EMT Block 3 Signs and Symptoms
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is a common early sign of internal bleeding?
✔✔Cool, clammy skin and restlessness
What is the most obvious sign of a flail chest?
✔✔Paradoxical chest wall movement
What symptom is commonly seen in patients experiencing compensated shock?
✔✔Rapid heart rate
What is a reliable sign of a tension pneumothorax?
✔✔Absent breath sounds on one side with tracheal deviation
What sign would you expect to see in a patient with a spinal cord injury above C5?
✔✔Inability to breathe on their own
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,What is a common sign of hypovolemic shock?
✔✔Weak radial pulses
What symptom is commonly associated with a brain injury?
✔✔Unequal pupils
What is the most concerning sign in a burn patient with facial burns?
✔✔Hoarseness or noisy breathing
What symptom often indicates a skull fracture after trauma?
✔✔Cerebrospinal fluid drainage from the nose or ears
What sign indicates possible peritonitis following abdominal trauma?
✔✔Rigid and distended abdomen
What symptom is commonly seen in a diabetic patient with hypoglycemia?
✔✔Confusion and altered mental status
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,What is the first visible sign of an allergic reaction?
✔✔Skin rash or hives
What sign suggests possible increased intracranial pressure?
✔✔Widening pulse pressure and irregular breathing
What is the typical skin condition in early shock?
✔✔Pale, cool, and diaphoretic
What symptom would most likely be present in a patient with a pulmonary embolism?
✔✔Sudden shortness of breath and chest pain
What is a common sign of a closed head injury?
✔✔Vomiting without nausea
What symptom is seen in neurogenic shock?
✔✔Warm, dry skin with bradycardia
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, What is a key sign of a fractured pelvis?
✔✔Instability or crepitus in the pelvic area
What symptom would suggest cardiac tamponade?
✔✔Narrowing pulse pressure and muffled heart sounds
What symptom is common with an open pneumothorax?
✔✔Sucking sound at the site of the wound during inhalation
What sign may indicate a ruptured spleen?
✔✔Referred pain to the left shoulder
What sign points to an inhalation injury after a fire?
✔✔Singed nasal hairs and carbon-stained sputum
What symptom is often found in a patient with heat stroke?
✔✔Hot, dry skin and altered mental status
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is a common early sign of internal bleeding?
✔✔Cool, clammy skin and restlessness
What is the most obvious sign of a flail chest?
✔✔Paradoxical chest wall movement
What symptom is commonly seen in patients experiencing compensated shock?
✔✔Rapid heart rate
What is a reliable sign of a tension pneumothorax?
✔✔Absent breath sounds on one side with tracheal deviation
What sign would you expect to see in a patient with a spinal cord injury above C5?
✔✔Inability to breathe on their own
1
,What is a common sign of hypovolemic shock?
✔✔Weak radial pulses
What symptom is commonly associated with a brain injury?
✔✔Unequal pupils
What is the most concerning sign in a burn patient with facial burns?
✔✔Hoarseness or noisy breathing
What symptom often indicates a skull fracture after trauma?
✔✔Cerebrospinal fluid drainage from the nose or ears
What sign indicates possible peritonitis following abdominal trauma?
✔✔Rigid and distended abdomen
What symptom is commonly seen in a diabetic patient with hypoglycemia?
✔✔Confusion and altered mental status
2
,What is the first visible sign of an allergic reaction?
✔✔Skin rash or hives
What sign suggests possible increased intracranial pressure?
✔✔Widening pulse pressure and irregular breathing
What is the typical skin condition in early shock?
✔✔Pale, cool, and diaphoretic
What symptom would most likely be present in a patient with a pulmonary embolism?
✔✔Sudden shortness of breath and chest pain
What is a common sign of a closed head injury?
✔✔Vomiting without nausea
What symptom is seen in neurogenic shock?
✔✔Warm, dry skin with bradycardia
3
, What is a key sign of a fractured pelvis?
✔✔Instability or crepitus in the pelvic area
What symptom would suggest cardiac tamponade?
✔✔Narrowing pulse pressure and muffled heart sounds
What symptom is common with an open pneumothorax?
✔✔Sucking sound at the site of the wound during inhalation
What sign may indicate a ruptured spleen?
✔✔Referred pain to the left shoulder
What sign points to an inhalation injury after a fire?
✔✔Singed nasal hairs and carbon-stained sputum
What symptom is often found in a patient with heat stroke?
✔✔Hot, dry skin and altered mental status
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