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EMSU FINAL ACTUAL EXAM PREP 2026
ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADED
WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK |NEW AND
REVISED
A 59-year-old male has suffered a severe laceration from a circular saw
while cutting wood in his garage. Upon your arrival, you find the patient
sitting on the floor in a pool of blood. He is extremely pale. Based on
your knowledge of pathophysiology, you would expect his body to try to
compensate for the blood loss in all of the following ways, except:
Select one:
A.increased respirations.
B.sweaty skin.
C.increased pulse.
D.constricted pupils. - ANSWER- D. Constricted pupils
The sympathetic nervous response causes which of the following to
occur?
Select one:
A.Breathing becomes slower and deeper, blood vessels dilate, heart
beats stronger and faster, skin sweats, pupils constrict, and skin becomes
pale.
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B.Breathing becomes faster and deeper, blood vessels dilate, heart beats
stronger and slower, skin sweats, pupils dilate, and skin becomes pale.
C.Breathing becomes faster and deeper, blood vessels constrict, heart
beats stronger and faster, skins sweats, pupils constrict, and skin
becomes warm.
D.Breathing becomes faster and deeper, blood vessels constrict, heart
beats stronger and faster, skin sweats, pupils dilate, and skin becomes
pale - ANSWER- D. Breathing becomes faster and deeper, blood vessels
constrict, heart beats stronger and faster, skin sweats, pupils dilate, and
skin becomes pale.
Which of the following is not an indicator that a patient's nervous system
has been impaired?
Select one:
A.General weakness
B.Hearing disturbances
C.Pale, sweaty skin
D.Changes in pupil dilation - ANSWER- C. Pale, Sweaty skin
________ blood returns to the right side of the heart.
Select one:
A.Red
B.Oxygenated
C.Anemic
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D.Deoxygenated - ANSWER- B. Oxygenated
The disruption of lung tissue by mechanical forces or medical problems
can upset diffusion, which is defined as:
Select one:
A.the exchange of gases in the bronchi.
B.the process of gas exchange between the alveoli and the capillaries.
C.the ability of the lungs to expand equally during inspiration.
D.maintaining enough positive pressure in the pleural space to keep the
lungs from collapsing. - ANSWER- B.the process of gas exchange
between the alveoli and the capillaries.
You and your EMT partner respond to a local shipping warehouse for a
worker who was hit by a falling crate. Upon arrival, you find the man
lying on the concrete floor of the facility, alert and oriented but unable to
move or even feel his legs below the waist. Based on the mechanism of
injury and the symptoms, which of the patient's body systems would you
suspect has been impaired?
Select one:
A.Cardiopulmonary system
B.Endocrine system
C.Nervous system
D.Immune system - ANSWER- C. Nervous System
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When the body's water moves from the bloodstream into the interstitial
space, this can often be seen as:
Select one:
A.hydrostatic pressure.
B.dehydration.
C.edema.
D.hypovolemia - ANSWER- C. Edema
A 19-year-old male is reported to have taken too many narcotic pain
pills that were prescribed for his recent knee surgery. He is extremely
sleepy with very shallow breathing. His color is pale and his SpO2
reading is 84 percent. His body is probably attempting to compensate for
his poor level of ventilatory effort by stimulating the respiratory system
to increase rate and tidal volume. Normally, respiratory drive is
triggered by changing levels of:
Select one:
A.oxygen.
B.glucose.
C.carbon dioxide.
D.pH. - ANSWER- C. Carbon Dioxide
EMSU FINAL ACTUAL EXAM PREP 2026
ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADED
WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK |NEW AND
REVISED
A 59-year-old male has suffered a severe laceration from a circular saw
while cutting wood in his garage. Upon your arrival, you find the patient
sitting on the floor in a pool of blood. He is extremely pale. Based on
your knowledge of pathophysiology, you would expect his body to try to
compensate for the blood loss in all of the following ways, except:
Select one:
A.increased respirations.
B.sweaty skin.
C.increased pulse.
D.constricted pupils. - ANSWER- D. Constricted pupils
The sympathetic nervous response causes which of the following to
occur?
Select one:
A.Breathing becomes slower and deeper, blood vessels dilate, heart
beats stronger and faster, skin sweats, pupils constrict, and skin becomes
pale.
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B.Breathing becomes faster and deeper, blood vessels dilate, heart beats
stronger and slower, skin sweats, pupils dilate, and skin becomes pale.
C.Breathing becomes faster and deeper, blood vessels constrict, heart
beats stronger and faster, skins sweats, pupils constrict, and skin
becomes warm.
D.Breathing becomes faster and deeper, blood vessels constrict, heart
beats stronger and faster, skin sweats, pupils dilate, and skin becomes
pale - ANSWER- D. Breathing becomes faster and deeper, blood vessels
constrict, heart beats stronger and faster, skin sweats, pupils dilate, and
skin becomes pale.
Which of the following is not an indicator that a patient's nervous system
has been impaired?
Select one:
A.General weakness
B.Hearing disturbances
C.Pale, sweaty skin
D.Changes in pupil dilation - ANSWER- C. Pale, Sweaty skin
________ blood returns to the right side of the heart.
Select one:
A.Red
B.Oxygenated
C.Anemic
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D.Deoxygenated - ANSWER- B. Oxygenated
The disruption of lung tissue by mechanical forces or medical problems
can upset diffusion, which is defined as:
Select one:
A.the exchange of gases in the bronchi.
B.the process of gas exchange between the alveoli and the capillaries.
C.the ability of the lungs to expand equally during inspiration.
D.maintaining enough positive pressure in the pleural space to keep the
lungs from collapsing. - ANSWER- B.the process of gas exchange
between the alveoli and the capillaries.
You and your EMT partner respond to a local shipping warehouse for a
worker who was hit by a falling crate. Upon arrival, you find the man
lying on the concrete floor of the facility, alert and oriented but unable to
move or even feel his legs below the waist. Based on the mechanism of
injury and the symptoms, which of the patient's body systems would you
suspect has been impaired?
Select one:
A.Cardiopulmonary system
B.Endocrine system
C.Nervous system
D.Immune system - ANSWER- C. Nervous System
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When the body's water moves from the bloodstream into the interstitial
space, this can often be seen as:
Select one:
A.hydrostatic pressure.
B.dehydration.
C.edema.
D.hypovolemia - ANSWER- C. Edema
A 19-year-old male is reported to have taken too many narcotic pain
pills that were prescribed for his recent knee surgery. He is extremely
sleepy with very shallow breathing. His color is pale and his SpO2
reading is 84 percent. His body is probably attempting to compensate for
his poor level of ventilatory effort by stimulating the respiratory system
to increase rate and tidal volume. Normally, respiratory drive is
triggered by changing levels of:
Select one:
A.oxygen.
B.glucose.
C.carbon dioxide.
D.pH. - ANSWER- C. Carbon Dioxide
