EMT Final Exam - Test Bank QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2023-2024.
A PATIENT WHO HAS SHALLOW, SLOW IRREGULAR GASPOING BREATHS IS SAID TO HAVE
_______________ RESPIRATIONS? - ANSWER - AGONAL
A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE LONG-BONE FRACTURES OF THE EXTREMITIES SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY
FOR TRANSPORT AND SHOULD BE TREATED? - ANSWER - EN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL
A TEENAGE MALE HAS FALLEN ONTO A RAILING WHILE SKATEBOARDING. HE COMPLAINS OF RIGHT-
SIDED CHEST PAIN AND MODERATE DYSPNEA. EXPOSURE OF THE CHEST REVEALS A SECTION OF HIS RIBS
THA TIS MOVING OPPOSITE OF THE REST OF THE RIBS. YOU SHOULD? - ANSWER - APPLY A BULKY
DRESSING OVER THE SECTION
A YOUNG FEMALE WAS INJURED IN AN AUTOMOBILE WRECK, STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD.
SHE IS UNCONSCIOUS AND HER BREATHING IS IRREGULAR. SHE IS BLEEDING FROM A SCALP WOUND,
BUT YOUR ASSESSMENT SHOWS THAT HER CRANIUM IS INTACT. HER VITAL SIGNS ARE PULSE 68, BP
148/90, AND HER PUPILS ARE UNEQUAL. YOU SHOULD SUSPECT? - ANSWER - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
AFTER ACTIVATING THE AUTO-INJECTOR, HOW LONG SHOULD IT BE HELD IN PLACE BEFORE REMOVING
IT FROM THE PATIENTS THIGH? - ANSWER - 10 SECONDS
AN EMT INVOLVED IN AN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT CALL, SUCH AS ONE IN WHICH A COWORKER WAS
KILLED SHOULD BE URGED TO .... - ANSWER - SEEK HELP FROM A TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL
AS YOU ARE TRANSPORTING A CONSCIOUS PATIENT YOU NOTICE THAT HIS BREATHING HAS BECOME
LABORED. WHICH ACTION SHOULD YOU TAKE BASED ON THIS INFORMATION? - ANSWER - - NOTIFY THE
RECEIVING FACILITY
- ENSURE A PATENT AIRWAY AND ADEQUATE O2
- CONTINUE REASSESSMENT
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,BARBITURATES MAY BE REFERRED TO AS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? - ANSWER - DOWNERS
BEFORE APPLYING A NRM, THE EMT SHOULD TAKE WHAT ACTION? - ANSWER - INFLATE THE RESERVOIR
BAG 1/3 OF THE WAY
BURNS POSE A GREATER RISK TO INFANTS AND CHILDREN FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS? -
ANSWER - PEDIATRIC PATIENTS HAVE A GREATER RISK OF SHOCK FROM THE BURN
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING OCCURS BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROUTES? - ANSWER -
INHALATION
CHEMICAL COLD PACKS ARE CARRIED ON THE AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT OF WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING? - ANSWER - MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES
DURING THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, THE TRAINING OFFICER MEETS WITH THE NEW EMTS AND
EXPLAINS TO THEM THE MONTHLY TRAINING SCHEDULE AND THE CLASSES THEY MUST ATTEND FOR
EMT RECERTIFICATION. ONE OF THE NEW EMTS ASKS THE TRAINING OFFICER WHY THEY HAVE TO KEEP
TAKING EMT COURSES IF THEY ALREADY PASED THE MET EXAMINATION. WHAT IS THE BEST ANSWER? -
ANSWER - EMS IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING IN RESPONSE TO EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH
EPINEPHRINE DELIVERED BY AUTO INJECTOR MAY BE INDICATED FOR PATIENTS WITH WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS? - ANSWER - SEVERE ALLERGIES TO PEANUT, SHELLFISH, PENICILLIN, OR BEE
STINGS
EXPERT CLINICIANS MAY USE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF THINKING THROUGH PROBLEMS, BUT WHICH
OF THE FOLLOWING WILL THEY HAVE IN COMMON? - ANSWER - STRONG FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE
HOW MANY CERVICAL VERTEBRAE ARE THERE? - ANSWER - 7
IF THE BABY'S UMBILICAL CORD IS NOTED TO BE WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK AFTER THE HEAD IS
DELIVERED, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE DONE? - ANSWER - TRY TO SLIP THE CORD OVER
THE BABY'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS
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,IN ASSESSING A PATIENT'S BREATHING, WHAT IS YOUR FIRST QUESTION? - ANSWER - ARE THEY
BREATHING?
IN REASSESSMENT, WHAT ARE THE 3 INTERVENTIONS THAT YOU AS THE EMT SHOULD CHECK? - ANSWER
- - OXYGENATION
- BLEEDING MANAGEMENT
- ADEQUACY OF OTHER INTERVENTIONS
IN THE PRIMARY ASSESSMENT, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE METHOD OF
ASSESSING THE PATIENT'S CIRCULATORY STATUS? - ANSWER - TAKING A BLOOD PRESSURE READING
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS HSOULD AN EMT WITHHOLD RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES
FROM A PATIENT IN CARDIAC ARREST? - ANSWER - THE PATIENT'S CAREGIVER PRESENTS A DNR ORDER
SIGNED BY THE PATIENT AND HIS PHYSICIAN
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ZONES IS THE EMT EXPECTED TO BE STAGES AT THE SCENE OF A
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT? - ANSWER - COLD ZONE
MRS THOMAS CALLS 911 FOR HER 9 MONTH OLD BABY, ELIZA, WHO IS LISTLESS AND PALE. SHE TELLS
YOU THAT THE BABY OVERSLEPT THIS MORNING AND HSE HAD A HARD TIME WAKING HER UP. MRS
THOMAS IS VERY DISTRAUGHT WORRYING ABOUT THE BABY. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NEXT? - ANSWER -
TRY TO GET SOME CURRENT HISTORY FROM THE MOTHER
OPERATIONS OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES MUST DRIVE WITH THE SAFETY OF OTHERS IN MIND. THIS IS
KNOWN AS.... - ANSWER - DRIVING WITH DUE REGARD
REGARDING THE USE OF EMERGENCY SIRENS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS FALSE? - ANSWER -
AMBULANCE OPERATIONS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY SIREN NOISE
HOW OFTEN SHOULD THE EMT REASSESS THE VITAL SIGNS OF AN UNSTABLE PATIENT? - ANSWER -
EVERY 5 MINUTES
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, THE TRENDELENBURG POSITION WOULD BE USED TO TRANSPORT WHAT TYPE OF PATIENT? - ANSWER -
A PATIENT IN SHOCK
WHAT IS THE ADEQUATE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY, WHICH FILLS THE
CAPILLARIES AND SUPPLIES THE CELLS AND TISSUES OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS? - ANSWER - PERFUSION
FAINTING - ANSWER - SYNCOPE
THE MEDICATIONS THAT TRANSPLANT PATIENTS NEED TO TAKE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES TO
PREVENT ORGAN REJECTION ALSO OFTEN LEAD TO HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY OF... - ANSWER - INFECTION
THE MUSCULAR ORGAN IN WHICH A BABY DEVELOPS DURING PREGNANCY? - ANSWER - UTERUS
THE OXYGEN FLOW RATE FOR A NASAL CANNULA SHOULD NOT EXCEED HOW MANY LPM? - ANSWER - 6
THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF __________________ IS ONE IN WHICH THE PERICARDIAL SAC FILLS WITH
BLOOD TO THE POINT WHERE THE CHAMBERS OF THE HEART NO LONGER FILL ADEQUATELY, USUALLY
SECONDARY TO TRAUMA. - ANSWER - CARDIAC TAMPONADE
THE TRANSITION FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULT IS KNOWN AS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? - ANSWER -
ADOLESCENT
TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND EMPATHETIC, TO BE ACCURATE WITH INTERVIEWS, AND ATO INSPIRE
CONFIDENCE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF WHICH OF THE PERSONAL TRAITS OF A QUALITY EMT? - ANSWER -
ABLE TO LISTEN TO OTHERS
TO EXHALE, THE DIAPHRAGM AND INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES RELAX TO CONTRACT THE CHEST, WHICH
CREATES A POSITIVE PRESSURE. THE IS WHAT TYPE OF PROCESS? - ANSWER - PASSIVE
TRADITIONALLY AN APGNAR SCORE IS TAKEN AT WHAT TIME INTERVALS ARE BIRTH? - ANSWER - 1 AND 5
MINUTES
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VERIFIED ANSWERS 2023-2024.
A PATIENT WHO HAS SHALLOW, SLOW IRREGULAR GASPOING BREATHS IS SAID TO HAVE
_______________ RESPIRATIONS? - ANSWER - AGONAL
A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE LONG-BONE FRACTURES OF THE EXTREMITIES SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY
FOR TRANSPORT AND SHOULD BE TREATED? - ANSWER - EN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL
A TEENAGE MALE HAS FALLEN ONTO A RAILING WHILE SKATEBOARDING. HE COMPLAINS OF RIGHT-
SIDED CHEST PAIN AND MODERATE DYSPNEA. EXPOSURE OF THE CHEST REVEALS A SECTION OF HIS RIBS
THA TIS MOVING OPPOSITE OF THE REST OF THE RIBS. YOU SHOULD? - ANSWER - APPLY A BULKY
DRESSING OVER THE SECTION
A YOUNG FEMALE WAS INJURED IN AN AUTOMOBILE WRECK, STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD.
SHE IS UNCONSCIOUS AND HER BREATHING IS IRREGULAR. SHE IS BLEEDING FROM A SCALP WOUND,
BUT YOUR ASSESSMENT SHOWS THAT HER CRANIUM IS INTACT. HER VITAL SIGNS ARE PULSE 68, BP
148/90, AND HER PUPILS ARE UNEQUAL. YOU SHOULD SUSPECT? - ANSWER - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
AFTER ACTIVATING THE AUTO-INJECTOR, HOW LONG SHOULD IT BE HELD IN PLACE BEFORE REMOVING
IT FROM THE PATIENTS THIGH? - ANSWER - 10 SECONDS
AN EMT INVOLVED IN AN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT CALL, SUCH AS ONE IN WHICH A COWORKER WAS
KILLED SHOULD BE URGED TO .... - ANSWER - SEEK HELP FROM A TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL
AS YOU ARE TRANSPORTING A CONSCIOUS PATIENT YOU NOTICE THAT HIS BREATHING HAS BECOME
LABORED. WHICH ACTION SHOULD YOU TAKE BASED ON THIS INFORMATION? - ANSWER - - NOTIFY THE
RECEIVING FACILITY
- ENSURE A PATENT AIRWAY AND ADEQUATE O2
- CONTINUE REASSESSMENT
pg. 1
,BARBITURATES MAY BE REFERRED TO AS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? - ANSWER - DOWNERS
BEFORE APPLYING A NRM, THE EMT SHOULD TAKE WHAT ACTION? - ANSWER - INFLATE THE RESERVOIR
BAG 1/3 OF THE WAY
BURNS POSE A GREATER RISK TO INFANTS AND CHILDREN FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS? -
ANSWER - PEDIATRIC PATIENTS HAVE A GREATER RISK OF SHOCK FROM THE BURN
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING OCCURS BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROUTES? - ANSWER -
INHALATION
CHEMICAL COLD PACKS ARE CARRIED ON THE AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT OF WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING? - ANSWER - MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES
DURING THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, THE TRAINING OFFICER MEETS WITH THE NEW EMTS AND
EXPLAINS TO THEM THE MONTHLY TRAINING SCHEDULE AND THE CLASSES THEY MUST ATTEND FOR
EMT RECERTIFICATION. ONE OF THE NEW EMTS ASKS THE TRAINING OFFICER WHY THEY HAVE TO KEEP
TAKING EMT COURSES IF THEY ALREADY PASED THE MET EXAMINATION. WHAT IS THE BEST ANSWER? -
ANSWER - EMS IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING IN RESPONSE TO EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH
EPINEPHRINE DELIVERED BY AUTO INJECTOR MAY BE INDICATED FOR PATIENTS WITH WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS? - ANSWER - SEVERE ALLERGIES TO PEANUT, SHELLFISH, PENICILLIN, OR BEE
STINGS
EXPERT CLINICIANS MAY USE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF THINKING THROUGH PROBLEMS, BUT WHICH
OF THE FOLLOWING WILL THEY HAVE IN COMMON? - ANSWER - STRONG FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE
HOW MANY CERVICAL VERTEBRAE ARE THERE? - ANSWER - 7
IF THE BABY'S UMBILICAL CORD IS NOTED TO BE WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK AFTER THE HEAD IS
DELIVERED, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE DONE? - ANSWER - TRY TO SLIP THE CORD OVER
THE BABY'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS
pg. 2
,IN ASSESSING A PATIENT'S BREATHING, WHAT IS YOUR FIRST QUESTION? - ANSWER - ARE THEY
BREATHING?
IN REASSESSMENT, WHAT ARE THE 3 INTERVENTIONS THAT YOU AS THE EMT SHOULD CHECK? - ANSWER
- - OXYGENATION
- BLEEDING MANAGEMENT
- ADEQUACY OF OTHER INTERVENTIONS
IN THE PRIMARY ASSESSMENT, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE METHOD OF
ASSESSING THE PATIENT'S CIRCULATORY STATUS? - ANSWER - TAKING A BLOOD PRESSURE READING
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS HSOULD AN EMT WITHHOLD RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES
FROM A PATIENT IN CARDIAC ARREST? - ANSWER - THE PATIENT'S CAREGIVER PRESENTS A DNR ORDER
SIGNED BY THE PATIENT AND HIS PHYSICIAN
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ZONES IS THE EMT EXPECTED TO BE STAGES AT THE SCENE OF A
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT? - ANSWER - COLD ZONE
MRS THOMAS CALLS 911 FOR HER 9 MONTH OLD BABY, ELIZA, WHO IS LISTLESS AND PALE. SHE TELLS
YOU THAT THE BABY OVERSLEPT THIS MORNING AND HSE HAD A HARD TIME WAKING HER UP. MRS
THOMAS IS VERY DISTRAUGHT WORRYING ABOUT THE BABY. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NEXT? - ANSWER -
TRY TO GET SOME CURRENT HISTORY FROM THE MOTHER
OPERATIONS OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES MUST DRIVE WITH THE SAFETY OF OTHERS IN MIND. THIS IS
KNOWN AS.... - ANSWER - DRIVING WITH DUE REGARD
REGARDING THE USE OF EMERGENCY SIRENS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS FALSE? - ANSWER -
AMBULANCE OPERATIONS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY SIREN NOISE
HOW OFTEN SHOULD THE EMT REASSESS THE VITAL SIGNS OF AN UNSTABLE PATIENT? - ANSWER -
EVERY 5 MINUTES
pg. 3
, THE TRENDELENBURG POSITION WOULD BE USED TO TRANSPORT WHAT TYPE OF PATIENT? - ANSWER -
A PATIENT IN SHOCK
WHAT IS THE ADEQUATE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY, WHICH FILLS THE
CAPILLARIES AND SUPPLIES THE CELLS AND TISSUES OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS? - ANSWER - PERFUSION
FAINTING - ANSWER - SYNCOPE
THE MEDICATIONS THAT TRANSPLANT PATIENTS NEED TO TAKE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES TO
PREVENT ORGAN REJECTION ALSO OFTEN LEAD TO HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY OF... - ANSWER - INFECTION
THE MUSCULAR ORGAN IN WHICH A BABY DEVELOPS DURING PREGNANCY? - ANSWER - UTERUS
THE OXYGEN FLOW RATE FOR A NASAL CANNULA SHOULD NOT EXCEED HOW MANY LPM? - ANSWER - 6
THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF __________________ IS ONE IN WHICH THE PERICARDIAL SAC FILLS WITH
BLOOD TO THE POINT WHERE THE CHAMBERS OF THE HEART NO LONGER FILL ADEQUATELY, USUALLY
SECONDARY TO TRAUMA. - ANSWER - CARDIAC TAMPONADE
THE TRANSITION FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULT IS KNOWN AS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? - ANSWER -
ADOLESCENT
TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND EMPATHETIC, TO BE ACCURATE WITH INTERVIEWS, AND ATO INSPIRE
CONFIDENCE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF WHICH OF THE PERSONAL TRAITS OF A QUALITY EMT? - ANSWER -
ABLE TO LISTEN TO OTHERS
TO EXHALE, THE DIAPHRAGM AND INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES RELAX TO CONTRACT THE CHEST, WHICH
CREATES A POSITIVE PRESSURE. THE IS WHAT TYPE OF PROCESS? - ANSWER - PASSIVE
TRADITIONALLY AN APGNAR SCORE IS TAKEN AT WHAT TIME INTERVALS ARE BIRTH? - ANSWER - 1 AND 5
MINUTES
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