EMT Practice Test Questions (240 terms)
with Certified Answers 2024-2025.
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What is the rate of CPR in breaths and compressions: - Answer: 6 breaths and 110
compressions in a minute
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What is considered tachycardic for an adult? - Answer: heart rate more than 100
What is considered bradycardic for an adult? - Answer: Heart rate less than 60
When is nitroglycerin not advised to be administered? - Answer: if the systolic
blood pressure is less than 100
Where does blood flow after it leaves the left ventricle? - Answer: it flows to the
aortic arch
What medication is Erectile Dysfunction medications a contraindication? -
Answer: nitroglycerin
What is the parasympathetic system responsible for? - Answer: slowing the heart
rate and intestinal activity
What is the function of the carotid artery? - Answer: it carries blood from the
heart to the head
Are open ended or close ended questions better to ask? - Answer: open ended
questions; it avoids the yes/no answer
what delivers blood to the right atrium? - Answer: the superior and inferior vena
cava
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What does diastolic blood pressure refer to? - Answer: it refers to the pressure of
the vessels during the relaxation phase; bottom of the blood pressure
What is TIA - Answer: transient ischemic attack; this is where vessels in the brain
are blocked for a few minutes
When do you change roles during CPR? - Answer: every two minutes
What is another name for a heart attack? - Answer: acute myocardial infarction
What does nitroglycerin do? - Answer: nitroglycerin dilates the vessels to reduce
the hearts preload
When cells are deprived of oxygen and die they are called? - Answer: infarcted
cells
What type of heart attack is extremely common in elderly? - Answer: silent heart
attack
What is arteriosclerosis? - Answer: thickening of arterial walls
What is pericardial tamponade? - Answer: the heart is impeded by fluid in the
pericardium
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