EMT Test 1 (Ch.1-8) Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
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What is the first step in the EMS chain of survival?
✔✔ Early access to emergency care by calling 911.
What is the most important reason to perform a scene size-up?
✔✔ To ensure the scene is safe for you, your crew, and the patient.
What is the most important factor in determining the priority of patient care?
✔✔ The patient's level of consciousness and airway status.
What is the purpose of the primary assessment?
✔✔ To identify and treat immediate life threats.
Why is it important to reassess a patient during transport?
✔✔ Because a patient's condition can change rapidly.
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,What should you do if you find gurgling sounds during the primary assessment?
✔✔ Immediately suction the airway.
What is the best way to determine if a patient is breathing adequately?
✔✔ Look for chest rise, listen for breath sounds, and feel for air movement.
What is the most reliable indicator of circulatory status in an adult?
✔✔ Presence and quality of a carotid pulse.
What is the first step of the patient assessment process after ensuring scene safety?
✔✔ Take standard precautions and perform a primary assessment.
What is the most critical piece of information to obtain in the SAMPLE history for chest pain?
✔✔ Onset and characteristics of the pain.
What does the "A" stand for in the AVPU scale?
✔✔ Alert.
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, Why is it important to assess a patient's skin color, temperature, and condition?
✔✔ These signs help assess perfusion and shock status.
What does the "P" stand for in OPQRST?
✔✔ Provocation — what makes the symptoms better or worse.
What should you do if a trauma patient has an altered mental status and shallow respirations?
✔✔ Begin assisted ventilations with a bag-valve mask.
What is the first thing to assess in an unresponsive patient?
✔✔ Airway.
What should you do if a patient is alert and complains of shortness of breath?
✔✔ Perform a focused respiratory assessment and apply oxygen as needed.
What is the best way to determine if a patient's airway is open?
✔✔ Listen for air movement and assess for speech.
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the first step in the EMS chain of survival?
✔✔ Early access to emergency care by calling 911.
What is the most important reason to perform a scene size-up?
✔✔ To ensure the scene is safe for you, your crew, and the patient.
What is the most important factor in determining the priority of patient care?
✔✔ The patient's level of consciousness and airway status.
What is the purpose of the primary assessment?
✔✔ To identify and treat immediate life threats.
Why is it important to reassess a patient during transport?
✔✔ Because a patient's condition can change rapidly.
1
,What should you do if you find gurgling sounds during the primary assessment?
✔✔ Immediately suction the airway.
What is the best way to determine if a patient is breathing adequately?
✔✔ Look for chest rise, listen for breath sounds, and feel for air movement.
What is the most reliable indicator of circulatory status in an adult?
✔✔ Presence and quality of a carotid pulse.
What is the first step of the patient assessment process after ensuring scene safety?
✔✔ Take standard precautions and perform a primary assessment.
What is the most critical piece of information to obtain in the SAMPLE history for chest pain?
✔✔ Onset and characteristics of the pain.
What does the "A" stand for in the AVPU scale?
✔✔ Alert.
2
, Why is it important to assess a patient's skin color, temperature, and condition?
✔✔ These signs help assess perfusion and shock status.
What does the "P" stand for in OPQRST?
✔✔ Provocation — what makes the symptoms better or worse.
What should you do if a trauma patient has an altered mental status and shallow respirations?
✔✔ Begin assisted ventilations with a bag-valve mask.
What is the first thing to assess in an unresponsive patient?
✔✔ Airway.
What should you do if a patient is alert and complains of shortness of breath?
✔✔ Perform a focused respiratory assessment and apply oxygen as needed.
What is the best way to determine if a patient's airway is open?
✔✔ Listen for air movement and assess for speech.
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