal and Reactive to Light EMT Readiness Exam (TCC) Questions and Answers Latest Update 2023 OPQRST - correct answer Onset, Provocation/Palliation, Quality, Region/Radiation, Severity, Timing. DCAP-BTLS - correct answer Deformities Contusions Abrasions Penetrations Burns Tenderness Lacerations Swelling steps of patient assessment - correct answer 1. Scene Size-up ● Scene Safety ● PPE ● Evaluate MOI/NOI ● # of patients ● Evaluate need for assistance