STUVIA 2024/2025
Exam 2
"A drowning occurs any time a person is submerged in a liquid and suffers some sort of respiratory
impairment." - ✔✔Which statement by the EMT indicates proper application of the term drowning?
"After reassessing the ABCs, let's do a secondary assessment and look for signs of injuries that are
causing shock." - ✔✔You have arrived on the scene of a large structure fire. Emergency Medical
Responders (EMRs) are by the side of a patient who is responsive to verbal stimuli and has
significant burns to his body. They report that the patient fell down a flight of stairs while trying to
escape and was trapped for several minutes. Their assessment findings include partial- and
full-thickness burns to his right arm, right leg, and right side of the face. The EMRs also report that the
patient's unburned skin is cool, clammy, and pale, with a delayed capillary refill. His pulse is 144
beats/min, respirations are 22 breaths/min, and blood pressure is 88/50 mmHg. Which instructions
would be most appropriate?
"An acute myocardial infarction results in the death of cardiac tissue; classic angina does not." -
✔✔The EMT shows that she understands the difference between classic angina and an acute
myocardial infarction (MI) when she states:
"Do you have an epinephrine auto-injector?" - ✔✔A patient who is severely short of breath and
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covered with hives states that she is allergic to crab. Despite her allergy, she tried some crab dip 10
minutes ago, since it had been "years and years" since she had her last allergic reaction. Which
question should the EMT ask first?
"I am going to feel your wrist for a pulse now." - ✔✔A vacuum splint has just been applied to the
injured arm of a patient who fell backward from a chair while hanging drapes. Which statement or
question should the EMT make or ask next after placing the splint?
"I find myself urinating all of the time." - ✔✔You have been called for a 33-year-old male patient who
complains of weakness and dizziness. When getting the history, which of these statements made by
the patient would raise your suspicion that the patient has undiagnosed diabetes?
"I had leg surgery five days ago." - ✔✔A 71-year-old female patient complains of the sudden onset
of shortness of breath and rapid breathing. She also states that she is experiencing some chest pain
that seems to worsen when she takes a deep breath. The primary assessment shows her to be alert
and oriented with a patent airway and rapid breathing that is adequate. Her pulse rate is 92 and her
blood pressure is 116/68 mmHg. When obtaining a history, which of these statements made by the
patient should raise your suspicion that the patient may be experiencing a pulmonary embolism?
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"I have belly pain that I also feel in my back." - ✔✔Which of these statements made by the patient
should cause the EMT to suspect an abdominal aortic aneurysm?
"I need someone to place a gloved hand over that stab wound." - ✔✔A 21-year-old male has a stab
wound to the left side of his neck. Emergency Medical Responders are holding manual spine motion
restriction. As you approach the patient, you note blood on his shirt and pale-looking skin color. As
team leader, which direction would you give first?
"I need someone to start positive pressure ventilation at 12 breaths per minute." - ✔✔A male patient
in his thirties fell 10 feet off a loading dock, landing on his head and back. He has deformity and
depression to the back of his head and is unresponsive with snoring respirations. Vital signs are
pulse, 132 beats/min; respirations, agonal; blood pressure, 136/64 mmHg, and SpO2, 89%. The
patient responds to painful stimuli with purposeful motion. Which instruction would you provide other
caregivers at the scene?
"I use the patient's signs and symptoms to judge the severity of the blood loss." - ✔✔Which
statement made by your new EMT partner best describes the way to determine the severity of a
patient's blood loss?
"I want everyone to take extra care in moving the patient very gently to the stretcher. We do not want
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her to go into cardiac arrest." - ✔✔When moving a patient with severe generalized hypothermia,
which of these instructions is most appropriate to relay to your fellow EMS providers?
"In a fall from this height, you may have hurt some internal organs. You really need to be examined." -
✔✔A 23-year-old roofer has fallen 20 feet from the roof of a house into shrubs below. Aside from
superficial abrasions and complaint of soreness, you detect no obvious injuries. Consequently, the
patient states that as long as his legs are not broken, he does not see the need to go to the hospital.
As a knowledgeable EMT, your best response would be:
"In heat stroke, the body loses its ability to rid itself of excess heat, causing the core temperature to
rise." - ✔✔The EMT shows that he understands the danger of heat stroke when he states:
"It describes swelling in the tissues that can result in the loss of an extremity." - ✔✔Which statement
about compartment syndrome is true?
"It is a sugar that is the body's main source of energy." - ✔✔Your medical director is providing a
review of diabetic emergencies and asks you to describe glucose. Which of these statements would
be your most appropriate response?
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"It is acceptable to leave the helmet on a patient if the patient has no airway or breathing problems." -
✔✔Which statement about removing a helmet in the prehospital setting is true?
"It occurs when a blood vessel ruptures and bleeds within the brain." - ✔✔The EMT demonstrates
she understands hemorrhagic stroke when she states:
"Most burn patients who die before getting to the hospital die of airway or bleeding problems, not the
burn itself." - ✔✔Which statement made by an EMT shows that he understands the major cause of
death in the prehospital setting for a burn patient?
"Most burn patients who die before getting to the hospital die of airway or bleeding problems, not the
burn itself." - ✔✔Which statement made by an EMT shows that he understands the major cause of
death in the prehospital setting for a burn patient?
"Move any movable objects and furniture away from him." - ✔✔While you are providing free blood
pressure readings at a community health fair, you are taking the blood pressure of a mother of two
young twin boys. One of the boys tells you that his twin brother suffers from seizures and asks what
he can do if he sees his brother convulsing. Your response would be:
"She has an irregular heartbeat - ✔✔You are obtaining the past medical history from the family of an
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elderly patient with an altered mental status who suffered sudden onset of right-side weakness.
Which of these statements made by the patient's family member should you recognize as increasing
the patient's risk of stroke?
"The coronary arteries become damaged and narrowed by fat deposits." - ✔✔A TV reporter has
been assigned to your ambulance for a ride-along. He is doing a segment on the local EMS system
for EMS Week. In your down time, the reporter tells you that his wife was diagnosed with
atherosclerosis. He is unsure what this condition is and asks you to explain it to him. Your response
would be:
"The longer the seizure continues, the greater the opportunity for permanent brain damage." -
✔✔The EMT shows that she understands the danger posed by status epilepticus when she states:
"The mechanism of injury can be used to guide the EMT's injury assessment and treatment of the
patient." - ✔✔The EMT understands the importance of evaluating the mechanism of injury when he
states:
"The mechanism of injury can be used to guide the EMT's injury assessment and treatment of the
patient." - ✔✔The EMT understands the importance of evaluating the mechanism of injury when he
states:
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"The response to a low blood sugar can vary from patient to patient." - ✔✔A patient's glucometer
measurement reads 39 mg/dL. The patient is alert, but confused. The patient's son states that he has
a friend who becomes unresponsive when his sugar is less than 50 mg/dL; therefore, the reading for
his father cannot be correct. Which of these statements would be your best response?
"Two or more adjacent ribs are broken in two or more places." - ✔✔A new EMT who just started
working with your EMS system asks you to quickly describe a flail segment. Which statement best
describes this injury?
"What time did these signs start?" - ✔✔An 82-year-old male patient presents with right-hand
weakness and garbled speech. Which question should the EMT ask first to the patient or a reliable
family member who is present?
"While you still need to get checked out, if venom was injected, the signs and symptoms of a
generalized reaction typically appear very quickly." - ✔✔A 44-year-old female patient was hiking in a
state park when she was bitten by a snake in her left calf. To get help, she had to hike 4 miles to the
first-aid station where you are located. The hike took her 1½ hours. Your assessment reveals a red
and swollen area to her leg, and the patient complains of discomfort to that area. Closer inspection
reveals two puncture wounds in the center of the affected area. The patient asks you if she is going to
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die from the snake bite. What would be your most appropriate reply?
27% - ✔✔A patient has full-thickness burns to the fronts of both legs and the entire left arm. Using
the rule of nines, the EMT should estimate what percentage of the patient's body has been burned?
325 mg of aspirin administered orally at 1325 hours - ✔✔Which of these descriptions on a patient
care report best illustrates how the EMT should document the administration of a medication?
A 19-year-old responsive to verbal stimuli with hot dry skin and tachycardia - ✔✔Which of these
patients with heat emergency would be the highest priority for transport?
A 21-year-old male wearing a deformed motorcycle helmet who does not respond to verbal or painful
stimuli after crashing - ✔✔Which patient has an isolated brain injury that should be considered the
most serious?
A 22-year-old patient with a partial-thickness burn to the right hand - ✔✔When triaging multiple burn
patients, the EMT would recognize which patient as having the most critical burn?
A 23-year-old female with a history of seizures who has been seizing for 24 minutes - ✔✔Which of
these patients is most at risk for problems to the airway and breathing?
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Exam 2
"A drowning occurs any time a person is submerged in a liquid and suffers some sort of respiratory
impairment." - ✔✔Which statement by the EMT indicates proper application of the term drowning?
"After reassessing the ABCs, let's do a secondary assessment and look for signs of injuries that are
causing shock." - ✔✔You have arrived on the scene of a large structure fire. Emergency Medical
Responders (EMRs) are by the side of a patient who is responsive to verbal stimuli and has
significant burns to his body. They report that the patient fell down a flight of stairs while trying to
escape and was trapped for several minutes. Their assessment findings include partial- and
full-thickness burns to his right arm, right leg, and right side of the face. The EMRs also report that the
patient's unburned skin is cool, clammy, and pale, with a delayed capillary refill. His pulse is 144
beats/min, respirations are 22 breaths/min, and blood pressure is 88/50 mmHg. Which instructions
would be most appropriate?
"An acute myocardial infarction results in the death of cardiac tissue; classic angina does not." -
✔✔The EMT shows that she understands the difference between classic angina and an acute
myocardial infarction (MI) when she states:
"Do you have an epinephrine auto-injector?" - ✔✔A patient who is severely short of breath and
%
covered with hives states that she is allergic to crab. Despite her allergy, she tried some crab dip 10
minutes ago, since it had been "years and years" since she had her last allergic reaction. Which
question should the EMT ask first?
"I am going to feel your wrist for a pulse now." - ✔✔A vacuum splint has just been applied to the
injured arm of a patient who fell backward from a chair while hanging drapes. Which statement or
question should the EMT make or ask next after placing the splint?
"I find myself urinating all of the time." - ✔✔You have been called for a 33-year-old male patient who
complains of weakness and dizziness. When getting the history, which of these statements made by
the patient would raise your suspicion that the patient has undiagnosed diabetes?
"I had leg surgery five days ago." - ✔✔A 71-year-old female patient complains of the sudden onset
of shortness of breath and rapid breathing. She also states that she is experiencing some chest pain
that seems to worsen when she takes a deep breath. The primary assessment shows her to be alert
and oriented with a patent airway and rapid breathing that is adequate. Her pulse rate is 92 and her
blood pressure is 116/68 mmHg. When obtaining a history, which of these statements made by the
patient should raise your suspicion that the patient may be experiencing a pulmonary embolism?
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"I have belly pain that I also feel in my back." - ✔✔Which of these statements made by the patient
should cause the EMT to suspect an abdominal aortic aneurysm?
"I need someone to place a gloved hand over that stab wound." - ✔✔A 21-year-old male has a stab
wound to the left side of his neck. Emergency Medical Responders are holding manual spine motion
restriction. As you approach the patient, you note blood on his shirt and pale-looking skin color. As
team leader, which direction would you give first?
"I need someone to start positive pressure ventilation at 12 breaths per minute." - ✔✔A male patient
in his thirties fell 10 feet off a loading dock, landing on his head and back. He has deformity and
depression to the back of his head and is unresponsive with snoring respirations. Vital signs are
pulse, 132 beats/min; respirations, agonal; blood pressure, 136/64 mmHg, and SpO2, 89%. The
patient responds to painful stimuli with purposeful motion. Which instruction would you provide other
caregivers at the scene?
"I use the patient's signs and symptoms to judge the severity of the blood loss." - ✔✔Which
statement made by your new EMT partner best describes the way to determine the severity of a
patient's blood loss?
"I want everyone to take extra care in moving the patient very gently to the stretcher. We do not want
%
her to go into cardiac arrest." - ✔✔When moving a patient with severe generalized hypothermia,
which of these instructions is most appropriate to relay to your fellow EMS providers?
"In a fall from this height, you may have hurt some internal organs. You really need to be examined." -
✔✔A 23-year-old roofer has fallen 20 feet from the roof of a house into shrubs below. Aside from
superficial abrasions and complaint of soreness, you detect no obvious injuries. Consequently, the
patient states that as long as his legs are not broken, he does not see the need to go to the hospital.
As a knowledgeable EMT, your best response would be:
"In heat stroke, the body loses its ability to rid itself of excess heat, causing the core temperature to
rise." - ✔✔The EMT shows that he understands the danger of heat stroke when he states:
"It describes swelling in the tissues that can result in the loss of an extremity." - ✔✔Which statement
about compartment syndrome is true?
"It is a sugar that is the body's main source of energy." - ✔✔Your medical director is providing a
review of diabetic emergencies and asks you to describe glucose. Which of these statements would
be your most appropriate response?
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"It is acceptable to leave the helmet on a patient if the patient has no airway or breathing problems." -
✔✔Which statement about removing a helmet in the prehospital setting is true?
"It occurs when a blood vessel ruptures and bleeds within the brain." - ✔✔The EMT demonstrates
she understands hemorrhagic stroke when she states:
"Most burn patients who die before getting to the hospital die of airway or bleeding problems, not the
burn itself." - ✔✔Which statement made by an EMT shows that he understands the major cause of
death in the prehospital setting for a burn patient?
"Most burn patients who die before getting to the hospital die of airway or bleeding problems, not the
burn itself." - ✔✔Which statement made by an EMT shows that he understands the major cause of
death in the prehospital setting for a burn patient?
"Move any movable objects and furniture away from him." - ✔✔While you are providing free blood
pressure readings at a community health fair, you are taking the blood pressure of a mother of two
young twin boys. One of the boys tells you that his twin brother suffers from seizures and asks what
he can do if he sees his brother convulsing. Your response would be:
"She has an irregular heartbeat - ✔✔You are obtaining the past medical history from the family of an
%
elderly patient with an altered mental status who suffered sudden onset of right-side weakness.
Which of these statements made by the patient's family member should you recognize as increasing
the patient's risk of stroke?
"The coronary arteries become damaged and narrowed by fat deposits." - ✔✔A TV reporter has
been assigned to your ambulance for a ride-along. He is doing a segment on the local EMS system
for EMS Week. In your down time, the reporter tells you that his wife was diagnosed with
atherosclerosis. He is unsure what this condition is and asks you to explain it to him. Your response
would be:
"The longer the seizure continues, the greater the opportunity for permanent brain damage." -
✔✔The EMT shows that she understands the danger posed by status epilepticus when she states:
"The mechanism of injury can be used to guide the EMT's injury assessment and treatment of the
patient." - ✔✔The EMT understands the importance of evaluating the mechanism of injury when he
states:
"The mechanism of injury can be used to guide the EMT's injury assessment and treatment of the
patient." - ✔✔The EMT understands the importance of evaluating the mechanism of injury when he
states:
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"The response to a low blood sugar can vary from patient to patient." - ✔✔A patient's glucometer
measurement reads 39 mg/dL. The patient is alert, but confused. The patient's son states that he has
a friend who becomes unresponsive when his sugar is less than 50 mg/dL; therefore, the reading for
his father cannot be correct. Which of these statements would be your best response?
"Two or more adjacent ribs are broken in two or more places." - ✔✔A new EMT who just started
working with your EMS system asks you to quickly describe a flail segment. Which statement best
describes this injury?
"What time did these signs start?" - ✔✔An 82-year-old male patient presents with right-hand
weakness and garbled speech. Which question should the EMT ask first to the patient or a reliable
family member who is present?
"While you still need to get checked out, if venom was injected, the signs and symptoms of a
generalized reaction typically appear very quickly." - ✔✔A 44-year-old female patient was hiking in a
state park when she was bitten by a snake in her left calf. To get help, she had to hike 4 miles to the
first-aid station where you are located. The hike took her 1½ hours. Your assessment reveals a red
and swollen area to her leg, and the patient complains of discomfort to that area. Closer inspection
reveals two puncture wounds in the center of the affected area. The patient asks you if she is going to
%
die from the snake bite. What would be your most appropriate reply?
27% - ✔✔A patient has full-thickness burns to the fronts of both legs and the entire left arm. Using
the rule of nines, the EMT should estimate what percentage of the patient's body has been burned?
325 mg of aspirin administered orally at 1325 hours - ✔✔Which of these descriptions on a patient
care report best illustrates how the EMT should document the administration of a medication?
A 19-year-old responsive to verbal stimuli with hot dry skin and tachycardia - ✔✔Which of these
patients with heat emergency would be the highest priority for transport?
A 21-year-old male wearing a deformed motorcycle helmet who does not respond to verbal or painful
stimuli after crashing - ✔✔Which patient has an isolated brain injury that should be considered the
most serious?
A 22-year-old patient with a partial-thickness burn to the right hand - ✔✔When triaging multiple burn
patients, the EMT would recognize which patient as having the most critical burn?
A 23-year-old female with a history of seizures who has been seizing for 24 minutes - ✔✔Which of
these patients is most at risk for problems to the airway and breathing?
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