EMT Final Exam - Test Bank Questions
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A PATIENT WHO HAS SHALLOW, SLOW IRREGULAR GASPOING
BREATHS IS SAID TO HAVE _______________ RESPIRATIONS? -
✔✔AGONAL
A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE LONG-BONE FRACTURES OF THE
EXTREMITIES SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR TRANSPORT AND
SHOULD BE TREATED? - ✔✔EN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL
A TEENAGE MALE HAS FALLEN ONTO A RAILING WHILE
SKATEBOARDING. HE COMPLAINS OF RIGHT-SIDED CHEST PAIN
AND MODERATE DYSPNEA. EXPOSURE OF THE CHEST REVEALS A
SECTION OF HIS RIBS THA TIS MOVING OPPOSITE OF THE REST OF
THE RIBS. YOU SHOULD? - ✔✔APPLY A BULKY DRESSING OVER
THE SECTION
A YOUNG FEMALE WAS INJURED IN AN AUTOMOBILE WRECK,
STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD. SHE IS UNCONSCIOUS
AND HER BREATHING IS IRREGULAR. SHE IS BLEEDING FROM A
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SCALP WOUND, BUT YOUR ASSESSMENT SHOWS THAT HER
CRANIUM IS INTACT. HER VITAL SIGNS ARE PULSE 68, BP 148/90,
AND HER PUPILS ARE UNEQUAL. YOU SHOULD SUSPECT? -
✔✔CLOSED HEAD INJURY
AFTER ACTIVATING THE AUTO-INJECTOR, HOW LONG SHOULD IT
BE HELD IN PLACE BEFORE REMOVING IT FROM THE PATIENTS
THIGH? - ✔✔10 SECONDS
AN EMT INVOLVED IN AN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT CALL, SUCH AS
ONE IN WHICH A COWORKER WAS KILLED SHOULD BE URGED TO
.... - ✔✔SEEK HELP FROM A TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL
AS YOU ARE TRANSPORTING A CONSCIOUS PATIENT YOU NOTICE
THAT HIS BREATHING HAS BECOME LABORED. WHICH ACTION
SHOULD YOU TAKE BASED ON THIS INFORMATION? - ✔✔- NOTIFY
THE RECEIVING FACILITY
- ENSURE A PATENT AIRWAY AND ADEQUATE O2
- CONTINUE REASSESSMENT
BARBITURATES MAY BE REFERRED TO AS WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING? - ✔✔DOWNERS
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BEFORE APPLYING A NRM, THE EMT SHOULD TAKE WHAT ACTION?
- ✔✔INFLATE THE RESERVOIR BAG 1/3 OF THE WAY
BURNS POSE A GREATER RISK TO INFANTS AND CHILDREN FOR
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS? - ✔✔PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
HAVE A GREATER RISK OF SHOCK FROM THE BURN
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING OCCURS BY WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING ROUTES? - ✔✔INHALATION
CHEMICAL COLD PACKS ARE CARRIED ON THE AMBULANCE FOR
TREATMENT OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? -
✔✔MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES
DURING THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, THE TRAINING
OFFICER MEETS WITH THE NEW EMTS AND EXPLAINS TO THEM
THE MONTHLY TRAINING SCHEDULE AND THE CLASSES THEY
MUST ATTEND FOR EMT RECERTIFICATION. ONE OF THE NEW
EMTS ASKS THE TRAINING OFFICER WHY THEY HAVE TO KEEP
TAKING EMT COURSES IF THEY ALREADY PASED THE MET
EXAMINATION. WHAT IS THE BEST ANSWER? - ✔✔EMS IS
CONSTANTLY EVOLVING IN RESPONSE TO EVIDENCE BASED
RESEARCH
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EPINEPHRINE DELIVERED BY AUTO INJECTOR MAY BE INDICATED
FOR PATIENTS WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS? -
✔✔SEVERE ALLERGIES TO PEANUT, SHELLFISH, PENICILLIN, OR
BEE STINGS
EXPERT CLINICIANS MAY USE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF
THINKING THROUGH PROBLEMS, BUT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
WILL THEY HAVE IN COMMON? - ✔✔STRONG FOUNDATION OF
KNOWLEDGE
HOW MANY CERVICAL VERTEBRAE ARE THERE? - ✔✔7
IF THE BABY'S UMBILICAL CORD IS NOTED TO BE WRAPPED
AROUND HIS NECK AFTER THE HEAD IS DELIVERED, WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING SHOULD BE DONE? - ✔✔TRY TO SLIP THE CORD OVER
THE BABY'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS
IN ASSESSING A PATIENT'S BREATHING, WHAT IS YOUR FIRST
QUESTION? - ✔✔ARE THEY BREATHING?
IN REASSESSMENT, WHAT ARE THE 3 INTERVENTIONS THAT YOU
AS THE EMT SHOULD CHECK? - ✔✔- OXYGENATION
- BLEEDING MANAGEMENT
- ADEQUACY OF OTHER INTERVENTIONS