AEMT SECTION EXAMS MULTIPLE CHOICE
Questions & Answers - Pearson
1. While treating a patient involved in a shooting at the patient's
vacation home, which of the following actions will NOT interfere
with the investigation of a crime scene?
a. Cutting through a bullet hole in the patient's clothing
b. Following the same path as other providers
c. Using the patient's phone
d. Using the bathroom
Answer Following the same path as other providers
2. When interacting with other health care providers, it is
important that you
a. critique their patient care skills.
b. tell them that you know what you are doing.
c. demonstrate that you are in charge.
d. communicate respectfully.
Answer communicate respectfully
3. Which of the following positions would MOST likely be preferred
by an alert and oriented patient with respiratory distress?
,a. Fowler's
b. Lateral recumbent
c. Semi-Fowler's
d. Trendelenburg
Answer Fowler's
4. Which of the following patient care report narrative formats has
a prompt for Evaluation?
a. CCHART
b. SOAP
c. CHEATED
d. CHART
Answer CHEATED
5. All of the following are useful stress management techniques
EXCEPT
a. guided imagery.
b. massage therapy.
c. regular exercise.
d. prescription medications.
Answer prescription medications
6. EMS providers may have difficulty moving to other states to
,work because licensure requirements are different. Which of the
following would be the BEST solution to maintain the highest
standard of care?
a. Decrease educational requirements
b. Have all states adhere to the same standards
c. Extend licensure periods to ten years
d. Loosen all licensure requirements
Answer Have all states adhere to the same standards
7. Ventilation-perfusion mismatch can be traced back to
a. active transfer.
b. cellular metabolism.
c. peripheral circulation disorders.
d. a decrease in ventilation, lung perfusion, or both.
Answer a decrease inventilation, lungperfusion, or both
8. The failure of the sodium/potassium pump in a cell results in cell
death. The death of the cell can trigger death in surrounding cells
in a process called
a. osmosis.
b. anaerobic metabolism.
c. lactic acidosis.
, d. apoptosis.
Answer apoptosis
9. ENT stands for
a. Ear, nose, and throat.
b. Eyes, neck, and toes.
c. Electroencephalogram.
d. Electrocardiogram.
Answer Ear, nose, and throat
10. Which of the following does NOT occur in aerobic metabolism?
a. Glucose is broken down into pyruvate and a small amount of ATP.
b. Pyruvate is converted to acetyl coenzyme A for further use in
oxidative phosphorylation.
c. Pyruvate is converted to lactic acid.
d. Glucose is broken down in the cytoplasm and prevented from
entering the mitochondria of the cell.
Answer Pyruvate is converted to lactic acid
11. What is the explanation for the profuse sweating often
seen in patients in shock?
a. Sweating is simply a result of anxiety; calming the patient will
reduce the sweating.
Questions & Answers - Pearson
1. While treating a patient involved in a shooting at the patient's
vacation home, which of the following actions will NOT interfere
with the investigation of a crime scene?
a. Cutting through a bullet hole in the patient's clothing
b. Following the same path as other providers
c. Using the patient's phone
d. Using the bathroom
Answer Following the same path as other providers
2. When interacting with other health care providers, it is
important that you
a. critique their patient care skills.
b. tell them that you know what you are doing.
c. demonstrate that you are in charge.
d. communicate respectfully.
Answer communicate respectfully
3. Which of the following positions would MOST likely be preferred
by an alert and oriented patient with respiratory distress?
,a. Fowler's
b. Lateral recumbent
c. Semi-Fowler's
d. Trendelenburg
Answer Fowler's
4. Which of the following patient care report narrative formats has
a prompt for Evaluation?
a. CCHART
b. SOAP
c. CHEATED
d. CHART
Answer CHEATED
5. All of the following are useful stress management techniques
EXCEPT
a. guided imagery.
b. massage therapy.
c. regular exercise.
d. prescription medications.
Answer prescription medications
6. EMS providers may have difficulty moving to other states to
,work because licensure requirements are different. Which of the
following would be the BEST solution to maintain the highest
standard of care?
a. Decrease educational requirements
b. Have all states adhere to the same standards
c. Extend licensure periods to ten years
d. Loosen all licensure requirements
Answer Have all states adhere to the same standards
7. Ventilation-perfusion mismatch can be traced back to
a. active transfer.
b. cellular metabolism.
c. peripheral circulation disorders.
d. a decrease in ventilation, lung perfusion, or both.
Answer a decrease inventilation, lungperfusion, or both
8. The failure of the sodium/potassium pump in a cell results in cell
death. The death of the cell can trigger death in surrounding cells
in a process called
a. osmosis.
b. anaerobic metabolism.
c. lactic acidosis.
, d. apoptosis.
Answer apoptosis
9. ENT stands for
a. Ear, nose, and throat.
b. Eyes, neck, and toes.
c. Electroencephalogram.
d. Electrocardiogram.
Answer Ear, nose, and throat
10. Which of the following does NOT occur in aerobic metabolism?
a. Glucose is broken down into pyruvate and a small amount of ATP.
b. Pyruvate is converted to acetyl coenzyme A for further use in
oxidative phosphorylation.
c. Pyruvate is converted to lactic acid.
d. Glucose is broken down in the cytoplasm and prevented from
entering the mitochondria of the cell.
Answer Pyruvate is converted to lactic acid
11. What is the explanation for the profuse sweating often
seen in patients in shock?
a. Sweating is simply a result of anxiety; calming the patient will
reduce the sweating.
