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Practice Test Bank with Multiple-
Choice Questions & Verified
Answers PDF | Complete EMT
Exam Prep 2026–2027
,Question 1
Question: The umbilical cord is wrapped tightly around the
baby's neck and you have tried unsuccessfully to slip the cord
over the head. What should your next course of action be?
A. Push the baby's head into the vagina until the cord comes
loose
B. Clamp the cord in two places and cut it in the middle
C. Support the head and suction the baby's nose and mouth
D. Massage the uterus to stimulate harder contractions to free
the baby
CORRECT ANSWER: B. Clamp the cord in two places
and cut it in the middle
RATIONALE:
After the infant's head delivers, the EMT should check for a
nuchal cord. If the cord is loose, it may be gently slipped over
the infant's head. If it is tightly wrapped and cannot be moved,
the cord is clamped in two places and cut between the clamps
so delivery can proceed. The infant's head should never be
pushed back into the vagina, and uterine massage does not
resolve a nuchal cord.
,Question 2
Question: You arrive on scene with your partner to a
restaurant where a man was reported to be choking. You enter
and find an unconscious cyanotic male on the floor. He is
supine with BBQ sauce on his mouth and napkins in his hand.
What would you do for this patient?
A. Verify apnea, give two slow breaths with high flow O2,
and administer back thrusts until the object has been removed
B. Ask the bystanders what happened. Verify no pulse, and
attach the AED. Tell everyone to stand back, and hit analyze
following the prompts
C. Administer abdominal thrusts, followed by a finger sweep
and then administer high flow O2. Monitor patient while
transporting
D. Head tilt, chin lift, verify apnea and begin compressions.
Upon completion of compressions, give two slow breaths
looking for chest rise and fall
CORRECT ANSWER: D. Head tilt, chin lift, verify apnea
and begin compressions. Upon completion of
, compressions, give two slow breaths looking for chest rise
and fall
RATIONALE:
An unconscious adult with suspected airway obstruction
requires immediate resuscitation. Once unresponsiveness and
abnormal or absent breathing are confirmed, chest
compressions should be initiated. After compressions, the
airway is opened and ventilations are attempted while
assessing for chest rise. Blind finger sweeps should not be
performed because they can push a foreign body farther into
the airway.
Question 3
Question: A 73 year old female was in her backyard
gardening when she collapsed to the ground. Her husband told
911 that "she is breathing very fast and will not talk to me."
You arrive to find the woman lying on her side in the grass.
She is breathing at 7 breaths per minute and her pulse is
irregular and very thready. Her lungs also present with
crackles upon auscultation. As you are taking blood pressure
(88/66) the husband tell you that the woman has been having
Practice Test Bank with Multiple-
Choice Questions & Verified
Answers PDF | Complete EMT
Exam Prep 2026–2027
,Question 1
Question: The umbilical cord is wrapped tightly around the
baby's neck and you have tried unsuccessfully to slip the cord
over the head. What should your next course of action be?
A. Push the baby's head into the vagina until the cord comes
loose
B. Clamp the cord in two places and cut it in the middle
C. Support the head and suction the baby's nose and mouth
D. Massage the uterus to stimulate harder contractions to free
the baby
CORRECT ANSWER: B. Clamp the cord in two places
and cut it in the middle
RATIONALE:
After the infant's head delivers, the EMT should check for a
nuchal cord. If the cord is loose, it may be gently slipped over
the infant's head. If it is tightly wrapped and cannot be moved,
the cord is clamped in two places and cut between the clamps
so delivery can proceed. The infant's head should never be
pushed back into the vagina, and uterine massage does not
resolve a nuchal cord.
,Question 2
Question: You arrive on scene with your partner to a
restaurant where a man was reported to be choking. You enter
and find an unconscious cyanotic male on the floor. He is
supine with BBQ sauce on his mouth and napkins in his hand.
What would you do for this patient?
A. Verify apnea, give two slow breaths with high flow O2,
and administer back thrusts until the object has been removed
B. Ask the bystanders what happened. Verify no pulse, and
attach the AED. Tell everyone to stand back, and hit analyze
following the prompts
C. Administer abdominal thrusts, followed by a finger sweep
and then administer high flow O2. Monitor patient while
transporting
D. Head tilt, chin lift, verify apnea and begin compressions.
Upon completion of compressions, give two slow breaths
looking for chest rise and fall
CORRECT ANSWER: D. Head tilt, chin lift, verify apnea
and begin compressions. Upon completion of
, compressions, give two slow breaths looking for chest rise
and fall
RATIONALE:
An unconscious adult with suspected airway obstruction
requires immediate resuscitation. Once unresponsiveness and
abnormal or absent breathing are confirmed, chest
compressions should be initiated. After compressions, the
airway is opened and ventilations are attempted while
assessing for chest rise. Blind finger sweeps should not be
performed because they can push a foreign body farther into
the airway.
Question 3
Question: A 73 year old female was in her backyard
gardening when she collapsed to the ground. Her husband told
911 that "she is breathing very fast and will not talk to me."
You arrive to find the woman lying on her side in the grass.
She is breathing at 7 breaths per minute and her pulse is
irregular and very thready. Her lungs also present with
crackles upon auscultation. As you are taking blood pressure
(88/66) the husband tell you that the woman has been having
