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EMT MEDICAL PRACTICE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
When caring for a patient with an emotional or behavioral crisis,
your primary concern should be
A. your and your partner's safety
B. providing safe transport to the hospital
C. gathering all of the patient's medications
D. obtaining a complete past psychiatric history - correct answer-
your and your partner's safety
Which of the following signs and symptoms are most
characteristic of diabetic coma?
A. cool, clammy skin and a slow onset
B. cool, clammy skin and a rapid onset
C. warm, dry skin and a slow onset
D. warm, dry skin and a rapid onset - correct answer-warm, dry
skin and a slow onset
When assessing a conscious patient with a drug overdose, you
should first ascertain
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A. the patient's weight in kilograms.
B. the type of medication ingestion.
C. the time the medication was ingested.
D. a history of other drugs ingested. - correct answer-the type of
medication ingestion.
The daughter of an elderly patient states that her mother is acting
confused and talking incoherently. This nature of illness is most
consistent with
A. altered mental state
B. behavioral problems
C. cardiac compromise
D. diabetic complications - correct answer-altered mental state
A 32-year-old man who was stung by a bee has generalized
hives, facial swelling, and difficulty breathing. When he breathes,
you hear audible stridor. What does this indicate?
A. swelling of the upper airway structures
B. swelling of the lower airway structures
C. narrowing of the two mainstream bronchi
D. narrowing of the bronchioles in the lungs - correct answer-
swelling of the upper airway structures
EMT MEDICAL PRACTICE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
When caring for a patient with an emotional or behavioral crisis,
your primary concern should be
A. your and your partner's safety
B. providing safe transport to the hospital
C. gathering all of the patient's medications
D. obtaining a complete past psychiatric history - correct answer-
your and your partner's safety
Which of the following signs and symptoms are most
characteristic of diabetic coma?
A. cool, clammy skin and a slow onset
B. cool, clammy skin and a rapid onset
C. warm, dry skin and a slow onset
D. warm, dry skin and a rapid onset - correct answer-warm, dry
skin and a slow onset
When assessing a conscious patient with a drug overdose, you
should first ascertain
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A. the patient's weight in kilograms.
B. the type of medication ingestion.
C. the time the medication was ingested.
D. a history of other drugs ingested. - correct answer-the type of
medication ingestion.
The daughter of an elderly patient states that her mother is acting
confused and talking incoherently. This nature of illness is most
consistent with
A. altered mental state
B. behavioral problems
C. cardiac compromise
D. diabetic complications - correct answer-altered mental state
A 32-year-old man who was stung by a bee has generalized
hives, facial swelling, and difficulty breathing. When he breathes,
you hear audible stridor. What does this indicate?
A. swelling of the upper airway structures
B. swelling of the lower airway structures
C. narrowing of the two mainstream bronchi
D. narrowing of the bronchioles in the lungs - correct answer-
swelling of the upper airway structures
