EMT Final Exam Review Questions With Complete Solutions

If a patient has an arterial bleed between the meninges and the cranial bones....where is the bleed? correct answer: Epidural Chest pain may be absent in certain patients. correct answer: Geriatric/Diabetic What should the systolic BP be prior to administering Nitroglycerin? correct answer: 120 How many vertebrae are there? correct answer: 33 (7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 4 coccygeal) Which pairs of ribs are most commonly fractured? correct answer: 4th-10th or 4th-9th ribs are most common, 1st &3rd are associated with high energy trauma What type of breathing is seen with a flail chest? correct answer: Paradoxical Breathing What happens when brain tissue is damaged? correct answer: Disability/Death Know all the arterial (pulse) areas. Where are they located? correct answer: Temporal: It is felt in the head. Carotid: It is felt in the neck. Branchial: It is felt in the elbow. Femoral: It is felt at the groin. Radial: It is felt on the wrist. Popliteal: It is felt on the knee. Dorsalis pedis: It is felt on the foot. Know all the burns and how they are identifiable. correct answer: 1st: Red Infamed 2nd: Blisters/ Extreme Pain 3rd: Charred/ Little to no pain Know the skin color, temperature, condition of hypoglycemia / hyperglycemia. Which one is insulin shock / diabetic coma? correct answer: Cool and clammy Hot and dry Insulin shock: Hypo Diabetic Coma: Hyper Which blood cells are responsible for O2 transport? To fight