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QUESTIONS AND ANWERS WITH
DETAILED RATIONALES 2025/2026
COMPLETE 600 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES | ALREADY GRADED A+
When is the best time to perform a detailed physical examination?
A. While enroute to the hospital
B. After all life threats have been ruled out
C. Immediately after taking baseline vital signs
D. Following the initial assessment of a trauma patient.
While enroute to the hospital
Which of the following conditions would most likely cause flushed skin?
A. Shock
B. Hypoxia
C. Exposure to heat
D. Low blood pressure
Exposure to heat
During the rapid trauma assessment of a patient with multiple injuries, you expose the chest and find
an open wound with blood bubbling from it. What should you do next?
A. Apply 100% supplemental oxygen.
B. Provide rapid transport to the hospital
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C. Prevent air from entering the wound.
D. Place a porous dressing over the wound.
Prevent air from entering the wound.
You are called to a local park for a 7-year old boy with respiratory distress. During your assessment,
you find that the patient is wheezing and has wide-spread hives and facial edema. What should you
suspect has occurred?
A. Heat emergency
B. allergic reaction
C. Acute asthma attack
D. Exposure to a poisonous plant
allergic reaction
A common side effect of nitroglycerin is
A. nausea
B. headache
C. hypertension
D. chest discomfort
headache
As you assess a 56-year old man, you note that he is pulseless and apneic. As your partner gets the
AED from the ambulance, you should
A. obtain a medical history from the wife.
B. place the patient in the recovery position
C. perform CPR until the AED is ready to use
D. conduct a detailed examination of the patient.
perform CPR until the AED is ready to use
Prescribed inhalers, such as albuterol (Ventolin), relieve respiratory distress by
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A. constricting the bronchioles in the lungs.
B. contracting the smaller airways in the lungs.
C. relaxing the smooth muscle of the bronchioles.
D. dilating the large mainstem bronchi of the airway.
relaxing the smooth muscle of the bronchioles.
In a patient with cardiac compromise, you would be LEAST likely to encounter
A. anxiety
B. dyspnea
C. headache
D. chest pain
headache
When monitoring a patient with a head injury, the most reliable indicator of his or her condition is the
A. pupillary reaction
B. level of consciousness
C. systolic blood pressure
D. rate and depth of breathing
level of consciousness
A 56-year-old man with a history of cardiac problems reports pain in the upper midabdominal area.
This region of the abdomen is called the
A. peritoneum
B. epigastrium
C. mediastinum
D. retroperitoneum
epigastrium
Which of the following mechanisms cause respiratory and circulatory collapse during anaphylactic
shock?
A. Bronchodilation and vasodilation
B. Bronchodilation and vasoconstriction
C. Bronchoconstriction and vasodilation
D. Bronchoconstriction and vasoconstriction
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Bronchoconstriction and vasodilation
In the patient with diabetes, hypoglycemia typically presents with
A. dry skin and a slow onset
B. dry skin and a rapid onset
C. clammy skin and a slow onset
D. clammy skin and a rapid onset
clammy skin and a rapid onset
Which of the following signs would LEAST suggest a diabetic emergency?
A. Bradycardia
B. Tachycardia
C. Combativeness
D. Fruity breath odor
Bradycardia
Which of the following patients would be at most risk for suicide?
A. A woman who quit her job for one that pays more
B. A man who is in the midst of losing a significant relationship
C. A man who is planning a family trip, but gets called away to work
D. An EMT who saved a drowning child and receives a lot of media attention
A man who is in the midst of losing a significant relationship
A middle-aged woman has acute shortness of breath and respirations of 30 breath/min. How should
you first manage this patient?
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QUESTIONS AND ANWERS WITH
DETAILED RATIONALES 2025/2026
COMPLETE 600 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES | ALREADY GRADED A+
When is the best time to perform a detailed physical examination?
A. While enroute to the hospital
B. After all life threats have been ruled out
C. Immediately after taking baseline vital signs
D. Following the initial assessment of a trauma patient.
While enroute to the hospital
Which of the following conditions would most likely cause flushed skin?
A. Shock
B. Hypoxia
C. Exposure to heat
D. Low blood pressure
Exposure to heat
During the rapid trauma assessment of a patient with multiple injuries, you expose the chest and find
an open wound with blood bubbling from it. What should you do next?
A. Apply 100% supplemental oxygen.
B. Provide rapid transport to the hospital
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C. Prevent air from entering the wound.
D. Place a porous dressing over the wound.
Prevent air from entering the wound.
You are called to a local park for a 7-year old boy with respiratory distress. During your assessment,
you find that the patient is wheezing and has wide-spread hives and facial edema. What should you
suspect has occurred?
A. Heat emergency
B. allergic reaction
C. Acute asthma attack
D. Exposure to a poisonous plant
allergic reaction
A common side effect of nitroglycerin is
A. nausea
B. headache
C. hypertension
D. chest discomfort
headache
As you assess a 56-year old man, you note that he is pulseless and apneic. As your partner gets the
AED from the ambulance, you should
A. obtain a medical history from the wife.
B. place the patient in the recovery position
C. perform CPR until the AED is ready to use
D. conduct a detailed examination of the patient.
perform CPR until the AED is ready to use
Prescribed inhalers, such as albuterol (Ventolin), relieve respiratory distress by
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A. constricting the bronchioles in the lungs.
B. contracting the smaller airways in the lungs.
C. relaxing the smooth muscle of the bronchioles.
D. dilating the large mainstem bronchi of the airway.
relaxing the smooth muscle of the bronchioles.
In a patient with cardiac compromise, you would be LEAST likely to encounter
A. anxiety
B. dyspnea
C. headache
D. chest pain
headache
When monitoring a patient with a head injury, the most reliable indicator of his or her condition is the
A. pupillary reaction
B. level of consciousness
C. systolic blood pressure
D. rate and depth of breathing
level of consciousness
A 56-year-old man with a history of cardiac problems reports pain in the upper midabdominal area.
This region of the abdomen is called the
A. peritoneum
B. epigastrium
C. mediastinum
D. retroperitoneum
epigastrium
Which of the following mechanisms cause respiratory and circulatory collapse during anaphylactic
shock?
A. Bronchodilation and vasodilation
B. Bronchodilation and vasoconstriction
C. Bronchoconstriction and vasodilation
D. Bronchoconstriction and vasoconstriction
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Bronchoconstriction and vasodilation
In the patient with diabetes, hypoglycemia typically presents with
A. dry skin and a slow onset
B. dry skin and a rapid onset
C. clammy skin and a slow onset
D. clammy skin and a rapid onset
clammy skin and a rapid onset
Which of the following signs would LEAST suggest a diabetic emergency?
A. Bradycardia
B. Tachycardia
C. Combativeness
D. Fruity breath odor
Bradycardia
Which of the following patients would be at most risk for suicide?
A. A woman who quit her job for one that pays more
B. A man who is in the midst of losing a significant relationship
C. A man who is planning a family trip, but gets called away to work
D. An EMT who saved a drowning child and receives a lot of media attention
A man who is in the midst of losing a significant relationship
A middle-aged woman has acute shortness of breath and respirations of 30 breath/min. How should
you first manage this patient?
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