68W EMT EXAM SCRIPT TESTED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION
●● What medications will you carry with you on the ambulance as an
EMT
Answer: Aspirin, Oral Glucose, Oxygen
●● Aspirin
Answer: Medication used to delay the blood clotting process associated
with chest pains
●● Who do you administer Aspirin to?
Answer: Patients with angina, myocardial infarction, chest pains
●● What is the normal dosage of Aspirin?
Answer: 81 mg, or 1 tablet
●● What is the max field dosage for Aspirin?
Answer: 324 mg, or 4 tablets
●● Who do you not administer Aspirin to?
,Answer: Patients with asthma, GI tract bleeding, or allergies to Aspirin
●● What is Oral Glucose?
Answer: A form of glucose that can be taken orally as a treatment for a
conscious patient(who can swallow) with an altered mental status and a
history of diabetes
●● What form does Oral Glucose come in?
Answer: A Gel Tube
●● Where do you apply the Oral Glucose?
Answer: Between the cheek and gum, also known as the mucobuccal
●● What is the normal dosage of Oral Glucose?
Answer: 25 g
●● Why would you not administer Oral Glucose to a patient?
Answer: If they can't swallow or control swallowing on their own
●● Who gets Oxygen?
Answer: Everybody
●● What is Hypoxic?
, Answer: low in oxygen
●● What is Activated Charcoal?
Answer: Powder mixed with charred wood and water to form a slurry
for field use
●● What is Activated Charcoals use?
Answer: Used to treat poisoning and overdose when a substance is
swallowed.
●● What does Activated Charcoal do when consumed?
Answer: It will work through adsorption by keeping poisons from being
absorbed.
●● What is the Activated Charcoal normal dosage?
Answer: 25-50g
●● What is the Pediatric dosage for Activated Charcoal?
Answer: 12 1/2- 25 g
●● Contraindication of Activated Charcoal?
Answer: Caustic/Corrasive Agent property(due to burning sensation)
AND SOLUTIONS CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION
●● What medications will you carry with you on the ambulance as an
EMT
Answer: Aspirin, Oral Glucose, Oxygen
●● Aspirin
Answer: Medication used to delay the blood clotting process associated
with chest pains
●● Who do you administer Aspirin to?
Answer: Patients with angina, myocardial infarction, chest pains
●● What is the normal dosage of Aspirin?
Answer: 81 mg, or 1 tablet
●● What is the max field dosage for Aspirin?
Answer: 324 mg, or 4 tablets
●● Who do you not administer Aspirin to?
,Answer: Patients with asthma, GI tract bleeding, or allergies to Aspirin
●● What is Oral Glucose?
Answer: A form of glucose that can be taken orally as a treatment for a
conscious patient(who can swallow) with an altered mental status and a
history of diabetes
●● What form does Oral Glucose come in?
Answer: A Gel Tube
●● Where do you apply the Oral Glucose?
Answer: Between the cheek and gum, also known as the mucobuccal
●● What is the normal dosage of Oral Glucose?
Answer: 25 g
●● Why would you not administer Oral Glucose to a patient?
Answer: If they can't swallow or control swallowing on their own
●● Who gets Oxygen?
Answer: Everybody
●● What is Hypoxic?
, Answer: low in oxygen
●● What is Activated Charcoal?
Answer: Powder mixed with charred wood and water to form a slurry
for field use
●● What is Activated Charcoals use?
Answer: Used to treat poisoning and overdose when a substance is
swallowed.
●● What does Activated Charcoal do when consumed?
Answer: It will work through adsorption by keeping poisons from being
absorbed.
●● What is the Activated Charcoal normal dosage?
Answer: 25-50g
●● What is the Pediatric dosage for Activated Charcoal?
Answer: 12 1/2- 25 g
●● Contraindication of Activated Charcoal?
Answer: Caustic/Corrasive Agent property(due to burning sensation)
