EMS1055 LATEST 2026 END OF COURSE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a sign of inadequate breathing? - ✔✔Tachypnea
✔✔You are assessing AVPU on a patient. The patients eyes are closed and does not
respond to your voice. You perform a light sternal rub and the patient groans. What
score do you give on the AVPU scale? - ✔✔Pain
✔✔How much oxygen flow should you set for a BVM? - ✔✔10-15 LPM
✔✔How much oxygen should you flow for a patient on a NRBM? - ✔✔10-15 LPM
✔✔Which adjunct airway is best used in patients with an intact gag reflex? - ✔✔NPA
✔✔An OPA is measured from - ✔✔edge of the mouth to the angle of the jaw
✔✔How much oxygen flow should you set for a patient on a nasal cannula? - ✔✔2-6
LPM
✔✔You place a patient on a SpO2 monitor. You know from lecture that you should
place oxygen on any patient with a reading lower than what value? - ✔✔94%
✔✔Which pulse point, when palpated, can cause a vagal response and/or cause a
stroke? - ✔✔Carotid
✔✔A patient who is alert, speaking normally and obeys all commands has a GCS Score
of: - ✔✔15
✔✔A general impression of the patient should be performed: - ✔✔at a distance when
the patient is first seen
✔✔A patient has a blood pressure of 160/82. What is their pulse pressure? - ✔✔78
✔✔You are assessing a patient who is responsive to painful stimuli. The are not
speaking but lets out an occasional moan. When you apply painful stimuli, they
withdraw from the pain. What is the patients GCS Score? - ✔✔8
✔✔What is the medical term for hives as seen in allergic reactions? - ✔✔Urticaria
✔✔Which of the following is correct?
Your chest is inferior to your abdomen
,Your nipple is medial to your sternum
Your foot is proximal to your knee
Your hand is distal to your elbow - ✔✔Your hand is distal to your elbow
✔✔A 52 y/o female presents with an acute onset of crushing chest pain and
diaphoresis. You should:
Assist in administering 400 mg ASA
Obtain vital signs and a SAMPLE history
Assess adequacy of her respirations
Place the patient in a Trendelenberg to reduce the symptoms of shock - ✔✔Assess
adequacy of her respirations
✔✔A patient has a blood pressure of 160/82. What is their MAP? - ✔✔108
✔✔You respond to the scene of an MVC. You find a 20 y/o male entrapped in the
vehicle. He has an open head injury and massive facial trauma. You perform a general
impression, you suspect the patient is apneic. How should you proceed?
Immediately use a KED to extricate the patient from the vehicle.
Ventilate the patient for 5 minutes and stop if there is no response
Use a bandage to cover the head
Assess the patient for exsanguination, check ABC's - ✔✔Assess the patient for
exsanguination, check ABC's
✔✔How do you treat an open pneumothorax? - ✔✔Place an occlusive dressing taped
on 4 sides
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding pulmonary contusion? - ✔✔Caused by
hemorrhage into the lung parenchyma
✔✔A 31-year-old male presents with difficulty breathing, rapid and weak pulse, and flat
neck veins. His trachea is midline and he has decreased breath sounds and dullness to
percussion upon assessment of the left side of the chest. You should suspect: -
✔✔Massive hemothorax
✔✔Which one of the following is NOT a part of Beck's Triad? - ✔✔Absent lung sounds.
✔✔Which of the following distinguishes a tension pneumothorax from a simple
pneumothorax? - ✔✔Shock
✔✔An unrestrained 17-year-old female driver rear-ends a cement truck at a high rate of
speed. She is unconscious, pale, cool and clammy, has fast, labored respirations and
fast, thready radial pulses. Her neck veins are flat, trachea midline, chest motion is
, asymmetrical, and absent breath sounds on the left. You should suspect: - ✔✔Massive
hemothorax
✔✔An unconscious 18-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle collision. You find
him unrestrained behind the bent steering wheel. He is unconscious with cool, pale and
clammy skin. Vitals are BP 90/40, P 120 and thready, and R 30 and shallow. Your
assessment reveals that he is blue around the lips, has distended neck veins and
tracheal deviation to the right. He also has an asymmetrical chest with absent breath
sounds on the left. You should suspect: - ✔✔Tension pneumothorax
✔✔A 34-year-old female was struck by a vehicle causing blunt force chest trauma. She
is unconscious with gasping respirations, almost no air movement, a rapid, thready
carotid pulse and flat neck veins. You should: - ✔✔Provide PPV
✔✔A 27-year-old male with blunt chest trauma from a motor vehicle collision was
successfully intubated at the scene. While ventilating the patient, you note resistance
with an absence of right chest wall movement. You should suspect a: - ✔✔Tension
pneumothorax
✔✔A 32-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle collision. The steering wheel is
bent. Your assessment reveals present and equal bilateral breath sounds, and a rapid
and weak radial pulse that disappears upon inspiration. You should suspect: -
✔✔Cardiac tamponade
✔✔You are assessing a patient with a BP 92/60, HR 122, RR 24 with pale, cool and
diaphoretic skin. What stage of shock is this patient in? - ✔✔Decompensated
✔✔NAME THAT SHOCK: The shock is not a true shock where patients present with a
low blood glucose level. - ✔✔Insulin
✔✔Which of the following can NOT be used as an occlusive dressing in an open
pneumothorax? - ✔✔Opened sterile 4x4 gauze
✔✔Epinephrine is indicated for patients with an allergic reaction when: - ✔✔wheezing
and urticaria are present
✔✔A late sign of shock is: - ✔✔decreased blood pressure
✔✔You are dispatched to the a scene in the food court, where a patient is having
difficulty breathing. When you arrive, you notice the patient has urticaria and
hypotension. The patient cannot speak, but a bystander said the patient started having
trouble breathing shortly after ingesting food. What may the patient be suffering from? -
✔✔Anaphylaxis
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a sign of inadequate breathing? - ✔✔Tachypnea
✔✔You are assessing AVPU on a patient. The patients eyes are closed and does not
respond to your voice. You perform a light sternal rub and the patient groans. What
score do you give on the AVPU scale? - ✔✔Pain
✔✔How much oxygen flow should you set for a BVM? - ✔✔10-15 LPM
✔✔How much oxygen should you flow for a patient on a NRBM? - ✔✔10-15 LPM
✔✔Which adjunct airway is best used in patients with an intact gag reflex? - ✔✔NPA
✔✔An OPA is measured from - ✔✔edge of the mouth to the angle of the jaw
✔✔How much oxygen flow should you set for a patient on a nasal cannula? - ✔✔2-6
LPM
✔✔You place a patient on a SpO2 monitor. You know from lecture that you should
place oxygen on any patient with a reading lower than what value? - ✔✔94%
✔✔Which pulse point, when palpated, can cause a vagal response and/or cause a
stroke? - ✔✔Carotid
✔✔A patient who is alert, speaking normally and obeys all commands has a GCS Score
of: - ✔✔15
✔✔A general impression of the patient should be performed: - ✔✔at a distance when
the patient is first seen
✔✔A patient has a blood pressure of 160/82. What is their pulse pressure? - ✔✔78
✔✔You are assessing a patient who is responsive to painful stimuli. The are not
speaking but lets out an occasional moan. When you apply painful stimuli, they
withdraw from the pain. What is the patients GCS Score? - ✔✔8
✔✔What is the medical term for hives as seen in allergic reactions? - ✔✔Urticaria
✔✔Which of the following is correct?
Your chest is inferior to your abdomen
,Your nipple is medial to your sternum
Your foot is proximal to your knee
Your hand is distal to your elbow - ✔✔Your hand is distal to your elbow
✔✔A 52 y/o female presents with an acute onset of crushing chest pain and
diaphoresis. You should:
Assist in administering 400 mg ASA
Obtain vital signs and a SAMPLE history
Assess adequacy of her respirations
Place the patient in a Trendelenberg to reduce the symptoms of shock - ✔✔Assess
adequacy of her respirations
✔✔A patient has a blood pressure of 160/82. What is their MAP? - ✔✔108
✔✔You respond to the scene of an MVC. You find a 20 y/o male entrapped in the
vehicle. He has an open head injury and massive facial trauma. You perform a general
impression, you suspect the patient is apneic. How should you proceed?
Immediately use a KED to extricate the patient from the vehicle.
Ventilate the patient for 5 minutes and stop if there is no response
Use a bandage to cover the head
Assess the patient for exsanguination, check ABC's - ✔✔Assess the patient for
exsanguination, check ABC's
✔✔How do you treat an open pneumothorax? - ✔✔Place an occlusive dressing taped
on 4 sides
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding pulmonary contusion? - ✔✔Caused by
hemorrhage into the lung parenchyma
✔✔A 31-year-old male presents with difficulty breathing, rapid and weak pulse, and flat
neck veins. His trachea is midline and he has decreased breath sounds and dullness to
percussion upon assessment of the left side of the chest. You should suspect: -
✔✔Massive hemothorax
✔✔Which one of the following is NOT a part of Beck's Triad? - ✔✔Absent lung sounds.
✔✔Which of the following distinguishes a tension pneumothorax from a simple
pneumothorax? - ✔✔Shock
✔✔An unrestrained 17-year-old female driver rear-ends a cement truck at a high rate of
speed. She is unconscious, pale, cool and clammy, has fast, labored respirations and
fast, thready radial pulses. Her neck veins are flat, trachea midline, chest motion is
, asymmetrical, and absent breath sounds on the left. You should suspect: - ✔✔Massive
hemothorax
✔✔An unconscious 18-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle collision. You find
him unrestrained behind the bent steering wheel. He is unconscious with cool, pale and
clammy skin. Vitals are BP 90/40, P 120 and thready, and R 30 and shallow. Your
assessment reveals that he is blue around the lips, has distended neck veins and
tracheal deviation to the right. He also has an asymmetrical chest with absent breath
sounds on the left. You should suspect: - ✔✔Tension pneumothorax
✔✔A 34-year-old female was struck by a vehicle causing blunt force chest trauma. She
is unconscious with gasping respirations, almost no air movement, a rapid, thready
carotid pulse and flat neck veins. You should: - ✔✔Provide PPV
✔✔A 27-year-old male with blunt chest trauma from a motor vehicle collision was
successfully intubated at the scene. While ventilating the patient, you note resistance
with an absence of right chest wall movement. You should suspect a: - ✔✔Tension
pneumothorax
✔✔A 32-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle collision. The steering wheel is
bent. Your assessment reveals present and equal bilateral breath sounds, and a rapid
and weak radial pulse that disappears upon inspiration. You should suspect: -
✔✔Cardiac tamponade
✔✔You are assessing a patient with a BP 92/60, HR 122, RR 24 with pale, cool and
diaphoretic skin. What stage of shock is this patient in? - ✔✔Decompensated
✔✔NAME THAT SHOCK: The shock is not a true shock where patients present with a
low blood glucose level. - ✔✔Insulin
✔✔Which of the following can NOT be used as an occlusive dressing in an open
pneumothorax? - ✔✔Opened sterile 4x4 gauze
✔✔Epinephrine is indicated for patients with an allergic reaction when: - ✔✔wheezing
and urticaria are present
✔✔A late sign of shock is: - ✔✔decreased blood pressure
✔✔You are dispatched to the a scene in the food court, where a patient is having
difficulty breathing. When you arrive, you notice the patient has urticaria and
hypotension. The patient cannot speak, but a bystander said the patient started having
trouble breathing shortly after ingesting food. What may the patient be suffering from? -
✔✔Anaphylaxis
