EMT MYBRADY FINAL EXAM (CHAPTERS
1-25) Questions & Answers
1.What is the cause of gastric distention during ventilation?
ANS Airway pressures generated during ventilation that are too high
2.You are assessing a female patient with depression. She tells you that her
psychologist said that she is dealing with "empty-nest syndrome." What
age group is this associated with?
ANS Middle Adulthood
3.The study of the body's structures is referred to as
ANS Anatomy
4.Which of the following groups is credited with developing the
earliest documented emergency medical service?
ANS French
5.You are assessing a 12-year-old male patient who has been involved in a
bicycle accident. This patient would be classified as being in which stage
of life?
ANS School Age
,6.Diseases are caused by microorganisms such as bacteria and
viruses, known as
ANS Pathogens
7.What is the primary reason for an EMT to use specific and proper
medical terminology?
ANS Medical communication needs to be exact and consistent
8.The trachea branches off at the and forms two mainstem bronchi.-
ANS Carina
9.If a patient needs to be ventilated for a long period of time with a constant
rate and volume, the EMT should consider using
ANS an automatic transport venti- lator.
10.The fluid component of the blood is called
ANS plasma
11.Decreasing the tidal volume will have what clinical effect on the amount
of air available for gas exchange in the alveoli?
ANS decrease
12.Instead of telling your patient, "I am going to palpate your mandible,"
you should state, "I am going to touch your
,ANS jawbone
13.When you enter a child's room, you hear him wheezing on exhalation
and see intercostal retractions and nasal flaring. What is his airway status?
ANS He has an inadequate airway.
14.The high-pitched sound caused by an upper airway obstruction is
known as
ANS stridor
15.What is the cartilage that forms the lower aspect of the larynx and
provides structure to the superior trachea?
ANS Cricoid
16.Maintaining current knowledge, skills and EMT certification or
licensure is
ANS part of your role as an EMS professional.
17.You are working a shift with a new EMT who just finished school. As you
tell him about emergencies to which you responded in the past, which one
would be MOST likely to stress out the new EMT?
ANS A two-year-old female
who was physically abused and died
18.Which of the following is appropriate for delivery of high-flow oxygen
, of 80% or greater?
ANS Nonrebreather mask
19.If the tidal volume is 500 ml and the dead space is 150 ml, how much
alveolar ventilation is there in a minute, assuming that the patient is
breathing about 12 times per minute?
ANS 4.2 liters
20.You and your EMT partner are responding to a medical aid call in the
rural West County area. The dispatcher advises that the caller is reporting
the patient as having a history of "plegia." Why would it be beneficial to have
the dispatcher clarify a prefix for the word plegia?
ANS Without a clarifying prefix, it
is difficult for the EMTs to effectively prepare for the type of patient they
may encounter.
21.Sepsis is caused by
ANS a severe systemic infection.
22.The main muscles of breathing are the intercostal muscles and the
ANS di- aphragm
23.What BEST describes the level of EMS training that emphasizes
activation of the EMS system and provides immediate care for life-
1-25) Questions & Answers
1.What is the cause of gastric distention during ventilation?
ANS Airway pressures generated during ventilation that are too high
2.You are assessing a female patient with depression. She tells you that her
psychologist said that she is dealing with "empty-nest syndrome." What
age group is this associated with?
ANS Middle Adulthood
3.The study of the body's structures is referred to as
ANS Anatomy
4.Which of the following groups is credited with developing the
earliest documented emergency medical service?
ANS French
5.You are assessing a 12-year-old male patient who has been involved in a
bicycle accident. This patient would be classified as being in which stage
of life?
ANS School Age
,6.Diseases are caused by microorganisms such as bacteria and
viruses, known as
ANS Pathogens
7.What is the primary reason for an EMT to use specific and proper
medical terminology?
ANS Medical communication needs to be exact and consistent
8.The trachea branches off at the and forms two mainstem bronchi.-
ANS Carina
9.If a patient needs to be ventilated for a long period of time with a constant
rate and volume, the EMT should consider using
ANS an automatic transport venti- lator.
10.The fluid component of the blood is called
ANS plasma
11.Decreasing the tidal volume will have what clinical effect on the amount
of air available for gas exchange in the alveoli?
ANS decrease
12.Instead of telling your patient, "I am going to palpate your mandible,"
you should state, "I am going to touch your
,ANS jawbone
13.When you enter a child's room, you hear him wheezing on exhalation
and see intercostal retractions and nasal flaring. What is his airway status?
ANS He has an inadequate airway.
14.The high-pitched sound caused by an upper airway obstruction is
known as
ANS stridor
15.What is the cartilage that forms the lower aspect of the larynx and
provides structure to the superior trachea?
ANS Cricoid
16.Maintaining current knowledge, skills and EMT certification or
licensure is
ANS part of your role as an EMS professional.
17.You are working a shift with a new EMT who just finished school. As you
tell him about emergencies to which you responded in the past, which one
would be MOST likely to stress out the new EMT?
ANS A two-year-old female
who was physically abused and died
18.Which of the following is appropriate for delivery of high-flow oxygen
, of 80% or greater?
ANS Nonrebreather mask
19.If the tidal volume is 500 ml and the dead space is 150 ml, how much
alveolar ventilation is there in a minute, assuming that the patient is
breathing about 12 times per minute?
ANS 4.2 liters
20.You and your EMT partner are responding to a medical aid call in the
rural West County area. The dispatcher advises that the caller is reporting
the patient as having a history of "plegia." Why would it be beneficial to have
the dispatcher clarify a prefix for the word plegia?
ANS Without a clarifying prefix, it
is difficult for the EMTs to effectively prepare for the type of patient they
may encounter.
21.Sepsis is caused by
ANS a severe systemic infection.
22.The main muscles of breathing are the intercostal muscles and the
ANS di- aphragm
23.What BEST describes the level of EMS training that emphasizes
activation of the EMS system and provides immediate care for life-
