EMT BLOCK 1 LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔You and your partner arrive at the scene of a fire at a large office complex.
Witnesses tell you that they heard a loud explosion shortly before the building caught
fire. You should:
A. tell the witnesses that you suspect that the explosion was the work of a terrorist.
B. take standard precautions and begin searching for critically injured patients.
C. carefully document the witnesses' statements and report them immediately.
D. ensure that your ambulance is parked upwind and uphill from the building. - ✔✔D.
ensure that your ambulance is parked upwind and uphill from the building.
✔✔A supervisor who has more than seven people reporting to him or her:
Select one:
A. has exceeded an effective span of control and should divide tasks and delegate the
supervision of some tasks to another person.
B. is more beneficial to the overall effort than a supervisor with fewer personnel
because his or her team can accomplish more tasks.
C. should assign a specific task to each person reporting to him or her and regularly
follow up to ensure that the tasks were carried out.
D. should regularly report to the incident commander (IC) to inform him or her of the
functions that his or her team is performing. - ✔✔A. has exceeded an effective span of
control and should divide tasks and delegate the supervision of some tasks to another
person.
✔✔According to the START triage system, what should you do if a patient is found to
have a respiratory rate of 24 breaths/min?
Select one:
A. Administer high-flow oxygen.
B. Triage the patient as delayed.
C. Assess for bilateral radial pulses.
D. Assess his or her neurologic status. - ✔✔C. Assess for bilateral radial pulses.
✔✔After primary triage, the triage supervisor should communicate all of the following
information to the medical branch officer, EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. the number of patients in each triage category.
B. the total number of patients that have been triaged.
C. the recommended transport destination for each patient.
D. recommendations for movement to the treatment area. - ✔✔C. the recommended
transport destination for each patient.
✔✔As a triage supervisor, you:
Select one:
A. are responsible for providing initial treatment to all patients.
,B. must not begin treatment until all patients have been triaged.
C. must prepare patients for transport before they leave the triage area.
D. should communicate with area hospitals regarding their capabilities. - ✔✔B. must not
begin treatment until all patients have been triaged.
✔✔Following proper decontamination, a 30-year-old male is brought to you. He is
semiconscious and has rapid, shallow respirations. A quick visual assessment reveals
no obvious bleeding. You should:
Select one:
A. begin some form of positive-pressure ventilation.
B. ask a firefighter what the patient was exposed to.
C. perform a rapid assessment to locate critical injuries.
D. administer high-flow oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask. - ✔✔A. begin some form of
positive-pressure ventilation.
✔✔In preparing for a disaster, EMS systems should have enough supplies for at least a
______ period of self-sufficiency.
Select one:
A. 72-hour
B. 96-hour
C. 24-hour
D. 48-hour - ✔✔A. 72-hour
✔✔Placards and labels on a storage container are intended to:
Select one:
A. provide specific information about the chemical being carried.
B. give a general idea of the hazard inside that particular container.
C. broadly classify chemicals as being explosive or nonexplosive.
D. advise responders of the appropriate neutralizing measures. - ✔✔B. give a general
idea of the hazard inside that particular container.
✔✔The development of an incident action plan is the responsibility of the:
Select one:
A. operations section.
B. planning section.
C. finance section.
D. logistics section. - ✔✔B. planning section.
✔✔The FIRST step in the START triage system is to:
Select one:
A. move all walking patients to a designated area.
B. focus on the patients who are unconscious.
C. get a quick head count of all the patients involved.
D. scan the area for patients with severe bleeding. - ✔✔A. move all walking patients to
a designated area.
,✔✔The function of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is to:
Select one:
A. educate city and county governments regarding foreign terrorist attacks.
B. prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents.
C. prepare for the potential of a nuclear attack against the United States.
D. facilitate a standard method of incident command for natural disasters. - ✔✔B.
prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents.
✔✔The JumpSTART triage system is intended to be used for children younger than
_____ years or who appear to weigh less than _____.
Select one:
A. 7; 90 lb
B. 6; 70 lb
C. 5; 50 lb
D. 8; 100 lb - ✔✔D. 8; 100 lb
✔✔The term used when individual units or different organizations make independent,
and often inefficient, decisions regarding an incident is called:
Select one:
A. undermining.
B. logistical chaos.
C. single command.
D. freelancing. - ✔✔D. freelancing.
✔✔Unlike a multiple-casualty incident, a natural disaster:
Select one:
A. often requires personnel to remain on scene for several days.
B. exists when there are more than 100 critically injured patients.
C. is typically short-lived and does not require as much manpower.
D. usually does not require the incident command system process. - ✔✔A. often
requires personnel to remain on scene for several days.
✔✔Upon arriving at the scene of a possible hazardous materials (HazMat) incident
involving several patients, you should:
Select one:
A. divert traffic away from the scene.
B. carefully assess the situation.
C. rope off the entire perimeter.
D. retrieve all critical patients. - ✔✔B. carefully assess the situation.
✔✔Which of the following duties or responsibilities does NOT fall within the realm of the
medical branch of the incident command system?
Select one:
A. Extrication
, B. Treatment
C. Transport
D. Triage - ✔✔A. Extrication
✔✔Which of the following is probably NOT a multiple-casualty incident?
Select one:
A. A loss of power to a hospital or nursing home with ventilator-dependent patients
B. A motor vehicle crash with two critically injured patients and two ambulances
C. An apartment fire with one patient and the possibility of others trapped in the building
D. A rollover crash of a school bus with eight children who have injuries of varying
severity - ✔✔B. A motor vehicle crash with two critically injured patients and two
ambulances
✔✔Which of your senses can be safely used to identify a HazMat incident?
Select one:
A. Sight and sound
B. Sound and smell
C. Sight and touch
D. Smell and sight - ✔✔Sight and sound
✔✔While triaging patients at the scene of a building collapse, you encounter a young
child who is conscious, alert, and breathing; has bilateral radial pulses; and has a
severely angulated leg, which is not bleeding. According to the JumpSTART triage
system, you should:
Select one:
A. assign him a delayed (yellow) category and continue triaging the other patients.
B. evacuate him to a designated area and assign him a minimal (green) category.
C. apply high-flow oxygen, obtain baseline vital signs, and continue triaging.
D. quickly bind his legs together to stabilize the fracture, and continue triaging - ✔✔A.
assign him a delayed (yellow) category and continue triaging the other patients.
✔✔You are approaching an overturned tanker truck to assess the driver, who appears
to be unresponsive. As you get closer to the vehicle, you note the smell of noxious
fumes and find that you are in the midst of a vapor cloud. What should you do?
Select one:
A. Remain where you are and perform a visual assessment of the patient.
B. Realize that you are in the danger zone and prevent others from entering.
C. Cover your face with your shirt and quickly extricate the injured driver.
D. Exit the area immediately and gather information for the HazMat team. - ✔✔D. Exit
the area immediately and gather information for the HazMat team.
✔✔You are triaging four patients who were involved in a head-on motor vehicle crash.
Which of the following patients should be assigned the highest (red) triage category?
Select one:
A. A 50-year-old male with an open head injury and no pulse
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔You and your partner arrive at the scene of a fire at a large office complex.
Witnesses tell you that they heard a loud explosion shortly before the building caught
fire. You should:
A. tell the witnesses that you suspect that the explosion was the work of a terrorist.
B. take standard precautions and begin searching for critically injured patients.
C. carefully document the witnesses' statements and report them immediately.
D. ensure that your ambulance is parked upwind and uphill from the building. - ✔✔D.
ensure that your ambulance is parked upwind and uphill from the building.
✔✔A supervisor who has more than seven people reporting to him or her:
Select one:
A. has exceeded an effective span of control and should divide tasks and delegate the
supervision of some tasks to another person.
B. is more beneficial to the overall effort than a supervisor with fewer personnel
because his or her team can accomplish more tasks.
C. should assign a specific task to each person reporting to him or her and regularly
follow up to ensure that the tasks were carried out.
D. should regularly report to the incident commander (IC) to inform him or her of the
functions that his or her team is performing. - ✔✔A. has exceeded an effective span of
control and should divide tasks and delegate the supervision of some tasks to another
person.
✔✔According to the START triage system, what should you do if a patient is found to
have a respiratory rate of 24 breaths/min?
Select one:
A. Administer high-flow oxygen.
B. Triage the patient as delayed.
C. Assess for bilateral radial pulses.
D. Assess his or her neurologic status. - ✔✔C. Assess for bilateral radial pulses.
✔✔After primary triage, the triage supervisor should communicate all of the following
information to the medical branch officer, EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. the number of patients in each triage category.
B. the total number of patients that have been triaged.
C. the recommended transport destination for each patient.
D. recommendations for movement to the treatment area. - ✔✔C. the recommended
transport destination for each patient.
✔✔As a triage supervisor, you:
Select one:
A. are responsible for providing initial treatment to all patients.
,B. must not begin treatment until all patients have been triaged.
C. must prepare patients for transport before they leave the triage area.
D. should communicate with area hospitals regarding their capabilities. - ✔✔B. must not
begin treatment until all patients have been triaged.
✔✔Following proper decontamination, a 30-year-old male is brought to you. He is
semiconscious and has rapid, shallow respirations. A quick visual assessment reveals
no obvious bleeding. You should:
Select one:
A. begin some form of positive-pressure ventilation.
B. ask a firefighter what the patient was exposed to.
C. perform a rapid assessment to locate critical injuries.
D. administer high-flow oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask. - ✔✔A. begin some form of
positive-pressure ventilation.
✔✔In preparing for a disaster, EMS systems should have enough supplies for at least a
______ period of self-sufficiency.
Select one:
A. 72-hour
B. 96-hour
C. 24-hour
D. 48-hour - ✔✔A. 72-hour
✔✔Placards and labels on a storage container are intended to:
Select one:
A. provide specific information about the chemical being carried.
B. give a general idea of the hazard inside that particular container.
C. broadly classify chemicals as being explosive or nonexplosive.
D. advise responders of the appropriate neutralizing measures. - ✔✔B. give a general
idea of the hazard inside that particular container.
✔✔The development of an incident action plan is the responsibility of the:
Select one:
A. operations section.
B. planning section.
C. finance section.
D. logistics section. - ✔✔B. planning section.
✔✔The FIRST step in the START triage system is to:
Select one:
A. move all walking patients to a designated area.
B. focus on the patients who are unconscious.
C. get a quick head count of all the patients involved.
D. scan the area for patients with severe bleeding. - ✔✔A. move all walking patients to
a designated area.
,✔✔The function of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is to:
Select one:
A. educate city and county governments regarding foreign terrorist attacks.
B. prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents.
C. prepare for the potential of a nuclear attack against the United States.
D. facilitate a standard method of incident command for natural disasters. - ✔✔B.
prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents.
✔✔The JumpSTART triage system is intended to be used for children younger than
_____ years or who appear to weigh less than _____.
Select one:
A. 7; 90 lb
B. 6; 70 lb
C. 5; 50 lb
D. 8; 100 lb - ✔✔D. 8; 100 lb
✔✔The term used when individual units or different organizations make independent,
and often inefficient, decisions regarding an incident is called:
Select one:
A. undermining.
B. logistical chaos.
C. single command.
D. freelancing. - ✔✔D. freelancing.
✔✔Unlike a multiple-casualty incident, a natural disaster:
Select one:
A. often requires personnel to remain on scene for several days.
B. exists when there are more than 100 critically injured patients.
C. is typically short-lived and does not require as much manpower.
D. usually does not require the incident command system process. - ✔✔A. often
requires personnel to remain on scene for several days.
✔✔Upon arriving at the scene of a possible hazardous materials (HazMat) incident
involving several patients, you should:
Select one:
A. divert traffic away from the scene.
B. carefully assess the situation.
C. rope off the entire perimeter.
D. retrieve all critical patients. - ✔✔B. carefully assess the situation.
✔✔Which of the following duties or responsibilities does NOT fall within the realm of the
medical branch of the incident command system?
Select one:
A. Extrication
, B. Treatment
C. Transport
D. Triage - ✔✔A. Extrication
✔✔Which of the following is probably NOT a multiple-casualty incident?
Select one:
A. A loss of power to a hospital or nursing home with ventilator-dependent patients
B. A motor vehicle crash with two critically injured patients and two ambulances
C. An apartment fire with one patient and the possibility of others trapped in the building
D. A rollover crash of a school bus with eight children who have injuries of varying
severity - ✔✔B. A motor vehicle crash with two critically injured patients and two
ambulances
✔✔Which of your senses can be safely used to identify a HazMat incident?
Select one:
A. Sight and sound
B. Sound and smell
C. Sight and touch
D. Smell and sight - ✔✔Sight and sound
✔✔While triaging patients at the scene of a building collapse, you encounter a young
child who is conscious, alert, and breathing; has bilateral radial pulses; and has a
severely angulated leg, which is not bleeding. According to the JumpSTART triage
system, you should:
Select one:
A. assign him a delayed (yellow) category and continue triaging the other patients.
B. evacuate him to a designated area and assign him a minimal (green) category.
C. apply high-flow oxygen, obtain baseline vital signs, and continue triaging.
D. quickly bind his legs together to stabilize the fracture, and continue triaging - ✔✔A.
assign him a delayed (yellow) category and continue triaging the other patients.
✔✔You are approaching an overturned tanker truck to assess the driver, who appears
to be unresponsive. As you get closer to the vehicle, you note the smell of noxious
fumes and find that you are in the midst of a vapor cloud. What should you do?
Select one:
A. Remain where you are and perform a visual assessment of the patient.
B. Realize that you are in the danger zone and prevent others from entering.
C. Cover your face with your shirt and quickly extricate the injured driver.
D. Exit the area immediately and gather information for the HazMat team. - ✔✔D. Exit
the area immediately and gather information for the HazMat team.
✔✔You are triaging four patients who were involved in a head-on motor vehicle crash.
Which of the following patients should be assigned the highest (red) triage category?
Select one:
A. A 50-year-old male with an open head injury and no pulse
