EMT PATIENT ASSESSMENT TEST
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 100% 2026
Steps of scene size-up - Correct Answers - Ensure scene safety
- Determine mechanism of injury or nature of illness
- Take standard precaution for the situation (additonal PPE)
- Determine the number of patients
- Request additional resources
- Consider c-spine stabilization
Glasgow coma scale - Correct Answers
Hazards you may encounter when ensuring scene safety: - Correct Answers - Environmental
hazards
- Physical hazards (sharp metal, broken glass, slip-and-fall from leaking fluids)
- Biohazards (bodily fluids)
- Chemical hazards
- Electrical hazards
- Fires
- Water hazards
- Explosions
- Threat of physical violence
What should you do when you observe an object that might be used to commit violence, such
as a gun? - Correct Answers Place you or your partner between the patient and the object in
order to prevent the patient's access to that object
,When ensuring scene safety, be aware of scenes that have potential for violence due to: -
Correct Answers - Violent patients
- Distraught family members
- Angry bystanders
- Gangs
- Unruly crowds
What is a traumatic injury? - Correct Answers The result of physical force applied to the outside
of the body
Blunt trauma - Correct Answers - The force of the injury occurs over a broad area, and the skin is
sometimes not broken
- The tissues and organs underneath the area of impact may be damaged
Penetrating trauma - Correct Answers - The force of the injury occurs at the specific point of
contact between the skin and the object
- The object pierces the skin and creates an open wound that carries a higher potential for
infection
Chief complaint - Correct Answers The most serious thing the patient is concerned about and
the reason EMS was called
Examples of mechanism of injury (MOI) - Correct Answers - Falls
- Motor vehicle crashes
- Assaults
- Industrial accidents
Examples of nature of illness (NOI) - Correct Answers - Seizures
,- Heart attacks
- Diabetic problems
- Poisonings
5 parts of the patient assessment process: - Correct Answers 1. Scene size-up
2. Primary assessment
3. History taking
4. Secondary assessment
5. Reassessment
When you receive a call to a patient, you can first consider MOI NOI by: - Correct Answers
Determining what type of equipment you would take to treat the patient
Incident command system - Correct Answers A system implemented to manage disasters and
mass-casualty incidents in which section chiefs, including finance, logistics, operations, and
planning, report to the incident commander; aka the incident management system
Triage - Correct Answers The process of sorting patients based on the severity of their condition
You are assessing a patient who fell off a ladder. He is conscious and alert and complaining of
pain to his right side and shortness of breath. This is known as ________
A. The chief complaint
B. The nature of illness
C. A sign
D. The mechanism of injury - Correct Answers A
, Primary assessment - Correct Answers - Identify and begin treatment of immediate or imminent
life threats
- Must physically examine the patient and assess level of consciousness (LOC) and airway,
breathing, and circulation (ABC)
Steps of primary assessment - Correct Answers 1. Form a general impression of your patient and
the environment
2. Conduct a first look test
3. Determine level of consciousness (AVPU, GCS)
4. Assess airway - if alert, open airway; if V, P, or U, open airway with jaw thrust, consider
oral/nasal airway and suctioning
5. Assess breathing - determine rate, rhythm, quality for 30 seconds
6. Assess breath sounds - Mid axillary unless abnormal, then all six positions
7. Administer oxygen 15 L by nonrebreather
8. Assess pulse - determine rate, rhthym, quality for 30 seconds; if responsive palpate radial
artery, if unresponsive palpate carotid artery
9. Assess skin color, temperature, and moisture
10. Assess capillary refill
11. Assess and control life threatening external bleeding
12. Perform a rapid scan (60-90 seconds)
13. Determine priority care and transport
Form a general impression - Correct Answers - Determines the priority of care
- Note patient's sex, age, race, level of distress, overall appearance, position, and whether he is
moving or still
- Approach patient from his feet, so he can see you coming
- Refer to patient by name
- Ask about chief complaint
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 100% 2026
Steps of scene size-up - Correct Answers - Ensure scene safety
- Determine mechanism of injury or nature of illness
- Take standard precaution for the situation (additonal PPE)
- Determine the number of patients
- Request additional resources
- Consider c-spine stabilization
Glasgow coma scale - Correct Answers
Hazards you may encounter when ensuring scene safety: - Correct Answers - Environmental
hazards
- Physical hazards (sharp metal, broken glass, slip-and-fall from leaking fluids)
- Biohazards (bodily fluids)
- Chemical hazards
- Electrical hazards
- Fires
- Water hazards
- Explosions
- Threat of physical violence
What should you do when you observe an object that might be used to commit violence, such
as a gun? - Correct Answers Place you or your partner between the patient and the object in
order to prevent the patient's access to that object
,When ensuring scene safety, be aware of scenes that have potential for violence due to: -
Correct Answers - Violent patients
- Distraught family members
- Angry bystanders
- Gangs
- Unruly crowds
What is a traumatic injury? - Correct Answers The result of physical force applied to the outside
of the body
Blunt trauma - Correct Answers - The force of the injury occurs over a broad area, and the skin is
sometimes not broken
- The tissues and organs underneath the area of impact may be damaged
Penetrating trauma - Correct Answers - The force of the injury occurs at the specific point of
contact between the skin and the object
- The object pierces the skin and creates an open wound that carries a higher potential for
infection
Chief complaint - Correct Answers The most serious thing the patient is concerned about and
the reason EMS was called
Examples of mechanism of injury (MOI) - Correct Answers - Falls
- Motor vehicle crashes
- Assaults
- Industrial accidents
Examples of nature of illness (NOI) - Correct Answers - Seizures
,- Heart attacks
- Diabetic problems
- Poisonings
5 parts of the patient assessment process: - Correct Answers 1. Scene size-up
2. Primary assessment
3. History taking
4. Secondary assessment
5. Reassessment
When you receive a call to a patient, you can first consider MOI NOI by: - Correct Answers
Determining what type of equipment you would take to treat the patient
Incident command system - Correct Answers A system implemented to manage disasters and
mass-casualty incidents in which section chiefs, including finance, logistics, operations, and
planning, report to the incident commander; aka the incident management system
Triage - Correct Answers The process of sorting patients based on the severity of their condition
You are assessing a patient who fell off a ladder. He is conscious and alert and complaining of
pain to his right side and shortness of breath. This is known as ________
A. The chief complaint
B. The nature of illness
C. A sign
D. The mechanism of injury - Correct Answers A
, Primary assessment - Correct Answers - Identify and begin treatment of immediate or imminent
life threats
- Must physically examine the patient and assess level of consciousness (LOC) and airway,
breathing, and circulation (ABC)
Steps of primary assessment - Correct Answers 1. Form a general impression of your patient and
the environment
2. Conduct a first look test
3. Determine level of consciousness (AVPU, GCS)
4. Assess airway - if alert, open airway; if V, P, or U, open airway with jaw thrust, consider
oral/nasal airway and suctioning
5. Assess breathing - determine rate, rhythm, quality for 30 seconds
6. Assess breath sounds - Mid axillary unless abnormal, then all six positions
7. Administer oxygen 15 L by nonrebreather
8. Assess pulse - determine rate, rhthym, quality for 30 seconds; if responsive palpate radial
artery, if unresponsive palpate carotid artery
9. Assess skin color, temperature, and moisture
10. Assess capillary refill
11. Assess and control life threatening external bleeding
12. Perform a rapid scan (60-90 seconds)
13. Determine priority care and transport
Form a general impression - Correct Answers - Determines the priority of care
- Note patient's sex, age, race, level of distress, overall appearance, position, and whether he is
moving or still
- Approach patient from his feet, so he can see you coming
- Refer to patient by name
- Ask about chief complaint
