EMT Basic Final Exam Test Bank
1. Most EMT training programs are based on standards developed by the:
A. American Red Cross (ARC)
B. American Heart Association (AHA)
C. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
D. National Institutes of Health (NIH) ANS: C
2. An EMT can inspire patient confidence and cooperation by:
A. Transporting the patient from the scene to a hospital
B. providing patient care without regard for the EMT's own personal safety
C. Telling the patient that everything will be okay
D. Being pleasant, cooperative, sincere, and a good listener ANS: D
3. If an on-duty EMT fails to provide the standard of care and this failure causes
harm or injury to the patient, the EMT may be accused of:
A. assault
B. abandonment
C. negligence
D. breach of promise ANS: C
,4. You are treating a conscious and mentally competent adult patient who
wants to refuse your care and transport to the hospital. This refusal must be
and documented.
A. implied
B. actual
C. Involuntary
D. informed ANS: D
5. The EMT is authorized to treat and transport an unconscious patient be-
cause of the legal consideration known as consent
A. applied
B. implied
C. triage
D. immunity ANS: B
6. A child fell off the ladder of a sliding board at a park and twisted her ankle.
The parents are not present, but the child agrees to care. The child's consent
is:
A. actual
B. implied
C. meaningless ANS: C
7. In some states, help to protect the off-duty EMT from lawsuits
when the stop at the scene of a collision to offer assistance.
A. Professional associations
B. Blanket insurance policies
,C. Good Samaritan laws
D. Abandonment laws ANS: C
8. The form of infection control that assumes that all body fluids should be
considered potentially infectious is:
A. Infectious disease
B. Standard Precautions
C. immunity
D. universal precautions ANS: B
9. When lifting an injured patient, the EMT should:
A. Keep the back loose and knees locked
B. twist or attempt to make moves other than the lift
C. use the leg muscles to do the lift
D. try not to talk to his or her partner ANS: C
10. All of the following are ways in which an EMT can avoid a potential back
injury EXCEPT:
A. Pushing, rather than pulling, a load
B. Keeping the back locked in while lifting
C. Keeping the arms straight when pulling
D. Pushing or pulling from a kneeling position if the weight is below waist
level ANS: C
, 11. An emergency move is required in all of the following situations EXCEPT
when:
A. the scene is hazardous
B. care of life-threatening conditions requires repositioning
C. other patients who have life threats must be reached
D. The patient is unconscious ANS: D
12. A method of lifting and carrying a patient in which one EMT slips his or her
hands under the patient's armpits and grasps the wrists while another EMT
grasps the patient's knees is called the:
A. Direct ground lift
B. Extremity lift
C. Draw-sheet method
D. direct carry method ANS: B
13. Your patient is a medical patient with a suspected drug overdose. He is
lying supine on your stretcher, and you have been maintaining his airway.
When moving him from the ambulance stretcher to the hospital stretcher, you
will probably use the:
A. cradle carry
B. modified draw-sheet method
1. Most EMT training programs are based on standards developed by the:
A. American Red Cross (ARC)
B. American Heart Association (AHA)
C. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
D. National Institutes of Health (NIH) ANS: C
2. An EMT can inspire patient confidence and cooperation by:
A. Transporting the patient from the scene to a hospital
B. providing patient care without regard for the EMT's own personal safety
C. Telling the patient that everything will be okay
D. Being pleasant, cooperative, sincere, and a good listener ANS: D
3. If an on-duty EMT fails to provide the standard of care and this failure causes
harm or injury to the patient, the EMT may be accused of:
A. assault
B. abandonment
C. negligence
D. breach of promise ANS: C
,4. You are treating a conscious and mentally competent adult patient who
wants to refuse your care and transport to the hospital. This refusal must be
and documented.
A. implied
B. actual
C. Involuntary
D. informed ANS: D
5. The EMT is authorized to treat and transport an unconscious patient be-
cause of the legal consideration known as consent
A. applied
B. implied
C. triage
D. immunity ANS: B
6. A child fell off the ladder of a sliding board at a park and twisted her ankle.
The parents are not present, but the child agrees to care. The child's consent
is:
A. actual
B. implied
C. meaningless ANS: C
7. In some states, help to protect the off-duty EMT from lawsuits
when the stop at the scene of a collision to offer assistance.
A. Professional associations
B. Blanket insurance policies
,C. Good Samaritan laws
D. Abandonment laws ANS: C
8. The form of infection control that assumes that all body fluids should be
considered potentially infectious is:
A. Infectious disease
B. Standard Precautions
C. immunity
D. universal precautions ANS: B
9. When lifting an injured patient, the EMT should:
A. Keep the back loose and knees locked
B. twist or attempt to make moves other than the lift
C. use the leg muscles to do the lift
D. try not to talk to his or her partner ANS: C
10. All of the following are ways in which an EMT can avoid a potential back
injury EXCEPT:
A. Pushing, rather than pulling, a load
B. Keeping the back locked in while lifting
C. Keeping the arms straight when pulling
D. Pushing or pulling from a kneeling position if the weight is below waist
level ANS: C
, 11. An emergency move is required in all of the following situations EXCEPT
when:
A. the scene is hazardous
B. care of life-threatening conditions requires repositioning
C. other patients who have life threats must be reached
D. The patient is unconscious ANS: D
12. A method of lifting and carrying a patient in which one EMT slips his or her
hands under the patient's armpits and grasps the wrists while another EMT
grasps the patient's knees is called the:
A. Direct ground lift
B. Extremity lift
C. Draw-sheet method
D. direct carry method ANS: B
13. Your patient is a medical patient with a suspected drug overdose. He is
lying supine on your stretcher, and you have been maintaining his airway.
When moving him from the ambulance stretcher to the hospital stretcher, you
will probably use the:
A. cradle carry
B. modified draw-sheet method
