EMT B EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE REVIEW
MATERIAL
●● Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-
threatening injury or illness and is:
a. Under police custody
b. A threat to himself and others
c. Under age of 18
d. Unconscious
Answer: D. unconscious
●● The opposite of distal is
a. Superior
b. Medial
c. Lateral
d. Proximal
Answer: D. Proximal
●● The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the
most blood into the aorta is the
a. Right atrium
,b. Left ventricle
c. Right ventricle
d. Left atrium
Answer: B. LEFT VENTRICLE
●● In correct sequence
(VERTEBRAE SECTIONS)
and number in each section
Answer: cervical (7), thoracic (5), lumbar (12), sacral (5), and coccygeal
(4)
●● The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to:
Answer: A. establish a baseline for additional evaluations
●● PCR has how many spots for writing vital signs?
Answer: 3 spots
●● When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really
a. Counting pressure waves of blood that the heart sends through an
artery
b. Feeling the swelling of the vein as each wave of blood passes back to
the heart
c. Noting the heartbeats in the column of blood in a large vein
,d. Feeling the vibrations of the heart muscles as they push the blood
through
Answer: A. counting the pressure waves of blood that the heart sends
through an artery
●● In people whose skin is darkly pigmented, cyanosis is BEST seen by
observing
a. Mucosal membranes
b. Earlobes
c. Scalp
d. Face
Answer: A. mucosal membranes
●● You are treating an alert 35-year old trauma patient. You palpate a
strong radial pulse of 100. Your partner has taken the patient's blood
pressure and advised you that it is 68/32. You should:
a. Suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate it
b. Accept the reading as accurate
c. Ask you partner to retake BP reading again in 15 min
d. Treat patient for hypertension immediately
Answer: A. suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate
it yourself
, ●● A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the
pressure
a. Exists when heart left ventricle is refilling
b. Due to the contraction of the ventricles of the heart
c. Caused by contraction of the atria of heart
d. Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries
Answer: d. Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries
●● All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT?
a. Headache
b. Weak pulse
c. Chest pain
d. Nausea
Answer: B. weak pulse
●● sign vs symptom
Answer: a sign is a physical manifestation (objective)- something you
can measure
symptom is what the patient tells you about the disease (subjective)
●● For a patient with a suspected lumbar spinal injury, the BEST device
for moving the patient as a single unit over uneven terrain is the:
AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE REVIEW
MATERIAL
●● Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-
threatening injury or illness and is:
a. Under police custody
b. A threat to himself and others
c. Under age of 18
d. Unconscious
Answer: D. unconscious
●● The opposite of distal is
a. Superior
b. Medial
c. Lateral
d. Proximal
Answer: D. Proximal
●● The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the
most blood into the aorta is the
a. Right atrium
,b. Left ventricle
c. Right ventricle
d. Left atrium
Answer: B. LEFT VENTRICLE
●● In correct sequence
(VERTEBRAE SECTIONS)
and number in each section
Answer: cervical (7), thoracic (5), lumbar (12), sacral (5), and coccygeal
(4)
●● The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to:
Answer: A. establish a baseline for additional evaluations
●● PCR has how many spots for writing vital signs?
Answer: 3 spots
●● When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really
a. Counting pressure waves of blood that the heart sends through an
artery
b. Feeling the swelling of the vein as each wave of blood passes back to
the heart
c. Noting the heartbeats in the column of blood in a large vein
,d. Feeling the vibrations of the heart muscles as they push the blood
through
Answer: A. counting the pressure waves of blood that the heart sends
through an artery
●● In people whose skin is darkly pigmented, cyanosis is BEST seen by
observing
a. Mucosal membranes
b. Earlobes
c. Scalp
d. Face
Answer: A. mucosal membranes
●● You are treating an alert 35-year old trauma patient. You palpate a
strong radial pulse of 100. Your partner has taken the patient's blood
pressure and advised you that it is 68/32. You should:
a. Suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate it
b. Accept the reading as accurate
c. Ask you partner to retake BP reading again in 15 min
d. Treat patient for hypertension immediately
Answer: A. suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate
it yourself
, ●● A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the
pressure
a. Exists when heart left ventricle is refilling
b. Due to the contraction of the ventricles of the heart
c. Caused by contraction of the atria of heart
d. Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries
Answer: d. Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries
●● All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT?
a. Headache
b. Weak pulse
c. Chest pain
d. Nausea
Answer: B. weak pulse
●● sign vs symptom
Answer: a sign is a physical manifestation (objective)- something you
can measure
symptom is what the patient tells you about the disease (subjective)
●● For a patient with a suspected lumbar spinal injury, the BEST device
for moving the patient as a single unit over uneven terrain is the:
