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EMT MEDICAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS (2025)
Which of the following statements regarding smooth muscle is correct?
A) The biceps and quadriceps are examples of smooth muscle.
B) Smooth muscle is under control of the voluntary
C) Smooth muscle is found exclusively within blood vessels
D) A person has no voluntary control over smooth muscle - correct-answer-D) A
person has no voluntary control over smooth muscle
ch 6 The Musculoskeletal System: Anatomy pg 186-187
When assessing an 80-year-old patient in shock, it is important to remember that:
A) it is common to see a more significant increase in heart rate than what would
be expected in younger adults
B) age-related changes in the cardiovascular system may make the patient less
able to compensate for decreased perfusion.
C) the patient's cardiac output is able to increase by nearly 200% in response to
the decrease in perfusion
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D) in older adults, it is especially common to observe a significant decrease in hear
rate in shock - correct-answer-B) age-related changes in the cardiovascular
system may make the patient less able to compensate for decreased perfusion.
Ch 7 Older Adults pg 252
You are dispatched to an apartment complex where a 21-year-old female has
apparently overdosed on several narcotic medications. She is semiconscious and
has slow, shallow respirations. You should:
A) place her in the recovery position and monitor for vomiting
B) insert a nasopharyngeal airway and begin assisted ventilation
C) insert an oropharyngeal airway and perform oral suctioning
D) apply oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask and transport at once - correct-
answer-B) insert a nasopharyngeal airway and begin assisted ventilation
Ch 15 patient assessment pg 603
While providing CPAP to a patient in severe respiratory distress, you note that his
heart rate has increased by 20 beats/min. He is conscious, but is no longer
following verbal commands. You should:
A. increase the amount of pressure that the CPAP device is delivering.
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B. remove the CPAP device and ventilate him with a bag-valve mask.
C. remove the CPAP device and apply oxygen by nonrebreathing mask.
D. decrease the amount of pressure that the CPAP device is delivering. - correct-
answer-B. remove the CPAP device and ventilate him with a bag-valve mask.
Ch 10 Continuous + airway pressure pg 436
A 50-year-old man with diabetes has an altered mental status and is unable to tell
you when he last ate or took his insulin. Your glucometer keeps malfunctioning
and you are unable to determine his blood glucose level. Which of the following
clinical signs would MOST likely lead you to the correct diagnosis?
Select one:
A. Restlessness and irritability
B. Hypotension and tachycardia
C. Deep and rapid breathing
D. Rapid and weak pulse - correct-answer-C. Deep and rapid breathing
Ch 19 Endocrine Emergencies pg 730
EMT MEDICAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS (2025)
Which of the following statements regarding smooth muscle is correct?
A) The biceps and quadriceps are examples of smooth muscle.
B) Smooth muscle is under control of the voluntary
C) Smooth muscle is found exclusively within blood vessels
D) A person has no voluntary control over smooth muscle - correct-answer-D) A
person has no voluntary control over smooth muscle
ch 6 The Musculoskeletal System: Anatomy pg 186-187
When assessing an 80-year-old patient in shock, it is important to remember that:
A) it is common to see a more significant increase in heart rate than what would
be expected in younger adults
B) age-related changes in the cardiovascular system may make the patient less
able to compensate for decreased perfusion.
C) the patient's cardiac output is able to increase by nearly 200% in response to
the decrease in perfusion
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D) in older adults, it is especially common to observe a significant decrease in hear
rate in shock - correct-answer-B) age-related changes in the cardiovascular
system may make the patient less able to compensate for decreased perfusion.
Ch 7 Older Adults pg 252
You are dispatched to an apartment complex where a 21-year-old female has
apparently overdosed on several narcotic medications. She is semiconscious and
has slow, shallow respirations. You should:
A) place her in the recovery position and monitor for vomiting
B) insert a nasopharyngeal airway and begin assisted ventilation
C) insert an oropharyngeal airway and perform oral suctioning
D) apply oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask and transport at once - correct-
answer-B) insert a nasopharyngeal airway and begin assisted ventilation
Ch 15 patient assessment pg 603
While providing CPAP to a patient in severe respiratory distress, you note that his
heart rate has increased by 20 beats/min. He is conscious, but is no longer
following verbal commands. You should:
A. increase the amount of pressure that the CPAP device is delivering.
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B. remove the CPAP device and ventilate him with a bag-valve mask.
C. remove the CPAP device and apply oxygen by nonrebreathing mask.
D. decrease the amount of pressure that the CPAP device is delivering. - correct-
answer-B. remove the CPAP device and ventilate him with a bag-valve mask.
Ch 10 Continuous + airway pressure pg 436
A 50-year-old man with diabetes has an altered mental status and is unable to tell
you when he last ate or took his insulin. Your glucometer keeps malfunctioning
and you are unable to determine his blood glucose level. Which of the following
clinical signs would MOST likely lead you to the correct diagnosis?
Select one:
A. Restlessness and irritability
B. Hypotension and tachycardia
C. Deep and rapid breathing
D. Rapid and weak pulse - correct-answer-C. Deep and rapid breathing
Ch 19 Endocrine Emergencies pg 730
