EMS 1055 Final Exam
Questions and Correct
Answers
1. What is the primary goal of the EMS system?
A. Transport patients quickly
B. Provide definitive care
C. Deliver emergency medical care and transport
D. Reduce hospital overcrowding
Answer: C
2. Which level of EMS training provides advanced airway management and cardiac
monitoring?
A. EMR
B. EMT
C. AEMT
D. Paramedic
Answer: D
3. The first step in the patient assessment sequence is:
A. Obtain vital signs
B. Form a general impression
C. Perform a head-to-toe exam
D. Take a medical history
Answer: B
,4. Scene safety includes all EXCEPT:
A. PPE use
B. Assessing environmental hazards
C. Determining patient diagnosis
D. Mechanism of injury
Answer: C
5. What does AVPU stand for?
A. Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive
B. Awake, Vital, Pulse, Unconscious
C. Alert, Vision, Pain, Unstable
D. Awake, Voice, Pulse, Unaware
Answer: A
6. A patient with noisy breathing and gurgling sounds most likely needs:
A. Oxygen via nasal cannula
B. Oropharyngeal airway
C. Suctioning
D. Bag-valve mask ventilation
Answer: C
7. Normal adult respiratory rate is:
A. 6–10 breaths/min
B. 10–20 breaths/min
C. 12–20 breaths/min
D. 20–30 breaths/min
Answer: C
8. Which pulse is best assessed in an unconscious adult?
A. Radial
B. Brachial
C. Femoral
, D. Carotid
Answer: D
9. Hypoxia is defined as:
A. Lack of blood flow
B. Low blood sugar
C. Inadequate oxygen at the tissue level
D. High carbon dioxide levels
Answer: C
10. A patient with signs of shock should be positioned:
A. Sitting upright
B. Left lateral recumbent
C. Supine
D. Prone
Answer: C
AIRWAY & RESPIRATORY
11. Which device delivers the highest concentration of oxygen?
A. Nasal cannula
B. Simple face mask
C. Nonrebreather mask
D. Venturi mask
Answer: C
12. Indications for using a bag-valve mask include:
A. Mild shortness of breath
B. Respiratory failure or apnea
C. Chest pain only
D. Anxiety
Answer: B
Questions and Correct
Answers
1. What is the primary goal of the EMS system?
A. Transport patients quickly
B. Provide definitive care
C. Deliver emergency medical care and transport
D. Reduce hospital overcrowding
Answer: C
2. Which level of EMS training provides advanced airway management and cardiac
monitoring?
A. EMR
B. EMT
C. AEMT
D. Paramedic
Answer: D
3. The first step in the patient assessment sequence is:
A. Obtain vital signs
B. Form a general impression
C. Perform a head-to-toe exam
D. Take a medical history
Answer: B
,4. Scene safety includes all EXCEPT:
A. PPE use
B. Assessing environmental hazards
C. Determining patient diagnosis
D. Mechanism of injury
Answer: C
5. What does AVPU stand for?
A. Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive
B. Awake, Vital, Pulse, Unconscious
C. Alert, Vision, Pain, Unstable
D. Awake, Voice, Pulse, Unaware
Answer: A
6. A patient with noisy breathing and gurgling sounds most likely needs:
A. Oxygen via nasal cannula
B. Oropharyngeal airway
C. Suctioning
D. Bag-valve mask ventilation
Answer: C
7. Normal adult respiratory rate is:
A. 6–10 breaths/min
B. 10–20 breaths/min
C. 12–20 breaths/min
D. 20–30 breaths/min
Answer: C
8. Which pulse is best assessed in an unconscious adult?
A. Radial
B. Brachial
C. Femoral
, D. Carotid
Answer: D
9. Hypoxia is defined as:
A. Lack of blood flow
B. Low blood sugar
C. Inadequate oxygen at the tissue level
D. High carbon dioxide levels
Answer: C
10. A patient with signs of shock should be positioned:
A. Sitting upright
B. Left lateral recumbent
C. Supine
D. Prone
Answer: C
AIRWAY & RESPIRATORY
11. Which device delivers the highest concentration of oxygen?
A. Nasal cannula
B. Simple face mask
C. Nonrebreather mask
D. Venturi mask
Answer: C
12. Indications for using a bag-valve mask include:
A. Mild shortness of breath
B. Respiratory failure or apnea
C. Chest pain only
D. Anxiety
Answer: B
