EMT Fisdap Final Practice Exam

1. A 4-Year-old female tracheostomy pt has pulled out her tracheostomy tube. The opening is partially obstructed with skin.You should A. Use a soft tip catheter and suction until clear B. Insert a nasal airway into stoma C. Wipe the area clean and perform mouth to stoma ventilation D. Cut the skin away from the stoma(ANSWER) Use a soft tip catheter and suction untilclear 2. To protect yourself from injury when lifting a stretcher you should A. keep the weight as close to your body as possible B. use two additional ppl for the lift C. lean forward toward the stretcher(ANSWER) keep the weight as close to your body aspossible 3. An unresponsive 10 year old male was hit by a car and is bleeding heavily from an open leg fracture. After securing his airway and manually stabilizing c-spine, you should A. place the patient in Tredelenburg position B. perform a rapid trauma assessment C. control bleeding from the leg wound D. immobilize the extremity using a ladder splint(ANSWER) control bleeding from the legwound * 4. The strongest portion of the heart that is responsible for circulating blood to the entire body is the A. Left atrium B. Right atrium C. Left ventricle D. Right ventricle(ANSWER) Left ventricle 5. A 46 y/o female was involved in a bar fight and has an obvious open neck wound.You should dress this wound with a/ an A. Occlusive dressingB. Sterile gauze dressing C. Pressure dressing D. Moist gauze dressing(ANSWER) Occlusive dressing * 6. When assessing a pulse, you are feeling the(ANSWER) A. relaxation of the atria B. contraction of the left ventricle C. contraction of the left atrium D. relaxation of both ventricles(ANSWER) co