EMT Chapter 4 Test Questions with Verified Answers Graded A
1. Two days after a call, you realize that you forgot to Add an addendum to the
document that you checked a patient's blood glucose report with the correct
prior to him refusing transport and signing the refusal information, the current
form. At that time, you did contact medical direction date, and the EMT's initials
and provide this information to the doctor, prior to him
authorizing the patient to refuse. What is now your
best course of action?
2. You have placed a 67-year-old female patient on Treatment
low-concentration oxygen with a nasal cannula. Un-
der which section of the prehospital care report (PCR)
would you document this information?
3. A nauseated patient with fever and abdominal pain As a pertinent negative
states that he has not vomited. Which description best
represents how that fact should be documented?
4. What would be considered an objective patient assess- Blood pressure 114/68
ment finding? mmHg
5. You are involved in a lawsuit over a stabbing that oc- Review the prehospital
curred six months ago. Since you work in a busy EMS care report
system and some time has passed, your recollection
of the incident in spotty. In this situation, your best
means of remembering what occurred would be to:
6. Your protocol reads: "O2 via NC prn if symptomatic for Consider oxygen for a pa-
CP / SOB and SpO2 < 94%." To follow this order, you tient complaining of chest
should do perform which action? pain if the SpO2 is 92%
7. Which statement regarding a PCR is accurate? "Aside from providing a
record of the care giv-
en, the PCR also may be
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, EMT Chapter 4 Test Questions with Verified Answers Graded A
used for education and re-
search."
8. Which statement describes an advantage of comput- Large amounts of data can
erized documentation? be stored and retrieved
much more easily than
with handwritten PCRs
9. A pertinent negative would be illustrated by: "Nausea without vomit-
ing."
10. A patient care report reads: "c/o chest pain with associ- The patient has diabetes
ated DOE; PMH of IDDM." Regarding this description,
which interpretation is most accurate?
11. A prehospital care report reads: "GSW to LLQ." Based Gunshot to the lower left
on this, you should recognize that the patient sus- abdomen
tained a(n):
12. Immediately after giving a prehospital care report to Complete an abbreviated
the nurse in the emergency department, dispatch in- transfer-of-care report
forms you that there are no more ambulances avail-
able and you must immediately leave the hospital to
cover another portion of the county. Since your service
uses a computerized documentation system and there
is no time to complete your report, your best course of
action should be to:
13. An alert and oriented male patient with chest discom- Have a family member
fort refuses treatment and transport to the hospital. sign as a witness to the fa-
He is angry with his family for calling 911 and refuses ther's refusal
to sign the refusal of care form despite several re-
quests. Which of these is your next best action?
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1. Two days after a call, you realize that you forgot to Add an addendum to the
document that you checked a patient's blood glucose report with the correct
prior to him refusing transport and signing the refusal information, the current
form. At that time, you did contact medical direction date, and the EMT's initials
and provide this information to the doctor, prior to him
authorizing the patient to refuse. What is now your
best course of action?
2. You have placed a 67-year-old female patient on Treatment
low-concentration oxygen with a nasal cannula. Un-
der which section of the prehospital care report (PCR)
would you document this information?
3. A nauseated patient with fever and abdominal pain As a pertinent negative
states that he has not vomited. Which description best
represents how that fact should be documented?
4. What would be considered an objective patient assess- Blood pressure 114/68
ment finding? mmHg
5. You are involved in a lawsuit over a stabbing that oc- Review the prehospital
curred six months ago. Since you work in a busy EMS care report
system and some time has passed, your recollection
of the incident in spotty. In this situation, your best
means of remembering what occurred would be to:
6. Your protocol reads: "O2 via NC prn if symptomatic for Consider oxygen for a pa-
CP / SOB and SpO2 < 94%." To follow this order, you tient complaining of chest
should do perform which action? pain if the SpO2 is 92%
7. Which statement regarding a PCR is accurate? "Aside from providing a
record of the care giv-
en, the PCR also may be
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, EMT Chapter 4 Test Questions with Verified Answers Graded A
used for education and re-
search."
8. Which statement describes an advantage of comput- Large amounts of data can
erized documentation? be stored and retrieved
much more easily than
with handwritten PCRs
9. A pertinent negative would be illustrated by: "Nausea without vomit-
ing."
10. A patient care report reads: "c/o chest pain with associ- The patient has diabetes
ated DOE; PMH of IDDM." Regarding this description,
which interpretation is most accurate?
11. A prehospital care report reads: "GSW to LLQ." Based Gunshot to the lower left
on this, you should recognize that the patient sus- abdomen
tained a(n):
12. Immediately after giving a prehospital care report to Complete an abbreviated
the nurse in the emergency department, dispatch in- transfer-of-care report
forms you that there are no more ambulances avail-
able and you must immediately leave the hospital to
cover another portion of the county. Since your service
uses a computerized documentation system and there
is no time to complete your report, your best course of
action should be to:
13. An alert and oriented male patient with chest discom- Have a family member
fort refuses treatment and transport to the hospital. sign as a witness to the fa-
He is angry with his family for calling 911 and refuses ther's refusal
to sign the refusal of care form despite several re-
quests. Which of these is your next best action?
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