EMT UNIT 1 TEST Questions And Answers
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Which of the following is the feeling infants get when they know all their needs will be met? -
answerBonding
An artery is a blood vessel that only - answercarries blood away from the heart
In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which ag...
Which of the following is the feeling infants get when they know all their needs will be met? -
answer✔Bonding
An artery is a blood vessel that only - answer✔carries blood away from the heart
In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which agency with the development of EMS
standards? - answer✔DOT
A family member who keeps pleading with a deceased loved one to wake up is experiencing
which reaction to death and dying? - answer✔denial
True statement about HIV/AIDS - answer✔HIV positive needlesticks have less than a .05
percent infection rate.
What mode of transmission most accurately describes the route of spreading hepatitis A? -
answer✔fecal-oral
primary reason for an EMT to change gloves between contact with different patients? -
answer✔to prevent spreading infection to the next patient
which of the following situations BEST illustrates the act of abandonment by the EMT? -
answer✔an EMT transports a patient to the ED and leaves the patient in the waiting room
without advising ED staff
What type of muscle controls the size of the bronchioles in the lungs? - answer✔smooth muscles
With regard to anatomical locations, which of the following is not true? - answer✔The mouth is
proximal to the nose.
At which of the following stages is toilet training most likely to begin? - answer✔Toddler
Which of the following is the purpose of trending/ - answer✔It allows the EMT to determine if
the patient's condition has changed over time.
Which term is best defined as "a state of physical and or psychological arousal to a stimulus"? -
answer✔stress
Which of the following is FALSE regarding the purpose of immediately documenting vital signs
once they are obtained? - answer✔Failure to record the vital signs immediately is considered
falsifying the medical record.
Your 89-year-old male patient has called for help because he almost passed out after bringing in
his garbage cans from the curb. The patient lives alone and says that he became panicked when
he started feeling so lightheaded and dizzy. Patients in this age group often undergo all of the
following changes to their health, except: - answer✔increased metabolism
What is FiO2? - answer✔The concentration of oxygen in our inhaled air, which is referred to as
the fraction of inspired oxygen
Stroke volume depends on a series of factors: one is the force the myocardial muscle exerts to
move the blood. This is known as: - answer✔contractility
An off-duty EMT is driving down the road when she sees a major vehicle accident. There are no
Emergency Medical Responders on the 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 her EMT license plates and
writes them down as she passes by. The Good Samaritan is angry that the EMT did not stop and
help and tries to get the EMT fired for not helping. Which of the following statements is true? -
answer✔The EMT is not negligent because she did not have a duty to act.
Who is responsible for on-scene safety of EMS providers? - answer✔all crew members
Which type of consent must be used by the EMT when seeking to treat a mentally competent
adult? - answer✔expressed consent
The "Stress Triad," or the body's response to a stressful stimulation, is known as general
________ syndrome. - answer✔adaption
This type of metabolism occurs when energy is created with a balance of adequate oxygen and
nutrients. - answer✔aerobic
You have just worked a cardiac arrest call on a 48-year-old father of three. Despite your best
efforts, the patient died in the emergency department. As you are getting your ambulance in
service, the patient's wife rushes out of the emergency department. She finds you and begins
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