EMT Entrance Exam Study Guide
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Scene Safety - ANS-The first priority of an Emergency Medical Responder should be:
A.) A mask
B.) Eye Protection
C.) Gloves
D.) All of the above - ANS-The personal protective equipment for the EMR should
include:
Be honest and realistic - ANS-As an EMR, when you are helping a person you should:
Transfer of Care - ANS-When Paramedics arrive on scene, you give them the patients
info. This is called:
Interpersonal communication - ANS-4 EMR's are working a shift together when they
communicate. This would be called:
A legal document - ANS-You are asked to give testimony in court about the care you
gave to a patient. The attorney may ask you about items in your run report because the
report is:
Draw a single line through the error - ANS-You are writing a patient care report. You
wright 18 for the respiration and it should have been 16. Best way to correct this is to:
The info is subjective - ANS-You read a patient care report that states "patient was
attempting to perform a dangerous trick on her skateboard". What is wrong with writing
this in a patient care report?
Narrative - ANS-When the EMR is providing his/her story about the call on a patient
care report, this is called the:
Nasopharyngeal Airway - ANS-The airway adjunct that is used for an unresponsive
patient who has a gag reflex is the:
Head - tilt, chin lift - ANS-Called to the city pool for a drowning victim. A child slipped
into the pool, was under for a short time. Nothing to indicate that he/she has a spinal
injury. How should you open the victims airway?
, Unable to cough forcefully - ANS-Treat a mid airway obstruction as if it were a severe
airway obstruction in cases where the patient is:
Jaw Thrust - ANS-For patients who have a suspected spinal injury, you should use the:
Oxygen Concentration - ANS-The actual percentage of oxygen that is being delivered to
a patient is called the:
425 - ANS-The EMR is using a D cylinder that contains ____ liters of oxygen:
Perfusion - ANS-When a patient has an adequate supply of oxygenated blood to all
parts of the body. This is called:
Symptom - ANS-You and your partner are responding to a call. When you arrive, the
patients states that she feels nauseated. She is describing a:
Palpation - ANS-Determining a blood pressure by feeling is called:
Medications - ANS-During your assessment of the patients past history, you take a
sample history. The M represents:
Heart Disease - ANS-The number 1 killer in the U.S is:
Right Ventricle - ANS-The part of the heart that pumps unoxygenated blood to the lung
is called the:
Angina Pectoris - ANS-When a person's coronary artery is unable to supply adequate
oxygenated blood to the heart muscle, it is know as:
Congestive Heart Failure - ANS-Your and your partner are called to the home of a
patient complaining of shortness of breath. Upon your arrival, you find a 70-year-old
male sitting at the table. He states, he is short of breath and that his ankles are swollen.
He states that he had a heart attach 6 months ago. You determine that the patient is
likely to be experiencing:
Atherosclerosis - ANS-You are treating a patient who is having chest pain. Your patient
states that he has narrowing of the arteries. This is called:
Contraindication - ANS-It is not a good idea to administer nitroglycerin to a patient with
chest pain who has a systolic blood pressure of less than 100 Mg Hg. This is known as:
Alveoli - ANS-In the lungs, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place
within these structures:
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Scene Safety - ANS-The first priority of an Emergency Medical Responder should be:
A.) A mask
B.) Eye Protection
C.) Gloves
D.) All of the above - ANS-The personal protective equipment for the EMR should
include:
Be honest and realistic - ANS-As an EMR, when you are helping a person you should:
Transfer of Care - ANS-When Paramedics arrive on scene, you give them the patients
info. This is called:
Interpersonal communication - ANS-4 EMR's are working a shift together when they
communicate. This would be called:
A legal document - ANS-You are asked to give testimony in court about the care you
gave to a patient. The attorney may ask you about items in your run report because the
report is:
Draw a single line through the error - ANS-You are writing a patient care report. You
wright 18 for the respiration and it should have been 16. Best way to correct this is to:
The info is subjective - ANS-You read a patient care report that states "patient was
attempting to perform a dangerous trick on her skateboard". What is wrong with writing
this in a patient care report?
Narrative - ANS-When the EMR is providing his/her story about the call on a patient
care report, this is called the:
Nasopharyngeal Airway - ANS-The airway adjunct that is used for an unresponsive
patient who has a gag reflex is the:
Head - tilt, chin lift - ANS-Called to the city pool for a drowning victim. A child slipped
into the pool, was under for a short time. Nothing to indicate that he/she has a spinal
injury. How should you open the victims airway?
, Unable to cough forcefully - ANS-Treat a mid airway obstruction as if it were a severe
airway obstruction in cases where the patient is:
Jaw Thrust - ANS-For patients who have a suspected spinal injury, you should use the:
Oxygen Concentration - ANS-The actual percentage of oxygen that is being delivered to
a patient is called the:
425 - ANS-The EMR is using a D cylinder that contains ____ liters of oxygen:
Perfusion - ANS-When a patient has an adequate supply of oxygenated blood to all
parts of the body. This is called:
Symptom - ANS-You and your partner are responding to a call. When you arrive, the
patients states that she feels nauseated. She is describing a:
Palpation - ANS-Determining a blood pressure by feeling is called:
Medications - ANS-During your assessment of the patients past history, you take a
sample history. The M represents:
Heart Disease - ANS-The number 1 killer in the U.S is:
Right Ventricle - ANS-The part of the heart that pumps unoxygenated blood to the lung
is called the:
Angina Pectoris - ANS-When a person's coronary artery is unable to supply adequate
oxygenated blood to the heart muscle, it is know as:
Congestive Heart Failure - ANS-Your and your partner are called to the home of a
patient complaining of shortness of breath. Upon your arrival, you find a 70-year-old
male sitting at the table. He states, he is short of breath and that his ankles are swollen.
He states that he had a heart attach 6 months ago. You determine that the patient is
likely to be experiencing:
Atherosclerosis - ANS-You are treating a patient who is having chest pain. Your patient
states that he has narrowing of the arteries. This is called:
Contraindication - ANS-It is not a good idea to administer nitroglycerin to a patient with
chest pain who has a systolic blood pressure of less than 100 Mg Hg. This is known as:
Alveoli - ANS-In the lungs, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place
within these structures:
