MED 302 EMT-B Final Exam Questions
and Answers (2025)
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).<< Answer<<--Most EMT training
programs are based on standards developed by the:
being pleasant, cooperative, and sincere, and a good listener.<< Answer<<--An EMT can inspire
patient confidence and cooperation by:
negligence.<< Answer<<--If an on-duty EMT fails to provide the standard of care and if this failure
causes harm or injury to the patient, the EMT may be accused of:
informed<< Answer<<--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.
implied<< Answer<<--The EMT is authorized to treat and transport an unconscious patient
because of the legal consideration known as consent.
meaningless.<< Answer<<--A child falls of a trampoline at an elementary school and twists her
ankle. Because the parents are not present, the child's consent is
Good Samaritan laws<< Answer<<--In some states, help protect the off-duty EMT from
lawsuits when stopping at the scene of a collision to offer assistance.
entering hazmat scenes with SCBA.<< Answer<<--Each of the following is the responsiblity of an
EMT at a hazardous-materials (hazmat) incident except:
Standard Precautions.<< Answer<<--The form of infection control that assumes that all body
fluids should be considered potentially infectious is:
the distance the patient needs to be carried.<< Answer<<--When planning to lift a patient, all of
the following are important considerations for the EMT except:
use the leg muscles to do the lift.<< Answer<<--When lifting an injured patient, the EMT should:
, use a stair chair whenever possible.<< Answer<<--You are treating a 45-year-old male who
twisted his ankle in the upstairs bathroom. To carry this patient on the stairs, you should:
keep arms straight when pulling.<< Answer<<--Ways an EMT can avoid a potential back injury
include all of the following except:
the patient is unconscious.<< Answer<<--An emergency move is required in each of the following
situations except when:
A spinal injury may be aggravated.<< Answer<<--Which of the following is the greatest danger to
the patient in an emergency move?
extremity lift.<< Answer<<--A method of lifting and carrying a patient in which one EMT slips
hands under the patient's armpits and grasps the wrists while another EMT grasps the patient's
knees is called the:
modified draw-sheet method.<< Answer<<--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:
opposite sides<< Answer<<--To load the wheeled ambulance stretcher into the ambulance, the
two EMTs should position themselves on of the stretcher.
extremity lift.<< Answer<<--You are treating a 28-year-old conscious diabetic who has an altered
level of consciousness. She is lying on the floor at the moment. To move her from the floor to a
stair chair, use the:
do not protect the patient's neck and spine.<< Answer<<--Drags are used only in emergencies
because they:
and Answers (2025)
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).<< Answer<<--Most EMT training
programs are based on standards developed by the:
being pleasant, cooperative, and sincere, and a good listener.<< Answer<<--An EMT can inspire
patient confidence and cooperation by:
negligence.<< Answer<<--If an on-duty EMT fails to provide the standard of care and if this failure
causes harm or injury to the patient, the EMT may be accused of:
informed<< Answer<<--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.
implied<< Answer<<--The EMT is authorized to treat and transport an unconscious patient
because of the legal consideration known as consent.
meaningless.<< Answer<<--A child falls of a trampoline at an elementary school and twists her
ankle. Because the parents are not present, the child's consent is
Good Samaritan laws<< Answer<<--In some states, help protect the off-duty EMT from
lawsuits when stopping at the scene of a collision to offer assistance.
entering hazmat scenes with SCBA.<< Answer<<--Each of the following is the responsiblity of an
EMT at a hazardous-materials (hazmat) incident except:
Standard Precautions.<< Answer<<--The form of infection control that assumes that all body
fluids should be considered potentially infectious is:
the distance the patient needs to be carried.<< Answer<<--When planning to lift a patient, all of
the following are important considerations for the EMT except:
use the leg muscles to do the lift.<< Answer<<--When lifting an injured patient, the EMT should:
, use a stair chair whenever possible.<< Answer<<--You are treating a 45-year-old male who
twisted his ankle in the upstairs bathroom. To carry this patient on the stairs, you should:
keep arms straight when pulling.<< Answer<<--Ways an EMT can avoid a potential back injury
include all of the following except:
the patient is unconscious.<< Answer<<--An emergency move is required in each of the following
situations except when:
A spinal injury may be aggravated.<< Answer<<--Which of the following is the greatest danger to
the patient in an emergency move?
extremity lift.<< Answer<<--A method of lifting and carrying a patient in which one EMT slips
hands under the patient's armpits and grasps the wrists while another EMT grasps the patient's
knees is called the:
modified draw-sheet method.<< Answer<<--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:
opposite sides<< Answer<<--To load the wheeled ambulance stretcher into the ambulance, the
two EMTs should position themselves on of the stretcher.
extremity lift.<< Answer<<--You are treating a 28-year-old conscious diabetic who has an altered
level of consciousness. She is lying on the floor at the moment. To move her from the floor to a
stair chair, use the:
do not protect the patient's neck and spine.<< Answer<<--Drags are used only in emergencies
because they:
