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EMT Midterm Exam Questions And 100%Correct Answers 2024-2025
1. 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.
2. The decision that expedient surgical care in the hospital outweighs the need to
perform complicated, time-consuming procedures in the field on a major trauma patient
is based
MOSTLY on: - Answer EMS research.
3. Cardiac monitoring, pharmacological interventions, and other advanced treatment
skills are
functions of the: - Answer Paramedic.
4. An EMS provider who has extensive training in various aspects of advanced life
support
(ALS) is called a(n): - Answer Paramedic
5. If a defibrillator manufacturer claims that its device terminates ventricular fibrillation
on the
first shock 95% of the time, you should: - Answer Realize this does not equate to a
saving of more lives.
6. The prehospital emergency care standards and those who provide it are usually
peeregulated by the: - Answer State Official of EMS
7. Your partner is a veteran EMT whom you have been working with regularly for the last
4 years and he appears
,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 Discretly report your suspicions to your supervisor
8. Patients who become dependent upon EMS personnel or other health care providers
often
feel: - Answer Shamed
9. Which of the following is MOST important in determining whether a person will
become ill from specific germs? - ANS Immunity
10. According to the OSHA regulations, the employer shall: - ANS Provide a work
environment that decreases the chance for exposure
11. The factors most commonly shared by all which may affect how a patient responds
to the stress of disease or injury
include all of the following, EXCEPT: - Answer Distrust of the EMT
12. When treating a patient who is entrapped in a vehicle and covered with shattered
glass, it is
BEST to wear: - Answer Puncture-resistant leather gloves over your latex gloves
13. The compliance monitoring component of an infection control plan should: - Answer
Ensure that employees understand what they should be doing and why it is important
14. A 15-year-old boy has been killed when he was struck by a car while riding his
bicycle. He has numerous disfiguring injuries and he has been placed in the back of the
ambulance to shield him from curious bystanders. When the child's parents arrive at the
scene they demand to
see him. You should: - Answer Advise them that their son had severely disfiguring
,injuries and ask them id there is anyone they would like to contact first
15. While trying to make a family member feel better after a loved one has died, your
partner
uses trite statements. The family members may view this as: - Answer Your partner's
attempt to diminish your grief
16. A positive TB skin test reflects that: - Answer You have been exposed to the disease
17. Which of the following is considered a situation in which you must contact the
appropriate authorities? - Answer Attempted suicide
18. Your medical director has asked you to help develop your EMS
agency's institutional standards. When you develop such standards, it is in your best
interest to: - Answer Be reasonable and realistic so you do not overly burden your staff
19. To the court, a missing or careless patient care form indicates: - Answer Poor
patient care was delivered
20. You are transporting a stable chest pain patient to the hospital when you are faced
with a major
multi-patient critical injury motor vehicle collision. Your BEST response is to: - Answers
Keep transporting your patient and report the incident to dispatch
21. The manner in which the EMT is expected to behave or conduct themselves in
managing the patient is known as the: - Answer Standard of Care
22. In which of the following circumstance does the EMT have legal authority to share
patient
information? - Answer The patient is competent and signs a release form
, 23. An EMT would MOST likely be held liable for abandonment if he or she: - Answer Did
not make provisions for continued care of an injured patient
24. You are dispatched to an office building for a 49-year-old male with chest pain. When
you
When you arrive on scene, you find the patient conscious and alert but in obvious pain.
He relates to you that he did not call 9-1-1, a coworker did. He then tells you that he
refuses treatment and transport to the hospital. You should: - Answer Ensure that he is
aware of the risks of refusing medical care
25. You and your partner arrive at the home of a man who is in cardiac arrest, and you
immediately recognize the patient as the drunk driver who killed your brother several
years earlier. A back-up ambulance is en route to the scene. You should: -Answer Being
two-rescuer CPR and apply the AED as soon as possible
26. Your BEST protection against legal liability when a competent patient refuses EMS
care
and transport is to: - Answer Thoroughly document the entire event
27. What section of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
MOST
affects EMS personnel? - Answer Protecting patient privacy
28. You are treating a man with a closed head injury following an assault by a burglar.
The
patient, who is suffering from slurred speech, becomes combative and asks you to leave
him alone. You should: - Response Continue to care for the patient and involve law
enforcement as needed
29. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is responsible for which of the
following? - Response Maintaining communications equipment on the ambulance
30. Which of the following statements regarding communication with a child is MOST
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