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EMT Cardiology Exam Questions And
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Atherosclerosis - Answer✔Calcium and cholesterol buildup inside blood vessels
Ishemia - Answer✔Lack of oxygen
Infarction - Answer✔Tissue death
Tachycardia - Answer✔Rapid heart rhythm, greater than 100 beats/min
Thromboembolism - Answer✔Blood clot floating through blood vessels until it reaches a
narrow area and blocks blood flow
Bradycardia - Answer✔Unusually slow heart rhythm, less than 60 beats/min
A 40 year-old-man is in cardiac arrest. Your partner is performing CPR. You are attaching the
AED when the patient's wife tells you that he has an automatic implanted cardiac defibrillator
(AICD). The AED advises that a shock is indicated. What should you do? - Answer✔Deliver the
shock followed by immediate resumption of CPR
A 66-year-old female with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents with substernal
chest pressure of 2 hours duration. Her blood pressure is 140/90 mm Hg, her pulse is 100
beats/min and irregular, her respirations are 22 breaths/min, and her oxygen saturation is 92%.
The patient does not have any prescribed nitroglycerin, but her husband does. You should: -
Answer✔Administer oxygen, give her 32 mg of aspirin, and assess her further
A dissecting aortic aneurysm occurs when: - Answer✔The inner layers of the aorta become
seperated
A patient with atherosclerotic heart disease experiences chest pain during exertion because: -
Answer✔The lumen of the coronary artery is narrowed and cannot accommodate increased
blood flow
Cardiogenic shock following AMI is caused by: - Answer✔Decreased pumping force of the heart
muscle
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Common side effects of nitroglycerin include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Bradycardia
Hypertension
Hypotension
Severe headache - Answer✔Hypertension
Common signs and symptoms of AMI include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Irregular heartbeat
Sudden unexplained sweating
Shortness of breath or dyspnea
Pain exacerbated by breathing - Answer✔Pain exacerbated by breathing
Deoxygenated blood from the body returns to the: - Answer✔Right atrium
In contrast to the sympathetic nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system include: -
Answer✔Slows the heart and respiratory rates
Nitroglycerin is contraindicated in patients: - Answer✔Who have experienced a head injury
Rapid, labored breathing in a patient with signs and symptoms of AMI should make you
suspicious for: - Answer✔Congestive heart failure
The descending aorta divides into the two iliac arteries at the level of the: - Answer✔Umbilicus
The head and brain receive their supply of oxygenated blood from the: - Answer✔Carotid
arteries
The purpose of defibrillation is to: - Answer✔Stop the chaotic, disorganized contraction of the
cardiac cells.
When preparing to obtain a 12-lead ECG, the V1 and V2 electrodes should be placed: -
Answer✔On either side of the sternum
When treating a patient with chest pain, you should assume that he or she is having an AMI
because: - Answer✔The cause of the pain cannot be determined in the field
Which of the following is commonly observed in patients with right-sided heart failure? -
Answer✔Dependent edema
_____ allows a cardiac muscle to contract spontaneously without a stimulus from a nerve
source. - Answer✔Automaticity
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EMT Cardiology Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Atherosclerosis - Answer✔Calcium and cholesterol buildup inside blood vessels
Ishemia - Answer✔Lack of oxygen
Infarction - Answer✔Tissue death
Tachycardia - Answer✔Rapid heart rhythm, greater than 100 beats/min
Thromboembolism - Answer✔Blood clot floating through blood vessels until it reaches a
narrow area and blocks blood flow
Bradycardia - Answer✔Unusually slow heart rhythm, less than 60 beats/min
A 40 year-old-man is in cardiac arrest. Your partner is performing CPR. You are attaching the
AED when the patient's wife tells you that he has an automatic implanted cardiac defibrillator
(AICD). The AED advises that a shock is indicated. What should you do? - Answer✔Deliver the
shock followed by immediate resumption of CPR
A 66-year-old female with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents with substernal
chest pressure of 2 hours duration. Her blood pressure is 140/90 mm Hg, her pulse is 100
beats/min and irregular, her respirations are 22 breaths/min, and her oxygen saturation is 92%.
The patient does not have any prescribed nitroglycerin, but her husband does. You should: -
Answer✔Administer oxygen, give her 32 mg of aspirin, and assess her further
A dissecting aortic aneurysm occurs when: - Answer✔The inner layers of the aorta become
seperated
A patient with atherosclerotic heart disease experiences chest pain during exertion because: -
Answer✔The lumen of the coronary artery is narrowed and cannot accommodate increased
blood flow
Cardiogenic shock following AMI is caused by: - Answer✔Decreased pumping force of the heart
muscle
1
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Common side effects of nitroglycerin include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Bradycardia
Hypertension
Hypotension
Severe headache - Answer✔Hypertension
Common signs and symptoms of AMI include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Irregular heartbeat
Sudden unexplained sweating
Shortness of breath or dyspnea
Pain exacerbated by breathing - Answer✔Pain exacerbated by breathing
Deoxygenated blood from the body returns to the: - Answer✔Right atrium
In contrast to the sympathetic nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system include: -
Answer✔Slows the heart and respiratory rates
Nitroglycerin is contraindicated in patients: - Answer✔Who have experienced a head injury
Rapid, labored breathing in a patient with signs and symptoms of AMI should make you
suspicious for: - Answer✔Congestive heart failure
The descending aorta divides into the two iliac arteries at the level of the: - Answer✔Umbilicus
The head and brain receive their supply of oxygenated blood from the: - Answer✔Carotid
arteries
The purpose of defibrillation is to: - Answer✔Stop the chaotic, disorganized contraction of the
cardiac cells.
When preparing to obtain a 12-lead ECG, the V1 and V2 electrodes should be placed: -
Answer✔On either side of the sternum
When treating a patient with chest pain, you should assume that he or she is having an AMI
because: - Answer✔The cause of the pain cannot be determined in the field
Which of the following is commonly observed in patients with right-sided heart failure? -
Answer✔Dependent edema
_____ allows a cardiac muscle to contract spontaneously without a stimulus from a nerve
source. - Answer✔Automaticity
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