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LCAS North Carolina Exam 2026 / Licensed Clinical
Addiction Specialist NC Exam With 300 Practice
Questions and Correct Answers (Newest!)
A PATIENT WHO HAS SHALLOW, SLOW IRREGULAR
GASPOING BREATHS IS SAID TO HAVE _______________
RESPIRATIONS? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ AGONAL
A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE LONG-BONE FRACTURES OF
THE EXTREMITIES SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR
TRANSPORT AND SHOULD BE TREATED? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ EN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL
A TEENAGE MALE HAS FALLEN ONTO A RAILING WHILE
SKATEBOARDING. HE COMPLAINS OF RIGHT-SIDED
CHEST PAIN AND MODERATE DYSPNEA. EXPOSURE OF
THE CHEST REVEALS A SECTION OF HIS RIBS THA TIS
MOVING OPPOSITE OF THE REST OF THE RIBS. YOU
SHOULD? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ APPLY A BULKY DRESSING
OVER THE SECTION
A YOUNG FEMALE WAS INJURED IN AN AUTOMOBILE
WRECK, STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD. SHE
IS UNCONSCIOUS AND HER BREATHING IS IRREGULAR.
SHE IS BLEEDING FROM A SCALP WOUND, BUT YOUR
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ASSESSMENT SHOWS THAT HER CRANIUM IS INTACT.
HER VITAL SIGNS ARE PULSE 68, BP 148/90, AND HER
PUPILS ARE UNEQUAL. YOU SHOULD SUSPECT? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ CLOSED HEAD INJURY
AFTER ACTIVATING THE AUTO-INJECTOR, HOW LONG
SHOULD IT BE HELD IN PLACE BEFORE REMOVING IT
FROM THE PATIENTS THIGH? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ 10
SECONDS
AN EMT INVOLVED IN AN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT CALL,
SUCH AS ONE IN WHICH A COWORKER WAS KILLED
SHOULD BE URGED TO .... - ..ANSWER...✓✓ SEEK HELP
FROM A TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
AS YOU ARE TRANSPORTING A CONSCIOUS PATIENT YOU
NOTICE THAT HIS BREATHING HAS BECOME LABORED.
WHICH ACTION SHOULD YOU TAKE BASED ON THIS
INFORMATION? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ - NOTIFY THE
RECEIVING FACILITY
- ENSURE A PATENT AIRWAY AND ADEQUATE O2
- CONTINUE REASSESSMENT
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BARBITURATES MAY BE REFERRED TO AS WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ DOWNERS
BEFORE APPLYING A NRM, THE EMT SHOULD TAKE WHAT
ACTION? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ INFLATE THE RESERVOIR BAG
1/3 OF THE WAY
BURNS POSE A GREATER RISK TO INFANTS AND
CHILDREN FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ PEDIATRIC PATIENTS HAVE A GREATER
RISK OF SHOCK FROM THE BURN
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING OCCURS BY WHICH OF
THE FOLLOWING ROUTES? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ INHALATION
CHEMICAL COLD PACKS ARE CARRIED ON THE
AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT OF WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ MUSCULOSKELETAL
INJURIES
DURING THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, THE
TRAINING OFFICER MEETS WITH THE NEW EMTS AND
EXPLAINS TO THEM THE MONTHLY TRAINING SCHEDULE
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AND THE CLASSES THEY MUST ATTEND FOR EMT
RECERTIFICATION. ONE OF THE NEW EMTS ASKS THE
TRAINING OFFICER WHY THEY HAVE TO KEEP TAKING
EMT COURSES IF THEY ALREADY PASED THE MET
EXAMINATION. WHAT IS THE BEST ANSWER? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ EMS IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING IN
RESPONSE TO EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH
EPINEPHRINE DELIVERED BY AUTO INJECTOR MAY BE
INDICATED FOR PATIENTS WITH WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ SEVERE
ALLERGIES TO PEANUT, SHELLFISH, PENICILLIN, OR BEE
STINGS
EXPERT CLINICIANS MAY USE DIFFERENT APPROACHES
OF THINKING THROUGH PROBLEMS, BUT WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING WILL THEY HAVE IN COMMON? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ STRONG FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE
HOW MANY CERVICAL VERTEBRAE ARE THERE? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ 7
IF THE BABY'S UMBILICAL CORD IS NOTED TO BE
WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK AFTER THE HEAD IS
LCAS North Carolina Exam 2026 / Licensed Clinical
Addiction Specialist NC Exam With 300 Practice
Questions and Correct Answers (Newest!)
A PATIENT WHO HAS SHALLOW, SLOW IRREGULAR
GASPOING BREATHS IS SAID TO HAVE _______________
RESPIRATIONS? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ AGONAL
A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE LONG-BONE FRACTURES OF
THE EXTREMITIES SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR
TRANSPORT AND SHOULD BE TREATED? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ EN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL
A TEENAGE MALE HAS FALLEN ONTO A RAILING WHILE
SKATEBOARDING. HE COMPLAINS OF RIGHT-SIDED
CHEST PAIN AND MODERATE DYSPNEA. EXPOSURE OF
THE CHEST REVEALS A SECTION OF HIS RIBS THA TIS
MOVING OPPOSITE OF THE REST OF THE RIBS. YOU
SHOULD? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ APPLY A BULKY DRESSING
OVER THE SECTION
A YOUNG FEMALE WAS INJURED IN AN AUTOMOBILE
WRECK, STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD. SHE
IS UNCONSCIOUS AND HER BREATHING IS IRREGULAR.
SHE IS BLEEDING FROM A SCALP WOUND, BUT YOUR
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ASSESSMENT SHOWS THAT HER CRANIUM IS INTACT.
HER VITAL SIGNS ARE PULSE 68, BP 148/90, AND HER
PUPILS ARE UNEQUAL. YOU SHOULD SUSPECT? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ CLOSED HEAD INJURY
AFTER ACTIVATING THE AUTO-INJECTOR, HOW LONG
SHOULD IT BE HELD IN PLACE BEFORE REMOVING IT
FROM THE PATIENTS THIGH? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ 10
SECONDS
AN EMT INVOLVED IN AN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT CALL,
SUCH AS ONE IN WHICH A COWORKER WAS KILLED
SHOULD BE URGED TO .... - ..ANSWER...✓✓ SEEK HELP
FROM A TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
AS YOU ARE TRANSPORTING A CONSCIOUS PATIENT YOU
NOTICE THAT HIS BREATHING HAS BECOME LABORED.
WHICH ACTION SHOULD YOU TAKE BASED ON THIS
INFORMATION? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ - NOTIFY THE
RECEIVING FACILITY
- ENSURE A PATENT AIRWAY AND ADEQUATE O2
- CONTINUE REASSESSMENT
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BARBITURATES MAY BE REFERRED TO AS WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ DOWNERS
BEFORE APPLYING A NRM, THE EMT SHOULD TAKE WHAT
ACTION? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ INFLATE THE RESERVOIR BAG
1/3 OF THE WAY
BURNS POSE A GREATER RISK TO INFANTS AND
CHILDREN FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ PEDIATRIC PATIENTS HAVE A GREATER
RISK OF SHOCK FROM THE BURN
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING OCCURS BY WHICH OF
THE FOLLOWING ROUTES? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ INHALATION
CHEMICAL COLD PACKS ARE CARRIED ON THE
AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT OF WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ MUSCULOSKELETAL
INJURIES
DURING THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, THE
TRAINING OFFICER MEETS WITH THE NEW EMTS AND
EXPLAINS TO THEM THE MONTHLY TRAINING SCHEDULE
, 4|Page
AND THE CLASSES THEY MUST ATTEND FOR EMT
RECERTIFICATION. ONE OF THE NEW EMTS ASKS THE
TRAINING OFFICER WHY THEY HAVE TO KEEP TAKING
EMT COURSES IF THEY ALREADY PASED THE MET
EXAMINATION. WHAT IS THE BEST ANSWER? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ EMS IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING IN
RESPONSE TO EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH
EPINEPHRINE DELIVERED BY AUTO INJECTOR MAY BE
INDICATED FOR PATIENTS WITH WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS? - ..ANSWER...✓✓ SEVERE
ALLERGIES TO PEANUT, SHELLFISH, PENICILLIN, OR BEE
STINGS
EXPERT CLINICIANS MAY USE DIFFERENT APPROACHES
OF THINKING THROUGH PROBLEMS, BUT WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING WILL THEY HAVE IN COMMON? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ STRONG FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE
HOW MANY CERVICAL VERTEBRAE ARE THERE? -
..ANSWER...✓✓ 7
IF THE BABY'S UMBILICAL CORD IS NOTED TO BE
WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK AFTER THE HEAD IS
