EMT PRACTICAL EXAM: Patient
Assessment/ Management- Medical
with correct answers 100%
BSI on - Correct Answers First thing when get to any scene?
Is my scene safe? - Correct Answers What do you ask after saying BSI on?
I ask what main mechanism of Injury is? Or state the mechanism of injury is... - Correct Answers
What do you do after Proctor says yes, your scene is safe?
I ask: "how many patients do I have" - Correct Answers What do you do after saying: "BSI on",
making sure the scene is safe, and ascertaining the main mechanism of injury?
I will activate ALS assistance. I will also consider taking c-spine/ stabilization of the spine. -
Correct Answers After the proctor alerts you that you only have 1 patient , what do you do?
After I have determined that general impression of patient is poor. I will assess alertness. I will
do this Alert and Oriented test: who, where, when, event? - Correct Answers In this situation,
the proctor says only have one patient, and your general impression of them is "poor". AVpu
I will stimulate painful sensory receptors by administering a sternum rub on the patient. -
Correct Answers If patient is unresponsive to the verbal stimuli? AvPu
I will ascertain the chief complaint/ either by asking or through observation. After, this I will
check for immediate life threats starting with the patients airway - Correct Answers Patient is
unresponsive to alertness assessments.
, The airway is patent, as patient is able to speak with me. - Correct Answers In the assessment of
an Airway, and patient is able to speak to you, what does this imply?
I will assess the patients' respiratory rate. The patient's chest should be exposed, and an NRB is
being applied. - Correct Answers After checking the patients airway (Abc), then what do you do?
aBc
8; 29; NRB; 15 - Correct Answers When checking the patients breathing, if they have a
respiratory rate less than _ breaths/ minuet, or greater than _ _ breaths/ minuet then apply
oxygen via a _ _ _ at __L of oxygen/ minuet
I will first begin assessing circulation by checking for the patients pulse. - Correct Answers What
do you do after assessing the patients airway and breathing? abC
I will assess the skin (should be pink, warm and dry), and see if it is perhaps diaphoretic (shock),
or cyanotic (blue). I will also check capillary refill. - Correct Answers In terms of circulation what
do you do after checking for patients' pulse?
The patients blood pressure, and to make sure there is no bleeding via complete blood body
sweep. - Correct Answers In terms of circulation, after assessing pulse, and patients' skin
condition, and cap refill, what do you look for?
I note it, but know does not signify arterial bleed. - Correct Answers What do you do if during
your blood sweep you identify dark red and oozing blood?
I treat it immediately, as these are characteristic of an immediate life threat, via an arterial
bleed. This patient is high priority and should be transported immediately. - Correct Answers
What do you do if during your blood sweep you identify bright red and spurting blood?
Assessment/ Management- Medical
with correct answers 100%
BSI on - Correct Answers First thing when get to any scene?
Is my scene safe? - Correct Answers What do you ask after saying BSI on?
I ask what main mechanism of Injury is? Or state the mechanism of injury is... - Correct Answers
What do you do after Proctor says yes, your scene is safe?
I ask: "how many patients do I have" - Correct Answers What do you do after saying: "BSI on",
making sure the scene is safe, and ascertaining the main mechanism of injury?
I will activate ALS assistance. I will also consider taking c-spine/ stabilization of the spine. -
Correct Answers After the proctor alerts you that you only have 1 patient , what do you do?
After I have determined that general impression of patient is poor. I will assess alertness. I will
do this Alert and Oriented test: who, where, when, event? - Correct Answers In this situation,
the proctor says only have one patient, and your general impression of them is "poor". AVpu
I will stimulate painful sensory receptors by administering a sternum rub on the patient. -
Correct Answers If patient is unresponsive to the verbal stimuli? AvPu
I will ascertain the chief complaint/ either by asking or through observation. After, this I will
check for immediate life threats starting with the patients airway - Correct Answers Patient is
unresponsive to alertness assessments.
, The airway is patent, as patient is able to speak with me. - Correct Answers In the assessment of
an Airway, and patient is able to speak to you, what does this imply?
I will assess the patients' respiratory rate. The patient's chest should be exposed, and an NRB is
being applied. - Correct Answers After checking the patients airway (Abc), then what do you do?
aBc
8; 29; NRB; 15 - Correct Answers When checking the patients breathing, if they have a
respiratory rate less than _ breaths/ minuet, or greater than _ _ breaths/ minuet then apply
oxygen via a _ _ _ at __L of oxygen/ minuet
I will first begin assessing circulation by checking for the patients pulse. - Correct Answers What
do you do after assessing the patients airway and breathing? abC
I will assess the skin (should be pink, warm and dry), and see if it is perhaps diaphoretic (shock),
or cyanotic (blue). I will also check capillary refill. - Correct Answers In terms of circulation what
do you do after checking for patients' pulse?
The patients blood pressure, and to make sure there is no bleeding via complete blood body
sweep. - Correct Answers In terms of circulation, after assessing pulse, and patients' skin
condition, and cap refill, what do you look for?
I note it, but know does not signify arterial bleed. - Correct Answers What do you do if during
your blood sweep you identify dark red and oozing blood?
I treat it immediately, as these are characteristic of an immediate life threat, via an arterial
bleed. This patient is high priority and should be transported immediately. - Correct Answers
What do you do if during your blood sweep you identify bright red and spurting blood?
