EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN PRECISION EXAM 100 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS NEWEST UPDATE 2025

The level of EMT that can administer medications is: - Correct Answer-EMT - Paramedic A First Responder is trained to provide a full range of emergency medical services. - Correct Answer-False Once an EMT reaches the level of paramedic, he or she: - Correct Answer-Must continue to attend trainings every year in order to keep current Which of these situations does not require calling 911? - Correct Answer-A disabled woman needs a ride to her doctor's appointment. __________ is caused by swallowing, injecting, breathing in, or otherwise being exposed to a harmful substance. - Correct Answer-poisoning An _______ ______ is damage to the skin or internal organs when a person comes into direct contact with an electrical current. - Correct Answer-electrical injury A ________ ________ occurs when hot metals, scalding liquids, steam, or flames come in contact with your skin. - Correct Answer-Thermal burn A _________ is the physical findings or changes in behavior that occur after an episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. - Correct Answer-seizure ______ is a lifesaving procedure that is performed when someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped, as in cases of electric shock, drowning, or heart attack. - Correct Answer-CPR 911 is the number to call in an emergency: - Correct Answer-Anywhere in the United States _______ _______ is when a person almost dies from not being able to breathe (suffocating) under water. - Correct Answer-Near drowning All of the statements below about the human body are true except: - Correct Answer-The brain cells need oxygen to survive The heart is a muscle that pumps blood throughout the body Oxygen-rich blood is carried throughout the body by arteries Veins carry oxygenated blood to all of the cells in the body Illness and symptoms resulting from excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. - Correct Answer-radiation sickness When there are multiple people injured on an accident scene, the EMTs: - Correct Answer-Work as a team on each individual person Split up in order to assess the injured people as quickly as possible Look for the person who is bleeding the most and help him or her first Always work with the individual who is nearest to them upon arrival A lifesaving procedure that is performed when someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped. - Correct Answer-CPR To check for breathing: - Correct Answer-Turn your head sideways to listen for breathing and see if the chest rises When a person is unable to respond to people and activities. - Correct Answer-unconsciousness Which of the following is outside the normal range for a human pulse? - Correct Answer-30 beats per minute Which of the following is not a way to check for consciousness? - Correct Answer-Beginning chest compressions Occurs when blood flow to a part of your heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies. - Correct Answer-heart attack The very first thing EMTs must do when they arrive on the scene of an emergency or accident is: - Correct Answer-Survey the entire area for possible hazards Triage is the process of: - Correct Answer-Assessing the level of care needed for people at the scene of an accident, a hospital, or another emergency situation At the scene of a car accident, if a woman involved in the accident says she is okay, the EMT will ask her to get up and walk around until they can determine the extent of her injuries. - Correct Answer-true Caused by swallowing, injecting, breathing in, or otherwise being exposed to a harmful substance. - Correct Answer-poisoning Occurs when living tissue is exposed to a corrosive substance such as a strong acid or base. - Correct Answer-chemical burn Which of the following help blood form clots around a tissue injury? - Correct Answer-Proteins and platelets Sarah fell off her bike and cut her arm on a piece of glass on the sidewalk. The cut is on her upper arm, just above her elbow, and it's bleeding pretty steadily. In order to stop the bleeding, she should: - Correct Answer-Apply direct pressure to the wound with a clean cloth, and lift her arm above her head to slow blood flow The sequence of steps to follow to control bleeding are: - Correct Answer-Direct pressure, elevation, pressure points An EMT is called to an emergency. He examines the patient and finds an abnormal limb. He calls the ER and reports finding "Edema with cyanotic discoloration." What does this mean? - Correct Answer-Tissue that is swollen and blue Sergio has been in a minor car accident. To quickly assess his brain function, an EMT might: - Correct Answer-Ask him what is name is, where he thinks he is, and for the date and time Which of the following lists are correct ways to describe an ecchymosis? - Correct Answer-Cyanotic, ashen, and rubor Common signs and symptoms of injury that EMTs can look for, even on an unconscious patient, are all of the following except: - Correct Answer-Facial deformities A patient is bleeding severely from the forearm just below the elbow. The EMT provides direct pressure and elevation. Now, the EMT needs to apply pressure. Which is the correct artery? - Correct Answer-Brachial artery After a particularly hard collision on the football field, Jordan is experiencing great pain and swelling around his knee. There is a collection of fluid around his knee joint. This is a called: - Correct Answer-an effusion Once pressure is applied to a main artery, there is no longer a need to elevate or apply direct pressure to the wound itself. - Correct Answer-false If you are prescribed antibiotics, you should: - Correct Answer-Take them until they are gone Like bacteria, there are many healthy and useful viruses. - Correct Answer-false If you are immunized, you are: - Correct Answer-Injected with antibodies that will fight any disease that might exist in the body Although viruses can have RNA and/or DNA, they do not qualify as living things because: - Correct Answer-They cannot reproduce unless they infect an organism with living cells The following are examples of antibiotics except: - Correct Answer-Petroleum jelly