EMT EXAM PREP NEWEST VERSION 2025-2026 \UPDATED
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You have completed C. assess baseline vital signs
the primary assessment
on an unresponsive multi
system trauma patient.
Which of the following
should be done next?
A. obtain patient history
B. manage any secondary
injuries
C. assess baseline vital signs
D. document your
findings and
interventions
Which of the following A. the primary assessment always precedes the patient history
statements regarding
the primary assessment
is correct?
A. the primary assessment
always precedes the patient
history
B. the primary assessment is
not necessary for
conscious non-trauma
patients
C. the primary assessment
may follow the patient
history for medical
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patients
D. the primary assessment
should never take longer
than 90 seconds
You have completed the A. obtain a patient history
primary assessment on a
conscious patient
complaining of dyspnea.
There is no trauma. Which
of the following should be
done next?
A. obtain a patient history
B. manage any secondary
injuries
C. perform a detailed physical
exam
D. check the posterior for any
injuries
Which of the following is C. you and your partner's safety
always your first priority
while performing a physical
exam on a patient?
A. identify and manage
life-threatening
conditions
B. initiate transport within 10
minutes
C. you and your partner's
safety
D. requesting additional
resources as needed
What is the purpose of the D. identify any remaining life-threats
rapid scan?
A. assess and manage ABCs
B. identifyall secondary
injuries
C. reassess all injuries and
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interventions
D. identify any remaining life-
threats
Compensated: early stage, increased heart rate,
Compensated shock vs increase force of contraction, peripheral
Decompensated shock vs vasoconstriction, increase RR to keep blood
Irreversible shock pressure steady Decompensated: late stage, blood
pressure starts to fall
Irreversible: final stage, patient will not survive
- pump problem, heart cannot pump effectively
causing a buildup of fluid, pulmonary edema,
Cardiogenic shock
and hypotension
- signs & symptoms: hypotension, cardiac history, chest
pain, respiratory distress, pulmonary edema,
altered LOC
- pump problem caused by mechanical obstruction of the heart
muscle
- cardiac tamponade: fluid accumulates in pericardial
sac and compresses the heart (pericardial
Obstructive shock (cardiac
tamponade)
tamponade & tension
---S&S: JVD, narrowing pulse pressure, hypotension
pneumothorax)
- tension pneumothorax: air in chest cavity that
accumulates pressure and compresses lungs
and great vessels
---S&S: JVD, respiratory distress, bad lung sounds, poor
compliance to ventilations, tracheal deviation (late
sign)
- pipe (blood vessel) problem due to widespread
Distributive shock vasodilation that causes blood pooling and relative
hypovolemia
- includes anaphylactic shock, neurogenic shock, septic shock,
psychogenic shock
- massive vasodilation, widespread vessel permeability,
Anaphylactic shock bronchocontriction
(distributive shock) - S&S: hives, itching, weak pulses, hypotension, sever
dyspnea, wheezing, respiratory failure
- spinal cord damage leads to massive, systemic vasodilation
Neurogenic shock (distributive below injury level
shock) - S&S: C-spine injury, hypotension, warm and normal
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skin color, normal heart rate, paralysis, priapism
(erection)
- severe infection that damages blood vessels and
increases plasma loss - can lead to hypovolemia from
Septic shock (distributive
shock) increased blood vessel permeability
- S&S: fever, chills, weakness, recent illness,
infection or surgery, altered LOC, increase RR,
tachycardia, pale cool skin, weak of peripheral
pulse
Psychogenic shock - sudden vasodilation that leads to syncope (fainting), interupts
(distributive shock) blood flow to brain
- fluid problem, loss of whole blood (hemorrhagic shock always
Hypovolemic shock hypovolemic shock)
- S&S: trauma, bleeding, altered LOC, nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, tachycardia, pale cool skin, weak peripheral
pulse, hypotension
Shock, or hypo perfusion, C. inadequate tissue perfusion
describes a state of...
A. hypotension
B. hypoxia
C. inadequate tissue perfusion
D. irreversible system collapse
Your trauma patient has A. compensated shock
lost an unknown amount
of blood. The patient is
alert, his pulse rate is
slightly elevated, and his BP
is normal. Based on this
information, the patient is
likely experiencing...
A. compensated shock
B. anaphylactic shock
C. decompensated shock
D. neurogenic shock
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