JBL EMT FINAL EXAM prep with
solutions.
As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a
patient with chest pain based on:
Select one:
A. the transport time to the hospital.
B. medical director approval.
C. an order from a paramedic.
D. the patient's condition. - Ans>> B. medical director approval.
You are dispatched to an apartment complex where a 21-year-old
female has apparently overdosed on several narcotic medications.
She is semiconscious and has slow, shallow respirations. You
should:
,Select one:
A. insert an oropharyngeal airway and perform oral suctioning.
B. place her in the recovery position and monitor for vomiting.
C. apply oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask and transport at once.
D. insert a nasopharyngeal airway and begin assisted ventilation.
- Ans>> D. insert a nasopharyngeal airway and begin assisted
ventilation.
A 29-year-old male complains of a severe headache and nausea
that has gradually worsened over the past 12 hours. He is
conscious, alert, and oriented and tells you that his physician
diagnosed him with migraine headaches. He further tells you that
he has taken numerous different medications, but none of them
seems to help. His blood pressure is 132/74 mm Hg, his pulse is
110 beats/min and strong, and his respirations are 20
breaths/min. Treatment should include:
Select one:
A. dimming the lights in the back of the ambulance and
transporting without lights and siren.
B. placing him in a supine position and transporting with lights
and siren to a stroke center.
C. assisting him with his migraine medication and transporting
without lights and siren.
D. applying warm compresses to the back of his neck and
transporting with lights and siren. - Ans>> A. dimming the lights
,in the back of the ambulance and transporting without lights and
siren.
A 30-year-old male experienced a generalized (tonic-clonic)
seizure, which stopped before you arrived at the scene. The
patient is conscious, is answering your questions appropriately,
and refuses EMS transport. Which of the following would be the
MOST compelling reason to disagree with his refusal of transport?
Select one:
A. His wife states that this was his "usual" seizure.
B. He has experienced seizures since he was 20.
C. His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is 15.
D. He is currently not prescribed any medications. - Ans>> D. He
is currently not prescribed any medications.
An area of swelling or enlargement in a weakened arterial wall is
called:
Select one:
A. an embolism.
B. a thrombus.
C. atherosclerosis.
D. an aneurysm. - Ans>> D. an aneurysm.
Which of the following is a metabolic cause of a seizure?
Select one:
A. Brain tumor
, B. Poisoning
C. Head trauma
D. Massive stroke - Ans>> B. Poisoning
Which of the following MOST accurately describes what the
patient will experience during the postictal state that follows a
seizure?
Select one:
A. A rapidly improving level of consciousness
B. A gradually decreasing level of consciousness
C. Confusion and fatigue
D. Hyperventilation and hypersalivation - Ans>> C. Confusion and
fatigue
You are assessing a 49-year-old man who, according to his wife,
experienced a sudden, severe headache and then passed out. He
is unresponsive and has slow, irregular breathing. His blood
pressure is 190/94 mm Hg, and his pulse rate is 50 beats/min. His
wife tells you that he has hypertension and diabetes. He has
MOST likely experienced:
Select one:
A. a complex partial seizure.
B. an occluded cerebral artery.
C. acute hypoglycemia.
D. a ruptured cerebral artery. - Ans>> D. a ruptured cerebral
artery.
solutions.
As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a
patient with chest pain based on:
Select one:
A. the transport time to the hospital.
B. medical director approval.
C. an order from a paramedic.
D. the patient's condition. - Ans>> B. medical director approval.
You are dispatched to an apartment complex where a 21-year-old
female has apparently overdosed on several narcotic medications.
She is semiconscious and has slow, shallow respirations. You
should:
,Select one:
A. insert an oropharyngeal airway and perform oral suctioning.
B. place her in the recovery position and monitor for vomiting.
C. apply oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask and transport at once.
D. insert a nasopharyngeal airway and begin assisted ventilation.
- Ans>> D. insert a nasopharyngeal airway and begin assisted
ventilation.
A 29-year-old male complains of a severe headache and nausea
that has gradually worsened over the past 12 hours. He is
conscious, alert, and oriented and tells you that his physician
diagnosed him with migraine headaches. He further tells you that
he has taken numerous different medications, but none of them
seems to help. His blood pressure is 132/74 mm Hg, his pulse is
110 beats/min and strong, and his respirations are 20
breaths/min. Treatment should include:
Select one:
A. dimming the lights in the back of the ambulance and
transporting without lights and siren.
B. placing him in a supine position and transporting with lights
and siren to a stroke center.
C. assisting him with his migraine medication and transporting
without lights and siren.
D. applying warm compresses to the back of his neck and
transporting with lights and siren. - Ans>> A. dimming the lights
,in the back of the ambulance and transporting without lights and
siren.
A 30-year-old male experienced a generalized (tonic-clonic)
seizure, which stopped before you arrived at the scene. The
patient is conscious, is answering your questions appropriately,
and refuses EMS transport. Which of the following would be the
MOST compelling reason to disagree with his refusal of transport?
Select one:
A. His wife states that this was his "usual" seizure.
B. He has experienced seizures since he was 20.
C. His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is 15.
D. He is currently not prescribed any medications. - Ans>> D. He
is currently not prescribed any medications.
An area of swelling or enlargement in a weakened arterial wall is
called:
Select one:
A. an embolism.
B. a thrombus.
C. atherosclerosis.
D. an aneurysm. - Ans>> D. an aneurysm.
Which of the following is a metabolic cause of a seizure?
Select one:
A. Brain tumor
, B. Poisoning
C. Head trauma
D. Massive stroke - Ans>> B. Poisoning
Which of the following MOST accurately describes what the
patient will experience during the postictal state that follows a
seizure?
Select one:
A. A rapidly improving level of consciousness
B. A gradually decreasing level of consciousness
C. Confusion and fatigue
D. Hyperventilation and hypersalivation - Ans>> C. Confusion and
fatigue
You are assessing a 49-year-old man who, according to his wife,
experienced a sudden, severe headache and then passed out. He
is unresponsive and has slow, irregular breathing. His blood
pressure is 190/94 mm Hg, and his pulse rate is 50 beats/min. His
wife tells you that he has hypertension and diabetes. He has
MOST likely experienced:
Select one:
A. a complex partial seizure.
B. an occluded cerebral artery.
C. acute hypoglycemia.
D. a ruptured cerebral artery. - Ans>> D. a ruptured cerebral
artery.
