EMT Mybrady Final Exam (Chapters 1-25)
Questions and Answers
1.What is the cause of gastric distention during ventilation?
Answer Airway pressures generated during ventilation that are too
high
2.You are assessing a female patient with depression. She tells
you that her psychologist said that she is dealing with "empty-
nest syndrome." What age group is this associated with?
Answer Middle Adulthood
3.The study of the body's structures is referred to as
Answer Anatomy
4.Which of the following groups is credited with developing
the earliest documented emergency medical service?
Answer French
5.You are assessing a 12-year-old male patient who has been
involved in a bicycle accident. This patient would be classified
as being in which stage of life?
Answer School Age
,6.Diseases are caused by microorganisms such as bacteria
and viruses, known as
Answer Pathogens
7.What is the primary reason for an EMT to use specific and
proper medical terminology?
Answer Medical communication needs to be exact and consistent
8.The trachea branches off at the and forms two mainstem
bronchi.-
Answer Carina
9.If a patient needs to be ventilated for a long period of time
with a constant rate and volume, the EMT should consider using
Answer an automatic transport ventilator.
10.The fluid component of the blood is called
Answer plasma
11.Decreasing the tidal volume will have what clinical effect on
the amount of air available for gas exchange in the alveoli?
Answer decrease
12.nstead of telling your patient, "I am going to palpate your
,mandible," you should state, "I am going to touch your
Answer jawbone
13.When you enter a child's room, you hear him wheezing on
exhalation and see intercostal retractions and nasal flaring.
What is his airway status?
Answer He has an inadequate airway.
14.The high-pitched sound caused by an upper airway
obstruction is known as
Answer stridor
15.What is the cartilage that forms the lower aspect of the
larynx and provides structure to the superior trachea?
Answer Cricoid
16.Maintaining current knowledge, skills and EMT certification
or licensure is
Answer part of your role as an EMS professional.
17.You are working a shift with a new EMT who just finished
school. As you tell him about emergencies to which you
responded in the past, which one would be MOST likely to stress
out the new EMT?
Answer A two-year-old female
, who was physically abused and died
18.Which of the following is appropriate for delivery of high-
flow oxygen of 80% or greater?
Answer Nonrebreather mask
19.If the tidal volume is 500 ml and the dead space is 150 ml,
how much alveolar ventilation is there in a minute, assuming
that the patient is breathing about 12 times per minute?
Answer 4.2 liters
20.You and your EMT partner are responding to a medical aid
call in the rural West County area. The dispatcher advises that
the caller is reporting the patient as having a history of
"plegia." Why would it be beneficial to have the dispatcher
clarify a prefix for the word plegia?
Answer Without a clarifying prefix, it
is difficult for the EMTs to effectively prepare for the type of patient they
may encounter.
21.Sepsis is caused by
Answer a severe systemic infection.
22.The main muscles of breathing are the intercostal muscles
Questions and Answers
1.What is the cause of gastric distention during ventilation?
Answer Airway pressures generated during ventilation that are too
high
2.You are assessing a female patient with depression. She tells
you that her psychologist said that she is dealing with "empty-
nest syndrome." What age group is this associated with?
Answer Middle Adulthood
3.The study of the body's structures is referred to as
Answer Anatomy
4.Which of the following groups is credited with developing
the earliest documented emergency medical service?
Answer French
5.You are assessing a 12-year-old male patient who has been
involved in a bicycle accident. This patient would be classified
as being in which stage of life?
Answer School Age
,6.Diseases are caused by microorganisms such as bacteria
and viruses, known as
Answer Pathogens
7.What is the primary reason for an EMT to use specific and
proper medical terminology?
Answer Medical communication needs to be exact and consistent
8.The trachea branches off at the and forms two mainstem
bronchi.-
Answer Carina
9.If a patient needs to be ventilated for a long period of time
with a constant rate and volume, the EMT should consider using
Answer an automatic transport ventilator.
10.The fluid component of the blood is called
Answer plasma
11.Decreasing the tidal volume will have what clinical effect on
the amount of air available for gas exchange in the alveoli?
Answer decrease
12.nstead of telling your patient, "I am going to palpate your
,mandible," you should state, "I am going to touch your
Answer jawbone
13.When you enter a child's room, you hear him wheezing on
exhalation and see intercostal retractions and nasal flaring.
What is his airway status?
Answer He has an inadequate airway.
14.The high-pitched sound caused by an upper airway
obstruction is known as
Answer stridor
15.What is the cartilage that forms the lower aspect of the
larynx and provides structure to the superior trachea?
Answer Cricoid
16.Maintaining current knowledge, skills and EMT certification
or licensure is
Answer part of your role as an EMS professional.
17.You are working a shift with a new EMT who just finished
school. As you tell him about emergencies to which you
responded in the past, which one would be MOST likely to stress
out the new EMT?
Answer A two-year-old female
, who was physically abused and died
18.Which of the following is appropriate for delivery of high-
flow oxygen of 80% or greater?
Answer Nonrebreather mask
19.If the tidal volume is 500 ml and the dead space is 150 ml,
how much alveolar ventilation is there in a minute, assuming
that the patient is breathing about 12 times per minute?
Answer 4.2 liters
20.You and your EMT partner are responding to a medical aid
call in the rural West County area. The dispatcher advises that
the caller is reporting the patient as having a history of
"plegia." Why would it be beneficial to have the dispatcher
clarify a prefix for the word plegia?
Answer Without a clarifying prefix, it
is difficult for the EMTs to effectively prepare for the type of patient they
may encounter.
21.Sepsis is caused by
Answer a severe systemic infection.
22.The main muscles of breathing are the intercostal muscles
