EMT Medical Exam / Actual Test Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers / Already
Graded A / 2025.
Quiz____?
You are transporting a 33-year-old male who was involved in a motor vehicle crash. You
have addressed all immediate and potentially life-threatening conditions and have stabilized
his condition with the appropriate treatment. With an estimated time of arrival at the
hospital of 20 minutes, you should:
A) reassess his condition in 5 minutes
B) repeat your secondary assessment
C) take his vital signs in 15 minutes
D) arrange for an ALS rendezvous -
Answer✓✓
A) reassess his condition in 5 minutes
Ch 12 Patient Assessment for Shock pg 499
Quiz____?
Common side effects of nitroglycerin include all of the following except:
A. hypotension
B. bradycardia
C. hypertension
D. severe headache -
Answer✓✓
C. hypertension
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, ch 16 Emergency Medical Care for Chest Pain or Discomfort pg 648
Quiz____?
You are assessing a 49-year-old man who complains of chest pressure that began the night
before. He is conscious, but anxious, and tells you he has a history of angina and
hypertension. After applying high-flow oxygen, you expose his chest to auscultate his lungs
and note that he has a nitroglycerin patch on his right upper chest. His skin is cool and pale,
his blood pressure is 78/50 mm Hg, and his pulse is 110 beats/min and irregular. You should:
Choose one answer.
A. remove the nitroglycerin patch, place him in a supine position and elevate his lower
extremities, and prepare for immediate transport.
B. immediately remove the nitroglycerin patch, apply the AED in case he develops cardiac
arrest, and transport to the closest hospital.
C. move the nitroglycerin patch to the other side of his chest in case you need to apply the
AED, keep him warm, and transport without delay.
D. ask him if the nitroglycerin patch he -
Answer✓✓
A. remove the nitroglycerin patch, place him in a supine position and elevate his lower
extremities, and prepare for immediate transport.
ch 16 pathophysiology - pg 641
- remove nitro because it can worsen the hypotension; elevate LE so blood doesn't pool
Quiz____?
You are assessing a 49-year-old man who, according to his wife, experienced a sudden,
severe headache and then passed out. He is unresponsive and has slow, irregular breathing.
2
, His blood pressure is 190/94 mm Hg and his pulse rate is 50 beats/min. His wife tells you
that he has hypertension and diabetes. He has MOST likely experienced:
A) a ruptured cerebral artery *****
B) an occluded cerebral artery
C) acute hypoglycemia
D) a complex partial seizure -
Answer✓✓
A) a ruptured cerebral artery
chapter 17 stoke pg 679
Quiz____?
To select the proper size oropharyngeal airway, you should measure from the:
A) corner of the mouth to the superior ear
B) corner of the mouth to the earlobe
C) center of the mouth to the posterior ear
D) angle of the jaw to the center of the mouth -
Answer✓✓
B) corner of the mouth to the earlobe
Ch 10 Basic Airway Adjuncts pg 412-413
Quiz____?
A 71-year-old male is semiconscious following a sudden, severe headache. There is vomitus
around his mouth and his respirations are slow and shallow. The EMT must immediately:
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with Detailed Verified Answers / Already
Graded A / 2025.
Quiz____?
You are transporting a 33-year-old male who was involved in a motor vehicle crash. You
have addressed all immediate and potentially life-threatening conditions and have stabilized
his condition with the appropriate treatment. With an estimated time of arrival at the
hospital of 20 minutes, you should:
A) reassess his condition in 5 minutes
B) repeat your secondary assessment
C) take his vital signs in 15 minutes
D) arrange for an ALS rendezvous -
Answer✓✓
A) reassess his condition in 5 minutes
Ch 12 Patient Assessment for Shock pg 499
Quiz____?
Common side effects of nitroglycerin include all of the following except:
A. hypotension
B. bradycardia
C. hypertension
D. severe headache -
Answer✓✓
C. hypertension
1
, ch 16 Emergency Medical Care for Chest Pain or Discomfort pg 648
Quiz____?
You are assessing a 49-year-old man who complains of chest pressure that began the night
before. He is conscious, but anxious, and tells you he has a history of angina and
hypertension. After applying high-flow oxygen, you expose his chest to auscultate his lungs
and note that he has a nitroglycerin patch on his right upper chest. His skin is cool and pale,
his blood pressure is 78/50 mm Hg, and his pulse is 110 beats/min and irregular. You should:
Choose one answer.
A. remove the nitroglycerin patch, place him in a supine position and elevate his lower
extremities, and prepare for immediate transport.
B. immediately remove the nitroglycerin patch, apply the AED in case he develops cardiac
arrest, and transport to the closest hospital.
C. move the nitroglycerin patch to the other side of his chest in case you need to apply the
AED, keep him warm, and transport without delay.
D. ask him if the nitroglycerin patch he -
Answer✓✓
A. remove the nitroglycerin patch, place him in a supine position and elevate his lower
extremities, and prepare for immediate transport.
ch 16 pathophysiology - pg 641
- remove nitro because it can worsen the hypotension; elevate LE so blood doesn't pool
Quiz____?
You are assessing a 49-year-old man who, according to his wife, experienced a sudden,
severe headache and then passed out. He is unresponsive and has slow, irregular breathing.
2
, His blood pressure is 190/94 mm Hg and his pulse rate is 50 beats/min. His wife tells you
that he has hypertension and diabetes. He has MOST likely experienced:
A) a ruptured cerebral artery *****
B) an occluded cerebral artery
C) acute hypoglycemia
D) a complex partial seizure -
Answer✓✓
A) a ruptured cerebral artery
chapter 17 stoke pg 679
Quiz____?
To select the proper size oropharyngeal airway, you should measure from the:
A) corner of the mouth to the superior ear
B) corner of the mouth to the earlobe
C) center of the mouth to the posterior ear
D) angle of the jaw to the center of the mouth -
Answer✓✓
B) corner of the mouth to the earlobe
Ch 10 Basic Airway Adjuncts pg 412-413
Quiz____?
A 71-year-old male is semiconscious following a sudden, severe headache. There is vomitus
around his mouth and his respirations are slow and shallow. The EMT must immediately:
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