JBL EMT UPDATED LATEST ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Which of the following scenarios most accurately depicts a posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) reaction?
Select one:
A. An EMT is emotionally exhausted and depressed after a school bus crash involving
critical injuries and the death of several children.
B. An EMT becomes distracted at the scene of a motor vehicle crash involving the same
type of car in which a child was previously killed.
C. An EMT with many years of field experience becomes irritable with her coworkers
and experiences headaches and insomnia.
D. A newly certified EMT becomes extremely nauseated and diaphoretic at the scene of
an incident involving grotesque injuries. - ✔✔B. An EMT becomes distracted at the
scene of a motor vehicle crash involving the same type of car in which a child was
previously killed.
✔✔The hepatitis B vaccine program, a component of the infection control plan,
addresses all of the following issues, except:
Select one:
A. postvaccine antibody titers.
B. family history of hepatitis.
C. record keeping and tracking.
D. vaccine safety and efficacy. - ✔✔B. family history of hepatitis.
✔✔The firm cartilaginous ring that forms the inferior portion of the larynx is called the:
Select one:
A. cricoid cartilage.
B. tracheal cartilage.
C. thyroid cartilage.
D. costal cartilage. - ✔✔A. cricoid cartilage.
✔✔With increasing age, the heart must work harder to move the blood effectively
because:
,Select one:
A. the arteries dilate significantly.
B. the blood thickens as a person ages.
C. the blood vessels become stiff.
D. diastolic blood pressure decreases. - ✔✔C. the blood vessels become stiff.
✔✔A patient lacerated the dorsal aspect of his hand. This means that the injury is:
Select one:
A. proximal to the fingers.
B. closer to the wrist.
C. on the side of the hand.
D. on the back of the hand. - ✔✔D. on the back of the hand.
✔✔Which of the following steps is not proper procedure when performing an emergency
move?
Select one:
A. Lifting the patient by the belt to move him or her
B. Pulling the patient's clothing in the shoulder area
C. Pulling the patient on a blanket or similar object
D. Using a long-axis body drag during the move - ✔✔A. Lifting the patient by the belt to
move him or her
✔✔Which of the following skills would a layperson most likely be trained to perform
before the arrival of EMS?
Select one:
A. Administration of supplemental oxygen
B. Bleeding control using a tourniquet
C. Obtaining a manual blood pressure
D. Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway - ✔✔B. Bleeding control using a tourniquet
✔✔A 31-year-old female is experiencing an acute asthma attack. She is conscious and
alert, but in obvious respiratory distress. After assisting her with her prescribed MDI, you
should:
Select one:
A. reassess the patient and document her response to the medication.
B. administer another treatment in 30 seconds if she is still in distress.
C. contact medical control and apprise him or her of what you did.
D. check the drug's expiration date to ensure that it is still current. - ✔✔A. reassess the
patient and document her response to the medication.
✔✔A 62-year-old male is seen with crushing chest pain, which he describes as being
the same kind of pain that he had with a previous heart attack. He has prescribed
nitroglycerin but states that he has not taken any. After administering supplemental
oxygen, if needed, and contacting medical control, you should:
Select one:
, A. assist him with his nitroglycerin unless his systolic blood pressure is less than 100
mm Hg.
B. administer the nitroglycerin unless he has taken Viagra within the past 72 hours.
C. begin immediate transport and request a rendezvous with a paramedic unit.
D. administer up to three doses of nitroglycerin before assessing his blood pressure. -
✔✔A. assist him with his nitroglycerin unless his systolic blood pressure is less than 100
mm Hg.
✔✔Advil, Nuprin, and Motrin are trade (brand) names for the generic medication:
Select one:
A. ibuprofen.
B. nitrostat.
C. acetaminophen.
D. aspirin. - ✔✔A. ibuprofen.
✔✔EMTs respond to a known heroin abuser who is unresponsive. If they give naloxone
(Narcan) to this patient, the EMTs should recall that:
Select one:
A. naloxone should be administered in increments of 2 mg.
B. naloxone administration could cause seizures in this patient.
C. the effects of naloxone last longer than most opioid drugs.
D. naloxone should not be given if the patient's breathing is slow. - ✔✔B. naloxone
administration could cause seizures in this patient.
✔✔Shortly after assisting a 65-year-old female with her prescribed nitroglycerin, she
begins complaining of dizziness and experiences a drop of 30 mm Hg in her systolic
blood pressure. The patient remains conscious and her breathing is adequate. You
should:
Select one:
A. transport her in a sitting position.
B. place her in a supine position.
C. assist ventilations with a bag-valve mask.
D. wait 5 minutes and reassess her blood pressure. - ✔✔B. place her in a supine
position.
✔✔Subcutaneous injections deliver the medication:
Select one:
A. below the first layer of muscle.
B. between the skin and the muscle.
C. directly into the muscle tissue.
D. through the mucosa under the tongue. - ✔✔B. between the skin and the muscle.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of epinephrine?
Select one:
A. Constricts the blood vessels
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Which of the following scenarios most accurately depicts a posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) reaction?
Select one:
A. An EMT is emotionally exhausted and depressed after a school bus crash involving
critical injuries and the death of several children.
B. An EMT becomes distracted at the scene of a motor vehicle crash involving the same
type of car in which a child was previously killed.
C. An EMT with many years of field experience becomes irritable with her coworkers
and experiences headaches and insomnia.
D. A newly certified EMT becomes extremely nauseated and diaphoretic at the scene of
an incident involving grotesque injuries. - ✔✔B. An EMT becomes distracted at the
scene of a motor vehicle crash involving the same type of car in which a child was
previously killed.
✔✔The hepatitis B vaccine program, a component of the infection control plan,
addresses all of the following issues, except:
Select one:
A. postvaccine antibody titers.
B. family history of hepatitis.
C. record keeping and tracking.
D. vaccine safety and efficacy. - ✔✔B. family history of hepatitis.
✔✔The firm cartilaginous ring that forms the inferior portion of the larynx is called the:
Select one:
A. cricoid cartilage.
B. tracheal cartilage.
C. thyroid cartilage.
D. costal cartilage. - ✔✔A. cricoid cartilage.
✔✔With increasing age, the heart must work harder to move the blood effectively
because:
,Select one:
A. the arteries dilate significantly.
B. the blood thickens as a person ages.
C. the blood vessels become stiff.
D. diastolic blood pressure decreases. - ✔✔C. the blood vessels become stiff.
✔✔A patient lacerated the dorsal aspect of his hand. This means that the injury is:
Select one:
A. proximal to the fingers.
B. closer to the wrist.
C. on the side of the hand.
D. on the back of the hand. - ✔✔D. on the back of the hand.
✔✔Which of the following steps is not proper procedure when performing an emergency
move?
Select one:
A. Lifting the patient by the belt to move him or her
B. Pulling the patient's clothing in the shoulder area
C. Pulling the patient on a blanket or similar object
D. Using a long-axis body drag during the move - ✔✔A. Lifting the patient by the belt to
move him or her
✔✔Which of the following skills would a layperson most likely be trained to perform
before the arrival of EMS?
Select one:
A. Administration of supplemental oxygen
B. Bleeding control using a tourniquet
C. Obtaining a manual blood pressure
D. Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway - ✔✔B. Bleeding control using a tourniquet
✔✔A 31-year-old female is experiencing an acute asthma attack. She is conscious and
alert, but in obvious respiratory distress. After assisting her with her prescribed MDI, you
should:
Select one:
A. reassess the patient and document her response to the medication.
B. administer another treatment in 30 seconds if she is still in distress.
C. contact medical control and apprise him or her of what you did.
D. check the drug's expiration date to ensure that it is still current. - ✔✔A. reassess the
patient and document her response to the medication.
✔✔A 62-year-old male is seen with crushing chest pain, which he describes as being
the same kind of pain that he had with a previous heart attack. He has prescribed
nitroglycerin but states that he has not taken any. After administering supplemental
oxygen, if needed, and contacting medical control, you should:
Select one:
, A. assist him with his nitroglycerin unless his systolic blood pressure is less than 100
mm Hg.
B. administer the nitroglycerin unless he has taken Viagra within the past 72 hours.
C. begin immediate transport and request a rendezvous with a paramedic unit.
D. administer up to three doses of nitroglycerin before assessing his blood pressure. -
✔✔A. assist him with his nitroglycerin unless his systolic blood pressure is less than 100
mm Hg.
✔✔Advil, Nuprin, and Motrin are trade (brand) names for the generic medication:
Select one:
A. ibuprofen.
B. nitrostat.
C. acetaminophen.
D. aspirin. - ✔✔A. ibuprofen.
✔✔EMTs respond to a known heroin abuser who is unresponsive. If they give naloxone
(Narcan) to this patient, the EMTs should recall that:
Select one:
A. naloxone should be administered in increments of 2 mg.
B. naloxone administration could cause seizures in this patient.
C. the effects of naloxone last longer than most opioid drugs.
D. naloxone should not be given if the patient's breathing is slow. - ✔✔B. naloxone
administration could cause seizures in this patient.
✔✔Shortly after assisting a 65-year-old female with her prescribed nitroglycerin, she
begins complaining of dizziness and experiences a drop of 30 mm Hg in her systolic
blood pressure. The patient remains conscious and her breathing is adequate. You
should:
Select one:
A. transport her in a sitting position.
B. place her in a supine position.
C. assist ventilations with a bag-valve mask.
D. wait 5 minutes and reassess her blood pressure. - ✔✔B. place her in a supine
position.
✔✔Subcutaneous injections deliver the medication:
Select one:
A. below the first layer of muscle.
B. between the skin and the muscle.
C. directly into the muscle tissue.
D. through the mucosa under the tongue. - ✔✔B. between the skin and the muscle.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of epinephrine?
Select one:
A. Constricts the blood vessels
