AEMT ALL FINALS SET ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔Palpitations, disorientation, and panic are symptoms of:
A.
delayed stress.
B.
acute stress.
C.
cumulative stress.
D.
repetitive stress. - ✔✔B.
acute stress.
✔✔Enteral routes of drug administration include:
A.
Intramuscular injection
B.
Oral
C.
Intravenous bolus
D.
Inhalation - ✔✔B.
Oral
✔✔Why are EMS providers required to demonstrate minimum competency upon
certification and recertification?
A.
EMS providers must stay current on issues and trends related to EMS.
B.
Research indicates most EMS providers struggle to maintain competency.
C.
The process prevents EMS providers from being sued civilly.
D.
It ensures continuity of care from state to state. - ✔✔A.
,EMS providers must stay current on issues and trends related to EMS.
✔✔During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT determine
the safety of the scene and formulate a general impression of the nature of the
situation?
A.
Primary assessment
B.
Scene size-up
C.
Secondary assessment
D.
Reassessment - ✔✔B.
Scene size-up
✔✔Which one of the following pieces of equipment would the EMT need to obtain a
patient's vital signs?
A.
Automated defibrillator
B.
Oxygen
C.
Sphygmomanometer
D.
Glucometer - ✔✔C.
Sphygmomanometer
✔✔You are dispatched for a patient with respiratory distress. Upon your arrival the
patient is now unresponsive with sonorous airway sounds. This patient is in immediate
need of what type of intervention?
A.
positive pressure ventilation
B.
airway control
C.
oxygen therapy
D.
MDI administration - ✔✔B.
airway control
✔✔Movement of air into and out of the lungs is defined as:
A.
respiration.
B.
ventilation.
, C.
perfusion.
D.
oxygenation. - ✔✔B.
ventilation.
✔✔When a patient does not feel pain at the site of a problem but feels pain related to
that problem at a different location in the body, the pain is described as:
A.
rebound.
B.
referred.
C.
radicular.
D.
radiating. - ✔✔B.
referred
✔✔Whistling sounds heard on exhalation is known as:
A.
snoring.
B.
wheezes.
C.
rhonchi.
D.
stridor. - ✔✔B.
wheezes.
✔✔Which system is primarily responsible for the removal of bi-products of metabolism?
A.
Endocrine
B.
Respiratory
C.
Digestive
D.
Cardiovascular - ✔✔B.
Respiratory
✔✔Full immobilization of the spine was widely assumed to be necessary to prevent a
spine injury from turning into permanent paralysis. What type of practice should be
utilized to determine the effectiveness and to arrive at any needed changes that should
be implemented?
A.
SET A+
✔✔Palpitations, disorientation, and panic are symptoms of:
A.
delayed stress.
B.
acute stress.
C.
cumulative stress.
D.
repetitive stress. - ✔✔B.
acute stress.
✔✔Enteral routes of drug administration include:
A.
Intramuscular injection
B.
Oral
C.
Intravenous bolus
D.
Inhalation - ✔✔B.
Oral
✔✔Why are EMS providers required to demonstrate minimum competency upon
certification and recertification?
A.
EMS providers must stay current on issues and trends related to EMS.
B.
Research indicates most EMS providers struggle to maintain competency.
C.
The process prevents EMS providers from being sued civilly.
D.
It ensures continuity of care from state to state. - ✔✔A.
,EMS providers must stay current on issues and trends related to EMS.
✔✔During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT determine
the safety of the scene and formulate a general impression of the nature of the
situation?
A.
Primary assessment
B.
Scene size-up
C.
Secondary assessment
D.
Reassessment - ✔✔B.
Scene size-up
✔✔Which one of the following pieces of equipment would the EMT need to obtain a
patient's vital signs?
A.
Automated defibrillator
B.
Oxygen
C.
Sphygmomanometer
D.
Glucometer - ✔✔C.
Sphygmomanometer
✔✔You are dispatched for a patient with respiratory distress. Upon your arrival the
patient is now unresponsive with sonorous airway sounds. This patient is in immediate
need of what type of intervention?
A.
positive pressure ventilation
B.
airway control
C.
oxygen therapy
D.
MDI administration - ✔✔B.
airway control
✔✔Movement of air into and out of the lungs is defined as:
A.
respiration.
B.
ventilation.
, C.
perfusion.
D.
oxygenation. - ✔✔B.
ventilation.
✔✔When a patient does not feel pain at the site of a problem but feels pain related to
that problem at a different location in the body, the pain is described as:
A.
rebound.
B.
referred.
C.
radicular.
D.
radiating. - ✔✔B.
referred
✔✔Whistling sounds heard on exhalation is known as:
A.
snoring.
B.
wheezes.
C.
rhonchi.
D.
stridor. - ✔✔B.
wheezes.
✔✔Which system is primarily responsible for the removal of bi-products of metabolism?
A.
Endocrine
B.
Respiratory
C.
Digestive
D.
Cardiovascular - ✔✔B.
Respiratory
✔✔Full immobilization of the spine was widely assumed to be necessary to prevent a
spine injury from turning into permanent paralysis. What type of practice should be
utilized to determine the effectiveness and to arrive at any needed changes that should
be implemented?
A.
