EMT Trauma Test Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
A MAN HAS A KNIFE IMPALED AT THE FOURTH
INTERCOSTAL SPACE, LEFT STERNAL BORDER. HE IS
PULSELESS AND NOT BREATHING. YOU SHOULD:
A. NOT ATTEMPT TO PREFORM COMPRESSIONS
B. REMOVE THE KNIFE FROM THE CHEST
C. PERFORM COMPRESSION WITH THE KNIFE IN PLACE.
D. STABILIZE WITH A BULKY DRESSING Correct Answer: B.
REMOVE THE KNIFE FROM THE CHEST ...
AN ADULT WAS PINNED BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES. HE IS
CONSCIOUS BUT CONFUSED AND UNABLE TO FOLLOW
COMMANDS. HE HAS BRUISING ON BOTH SIDES OF HIS
ANTERIOR CHEST. HE HAS A WEAK CAROTID PULSE, NO
PERIPHERAL PULSES, CLEAR BREATH SOUNDS IN ALL
FIELDS, AND DISTENDED NECK VEINS. YOU SHOULD
SUSPECT:
A. A TORN AORTA
,B. PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE
C. HEMOTHORAX
D. TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX Correct Answer: B.
PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE
A PATIENT RECEIVED A SEVERE STEAM BURN TO HIS HAND
AND WRIST. YOU SHOULD:
A. APPLY MOIST STERILE DRESSING
B. APPLY DRY STERILE DRESSING
C. REMOVE HIS WATCH
D. REMOVE DEBRIS Correct Answer: B. APPLY DRY STERILE
DRESSING
PROPER MANAGEMENT FOR AN AVULSION OF THE EAR
INCLUDES:
A. BANDING IN THE CORRECT ANATOMICAL POSITION
B. ICING THE AREA TO COO THE PART FOR
REATTACHMENT
,C. PACKING THE WOUND WITH DRESSINGS
D. BANDING IN THE POSITION FOUND. Correct Answer: C.
PACKING THE WOUND WITH DRESSINGS ..
A PATIENT HAS A STAB WOUND TO THE UPPER LEFT
QUADRANT. WHICH ORGAN WOULD MOST LIKELY BE
INJURED?
A. PANCREAS
B. KIDNEY
C. LIVER
D. SPLEEN Correct Answer: A. PANCREAS
YOUR PATIENT HAS BEEN STABBED IN THE RIGHT UPPER
QUADRANT. WHICH ORGAN IS THE MOST LIKELY TO BE
INJURED?
A. KIDNEY
B. SPLEEN
C. LIVER
, D. STOMACH Correct Answer: C. LIVER
AN 18 YEAR OLD MALE IS HOLDING HIS RIGHT SHIN AFTER
A SPORTS-RELATED INJURY. THERE IS DEFORMITY AND
SWELLING; PEDAL PULSES ARE PRESENT. YOU SHOULD:
A. STABILIZE THE LIMB AT THE HIP AND ANKLE
B. APPLY AN ICE PACK AND ELEVATE THE LIMB.
C. APPLY TRACTION AND REALIGN THE LIMB
D. APPLY A BOARD SPLINT IN THE POSITION FOUND
Correct Answer: D. APPLY A BOARD SPLINT IN THE
POSITION FOUND
A 42 YEAR OLD MALE HAS A PIECE OF METAL IMPALED IN
HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG. HE HAS AN OBVIOUS OPEN
FRACTURE AND NO PULSE IN HIS RIGHT FOOT. WHAT
SHOULD YOU DO?
A. APPLY TRACTION SPLINT, STABILIZE AND TRANSPORT.
B. REPOSITION HIS LEG TO RESTORE THE PULSE IN HIS
FOOT.
Answers
A MAN HAS A KNIFE IMPALED AT THE FOURTH
INTERCOSTAL SPACE, LEFT STERNAL BORDER. HE IS
PULSELESS AND NOT BREATHING. YOU SHOULD:
A. NOT ATTEMPT TO PREFORM COMPRESSIONS
B. REMOVE THE KNIFE FROM THE CHEST
C. PERFORM COMPRESSION WITH THE KNIFE IN PLACE.
D. STABILIZE WITH A BULKY DRESSING Correct Answer: B.
REMOVE THE KNIFE FROM THE CHEST ...
AN ADULT WAS PINNED BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES. HE IS
CONSCIOUS BUT CONFUSED AND UNABLE TO FOLLOW
COMMANDS. HE HAS BRUISING ON BOTH SIDES OF HIS
ANTERIOR CHEST. HE HAS A WEAK CAROTID PULSE, NO
PERIPHERAL PULSES, CLEAR BREATH SOUNDS IN ALL
FIELDS, AND DISTENDED NECK VEINS. YOU SHOULD
SUSPECT:
A. A TORN AORTA
,B. PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE
C. HEMOTHORAX
D. TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX Correct Answer: B.
PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE
A PATIENT RECEIVED A SEVERE STEAM BURN TO HIS HAND
AND WRIST. YOU SHOULD:
A. APPLY MOIST STERILE DRESSING
B. APPLY DRY STERILE DRESSING
C. REMOVE HIS WATCH
D. REMOVE DEBRIS Correct Answer: B. APPLY DRY STERILE
DRESSING
PROPER MANAGEMENT FOR AN AVULSION OF THE EAR
INCLUDES:
A. BANDING IN THE CORRECT ANATOMICAL POSITION
B. ICING THE AREA TO COO THE PART FOR
REATTACHMENT
,C. PACKING THE WOUND WITH DRESSINGS
D. BANDING IN THE POSITION FOUND. Correct Answer: C.
PACKING THE WOUND WITH DRESSINGS ..
A PATIENT HAS A STAB WOUND TO THE UPPER LEFT
QUADRANT. WHICH ORGAN WOULD MOST LIKELY BE
INJURED?
A. PANCREAS
B. KIDNEY
C. LIVER
D. SPLEEN Correct Answer: A. PANCREAS
YOUR PATIENT HAS BEEN STABBED IN THE RIGHT UPPER
QUADRANT. WHICH ORGAN IS THE MOST LIKELY TO BE
INJURED?
A. KIDNEY
B. SPLEEN
C. LIVER
, D. STOMACH Correct Answer: C. LIVER
AN 18 YEAR OLD MALE IS HOLDING HIS RIGHT SHIN AFTER
A SPORTS-RELATED INJURY. THERE IS DEFORMITY AND
SWELLING; PEDAL PULSES ARE PRESENT. YOU SHOULD:
A. STABILIZE THE LIMB AT THE HIP AND ANKLE
B. APPLY AN ICE PACK AND ELEVATE THE LIMB.
C. APPLY TRACTION AND REALIGN THE LIMB
D. APPLY A BOARD SPLINT IN THE POSITION FOUND
Correct Answer: D. APPLY A BOARD SPLINT IN THE
POSITION FOUND
A 42 YEAR OLD MALE HAS A PIECE OF METAL IMPALED IN
HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG. HE HAS AN OBVIOUS OPEN
FRACTURE AND NO PULSE IN HIS RIGHT FOOT. WHAT
SHOULD YOU DO?
A. APPLY TRACTION SPLINT, STABILIZE AND TRANSPORT.
B. REPOSITION HIS LEG TO RESTORE THE PULSE IN HIS
FOOT.
