EMT - Chapter 15 - Medical
Overview Pre and Post
Test 2025-2026
, A patient who presents with a headache, fever, confusion, and red blotches on his or her skin should be
suspected of having:
A. MERS-CoV.
B. tuberculosis.
C. meningitis.
D. hepatitis. - CORRECT ANSWER -C. meningitis.
After sizing up the scene of a patient with a possible infectious disease, your next priority should be to:
A. notify law enforcement.
B. contact medical control.
C. take standard precautions.
D. quickly access the patient. - CORRECT ANSWER -C. take standard precautions.
An index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as:
A. determining the underlying cause of a patient's medical condition based on signs and symptoms.
B. the EMT's prediction of the type of illness a patient has based on how the call is dispatched.
C. your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illness.
D. ruling out specific medical conditions based on the absence of certain signs and symptoms. - CORRECT
ANSWER -C. your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illness.
An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:
A. a disease that can be spread from one person or species to another through a number of mechanisms.
Overview Pre and Post
Test 2025-2026
, A patient who presents with a headache, fever, confusion, and red blotches on his or her skin should be
suspected of having:
A. MERS-CoV.
B. tuberculosis.
C. meningitis.
D. hepatitis. - CORRECT ANSWER -C. meningitis.
After sizing up the scene of a patient with a possible infectious disease, your next priority should be to:
A. notify law enforcement.
B. contact medical control.
C. take standard precautions.
D. quickly access the patient. - CORRECT ANSWER -C. take standard precautions.
An index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as:
A. determining the underlying cause of a patient's medical condition based on signs and symptoms.
B. the EMT's prediction of the type of illness a patient has based on how the call is dispatched.
C. your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illness.
D. ruling out specific medical conditions based on the absence of certain signs and symptoms. - CORRECT
ANSWER -C. your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illness.
An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:
A. a disease that can be spread from one person or species to another through a number of mechanisms.
