EMT-B Chapter 30 – Environmental Emergencies | EMS 102: Emergency
Medical Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study
Guide
___________ causes body heat to be lost as warm air in the lungs is exhaled into the atmosphere and
cooler air is inhaled.
a. convection
b. conduction
c. radiation
d. respiration - (answer)d
Evaporation, the conversion of a liquid to a gas, is a process that requires:
a. energy
b. circulating air
c. a warmer ambient temperature
d. high humidity - (answer)a
The rate and amount of heat loss by the body can be modified by all of the following except:
a. increasing heat production
b. moving to an area where heat loss is decreased
c. wearing insulated clothing
d. increasing fluid intake - (answer)d
The characteristic appearance of blue lips and/or fingertips seen in hypothermia is the result of:
a. lack of oxygen in venous blood
b. frostbite
c. blood vessels constricting
d. bruising - (answer)c
Signs and symptoms of severe systemic hypothermia include all of the following except:
, EMT-B Chapter 30 – Environmental Emergencies | EMS 102: Emergency
Medical Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study
Guide
a. weak pulse
b. coma
c. shivering
d. very slow respirations - (answer)c
Hypothermia is more common among all of the following except:
a. older individuals
b. long-distance athletes
c. infants and children
d. those who are already ill - (answer)b
To assess a patient's general temperature, pull back your glove and place the back of your hand on the
patient's:
a. abdomen, underneath clothing
b. forehead
c. forearm, on the inside of the wrist
d. neck, at the area where you check the carotid pulse - (answer)a
Never assume that a(n) __________, pulseless patient is dead.
a. apneic
b. cyanotic
c. cold
d. hypothermic - (answer)c
Management of hypothermia in the field consists of all of the following except:
a. applying heat packs to the groin, axillary, and cervical regions
Medical Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study
Guide
___________ causes body heat to be lost as warm air in the lungs is exhaled into the atmosphere and
cooler air is inhaled.
a. convection
b. conduction
c. radiation
d. respiration - (answer)d
Evaporation, the conversion of a liquid to a gas, is a process that requires:
a. energy
b. circulating air
c. a warmer ambient temperature
d. high humidity - (answer)a
The rate and amount of heat loss by the body can be modified by all of the following except:
a. increasing heat production
b. moving to an area where heat loss is decreased
c. wearing insulated clothing
d. increasing fluid intake - (answer)d
The characteristic appearance of blue lips and/or fingertips seen in hypothermia is the result of:
a. lack of oxygen in venous blood
b. frostbite
c. blood vessels constricting
d. bruising - (answer)c
Signs and symptoms of severe systemic hypothermia include all of the following except:
, EMT-B Chapter 30 – Environmental Emergencies | EMS 102: Emergency
Medical Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study
Guide
a. weak pulse
b. coma
c. shivering
d. very slow respirations - (answer)c
Hypothermia is more common among all of the following except:
a. older individuals
b. long-distance athletes
c. infants and children
d. those who are already ill - (answer)b
To assess a patient's general temperature, pull back your glove and place the back of your hand on the
patient's:
a. abdomen, underneath clothing
b. forehead
c. forearm, on the inside of the wrist
d. neck, at the area where you check the carotid pulse - (answer)a
Never assume that a(n) __________, pulseless patient is dead.
a. apneic
b. cyanotic
c. cold
d. hypothermic - (answer)c
Management of hypothermia in the field consists of all of the following except:
a. applying heat packs to the groin, axillary, and cervical regions
