EMS1055 LATEST 2026 PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Which one of the following is typically associated with post-traumatic hemorrhage
early shock? - ✔✔Narrow pulse pressure
✔✔Which of the following findings would not make a patient difficult to ventilate with a
bag-valve mask? - ✔✔Multiple nose piercings
✔✔BOOTS" mnemonic: - ✔✔B - Beards
O - Obesity
O - Older patients
T - Toothlessness
S - Snores or stridor
✔✔Which of the following distinguishes a tension pneumothorax from a simple
pneumothorax? - ✔✔shock
✔✔A 32-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle collision. The steering wheel is
bent. Your assessment reveals present and equal bilateral breath sounds, and a rapid
and weak radial pulse that disappears upon inspiration. You should suspect: -
✔✔Cardiac tamponade
✔✔A 31-year-old male presents with difficulty breathing, rapid and weak pulse, and flat
neck veins. His trachea is midline and he has decreased breath sounds and dullness to
percussion upon assessment of the left side of the chest. You should suspect: -
✔✔Massive hemothorax
✔✔An unrestrained 17-year-old female driver rear-ends a cement truck at a high rate of
speed. She is unconscious, pale, cool and clammy, has fast, labored respirations and
fast, thready radial pulses. Her neck veins are flat, trachea midline, chest motion is
asymmetrical, and absent breath sounds on the left. You should suspect: - ✔✔Massive
hemothorax
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding pulmonary contusion? - ✔✔Caused by
hemorrhage into the lung parenchyma
✔✔How do you treat an open pneumothorax? - ✔✔Place an occlusive dressing taped
on 4 sides
✔✔A 34-year-old female was struck by a vehicle causing blunt force chest trauma. She
is unconscious with gasping respirations, almost no air movement, a rapid, thready
carotid pulse and flat neck veins. You should: - ✔✔Provide PPV
, ✔✔A 27-year-old male with blunt chest trauma from a motor vehicle collision was
successfully intubated at the scene. While ventilating the patient, you note resistance
with an absence of right chest wall movement. You should suspect a: - ✔✔Tension
pneumothorax
-The development of decreased lung compliance (difficulty in squeezing the bag-mask
device) in the intubated patient should always alert you to the possibility of a tension
pneumothorax.
✔✔An unconscious 18-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle collision. You find
him unrestrained behind the bent steering wheel. He is unconscious with cool, pale and
clammy skin. Vitals are BP 90/40, P 120 and thready, and R 30 and shallow. Your
assessment reveals that he is blue around the lips, has distended neck veins and
tracheal deviation to the right. He also has an asymmetrical chest with absent breath
sounds on the left. You should suspect: - ✔✔Tension pneumothorax
-Clinical signs of a tension pneumothorax include dyspnea, anxiety, tachypnea,
distended neck veins, and possibly tracheal deviation away from the affected side.
Auscultation will reveal diminished breath sounds on the affected side and will be
accompanied by hyperresonance when percussed.
✔✔Which one of the following is NOT a part of Beck's Triad? - ✔✔Absent lung sounds
✔✔Proper procedure for administering oral glucose to a patient includes all of the
following EXCEPT: - ✔✔ensuring the absense of a gag reflex
✔✔A late sign of shock is: - ✔✔decreased blood pressure
✔✔NAME THAT SHOCK: This condition is causes systemic vasoconstriction secondary
to a systemic infection. The patient will have a history of gradual illness. - ✔✔Septic
✔✔You are dispatched to the a scene in the food court, where a patient is having
difficulty breathing. When you arrive, you notice the patient has urticaria and
hypotension. The patient cannot speak, but a bystander said the patient started having
trouble breathing shortly after ingesting food. What may the patient be suffering from? -
✔✔Anaphylaxis
✔✔Epinephrine is indicated for patients with an allergic reaction when: - ✔✔wheezing
and urticaria are present
✔✔NAME THAT SHOCK: This condition is commonly caused by an MI or myocarditis
and results in a decreased cardiac output. - ✔✔Cardiogenic
✔✔NAME THAT SHOCK: This is a distributive shock which presents with bradycardia
and warm, dry skin. - ✔✔Neurogenic
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Which one of the following is typically associated with post-traumatic hemorrhage
early shock? - ✔✔Narrow pulse pressure
✔✔Which of the following findings would not make a patient difficult to ventilate with a
bag-valve mask? - ✔✔Multiple nose piercings
✔✔BOOTS" mnemonic: - ✔✔B - Beards
O - Obesity
O - Older patients
T - Toothlessness
S - Snores or stridor
✔✔Which of the following distinguishes a tension pneumothorax from a simple
pneumothorax? - ✔✔shock
✔✔A 32-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle collision. The steering wheel is
bent. Your assessment reveals present and equal bilateral breath sounds, and a rapid
and weak radial pulse that disappears upon inspiration. You should suspect: -
✔✔Cardiac tamponade
✔✔A 31-year-old male presents with difficulty breathing, rapid and weak pulse, and flat
neck veins. His trachea is midline and he has decreased breath sounds and dullness to
percussion upon assessment of the left side of the chest. You should suspect: -
✔✔Massive hemothorax
✔✔An unrestrained 17-year-old female driver rear-ends a cement truck at a high rate of
speed. She is unconscious, pale, cool and clammy, has fast, labored respirations and
fast, thready radial pulses. Her neck veins are flat, trachea midline, chest motion is
asymmetrical, and absent breath sounds on the left. You should suspect: - ✔✔Massive
hemothorax
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding pulmonary contusion? - ✔✔Caused by
hemorrhage into the lung parenchyma
✔✔How do you treat an open pneumothorax? - ✔✔Place an occlusive dressing taped
on 4 sides
✔✔A 34-year-old female was struck by a vehicle causing blunt force chest trauma. She
is unconscious with gasping respirations, almost no air movement, a rapid, thready
carotid pulse and flat neck veins. You should: - ✔✔Provide PPV
, ✔✔A 27-year-old male with blunt chest trauma from a motor vehicle collision was
successfully intubated at the scene. While ventilating the patient, you note resistance
with an absence of right chest wall movement. You should suspect a: - ✔✔Tension
pneumothorax
-The development of decreased lung compliance (difficulty in squeezing the bag-mask
device) in the intubated patient should always alert you to the possibility of a tension
pneumothorax.
✔✔An unconscious 18-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle collision. You find
him unrestrained behind the bent steering wheel. He is unconscious with cool, pale and
clammy skin. Vitals are BP 90/40, P 120 and thready, and R 30 and shallow. Your
assessment reveals that he is blue around the lips, has distended neck veins and
tracheal deviation to the right. He also has an asymmetrical chest with absent breath
sounds on the left. You should suspect: - ✔✔Tension pneumothorax
-Clinical signs of a tension pneumothorax include dyspnea, anxiety, tachypnea,
distended neck veins, and possibly tracheal deviation away from the affected side.
Auscultation will reveal diminished breath sounds on the affected side and will be
accompanied by hyperresonance when percussed.
✔✔Which one of the following is NOT a part of Beck's Triad? - ✔✔Absent lung sounds
✔✔Proper procedure for administering oral glucose to a patient includes all of the
following EXCEPT: - ✔✔ensuring the absense of a gag reflex
✔✔A late sign of shock is: - ✔✔decreased blood pressure
✔✔NAME THAT SHOCK: This condition is causes systemic vasoconstriction secondary
to a systemic infection. The patient will have a history of gradual illness. - ✔✔Septic
✔✔You are dispatched to the a scene in the food court, where a patient is having
difficulty breathing. When you arrive, you notice the patient has urticaria and
hypotension. The patient cannot speak, but a bystander said the patient started having
trouble breathing shortly after ingesting food. What may the patient be suffering from? -
✔✔Anaphylaxis
✔✔Epinephrine is indicated for patients with an allergic reaction when: - ✔✔wheezing
and urticaria are present
✔✔NAME THAT SHOCK: This condition is commonly caused by an MI or myocarditis
and results in a decreased cardiac output. - ✔✔Cardiogenic
✔✔NAME THAT SHOCK: This is a distributive shock which presents with bradycardia
and warm, dry skin. - ✔✔Neurogenic
