JB LEARNING EMT 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The phenomenon of pressure waves emanating from the bullet, causing damage
remote from its path, is known as: - ✔✔cavitation.
✔✔When a motor vehicle strikes a tree while traveling at 40 mph, the unrestrained
occupant: - ✔✔remains in motion until acted upon by an external force.
✔✔When caring for an occupant inside a motor vehicle equipped with an air bag that
did not deploy upon impact, you should: - ✔✔remember that it could still deploy and
seriously injure you.
✔✔Which of the following would MOST likely occur as the direct result of the second
collision in a motor vehicle crash? - ✔✔Deformed steering wheel
✔✔A 70-year-old man presents with a severe nosebleed. His medical history includes
COPD, depression, and a hemorrhagic stroke 3 years ago. His BP is 190/110 mm Hg,
his pulse is 100 beats/min, and his respirations are 24 breaths/min. His medications
include albuterol, sertraline (Zoloft), and multivitamins. Which of the following is MOST
likely causing his nosebleed today? - ✔✔High blood pressure
✔✔A patient is bleeding severely from a severed femoral artery high in the groin region.
Which of the following would MOST likely control the bleeding? - ✔✔Apply a topical
hemostatic agent with direct pressure
✔✔Early signs and symptoms of intra-abdominal bleeding include: - ✔✔pain and
distention.
✔✔Most cases of external bleeding from an extremity can be controlled by: -
✔✔applying local direct pressure.
✔✔Which of the following occurs after tissues are injured? - ✔✔Platelets collect at the
injury site
✔✔Which of the following organs can tolerate inadequate perfusion for 2 to 3 hours? -
✔✔Skeletal muscle
✔✔A 17-year-old male was shot in the right anterior chest during an altercation. As your
partner is applying oxygen, you perform a rapid assessment and find an open chest
wound with a small amount of blood bubbling from it. You should: - ✔✔apply an
occlusive dressing to the wound and continue your assessment.
,✔✔An injury that separates various layers of soft tissue, resulting in complete
detachment or a flap of skin, is called a(n): - ✔✔avulsion.
✔✔When a person is exposed to a cold environment: - ✔✔peripheral vessels constrict
and divert blood away from the skin.
✔✔Which of the following is a severe burn in a 2-year-old child? - ✔✔Any full-thickness
burn, regardless of its location on the body
✔✔Which of the following statements regarding electrical burns is correct? -
✔✔Entrance wounds are small relative to the amount of internal tissue damage.
✔✔Which of the following statements regarding the rule of nines is correct? - ✔✔The
anterior trunk of an adult is equal to 18% of the BSA.
✔✔A patient who is complaining of seeing flashing lights, specks, or "floaters" in his or
her field of vision has MOST likely experienced: - ✔✔a detached retina.
✔✔A young female experienced a laceration to her left eyeball from flying glass when
her boyfriend broke a soda bottle against a wall. There is moderate bleeding and the
patient states that she cannot see out of the injured eye. You should: - ✔✔avoid
applying pressure to the globe when you are covering the eye.
✔✔The eyeball itself is referred to as the: - ✔✔globe.
✔✔A fall from more than _____ times the patient's height is considered to be significant.
- ✔✔Three
✔✔A patient complaining of chest tightness, coughing up blood, and subcutaneous
emphysema following an explosion may be suffering from a: - ✔✔pulmonary blast
injury.
✔✔Significant clues to the possibility of severe injuries in motor vehicle collisions
include: - ✔✔death of a passenger.
✔✔_____ is inadequate tissue perfusion. - ✔✔Shock
✔✔You and your partner respond to a patient who has had his hand nearly severed by
a drill press. As you approach, you note that the patient is pale and there appears to be
a lot of blood on the floor. The wound continues to bleed copiously. After applying a
tourniquet, you write _____ and _____ on a piece of adhesive tape and apply it to the
patient's forehead. - ✔✔the letters "TK"; the exact time applied
, ✔✔_____ burns may involve the subcutaneous layers, muscle, bone, or internal organs.
- ✔✔Full-thickness
✔✔A(n) _____ occurs when a great amount of force is applied to the body for a long
period of time. - ✔✔crushing injury
✔✔An open neck injury may result in _____ if enough air is sucked into a blood vessel.
- ✔✔an air embolism
✔✔The skin regulates temperature in a cold environment by: - ✔✔constricting the blood
vessels.
✔✔When a patient has a chemical burn to the eye, you should irrigate the eye for at
least 5 minutes; however, if the burn was caused by an alkali or strong acid, you should
irrigate for: - ✔✔20 minutes.
✔✔Common signs and symptoms of a serious head injury include all of the following,
EXCEPT: - ✔✔a rapid, thready pulse.
✔✔Hyperextension injuries of the spine are MOST commonly the result of: -
✔✔hangings.
✔✔The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is used to assess: - ✔✔eye opening, verbal
response, and motor response.
✔✔What part of the nervous system controls the body's voluntary activities? -
✔✔Somatic
✔✔An epidural hematoma is MOST accurately defined as: - ✔✔bleeding between the
skull and dura mater.
✔✔Bleeding within the brain tissue itself is called a(n): - ✔✔intracerebral hematoma.
✔✔The _________ contain(s) about 75% of the brain's total volume. - ✔✔Cerebrum.
✔✔The _________ is the best-protected part of the CNS and controls the functions of
the cardiac and respiratory systems. - ✔✔brain stem.
✔✔The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that circulates in between each meningeal layer: -
✔✔acts as a shock absorber for the brain and spinal cord.
✔✔The hormone responsible for the actions of the sympathetic nervous system is: -
✔✔epinephrine.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The phenomenon of pressure waves emanating from the bullet, causing damage
remote from its path, is known as: - ✔✔cavitation.
✔✔When a motor vehicle strikes a tree while traveling at 40 mph, the unrestrained
occupant: - ✔✔remains in motion until acted upon by an external force.
✔✔When caring for an occupant inside a motor vehicle equipped with an air bag that
did not deploy upon impact, you should: - ✔✔remember that it could still deploy and
seriously injure you.
✔✔Which of the following would MOST likely occur as the direct result of the second
collision in a motor vehicle crash? - ✔✔Deformed steering wheel
✔✔A 70-year-old man presents with a severe nosebleed. His medical history includes
COPD, depression, and a hemorrhagic stroke 3 years ago. His BP is 190/110 mm Hg,
his pulse is 100 beats/min, and his respirations are 24 breaths/min. His medications
include albuterol, sertraline (Zoloft), and multivitamins. Which of the following is MOST
likely causing his nosebleed today? - ✔✔High blood pressure
✔✔A patient is bleeding severely from a severed femoral artery high in the groin region.
Which of the following would MOST likely control the bleeding? - ✔✔Apply a topical
hemostatic agent with direct pressure
✔✔Early signs and symptoms of intra-abdominal bleeding include: - ✔✔pain and
distention.
✔✔Most cases of external bleeding from an extremity can be controlled by: -
✔✔applying local direct pressure.
✔✔Which of the following occurs after tissues are injured? - ✔✔Platelets collect at the
injury site
✔✔Which of the following organs can tolerate inadequate perfusion for 2 to 3 hours? -
✔✔Skeletal muscle
✔✔A 17-year-old male was shot in the right anterior chest during an altercation. As your
partner is applying oxygen, you perform a rapid assessment and find an open chest
wound with a small amount of blood bubbling from it. You should: - ✔✔apply an
occlusive dressing to the wound and continue your assessment.
,✔✔An injury that separates various layers of soft tissue, resulting in complete
detachment or a flap of skin, is called a(n): - ✔✔avulsion.
✔✔When a person is exposed to a cold environment: - ✔✔peripheral vessels constrict
and divert blood away from the skin.
✔✔Which of the following is a severe burn in a 2-year-old child? - ✔✔Any full-thickness
burn, regardless of its location on the body
✔✔Which of the following statements regarding electrical burns is correct? -
✔✔Entrance wounds are small relative to the amount of internal tissue damage.
✔✔Which of the following statements regarding the rule of nines is correct? - ✔✔The
anterior trunk of an adult is equal to 18% of the BSA.
✔✔A patient who is complaining of seeing flashing lights, specks, or "floaters" in his or
her field of vision has MOST likely experienced: - ✔✔a detached retina.
✔✔A young female experienced a laceration to her left eyeball from flying glass when
her boyfriend broke a soda bottle against a wall. There is moderate bleeding and the
patient states that she cannot see out of the injured eye. You should: - ✔✔avoid
applying pressure to the globe when you are covering the eye.
✔✔The eyeball itself is referred to as the: - ✔✔globe.
✔✔A fall from more than _____ times the patient's height is considered to be significant.
- ✔✔Three
✔✔A patient complaining of chest tightness, coughing up blood, and subcutaneous
emphysema following an explosion may be suffering from a: - ✔✔pulmonary blast
injury.
✔✔Significant clues to the possibility of severe injuries in motor vehicle collisions
include: - ✔✔death of a passenger.
✔✔_____ is inadequate tissue perfusion. - ✔✔Shock
✔✔You and your partner respond to a patient who has had his hand nearly severed by
a drill press. As you approach, you note that the patient is pale and there appears to be
a lot of blood on the floor. The wound continues to bleed copiously. After applying a
tourniquet, you write _____ and _____ on a piece of adhesive tape and apply it to the
patient's forehead. - ✔✔the letters "TK"; the exact time applied
, ✔✔_____ burns may involve the subcutaneous layers, muscle, bone, or internal organs.
- ✔✔Full-thickness
✔✔A(n) _____ occurs when a great amount of force is applied to the body for a long
period of time. - ✔✔crushing injury
✔✔An open neck injury may result in _____ if enough air is sucked into a blood vessel.
- ✔✔an air embolism
✔✔The skin regulates temperature in a cold environment by: - ✔✔constricting the blood
vessels.
✔✔When a patient has a chemical burn to the eye, you should irrigate the eye for at
least 5 minutes; however, if the burn was caused by an alkali or strong acid, you should
irrigate for: - ✔✔20 minutes.
✔✔Common signs and symptoms of a serious head injury include all of the following,
EXCEPT: - ✔✔a rapid, thready pulse.
✔✔Hyperextension injuries of the spine are MOST commonly the result of: -
✔✔hangings.
✔✔The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is used to assess: - ✔✔eye opening, verbal
response, and motor response.
✔✔What part of the nervous system controls the body's voluntary activities? -
✔✔Somatic
✔✔An epidural hematoma is MOST accurately defined as: - ✔✔bleeding between the
skull and dura mater.
✔✔Bleeding within the brain tissue itself is called a(n): - ✔✔intracerebral hematoma.
✔✔The _________ contain(s) about 75% of the brain's total volume. - ✔✔Cerebrum.
✔✔The _________ is the best-protected part of the CNS and controls the functions of
the cardiac and respiratory systems. - ✔✔brain stem.
✔✔The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that circulates in between each meningeal layer: -
✔✔acts as a shock absorber for the brain and spinal cord.
✔✔The hormone responsible for the actions of the sympathetic nervous system is: -
✔✔epinephrine.
