EMT Fisdap Final Exam Test Prep |
Study Questions and Answers
Graded A+ | 2024 Guide
Who may not understand the stress put on you as an EMT?
Friends and Family
In many states a minor may be considered as an adult for the purpose of consenting or refusing if the minor is
Emancipated or Lives by themselves and self-supported
When do we palate a patient's pelvis?
MOI suggests it
What does the spinal cord pass through at the base of the cranium?
Forenamagnum
What fills the entire posterior/anterior of the right upper quadrant?
The Liver If you are doing a secondary assessment on a conscious patient with no traumatic abdominal pain and stable vital signs. What do you focus on?
Chief Complaint
Who regulates the standards for pre-hospital emergency care?
The state office of EMS
Why do incidents of diabetus increase with age?
Decreased activity, weight gain, decreased insulin
How would you say a person's body is laying if they're on their back/stomach?
Supine/Prone
What happens in neurogenic shock?
Widespread Vasodilation, Body doesn't compensate
Why can a child's airway be occluded if you are over extended or overflow the head?
The occipital is proportionally larger than the trachea and flexible
What does hemoglobin attach to? Red blood cells which carry oxygen
How long do you hold the tip of an Epi auto injector in place?
10 Seconds
You have someone with lower back pain with tearing sensation. What are they experiencing?
Aortic Aneurysm
What are the two functions of the liver?
Secretion of bile and filters waste
What is the atlas?
1st cervical vertebrae which articulates with the skull
What is Dyspnea?
Difficulty breathing
Head trauma, stroke, poisoning or brain tumor. Which one of these would cause metabolic seizure?
Poisoning If you have JVD, that suggests a blood problem returning to the heart, the patient is at what angle?
35 Degree angle
How do we suction with oropharynx of a patient?
On the way out
If you have a change in a patient condition, what do we reassess?
ABC's
At our level, why do we assume that a person is having an AMI when complaining of chest pain?
We can't diagnose them in the field
The team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing emergency care and transportation for the sick and injured
The EMS system
The stomach, gallbladder, liver, or appendix. Which one would most likely bleed profusely?
The Liver
Study Questions and Answers
Graded A+ | 2024 Guide
Who may not understand the stress put on you as an EMT?
Friends and Family
In many states a minor may be considered as an adult for the purpose of consenting or refusing if the minor is
Emancipated or Lives by themselves and self-supported
When do we palate a patient's pelvis?
MOI suggests it
What does the spinal cord pass through at the base of the cranium?
Forenamagnum
What fills the entire posterior/anterior of the right upper quadrant?
The Liver If you are doing a secondary assessment on a conscious patient with no traumatic abdominal pain and stable vital signs. What do you focus on?
Chief Complaint
Who regulates the standards for pre-hospital emergency care?
The state office of EMS
Why do incidents of diabetus increase with age?
Decreased activity, weight gain, decreased insulin
How would you say a person's body is laying if they're on their back/stomach?
Supine/Prone
What happens in neurogenic shock?
Widespread Vasodilation, Body doesn't compensate
Why can a child's airway be occluded if you are over extended or overflow the head?
The occipital is proportionally larger than the trachea and flexible
What does hemoglobin attach to? Red blood cells which carry oxygen
How long do you hold the tip of an Epi auto injector in place?
10 Seconds
You have someone with lower back pain with tearing sensation. What are they experiencing?
Aortic Aneurysm
What are the two functions of the liver?
Secretion of bile and filters waste
What is the atlas?
1st cervical vertebrae which articulates with the skull
What is Dyspnea?
Difficulty breathing
Head trauma, stroke, poisoning or brain tumor. Which one of these would cause metabolic seizure?
Poisoning If you have JVD, that suggests a blood problem returning to the heart, the patient is at what angle?
35 Degree angle
How do we suction with oropharynx of a patient?
On the way out
If you have a change in a patient condition, what do we reassess?
ABC's
At our level, why do we assume that a person is having an AMI when complaining of chest pain?
We can't diagnose them in the field
The team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing emergency care and transportation for the sick and injured
The EMS system
The stomach, gallbladder, liver, or appendix. Which one would most likely bleed profusely?
The Liver
