EMT Practice Test Questions and answers 2026\2027 A+
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What is the rate of CPR in breaths and compressions:
- correct answer 6 breaths and 110 compressions in a minute
What is considered tachycardic for an adult?
- correct answer heart rate more than 100
What is considered bradycardic for an adult?
- correct answer Heart rate less than 60
When is nitroglycerin not advised to be administered?
- correct answer if the systolic blood pressure is less than 100
Where does blood flow after it leaves the left ventricle?
- correct answer it flows to the aortic arch
What medication is Erectile Dysfunction medications a contraindication?
- correct answer nitroglycerin
What is the parasympathetic system responsible for?
- correct answer slowing the heart rate and intestinal activity
What is the function of the carotid artery?
- correct answer it carries blood from the heart to the head
Are open ended or close ended questions better to ask?
- correct answer open ended questions; it avoids the yes/no answer
,what delivers blood to the right atrium?
- correct answer the superior and inferior vena cava
What does diastolic blood pressure refer to?
- correct answer it refers to the pressure of the vessels during the relaxation phase; bottom of the blood
pressure
What is TIA
- correct answer transient ischemic attack; this is where vessels in the brain are blocked for a few
minutes
When do you change roles during CPR?
- correct answer every two minutes
What is another name for a heart attack?
- correct answer acute myocardial infarction
What does nitroglycerin do?
- correct answer nitroglycerin dilates the vessels to reduce the hearts preload
When cells are deprived of oxygen and die they are called?
- correct answer infarcted cells
What type of heart attack is extremely common in elderly?
- correct answer silent heart attack
What is arteriosclerosis?
- correct answer thickening of arterial walls
What is pericardial tamponade?
- correct answer the heart is impeded by fluid in the pericardium
, What happens when someone has a pericardial tamponade?
- correct answer low blood pressure; muffled heart sound; weak pulse due to the hearts struggles to
pump
If a patient is unresponsive with a pulse you:
- correct answer 2 quick rescue breaths then breaths 10-12 every minute
what does a sphygmonometer measure?
- correct answer it measures blood pressure
what is a normal systolic blood pressure for a child?
- correct answer 80-110
what are three things to check if suspicious of a stroke?
- correct answer speech, facial droop, arm drift
what are the actions of nitroglycerin
- correct answer smooth muscle relaxation, reduces cardiac workload, dilates coronary arteries, and
dilates systemic arteries
what happens if a patient has preeclampsia?
- correct answer hypertensive; extremely high blood pressure and swelling in extremeties; susceptible to
seizures
what is an ischemic stroke?
- correct answer blood flow being cut off from part of the brain
what is the normal heart rate for a child
- correct answer 70-110 beats per minute
what ratio should 2 person cpr on a child be done at?
- correct answer 15:2
Grade
What is the rate of CPR in breaths and compressions:
- correct answer 6 breaths and 110 compressions in a minute
What is considered tachycardic for an adult?
- correct answer heart rate more than 100
What is considered bradycardic for an adult?
- correct answer Heart rate less than 60
When is nitroglycerin not advised to be administered?
- correct answer if the systolic blood pressure is less than 100
Where does blood flow after it leaves the left ventricle?
- correct answer it flows to the aortic arch
What medication is Erectile Dysfunction medications a contraindication?
- correct answer nitroglycerin
What is the parasympathetic system responsible for?
- correct answer slowing the heart rate and intestinal activity
What is the function of the carotid artery?
- correct answer it carries blood from the heart to the head
Are open ended or close ended questions better to ask?
- correct answer open ended questions; it avoids the yes/no answer
,what delivers blood to the right atrium?
- correct answer the superior and inferior vena cava
What does diastolic blood pressure refer to?
- correct answer it refers to the pressure of the vessels during the relaxation phase; bottom of the blood
pressure
What is TIA
- correct answer transient ischemic attack; this is where vessels in the brain are blocked for a few
minutes
When do you change roles during CPR?
- correct answer every two minutes
What is another name for a heart attack?
- correct answer acute myocardial infarction
What does nitroglycerin do?
- correct answer nitroglycerin dilates the vessels to reduce the hearts preload
When cells are deprived of oxygen and die they are called?
- correct answer infarcted cells
What type of heart attack is extremely common in elderly?
- correct answer silent heart attack
What is arteriosclerosis?
- correct answer thickening of arterial walls
What is pericardial tamponade?
- correct answer the heart is impeded by fluid in the pericardium
, What happens when someone has a pericardial tamponade?
- correct answer low blood pressure; muffled heart sound; weak pulse due to the hearts struggles to
pump
If a patient is unresponsive with a pulse you:
- correct answer 2 quick rescue breaths then breaths 10-12 every minute
what does a sphygmonometer measure?
- correct answer it measures blood pressure
what is a normal systolic blood pressure for a child?
- correct answer 80-110
what are three things to check if suspicious of a stroke?
- correct answer speech, facial droop, arm drift
what are the actions of nitroglycerin
- correct answer smooth muscle relaxation, reduces cardiac workload, dilates coronary arteries, and
dilates systemic arteries
what happens if a patient has preeclampsia?
- correct answer hypertensive; extremely high blood pressure and swelling in extremeties; susceptible to
seizures
what is an ischemic stroke?
- correct answer blood flow being cut off from part of the brain
what is the normal heart rate for a child
- correct answer 70-110 beats per minute
what ratio should 2 person cpr on a child be done at?
- correct answer 15:2
