AEMT COMPREHENSIVE TEST SCRIPT
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT.
▶ The preferred IV solutions for fluid replacement in the prehospital
setting would be:
A) Hypotonic crystalloids
B) Isotonic crystalloids
C) Hypertonic colloids
D) Isotonic colloids. Answer: Answer: B - Isotonic crystalloids
▶ Acetylsalicylic acid is better known by what trade name?
A) Adenocard
B) Aspirin
C) Adenosine
D) Amiodarone. Answer: Answer: B - Aspirin
,▶ After administering oral glucose to a patient with altered mental
status, which one of the following BEST indicates a positive therapeutic
effect or response to the medication?
A) Drop in BP from 156/90 to 120/80 mmHg
B) Mental status that is alert and oriented
C) Absence of an allergic reaction
D) Pulse oximeter reading of 99 percent on room air. Answer: Answer: B
- Mental status that is alert and oriented
▶ You are giving your child some Children's Motrin for a fever. There
are 40 mg/mL. The directions state to give 240 mg for your child's
weight. How many milliliters should you give?
A) 3 mL
B) 40 mL
C) 6 mL
D) 36 mL. Answer: Answer: C - 6 mL
▶ A patient complaining of substernal chest pain tells you that it feels
the same as when he had a heart attack two years ago. He is diaphoretic,
nauseated, vomiting, and has a blood pressure of 78/50 mmHg and heart
rate of 84. He also is allergic to aspirin. He asks you to assist him in
taking one of his nitroglycerin pills. Which one of the assessment
, findings that follows represents a contraindication to the administration
of the nitroglycerin?
A) Nausea and vomiting
B) Heart rate below 100
C) Chest pain rated less than 5 on a scale of 1 to 10
D) Blood pressure of 78/50 mmHg. Answer: Answer: D - Blood pressure
of 78/50 mmHg
▶ Solutions that contain large proteins that cannot pass through the
capillary membrane are Referred to as:
A) Blood products
B) Colloids
C) Crystalloids
D) Oxygen-carrying fluids. Answer: Answer: B - Colloids
▶ Which medication administered by the AEMT has minimal beta1
adrenergic effects but may increase heart rate and myocardial oxygen
demand, theReferenceore it should be used with caution in patients with
heart disease?
A) Aspirin
B) Albuterol sulfate
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT.
▶ The preferred IV solutions for fluid replacement in the prehospital
setting would be:
A) Hypotonic crystalloids
B) Isotonic crystalloids
C) Hypertonic colloids
D) Isotonic colloids. Answer: Answer: B - Isotonic crystalloids
▶ Acetylsalicylic acid is better known by what trade name?
A) Adenocard
B) Aspirin
C) Adenosine
D) Amiodarone. Answer: Answer: B - Aspirin
,▶ After administering oral glucose to a patient with altered mental
status, which one of the following BEST indicates a positive therapeutic
effect or response to the medication?
A) Drop in BP from 156/90 to 120/80 mmHg
B) Mental status that is alert and oriented
C) Absence of an allergic reaction
D) Pulse oximeter reading of 99 percent on room air. Answer: Answer: B
- Mental status that is alert and oriented
▶ You are giving your child some Children's Motrin for a fever. There
are 40 mg/mL. The directions state to give 240 mg for your child's
weight. How many milliliters should you give?
A) 3 mL
B) 40 mL
C) 6 mL
D) 36 mL. Answer: Answer: C - 6 mL
▶ A patient complaining of substernal chest pain tells you that it feels
the same as when he had a heart attack two years ago. He is diaphoretic,
nauseated, vomiting, and has a blood pressure of 78/50 mmHg and heart
rate of 84. He also is allergic to aspirin. He asks you to assist him in
taking one of his nitroglycerin pills. Which one of the assessment
, findings that follows represents a contraindication to the administration
of the nitroglycerin?
A) Nausea and vomiting
B) Heart rate below 100
C) Chest pain rated less than 5 on a scale of 1 to 10
D) Blood pressure of 78/50 mmHg. Answer: Answer: D - Blood pressure
of 78/50 mmHg
▶ Solutions that contain large proteins that cannot pass through the
capillary membrane are Referred to as:
A) Blood products
B) Colloids
C) Crystalloids
D) Oxygen-carrying fluids. Answer: Answer: B - Colloids
▶ Which medication administered by the AEMT has minimal beta1
adrenergic effects but may increase heart rate and myocardial oxygen
demand, theReferenceore it should be used with caution in patients with
heart disease?
A) Aspirin
B) Albuterol sulfate
