Emergency care 13th edition EMT practice questions
Which of the following is acceptable when documenting your time of arrival on the scene?
A)rely on the dispatcher for the accurate time of arrival.
B) check your watch as you pull up to the scene.
C) estimate the amount of time it took you to get from your starting location to the scene.
D) use the clock in the ambulance to establish the arrival time.
ANS:a)rely on the dispatcher for the accurate time of arrival
You are en route to the hospital with a 22-year-old male patient who has suffered a very
embarrassing injury to his genitalia. Which method of contacting the receiving facility will afford
the patient the most privacy?
A)using the ambulance radio but not providing details of the injury
B)using the ambulance radio but not using the patient's name
C)providing the receiving hospital with all information via a cell phone
D)using the handheld radio
ANS:c)providing the receiving hospital with all information via a cell phone
A prehospital care report reads: "gsw to torso (llq)." based on this, you should recognize that
the patient sustained a(n):
A)bullet injury to the left chest.
B)injury to the left torso.
C)gunshot to the left chest.
D)injury to the lower abdomen.
ANS:d)injury to the lower abdomen.
Which one of the following patients who refuse treatment must be transported to the hospital?
A)29-year-old female who attempted to cut her wrists earlier but now states it was an accident
and she is not suicidal
,B)alert and oriented 57-year-old male who is having chest pain and is diaphoretic
C)a homeless man in his 50s who is dirty and disheveled and has a body-wide rash
D)16-year-old female who lives in her parents' house and has a child
ANS:a)29-year-old female who attempted to cut her wrists earlier but now states it was an
accident and she is not suicidal
Which of the following is not an objective element of documented patient information?
A)patient's age
B)position in which the patient was found
C)patient's complaint of nausea
D)patient's blood pressure
ANS:c)patient's complaint of nausea
Medical direction has requested that you administer 70 grams of activated charcoal to an
overdose patient. Which of the following should you do next?
A)administer the medication without delay.
B)prepare the medication and then call the hospital back to re-confirm the order.
C)document the order in writing before carrying it out.
D)repeat the order back to the physician to make sure you understood correctly.
ANS:d)repeat the order back to the physician to make sure you understood correctly.
What is most important to assess during patient assessment during secondary assessment?
A)chief complaint
B)airway
C)respiration
D)pulse
ANS:a)chief complaint
While assessing the breath sounds of a 12-year-old asthma patient, you might hear any of the
following sounds except ________.
A)wheezing
, B)stridor
C)huffing
D)crackles
ANS:c)huffing
Your patient fell off his motorcycle. He was not wearing a helmet and has a possible head injury.
You might expect his pupils to ________.
A)constrict equally when you remove the light source
B)dilate equally when you assess with a penlight
C)be unequal, and may or may not react to light
D)be unequal, but become equal when using a penlight
ANS:c)be unequal, and may or may not react to light
You respond to a 30-month-old patient who has passed out. Is the patient's blood pressure
important to your treatment and why?
A)no, blood pressure taken on children younger than age 3 can cause damage to the tender
tissues of the arm that could lead to hypertension in later life.
B)yes, blood pressure can be taken on children because it is the only way we can understand the
patient's condition.
C)no, blood pressure taken on children younger than age 3 is difficult and has little impact on
the patient's field management.
D)yes, blood pressure must be taken on everyone because without it we cannot impact the
patient's field management.
ANS:c)no, blood pressure taken on children younger than age 3 is difficult and has little impact
on the patient's field management.
What pulse site is commonly used when the emt elects to palpate a blood pressure?
A)pedal
B)radial
C)carotid
D)brachial
Which of the following is acceptable when documenting your time of arrival on the scene?
A)rely on the dispatcher for the accurate time of arrival.
B) check your watch as you pull up to the scene.
C) estimate the amount of time it took you to get from your starting location to the scene.
D) use the clock in the ambulance to establish the arrival time.
ANS:a)rely on the dispatcher for the accurate time of arrival
You are en route to the hospital with a 22-year-old male patient who has suffered a very
embarrassing injury to his genitalia. Which method of contacting the receiving facility will afford
the patient the most privacy?
A)using the ambulance radio but not providing details of the injury
B)using the ambulance radio but not using the patient's name
C)providing the receiving hospital with all information via a cell phone
D)using the handheld radio
ANS:c)providing the receiving hospital with all information via a cell phone
A prehospital care report reads: "gsw to torso (llq)." based on this, you should recognize that
the patient sustained a(n):
A)bullet injury to the left chest.
B)injury to the left torso.
C)gunshot to the left chest.
D)injury to the lower abdomen.
ANS:d)injury to the lower abdomen.
Which one of the following patients who refuse treatment must be transported to the hospital?
A)29-year-old female who attempted to cut her wrists earlier but now states it was an accident
and she is not suicidal
,B)alert and oriented 57-year-old male who is having chest pain and is diaphoretic
C)a homeless man in his 50s who is dirty and disheveled and has a body-wide rash
D)16-year-old female who lives in her parents' house and has a child
ANS:a)29-year-old female who attempted to cut her wrists earlier but now states it was an
accident and she is not suicidal
Which of the following is not an objective element of documented patient information?
A)patient's age
B)position in which the patient was found
C)patient's complaint of nausea
D)patient's blood pressure
ANS:c)patient's complaint of nausea
Medical direction has requested that you administer 70 grams of activated charcoal to an
overdose patient. Which of the following should you do next?
A)administer the medication without delay.
B)prepare the medication and then call the hospital back to re-confirm the order.
C)document the order in writing before carrying it out.
D)repeat the order back to the physician to make sure you understood correctly.
ANS:d)repeat the order back to the physician to make sure you understood correctly.
What is most important to assess during patient assessment during secondary assessment?
A)chief complaint
B)airway
C)respiration
D)pulse
ANS:a)chief complaint
While assessing the breath sounds of a 12-year-old asthma patient, you might hear any of the
following sounds except ________.
A)wheezing
, B)stridor
C)huffing
D)crackles
ANS:c)huffing
Your patient fell off his motorcycle. He was not wearing a helmet and has a possible head injury.
You might expect his pupils to ________.
A)constrict equally when you remove the light source
B)dilate equally when you assess with a penlight
C)be unequal, and may or may not react to light
D)be unequal, but become equal when using a penlight
ANS:c)be unequal, and may or may not react to light
You respond to a 30-month-old patient who has passed out. Is the patient's blood pressure
important to your treatment and why?
A)no, blood pressure taken on children younger than age 3 can cause damage to the tender
tissues of the arm that could lead to hypertension in later life.
B)yes, blood pressure can be taken on children because it is the only way we can understand the
patient's condition.
C)no, blood pressure taken on children younger than age 3 is difficult and has little impact on
the patient's field management.
D)yes, blood pressure must be taken on everyone because without it we cannot impact the
patient's field management.
ANS:c)no, blood pressure taken on children younger than age 3 is difficult and has little impact
on the patient's field management.
What pulse site is commonly used when the emt elects to palpate a blood pressure?
A)pedal
B)radial
C)carotid
D)brachial
