EMT Final Written: Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
Which one of the following medications should the EMT administer
orally?
A) Aspirin
B ) Alubterol
C) Nitroglycerin
D) Epinephrine - correct answers✅✅a
Which one of the following medical emergencies would most likely
result in the use of epinephrine by the EMT?
A) Slow heart
B) Cardiac Arrest
C) Best sting
D) Asthmatic episode - correct answers✅✅c
Which one of the following is one of the basic five rights of
medication administration?
a) Right dose
b) Right allergies
c) Right EMT
d) Right physician - correct answers✅✅a
The label on your patient's prescribed metered-dose inhaler reads
as follows: "Administer three puffs as needed for shortness of
breath." Your protocol states that you can only assist with two
puffs. The patient is extremely short of breath. You should:
,EMT Final Written: Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
a. Not administer the medication
b. Administer two puffs
c. Administer three puffs
d. Contact medical direction - correct answers✅✅D
You suspect that a patient involved in a MVA is in shock. Which
one of the following signs and symptoms of shock will be
observed last?
A) Decreased blood pressure
B) Pale and diaphoretic skin
C) Increased respirations
D) Tachycardia - correct answers✅✅a
The EMT shows he understands the use of an EPI pen for a
treating a patient with an anaphylactic reaction when he makes
which one of the following statements?
A. "The EPI pen should never be used if the patient has developed
the allergic reaction after eating chocolate"
B. "It is critical that the EMT identify the cause of the allergic
reaction prior to administering epinephrine through the auto-
injector"
C. "Epinephrine administered through an auto-injector can be
used for all severe allergic reactions, regardless of the cause"
D. "The epinephrine auto-injector is used only when a patient is
stung by a bee or suffers an insect bite" - correct answers✅✅c
,EMT Final Written: Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
In which situation must the EMT contact medical direction prior to
administering epinephrine for someone who is having an allergic
reaction?
A. Her heart rate is 144 bpm.
B. She is hypertensive and bradycardic.
C. The patient is not prescribed an EPI pen.
D. She has an allergy to chocolate or eggs. - correct
answers✅✅C
A panicked and anxious patient informs you that he is allergic to
peanuts and think he might have accidentally eaten some. He
states that the last time he ate the peanuts he had to have a tube
put in his throat and almost died. When assessing the patient,
which one of these signs and symptoms would show that he is
having an allergic reaction?
A. Hives on his chest
B. Elevated blood pressure
C. Increased respiratory rate
D. Cool and clammy skin - correct answers✅✅A
On arrival to a parking lot tailgate, you observe a crowd around a
young man who is seizing. As you get equipment from the
ambulance and make your way to the patient, his friends tell you
that the patient has been up all night "partying" by drinking
alcohol and snorting cocaine. At the patient's side, you note that
he is no longer seizing, but he is unresponsive and has snoring
respirations. His respirations are labored at 16 per minute and his
, EMT Final Written: Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
radial pulse is strong. His skin is cool and diaphoretic. Friends also
inform you that he is a diabetic and about an hour ago they heard
him say that he thought his blood sugar was going low. Which of
the following interventions would be included in your care?
A. Insert an oral airway, provide positive pressure ventilation, and
administer oral glucose.
B. Open the airway, check the blood glucose level, and administer
oral glucose.
C. Open the airway, provide oxygen, and admini - correct
answers✅✅D
You are by the side of a young female college student who is
unresponsive. Friends say she is not a heavy drinker, but tonight
she drank an excessive amount of alcohol. She responds to
painful stimuli and has snoring respirations. Her respiratory rate is
8 breaths per minute and her radial pulse is weak. Your immediate
action would be to:
A. Perform the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.
B. Apply oxygen via NRB.
C. Determine if drugs are also involved.
D. Administer positive pressure ventilation. - correct
answers✅✅A
A patient suffering from a kidney stone would most likely have
which of the following complaints?
A. "It hurts so bad!"
B. "My urine is bloody!"
Questions and Answers
Which one of the following medications should the EMT administer
orally?
A) Aspirin
B ) Alubterol
C) Nitroglycerin
D) Epinephrine - correct answers✅✅a
Which one of the following medical emergencies would most likely
result in the use of epinephrine by the EMT?
A) Slow heart
B) Cardiac Arrest
C) Best sting
D) Asthmatic episode - correct answers✅✅c
Which one of the following is one of the basic five rights of
medication administration?
a) Right dose
b) Right allergies
c) Right EMT
d) Right physician - correct answers✅✅a
The label on your patient's prescribed metered-dose inhaler reads
as follows: "Administer three puffs as needed for shortness of
breath." Your protocol states that you can only assist with two
puffs. The patient is extremely short of breath. You should:
,EMT Final Written: Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
a. Not administer the medication
b. Administer two puffs
c. Administer three puffs
d. Contact medical direction - correct answers✅✅D
You suspect that a patient involved in a MVA is in shock. Which
one of the following signs and symptoms of shock will be
observed last?
A) Decreased blood pressure
B) Pale and diaphoretic skin
C) Increased respirations
D) Tachycardia - correct answers✅✅a
The EMT shows he understands the use of an EPI pen for a
treating a patient with an anaphylactic reaction when he makes
which one of the following statements?
A. "The EPI pen should never be used if the patient has developed
the allergic reaction after eating chocolate"
B. "It is critical that the EMT identify the cause of the allergic
reaction prior to administering epinephrine through the auto-
injector"
C. "Epinephrine administered through an auto-injector can be
used for all severe allergic reactions, regardless of the cause"
D. "The epinephrine auto-injector is used only when a patient is
stung by a bee or suffers an insect bite" - correct answers✅✅c
,EMT Final Written: Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
In which situation must the EMT contact medical direction prior to
administering epinephrine for someone who is having an allergic
reaction?
A. Her heart rate is 144 bpm.
B. She is hypertensive and bradycardic.
C. The patient is not prescribed an EPI pen.
D. She has an allergy to chocolate or eggs. - correct
answers✅✅C
A panicked and anxious patient informs you that he is allergic to
peanuts and think he might have accidentally eaten some. He
states that the last time he ate the peanuts he had to have a tube
put in his throat and almost died. When assessing the patient,
which one of these signs and symptoms would show that he is
having an allergic reaction?
A. Hives on his chest
B. Elevated blood pressure
C. Increased respiratory rate
D. Cool and clammy skin - correct answers✅✅A
On arrival to a parking lot tailgate, you observe a crowd around a
young man who is seizing. As you get equipment from the
ambulance and make your way to the patient, his friends tell you
that the patient has been up all night "partying" by drinking
alcohol and snorting cocaine. At the patient's side, you note that
he is no longer seizing, but he is unresponsive and has snoring
respirations. His respirations are labored at 16 per minute and his
, EMT Final Written: Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
radial pulse is strong. His skin is cool and diaphoretic. Friends also
inform you that he is a diabetic and about an hour ago they heard
him say that he thought his blood sugar was going low. Which of
the following interventions would be included in your care?
A. Insert an oral airway, provide positive pressure ventilation, and
administer oral glucose.
B. Open the airway, check the blood glucose level, and administer
oral glucose.
C. Open the airway, provide oxygen, and admini - correct
answers✅✅D
You are by the side of a young female college student who is
unresponsive. Friends say she is not a heavy drinker, but tonight
she drank an excessive amount of alcohol. She responds to
painful stimuli and has snoring respirations. Her respiratory rate is
8 breaths per minute and her radial pulse is weak. Your immediate
action would be to:
A. Perform the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.
B. Apply oxygen via NRB.
C. Determine if drugs are also involved.
D. Administer positive pressure ventilation. - correct
answers✅✅A
A patient suffering from a kidney stone would most likely have
which of the following complaints?
A. "It hurts so bad!"
B. "My urine is bloody!"
