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EMT Final Exam Questions and Answers
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Which of the following skills or interventions is included at every level of
prehospital emergency training? - ✔✔Automatic external defibrillation
Which of the following statements regarding the EMS medical director and
an EMT's scope of practice is correct? - ✔✔An EMT's scope of practice
may be expanded by the medical director after proper training and state
approval
Which of the following statements regarding the different stages of the
grieving process is correct? - ✔✔the stages of the grieving process may
occur simultaneously.
Your partner, a veteran EMT whom you have worked with regularly for the
past 4 years, seems unusually agitated during a call involving an elderly
patient. Upon arrival back at your station, you note the obvious smell of
alcohol on his breath. What should you do? - ✔✔discreetly report your
suspicions to your supervisor
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You have been working at the scene of a major building collapse for 8
hours. Many injured people are still being removed, and everyone is
becoming frustrated and losing focus. This situation is MOST effectively
managed by: - ✔✔requesting CISM team to provide an on-scene peer
support
If you are exposed to a patient's blood or other bodily fluid, your first action
should be to: - ✔✔transfer care of the patient to another EMS provider
When faced with a situation in which a patient is in cardiac arrest, and a
valid living will or DNR order cannot be located you should: - ✔✔begin
resuscitation at once
Your BEST protection against legal liability when a competent patient
refuses EMS care and transport is to: - ✔✔thoroughly document the entire
event
Which of the following scenarios is an example of informed consent? -
✔✔an EMT advises a patient of the risks of receiving treatment
Typical components of an oral patient report include all of the following,
EXCEPT: - ✔✔the set of baseline vital signs taken at the scene
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Calming and reassuring an anxious patient can be facilitated by: -
✔✔maintaining eye contact with the patient whenever possible
A 60-year-old man complains of chest pain. He is conscious and alert and
denies shortness of breath. Which of the following questions would be the
MOST appropriate to ask him? - ✔✔"Do you have any heart problems or
take any medication?"
Enlargement of the liver is called: - ✔✔hepatomegaly
The areas of the spinal column, in descending order, are: - ✔✔cervical,
thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx
Which of the following statements regarding smooth muscle is correct? -
✔✔A person has no voluntary control over smooth muscle
Relative to an adult's airway anatomy, the child's: - ✔✔pharynx is smaller
and less deeply curved
When assessing an 80-year-old patient in shock, it is important to
remember that: - ✔✔age-related changes in the cardiovascular system
may make the patient less able to compensate for decreased perfusion
Infants are often referred to as "belly breathers" because: - ✔✔their rib
cage is less rigid and the ribs sit horizontally
EMT Final Exam Questions and Answers
100% Solved | Graded A+
Which of the following skills or interventions is included at every level of
prehospital emergency training? - ✔✔Automatic external defibrillation
Which of the following statements regarding the EMS medical director and
an EMT's scope of practice is correct? - ✔✔An EMT's scope of practice
may be expanded by the medical director after proper training and state
approval
Which of the following statements regarding the different stages of the
grieving process is correct? - ✔✔the stages of the grieving process may
occur simultaneously.
Your partner, a veteran EMT whom you have worked with regularly for the
past 4 years, seems unusually agitated during a call involving an elderly
patient. Upon arrival back at your station, you note the obvious smell of
alcohol on his breath. What should you do? - ✔✔discreetly report your
suspicions to your supervisor
,©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025 YEAR PUBLISHED, 2024
You have been working at the scene of a major building collapse for 8
hours. Many injured people are still being removed, and everyone is
becoming frustrated and losing focus. This situation is MOST effectively
managed by: - ✔✔requesting CISM team to provide an on-scene peer
support
If you are exposed to a patient's blood or other bodily fluid, your first action
should be to: - ✔✔transfer care of the patient to another EMS provider
When faced with a situation in which a patient is in cardiac arrest, and a
valid living will or DNR order cannot be located you should: - ✔✔begin
resuscitation at once
Your BEST protection against legal liability when a competent patient
refuses EMS care and transport is to: - ✔✔thoroughly document the entire
event
Which of the following scenarios is an example of informed consent? -
✔✔an EMT advises a patient of the risks of receiving treatment
Typical components of an oral patient report include all of the following,
EXCEPT: - ✔✔the set of baseline vital signs taken at the scene
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Calming and reassuring an anxious patient can be facilitated by: -
✔✔maintaining eye contact with the patient whenever possible
A 60-year-old man complains of chest pain. He is conscious and alert and
denies shortness of breath. Which of the following questions would be the
MOST appropriate to ask him? - ✔✔"Do you have any heart problems or
take any medication?"
Enlargement of the liver is called: - ✔✔hepatomegaly
The areas of the spinal column, in descending order, are: - ✔✔cervical,
thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx
Which of the following statements regarding smooth muscle is correct? -
✔✔A person has no voluntary control over smooth muscle
Relative to an adult's airway anatomy, the child's: - ✔✔pharynx is smaller
and less deeply curved
When assessing an 80-year-old patient in shock, it is important to
remember that: - ✔✔age-related changes in the cardiovascular system
may make the patient less able to compensate for decreased perfusion
Infants are often referred to as "belly breathers" because: - ✔✔their rib
cage is less rigid and the ribs sit horizontally
