EMT Refresher Pre-Test Questions and Answers Rated A
1. A wound in which the epidermis is scraped away with Abrasion
minimal bleeding, such as commonly occurs when a
child falls on his knees on a sidewalk, is called a(n)?
2. When ventilating a child with inadequate respirations, 20 per minute
what is the maximum rate at which artificial respira-
tions should be delivered?
3. What is blunt force trauma? When an object strikes the
body, but it does not pen-
etrate the body tissues.
4. Your patient is a 51-year-old male who doesn't respond Opening the airway with a
to your voice or the shaking of his shoulder. What head-tilt, chin-lift maneu-
should be done next? ver.
5. What is the complete list of medications that an EMT ASA, Oral glucose, oxygen,
can assist the patient in taking or administer under the prescribed bronchodila-
direction of the Medical Director? tor inhalers, nitroglycerin,
and epinephrine auto-in-
jectors
6. What is the sound or feel of broken bones rubbing Crepitation
against each other called?
7. What may be a symptom of a problem with the heart? Mild chest discomfort; se-
vere, crushing pain in the
chest; nausea, with or
without vomiting.
8. What is the name given to the condition in which fluid Pulmonary edema
accumulates in the lungs?
, EMT Refresher Pre-Test Questions and Answers Rated A
9. The patient was a driver in a lateral impact motor Paradoxical movement
vehicle collision. During the assessment of his chest,
the EMT notices a segment of the chest wall moving in
the opposite direction from the rest of the chest. What
best describes the EMT's findings?
10. In assessing a patient's breathing, what is your first "Are they breathing?"
question?
11. What is a respiratory process that requires the active Inhalation
use of muscles?
12. The pulse palpated on the top of the foot is called the Dorsalis pedis
pulse?
13. At the scene of a vehicle collision in which there are The danger zone should
no apparent hazards, what would be the guidelines for be 50 feet in all directions.
establishing a danger zone?
14. What kind of situation is most likely to result in hidden Collisions that occur at
or unsuspected injuries? night.
15. A patient who has shallow, slow, irregular gasping Agonal
breaths is said to have respirations
16. What is a consequence of hypo-perfusion? Cellular wast products are
not removed; cells are not
supplied with nutrients;
cells are not supplied with
oxygen.
17. What describes the delivery of oxygen and nutrients at Perfusion
the body's cellular level?
1. A wound in which the epidermis is scraped away with Abrasion
minimal bleeding, such as commonly occurs when a
child falls on his knees on a sidewalk, is called a(n)?
2. When ventilating a child with inadequate respirations, 20 per minute
what is the maximum rate at which artificial respira-
tions should be delivered?
3. What is blunt force trauma? When an object strikes the
body, but it does not pen-
etrate the body tissues.
4. Your patient is a 51-year-old male who doesn't respond Opening the airway with a
to your voice or the shaking of his shoulder. What head-tilt, chin-lift maneu-
should be done next? ver.
5. What is the complete list of medications that an EMT ASA, Oral glucose, oxygen,
can assist the patient in taking or administer under the prescribed bronchodila-
direction of the Medical Director? tor inhalers, nitroglycerin,
and epinephrine auto-in-
jectors
6. What is the sound or feel of broken bones rubbing Crepitation
against each other called?
7. What may be a symptom of a problem with the heart? Mild chest discomfort; se-
vere, crushing pain in the
chest; nausea, with or
without vomiting.
8. What is the name given to the condition in which fluid Pulmonary edema
accumulates in the lungs?
, EMT Refresher Pre-Test Questions and Answers Rated A
9. The patient was a driver in a lateral impact motor Paradoxical movement
vehicle collision. During the assessment of his chest,
the EMT notices a segment of the chest wall moving in
the opposite direction from the rest of the chest. What
best describes the EMT's findings?
10. In assessing a patient's breathing, what is your first "Are they breathing?"
question?
11. What is a respiratory process that requires the active Inhalation
use of muscles?
12. The pulse palpated on the top of the foot is called the Dorsalis pedis
pulse?
13. At the scene of a vehicle collision in which there are The danger zone should
no apparent hazards, what would be the guidelines for be 50 feet in all directions.
establishing a danger zone?
14. What kind of situation is most likely to result in hidden Collisions that occur at
or unsuspected injuries? night.
15. A patient who has shallow, slow, irregular gasping Agonal
breaths is said to have respirations
16. What is a consequence of hypo-perfusion? Cellular wast products are
not removed; cells are not
supplied with nutrients;
cells are not supplied with
oxygen.
17. What describes the delivery of oxygen and nutrients at Perfusion
the body's cellular level?
