EMT FINAL EXAM 2024 / GRADED A+/ ALL BUNDLED TO BOOST AND EASE YOUR STUDY/ GUARANTEED PASS
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EMT
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EMT
Which of the following skills or interventions is included at every level of prehospital emergency
training? - ANSWER Automatic external defibrillation
Which of the following statements regarding the EMS medical director and an EMT's scope of practice is
correct? - ANSWER An EMT's scope of pra...
EMT FINAL EXAM 2024 / GRADED A+/ ALL
BUNDLED TO BOOST AND EASE YOUR STUDY/
GUARANTEED PASS
Which of the following skills or interventions is included at every level of prehospital emergency
training? - ANSWER Automatic external defibrillation
Which of the following statements regarding the EMS medical director and an EMT's scope of practice is
correct? - ANSWER An EMT's scope of practice may be expanded by the medical director after proper
training and state approval
Which of the following statements regarding the different stages of the grieving process is correct? -
ANSWER the stages of the grieving process may occur simultaneously.
Your partner, a veteran EMT whom you have worked with regularly for the past 4 years, seems unusually
agitated during a call involving an elderly patient. Upon arrival back at your station, you note the obvious
smell of alcohol on his breath. What should you do? - ANSWER discreetly report your suspicions to your
supervisor
You have been working at the scene of a major building collapse for 8 hours. Many injured people are
still being removed, and everyone is becoming frustrated and losing focus. This situation is MOST
effectively managed by: - ANSWER requesting CISM team to provide an on-scene peer support
If you are exposed to a patient's blood or other bodily fluid, your first action should be to: - ANSWER
transfer care of the patient to another EMS provider
When faced with a situation in which a patient is in cardiac arrest, and a valid living will or DNR order
cannot be located you should: - ANSWER begin resuscitation at once
Your BEST protection against legal liability when a competent patient refuses EMS care and transport is
to: - ANSWER thoroughly document the entire event
, Which of the following scenarios is an example of informed consent? - ANSWER an EMT advises a patient
of the risks of receiving treatment
Typical components of an oral patient report include all of the following, EXCEPT: - ANSWER the set of
baseline vital signs taken at the scene
Calming and reassuring an anxious patient can be facilitated by: - ANSWER maintaining eye contact with
the patient whenever possible
A 60-year-old man complains of chest pain. He is conscious and alert and denies shortness of breath.
Which of the following questions would be the MOST appropriate to ask him? - ANSWER "Do you have
any heart problems or take any medication?"
Enlargement of the liver is called: - ANSWER hepatomegaly
The areas of the spinal column, in descending order, are: - ANSWER cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral,
coccyx
Which of the following statements regarding smooth muscle is correct? - ANSWER A person has no
voluntary control over smooth muscle
Relative to an adult's airway anatomy, the child's: - ANSWER pharynx is smaller and less deeply curved
When assessing an 80-year-old patient in shock, it is important to remember that: - ANSWER age-related
changes in the cardiovascular system may make the patient less able to compensate for decreased
perfusion
Infants are often referred to as "belly breathers" because: - ANSWER their rib cage is less rigid and the
ribs sit horizontally
You have two patients who were involved in a motor vehicle crash when their SUV struck a tree- one
with neck and back pain, and the other with a deformed left femur. The patient with the deformed
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