EMT State Test (Practice)
Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in accordance
with: - answer Professional Standards
As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the patient as
a State Senator, Immediately, the press demands to be told what has happened to the
Senator, you should: - answer Advise the press that you are unable to comment
If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS Provider's responsibility to:
- answer Attend In-Service training with the agency medical director to become familiar
with the new protocols
Which form of consent allows you to treat an unconscious patient - answer implied
consent
In anatomical terms, an injury midway down the left forearm would be considered: -
answer Distal to the elbow
The back surface of the body is known as: - answer Posterior surface
During your Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma patient
complaining loudly of pain in the leg, you should: - answerContinue with your Initial
Assessment
The "A" in the mnemonic AVPU, as It relates to the patient assessment, stands for: -
answerAlert
The overall purpose of the Initial Assessment is to: - answerIdentify and correct any life-
threatening injuries/problems
You are the first EMS provider on the scene and have begun to conduct an Initial
Assessment. All of the following procedures are included in the Initial Assessment
EXCEPT: - answerTaking Blood Pressure
When examining a patient at the scene of an accident, you should check for injuries to
an extremity by doing all of the following EXCEPT: - answerManipulating the extremity
for abnormal motion
Gaseous exchange in the Lungs occurs in the: - answerAlveoli
, Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the: - answerVentricles are
contracting
What is the BEST definition of "Auscultation": - answerListening
In what order is a Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult patient: -
answerHead, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, Extremities
In assessing a pediatric trauma patient's capillary refill time, an abnormal finding would
be a refill time of: - answerGreater than 2 seconds
All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT: - answerWeak pulse
Which of the following is an example of a sign: - answerCyanosis
All of the following are part of the respiratory system EXCEPT the: - answerEsophagus
Foreign matter is kept from entering the trachea by the: - answerEpiglottis
An accident victim exhibits noisy breathing that resembles the sound of snoring, what is
the probable caused of the sound: - answerPartial airway obstruction of the tongue
An adult patient has a foreign body obstruction and is able to forcefully cough. The EMS
provider's MOST APPROPRIATE action is to: - answerNot interfere and monitor the
patient
You arrive at the scene of a call and find an unconscious adult victim. The Initial attempt
to ventilate proves unsuccessful the next step should be: - answerStart compressions
The management of airway obstruction in the conscious infant includes: - answerBack
blows and chest thrusts
In caring for a non-breathing patient with a stoma or tracheotomy tube, the EMS
provider must: - answerVentilate through the neck opening
A correct statement concerning airway management of a patient who has a suspected
spinal cord injury is that: - answerSpecial techniques must be employed to open the
airway without moving the spinal cord.
The ratio of compression to ventilations when one rescuer applies CPR to an adult is: -
answer30:2
In placing the hands on a patient's sternum to perform CPR, the EMS provider should: -
answerHold the fingers outward and slightly away from the chest wall
Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in accordance
with: - answer Professional Standards
As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the patient as
a State Senator, Immediately, the press demands to be told what has happened to the
Senator, you should: - answer Advise the press that you are unable to comment
If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS Provider's responsibility to:
- answer Attend In-Service training with the agency medical director to become familiar
with the new protocols
Which form of consent allows you to treat an unconscious patient - answer implied
consent
In anatomical terms, an injury midway down the left forearm would be considered: -
answer Distal to the elbow
The back surface of the body is known as: - answer Posterior surface
During your Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma patient
complaining loudly of pain in the leg, you should: - answerContinue with your Initial
Assessment
The "A" in the mnemonic AVPU, as It relates to the patient assessment, stands for: -
answerAlert
The overall purpose of the Initial Assessment is to: - answerIdentify and correct any life-
threatening injuries/problems
You are the first EMS provider on the scene and have begun to conduct an Initial
Assessment. All of the following procedures are included in the Initial Assessment
EXCEPT: - answerTaking Blood Pressure
When examining a patient at the scene of an accident, you should check for injuries to
an extremity by doing all of the following EXCEPT: - answerManipulating the extremity
for abnormal motion
Gaseous exchange in the Lungs occurs in the: - answerAlveoli
, Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the: - answerVentricles are
contracting
What is the BEST definition of "Auscultation": - answerListening
In what order is a Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult patient: -
answerHead, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, Extremities
In assessing a pediatric trauma patient's capillary refill time, an abnormal finding would
be a refill time of: - answerGreater than 2 seconds
All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT: - answerWeak pulse
Which of the following is an example of a sign: - answerCyanosis
All of the following are part of the respiratory system EXCEPT the: - answerEsophagus
Foreign matter is kept from entering the trachea by the: - answerEpiglottis
An accident victim exhibits noisy breathing that resembles the sound of snoring, what is
the probable caused of the sound: - answerPartial airway obstruction of the tongue
An adult patient has a foreign body obstruction and is able to forcefully cough. The EMS
provider's MOST APPROPRIATE action is to: - answerNot interfere and monitor the
patient
You arrive at the scene of a call and find an unconscious adult victim. The Initial attempt
to ventilate proves unsuccessful the next step should be: - answerStart compressions
The management of airway obstruction in the conscious infant includes: - answerBack
blows and chest thrusts
In caring for a non-breathing patient with a stoma or tracheotomy tube, the EMS
provider must: - answerVentilate through the neck opening
A correct statement concerning airway management of a patient who has a suspected
spinal cord injury is that: - answerSpecial techniques must be employed to open the
airway without moving the spinal cord.
The ratio of compression to ventilations when one rescuer applies CPR to an adult is: -
answer30:2
In placing the hands on a patient's sternum to perform CPR, the EMS provider should: -
answerHold the fingers outward and slightly away from the chest wall
