JB LEARNING EMT MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE
2026 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
⩥ A patient has cool skin, shallow breathing and a diminished LOC.
Your interventions would be:. Answer: Increase depth of respirations,
high flow oxygen, and transport ASAP
⩥ Initial Assessment includes. Answer: Forming a general impression
⩥ A fall patient has discoloration and tenderness to the left side of the
chest. Upon auscultation, you hear diminished breath sounds on the
affected side. You should:. Answer: Classify the patient as major trauma
and immediately transport
⩥ Traumatic Asphyxia presents as. Answer: bulging eyes and
discoloration of the body above the shoulders
⩥ What are the quickest ways to assess perfusion?. Answer: Capillary
refill and pulse
⩥ A patient with diminished level of consciousness, abdominal bleeding
and a swollen and deformed arm is an example of:. Answer: Major
Trauma
, ⩥ If your patient has develops severe dyspnea after you have already
sealed their sucking chest wound, you should. Answer: Lift the occlusive
dressing upon exhalation to release the air and then re-seal it.
⩥ If your patient gags when trying to insert an OPA, you should.
Answer: remove the oropharyngeal airway and prepare for the patient to
vomit.
⩥ When a patient has dyspnea and paradoxical movement on a side of
their chest, you should suspect:. Answer: that the patient has Flail Chest
⩥ When securing a patient to a back board you. Answer: Apply a c-
collar, maintain manual stabilization of the head until secured to the
backboard, and secure the axial skeleton to the backboard before the
head.
⩥ Unequal breath sounds and/or unequal chest expansion are signs and
symptoms of. Answer: a closed chest wall injury
⩥ If someone has an impaled object in their chest you should. Answer:
stabilize the object, provide high flow oxygen, monitor vital signs, and
provide rapid transport
2026 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
⩥ A patient has cool skin, shallow breathing and a diminished LOC.
Your interventions would be:. Answer: Increase depth of respirations,
high flow oxygen, and transport ASAP
⩥ Initial Assessment includes. Answer: Forming a general impression
⩥ A fall patient has discoloration and tenderness to the left side of the
chest. Upon auscultation, you hear diminished breath sounds on the
affected side. You should:. Answer: Classify the patient as major trauma
and immediately transport
⩥ Traumatic Asphyxia presents as. Answer: bulging eyes and
discoloration of the body above the shoulders
⩥ What are the quickest ways to assess perfusion?. Answer: Capillary
refill and pulse
⩥ A patient with diminished level of consciousness, abdominal bleeding
and a swollen and deformed arm is an example of:. Answer: Major
Trauma
, ⩥ If your patient has develops severe dyspnea after you have already
sealed their sucking chest wound, you should. Answer: Lift the occlusive
dressing upon exhalation to release the air and then re-seal it.
⩥ If your patient gags when trying to insert an OPA, you should.
Answer: remove the oropharyngeal airway and prepare for the patient to
vomit.
⩥ When a patient has dyspnea and paradoxical movement on a side of
their chest, you should suspect:. Answer: that the patient has Flail Chest
⩥ When securing a patient to a back board you. Answer: Apply a c-
collar, maintain manual stabilization of the head until secured to the
backboard, and secure the axial skeleton to the backboard before the
head.
⩥ Unequal breath sounds and/or unequal chest expansion are signs and
symptoms of. Answer: a closed chest wall injury
⩥ If someone has an impaled object in their chest you should. Answer:
stabilize the object, provide high flow oxygen, monitor vital signs, and
provide rapid transport
