EMT Basic Practice Exam 1 Questions
and Answers | Latest Version |
2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A patient is found unresponsive, not breathing, and pulseless. What is the next immediate step?
A. Check blood pressure
B. Insert an oropharyngeal airway
C. Apply oxygen via non-rebreather mask
✔✔ D. Start chest compressions
Which of the following best describes the function of the AV node in the heart?
A. It pumps blood into the ventricles
B. It acts as the pacemaker of the heart
✔✔ C. It delays the electrical impulse to allow the ventricles to fill
D. It controls heart valve function
An adult patient is choking and cannot cough, speak, or breathe. What should you do first?
✔✔ A. Perform abdominal thrusts
B. Check pulse
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,C. Apply oxygen
D. Encourage coughing
Which of the following indicates adequate breathing in an adult?
A. Respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute
✔✔ B. Clear and equal breath sounds bilaterally
C. Use of accessory muscles
D. Cyanosis around the lips
What is the correct rate for performing chest compressions on an adult in cardiac arrest?
A. 60–80 compressions per minute
✔✔ B. 100–120 compressions per minute
C. 140–160 compressions per minute
D. 80–90 compressions per minute
What is the best method to open the airway of a trauma patient with suspected spinal injury?
A. Head-tilt chin-lift
✔✔ B. Jaw-thrust maneuver
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,C. Abdominal thrusts
D. Nasopharyngeal airway
A diabetic patient is found confused and sweating with a blood glucose level of 50 mg/dL. What
should you do first?
A. Call medical control
B. Apply high-flow oxygen
✔✔ C. Administer oral glucose if able to swallow
D. Wait for ALS backup
Which of the following vital signs is considered abnormal for a healthy adult?
A. Heart rate 72 bpm
B. Respiratory rate 16
C. Blood pressure 118/78
✔✔ D. Pulse oximeter reading 88%
Which structure prevents food from entering the trachea?
✔✔ A. Epiglottis
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, B. Pharynx
C. Esophagus
D. Larynx
You arrive on scene to find a patient with cool, pale, and clammy skin, rapid pulse, and low
blood pressure. What condition should you suspect?
A. Stroke
B. Hyperglycemia
✔✔ C. Shock
D. Asthma attack
During inhalation, which of the following occurs in the chest cavity?
A. The diaphragm relaxes
✔✔ B. The diaphragm contracts and moves downward
C. The lungs deflate
D. The chest cavity becomes smaller
Which of the following is the first step in controlling external bleeding?
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and Answers | Latest Version |
2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A patient is found unresponsive, not breathing, and pulseless. What is the next immediate step?
A. Check blood pressure
B. Insert an oropharyngeal airway
C. Apply oxygen via non-rebreather mask
✔✔ D. Start chest compressions
Which of the following best describes the function of the AV node in the heart?
A. It pumps blood into the ventricles
B. It acts as the pacemaker of the heart
✔✔ C. It delays the electrical impulse to allow the ventricles to fill
D. It controls heart valve function
An adult patient is choking and cannot cough, speak, or breathe. What should you do first?
✔✔ A. Perform abdominal thrusts
B. Check pulse
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,C. Apply oxygen
D. Encourage coughing
Which of the following indicates adequate breathing in an adult?
A. Respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute
✔✔ B. Clear and equal breath sounds bilaterally
C. Use of accessory muscles
D. Cyanosis around the lips
What is the correct rate for performing chest compressions on an adult in cardiac arrest?
A. 60–80 compressions per minute
✔✔ B. 100–120 compressions per minute
C. 140–160 compressions per minute
D. 80–90 compressions per minute
What is the best method to open the airway of a trauma patient with suspected spinal injury?
A. Head-tilt chin-lift
✔✔ B. Jaw-thrust maneuver
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,C. Abdominal thrusts
D. Nasopharyngeal airway
A diabetic patient is found confused and sweating with a blood glucose level of 50 mg/dL. What
should you do first?
A. Call medical control
B. Apply high-flow oxygen
✔✔ C. Administer oral glucose if able to swallow
D. Wait for ALS backup
Which of the following vital signs is considered abnormal for a healthy adult?
A. Heart rate 72 bpm
B. Respiratory rate 16
C. Blood pressure 118/78
✔✔ D. Pulse oximeter reading 88%
Which structure prevents food from entering the trachea?
✔✔ A. Epiglottis
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, B. Pharynx
C. Esophagus
D. Larynx
You arrive on scene to find a patient with cool, pale, and clammy skin, rapid pulse, and low
blood pressure. What condition should you suspect?
A. Stroke
B. Hyperglycemia
✔✔ C. Shock
D. Asthma attack
During inhalation, which of the following occurs in the chest cavity?
A. The diaphragm relaxes
✔✔ B. The diaphragm contracts and moves downward
C. The lungs deflate
D. The chest cavity becomes smaller
Which of the following is the first step in controlling external bleeding?
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