EMT Exam 4 questions and answers 2025/2026 update 100%
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When a person acts in a manner that is unacceptable to himself or those around
him, this would be considered which of the following? - ✔✔ANS Behaviora
emergency CORRECT. A behavioral emergency exists when a person exhibits
abnormal behavior-that is, behavior within a given situation that is
unacceptable or intolerable to the patient, the family, or the community
Frequently behavioral emergencies involve behavior that is potentially harmfu
to the patient or to the people that interact with the patient. Behaviora
emergency is a blanket term for what is considered mental illness, psychotic
episodes, and psychosomatic reactions, which are narrow focus terms and no
all encompassing as behavioral emergencies.
The opiate triad includes all of the following except: - ✔✔ANS hypertension
CORRECT. The opiate triad is characterized by three signs: coma (or depressed
level of consciousness), pinpoint pupils, and respiratory depression (slow
shallow respirations). Hypertension is not part of the opiate triad.
Cleaning fluid, glue, and model cement are common examples of which of the
following? - ✔✔ANS Volatile chemicals CORRECT. Volatile chemicals produce
vapors that can be inhaled. They can give an initial "rush" and then act as a
depressant on the central nervous system. Cleaning fluid, glue, model cement
and solutions used to correct typing mistakes are commonly abused volatile
chemicals.
Why would an EMT give activated charcoal to a patient who overdosed on the
medication Soma? - ✔✔ANS Activated charcoal binds to the Soma, preventing
,absorption by the body. CORRECT. Activated charcoal is designed to
chemically bind to the poison in order to prevent and minimize the absorption
of the poison by the body.
Which of the following is one of the MOST common inhaled poisons associated
with fire suppression? - ✔✔ANS Carbon monoxide CORRECT. Carbon
monoxide (CO) is one of the most commonly inhaled poisons. It is usually
associated with motor-vehicle exhaust and fire suppression.
The term poison is BEST described as any substance that can do which of the
following? - ✔✔ANS Harm the body CORRECT. Once on or in the body, poisons
can do damage and harm the body in a variety of ways. A poison may act as a
corrosive or irritant, destroying skin and other body tissues. A poisonous gas
can act as a suffocating agent, displacing oxygen in the air. Some poisons are
systemic poisons, causing harm to the entire body or to an entire body system
Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs by which of the following routes? - ✔✔AN
Inhalation CORRECT. Inhaled poisons (poisons that are breathed in) take the
form of gases, vapors, and sprays. Such poisons include carbon monoxide
(from car exhaust, wood-burning stoves, and furnaces), ammonia, chlorine
insect sprays, and the gases produced from volatile liquid chemicals.
OxyContin is an example of which of the following types of drugs? - ✔✔AN
Narcotic CORRECT. Narcotics are drugs capable of producing stupor or sleep
They are often used to relieve pain. Many drugs legitimately used for these
purposes (such as codeine) are also abused, affecting the nervous system and
changing many of the normal activities of the body, often producing an intense
state of relaxation or feeling of well-being. One narcotic, in particular
OxyContin (oxycodone), has become a common drug of abuse.
,Your patient is an 18-year-old male who fell into a neighbor's swimming poo
but was pulled out by bystanders. The neighbors report that the patien
wandered into their yard and that he said he had a "funny numb feeling" in his
head and his chest hurt before stumbling into the pool. As you are performing
CPR, you notice that the mucous membranes in his mouth and nose are
swollen. Which of the following would account for the patient's behavior and
current condition? - ✔✔ANS Volatile chemicals CORRECT. Volatile chemicals
produce vapors that can be inhaled. They can give an initial "rush" and then
act as a depressant on the central nervous system. Cleaning fluid, glue, mode
cement, and solutions used to correct typing mistakes are commonly abused
volatile chemicals. These chemicals will make the patient experience a numb
feeling. Inhalation of a volatile chemical will also produce headache and
possible chest pain. GHB, methamphetamines, and CO poisonings would no
cause swollen mucous membranes and numbness like a volatile chemica
would.
Your patient is a conscious 4-year-old female who has ingested a medication
prescribed for her grandfather. To determine appropriate treatment, which o
the following information is NOT necessary to provide to medical control?
✔✔ANS Grandfather's name and the name of the physician who prescribed the
medication CORRECT. Which physician prescribed the medication and the
grandfather's name is of no consequence in this scenario to deliver adequate
patient care at the EMT level.
Your patient is a 7-year-old male who ate an unknown type of mushroom on a
dare by his friends. You should ask all of the following questions except:
✔✔ANS Why did you eat the mushroom? CORRECT. The fact that the patien
took the drug on a dare or for any other reason for that matter is irrelevant fo
the EMT to deliver good patient care. The presence of "peer pressure" as wel
if the patient knows the mushrooms are poisonous or not does not play into
the EMT being able to deliver good patient care.
, Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is an example of which of the following types
of drugs? - ✔✔ANS Depressant CORRECT. A downer (depressant) you may see
is GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate), also known as Georgia Home Boy or goop
In addition to depressing the central nervous system, it produces a sense o
euphoria and sometimes hallucinations. It has caused respiratory depression
so severe that patients have required assisted ventilations even though some
of them were still breathing.
What clinical finding is MOST suggestive of an inhaled poison? - ✔✔ANS Black
colored sputum CORRECT. Altered mental status and tachypnea can occu
with any poisoning. A swollen tongue can be from an inhaled poison but is
more likely the result of anaphylaxis. Black-colored sputum is a clear indication
that the patient has inhaled toxic smoke, which is an inhaled poison.
You are called to a farm for a possible organophosphate poisoning of one o
the workers. Your first action is to: - ✔✔ANS call for specialized hazardous
materials units. CORRECT. The patient is potentially covered with a hazardous
and poisonous material. Calling for a specialized hazardous materials unit tha
has the training and resources to properly decontaminate the patient is the bes
first action.
Which of the following is a common sign and symptom in poisonings of al
types? - ✔✔ANS Nausea and vomiting CORRECT. Nausea and vomiting are two
of the most common results of all kinds of poisoning. When a poison is
ingested you may also find altered mental status, abdominal pain, diarrhea
chemical burns around the mouth, and unusual breath odors. With inhaled
poisons, find out if the patient is having difficulty breathing, chest pain
coughing, hoarseness, dizziness, headache, confusion, seizures, or altered
mental status.
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When a person acts in a manner that is unacceptable to himself or those around
him, this would be considered which of the following? - ✔✔ANS Behaviora
emergency CORRECT. A behavioral emergency exists when a person exhibits
abnormal behavior-that is, behavior within a given situation that is
unacceptable or intolerable to the patient, the family, or the community
Frequently behavioral emergencies involve behavior that is potentially harmfu
to the patient or to the people that interact with the patient. Behaviora
emergency is a blanket term for what is considered mental illness, psychotic
episodes, and psychosomatic reactions, which are narrow focus terms and no
all encompassing as behavioral emergencies.
The opiate triad includes all of the following except: - ✔✔ANS hypertension
CORRECT. The opiate triad is characterized by three signs: coma (or depressed
level of consciousness), pinpoint pupils, and respiratory depression (slow
shallow respirations). Hypertension is not part of the opiate triad.
Cleaning fluid, glue, and model cement are common examples of which of the
following? - ✔✔ANS Volatile chemicals CORRECT. Volatile chemicals produce
vapors that can be inhaled. They can give an initial "rush" and then act as a
depressant on the central nervous system. Cleaning fluid, glue, model cement
and solutions used to correct typing mistakes are commonly abused volatile
chemicals.
Why would an EMT give activated charcoal to a patient who overdosed on the
medication Soma? - ✔✔ANS Activated charcoal binds to the Soma, preventing
,absorption by the body. CORRECT. Activated charcoal is designed to
chemically bind to the poison in order to prevent and minimize the absorption
of the poison by the body.
Which of the following is one of the MOST common inhaled poisons associated
with fire suppression? - ✔✔ANS Carbon monoxide CORRECT. Carbon
monoxide (CO) is one of the most commonly inhaled poisons. It is usually
associated with motor-vehicle exhaust and fire suppression.
The term poison is BEST described as any substance that can do which of the
following? - ✔✔ANS Harm the body CORRECT. Once on or in the body, poisons
can do damage and harm the body in a variety of ways. A poison may act as a
corrosive or irritant, destroying skin and other body tissues. A poisonous gas
can act as a suffocating agent, displacing oxygen in the air. Some poisons are
systemic poisons, causing harm to the entire body or to an entire body system
Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs by which of the following routes? - ✔✔AN
Inhalation CORRECT. Inhaled poisons (poisons that are breathed in) take the
form of gases, vapors, and sprays. Such poisons include carbon monoxide
(from car exhaust, wood-burning stoves, and furnaces), ammonia, chlorine
insect sprays, and the gases produced from volatile liquid chemicals.
OxyContin is an example of which of the following types of drugs? - ✔✔AN
Narcotic CORRECT. Narcotics are drugs capable of producing stupor or sleep
They are often used to relieve pain. Many drugs legitimately used for these
purposes (such as codeine) are also abused, affecting the nervous system and
changing many of the normal activities of the body, often producing an intense
state of relaxation or feeling of well-being. One narcotic, in particular
OxyContin (oxycodone), has become a common drug of abuse.
,Your patient is an 18-year-old male who fell into a neighbor's swimming poo
but was pulled out by bystanders. The neighbors report that the patien
wandered into their yard and that he said he had a "funny numb feeling" in his
head and his chest hurt before stumbling into the pool. As you are performing
CPR, you notice that the mucous membranes in his mouth and nose are
swollen. Which of the following would account for the patient's behavior and
current condition? - ✔✔ANS Volatile chemicals CORRECT. Volatile chemicals
produce vapors that can be inhaled. They can give an initial "rush" and then
act as a depressant on the central nervous system. Cleaning fluid, glue, mode
cement, and solutions used to correct typing mistakes are commonly abused
volatile chemicals. These chemicals will make the patient experience a numb
feeling. Inhalation of a volatile chemical will also produce headache and
possible chest pain. GHB, methamphetamines, and CO poisonings would no
cause swollen mucous membranes and numbness like a volatile chemica
would.
Your patient is a conscious 4-year-old female who has ingested a medication
prescribed for her grandfather. To determine appropriate treatment, which o
the following information is NOT necessary to provide to medical control?
✔✔ANS Grandfather's name and the name of the physician who prescribed the
medication CORRECT. Which physician prescribed the medication and the
grandfather's name is of no consequence in this scenario to deliver adequate
patient care at the EMT level.
Your patient is a 7-year-old male who ate an unknown type of mushroom on a
dare by his friends. You should ask all of the following questions except:
✔✔ANS Why did you eat the mushroom? CORRECT. The fact that the patien
took the drug on a dare or for any other reason for that matter is irrelevant fo
the EMT to deliver good patient care. The presence of "peer pressure" as wel
if the patient knows the mushrooms are poisonous or not does not play into
the EMT being able to deliver good patient care.
, Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is an example of which of the following types
of drugs? - ✔✔ANS Depressant CORRECT. A downer (depressant) you may see
is GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate), also known as Georgia Home Boy or goop
In addition to depressing the central nervous system, it produces a sense o
euphoria and sometimes hallucinations. It has caused respiratory depression
so severe that patients have required assisted ventilations even though some
of them were still breathing.
What clinical finding is MOST suggestive of an inhaled poison? - ✔✔ANS Black
colored sputum CORRECT. Altered mental status and tachypnea can occu
with any poisoning. A swollen tongue can be from an inhaled poison but is
more likely the result of anaphylaxis. Black-colored sputum is a clear indication
that the patient has inhaled toxic smoke, which is an inhaled poison.
You are called to a farm for a possible organophosphate poisoning of one o
the workers. Your first action is to: - ✔✔ANS call for specialized hazardous
materials units. CORRECT. The patient is potentially covered with a hazardous
and poisonous material. Calling for a specialized hazardous materials unit tha
has the training and resources to properly decontaminate the patient is the bes
first action.
Which of the following is a common sign and symptom in poisonings of al
types? - ✔✔ANS Nausea and vomiting CORRECT. Nausea and vomiting are two
of the most common results of all kinds of poisoning. When a poison is
ingested you may also find altered mental status, abdominal pain, diarrhea
chemical burns around the mouth, and unusual breath odors. With inhaled
poisons, find out if the patient is having difficulty breathing, chest pain
coughing, hoarseness, dizziness, headache, confusion, seizures, or altered
mental status.
