Phoenix Fire Paramedic Test Study Guide | Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update 2026

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1. Basic life support (BLS) is D. does not involve penetration of the body.
noninvasive, meaning that it:
A. can only be performed by EMT-
Basics.
B. focuses only on severe bleeding
control.
C. is only used to treat an obstructed
airway.
D. does not involve penetration of
the body.


2. After ___ minutes without oxygen, Ans: D 6
some brain damage is almost certain. Question Type: General Knowledge
A. 2 Page: A-3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

,3. What is the minimum number of Ans: B. 100
chest compressions that should be Question Type: General Knowledge
delivered per minute to a 4-month- Page: A-4
old infant?
A. 90
B. 100
C. 110
D. 120


4. After establishing that an adult Ans: A open the airway.
patient is unresponsive, you should: Question Type: General Knowledge
A. open the airway. Page: A-3, A-4
B. assess for breathing.
C. check for a carotid pulse.
D. attach an AED immediately.


5. Which of the following is NOT a Ans: C Cardiac monitoring
BLS intervention? Question Type: General Knowledge
A. Abdominal thrusts Page: A-5
B. Chest compressions
C. Cardiac monitoring
D. Automated defibrillation


6. Most out-of-hospital cardiac Ans: B open the airway.
arrests occur as the result of: Question Type: General Knowledge
A. open the airway. Page: A-5
B. open the airway.
C. an acute ischemic stroke.
D. obstruction of the airway.

,7. Which of the following statements Ans: D Survival rates decrease by 7% to 10% for
regarding ventricular fibrillation (V- each minute that V-Fib persists
Fib) is MOST correct? Question Type: General Knowledge
A. It is an uncommon dysrhythmia in Page: A-5
patients with sudden cardiac arrest.
B. AEDs should not be used to
defibrillate patients in ventricular
fibrillation.
C. The only indication for immediate
defibrillation is ventricular fibrillation.
D. Survival rates decrease by 7% to
10% for each minute that V-Fib
persists.


8. What percentage of exhaled Ans: B 16%
oxygen is delivered during mouth- Question Type: General Knowledge
to-mask breathing without Page: A-5
supplemental oxygen?
A. 10%
B. 16%
C. 21%
D. 32%


9. The automated external Ans: A uninjured patients who are pulseless and
defibrillator (AED) should be applied apneic.
to: Question Type: General Knowledge
A. uninjured patients who are Page: A-5, A-6
pulseless and apneic.
B. trauma patients who are in
cardiopulmonary arrest.
C. medical patients who have a very
weak, slow pulse.
D. patients who you think may
experience cardiac arrest.

, 10. Which of the following statements Ans: C AED use in children between 1 and 8 years
regarding the use of the AED in of age involves pediatric pads and an energy
children is MOST correct? reducer
A. AEDs should never be used on Question Type: General Knowledge
children less than 8 years of age or Page: A-6
less than 55 pounds.
B. AEDs are only effective in
pediatric patients if severe trauma is
the cause of their cardiac arrest.
C. AED use in children between 1 and
8 years of age involves pediatric
pads and an energy reducer.
D. AEDs are not used in pediatric
patients because they do not
experience ventricular fibrillation.


11. Which of the following is Ans: A Dependent blood pooling
considered to be an obvious sign of Question Type: General Knowledge
death and would not require the Page: A-6, A-7
initiation of CPR?
A. Dependent blood pooling
B. Pulselessness and apnea
C. Agonal respiratory effort
D. Severe cyanosis to the face


12. CPR should be initiated when: Ans: B a valid living will is unavailable.
A. rigor mortis is obvious. Question Type: General Knowledge
B. a valid living will is unavailable. Page: A-7
C. the carotid pulse is very weak.
D. signs of putrefaction are present.