EMT - trauma Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
Which of the following are goals of lifting and moving
patients Correct Answer: All of these
Which one of the following factors should be considered
prior to lifting any patient? Correct Answer: All of these
Which of the following should you do when reaching for
something? Correct Answer: All of these.
You are assessing a 55-year-old male complaining of
chest pain and have determined that his radial pulse is
barely palpable. You also determine that there were 20
pulsations over 30 seconds. Based on this how would
you report this patient's pulse? Correct Answer: Pulse 40
and weak
Which of the following patients does NOT require the
administration of supplemental oxygen? Correct
Answer: A 24-year-old woman who is breathing 28 times
per minute after being in an argument with her husband
,A medical identification tag or card such as a Medic
Alert bracelet can give you information about which of
the following? Correct Answer: All of these
Your patient is a motorcyclist who was ejected from his
vehicle due to striking a guard rail. The patient is
unresponsive to painful stimuli and is breathing six to
eight times per minute. Which of the following should
you do first? Correct Answer: Use a bag-valve-mask with
supplemental oxygen.
You are ventilating a 55-year-old male patient with a
stoma. Which of the following is NOT necessary? Correct
Answer: Head-tilt chin-lift
Which of the following is true concerning the procedure
for inserting a nasopharyngeal airway? Correct Answer:
The bevel should be turned toward the nasal septum.
A patient being transported by ambulance to the
hospital can have his blood pressure measured by
which of the following methods? Correct Answer: Any of
these
,Which of the following is NOT considered a sign of
illness? Correct Answer: Chest pain
Which of the following may result from delivery of
ventilations that are more forceful than necessary?
Correct Answer: All of these
On which of the following types of calls should you bring
your portable suction unit to the patient's side upon
arrival on the scene? Correct Answer: All of these
You have arrived at the scene of a call for a "man
down." As you enter the residence you note that your
patient is a male in his mid-60s who is awake but does
not seem to acknowledge your presence. He is
perspiring profusely has cyanosis of his ears and lips and
has rapid shallow respirations. Which of the following
should you do first? Correct Answer: Assist ventilations
with a bag-valve-mask and supplemental oxygen.
Which of the following characteristics of the patient's
pulse should the EMT be concerned with checking?
Correct Answer: All of these
, All of the following EXCEPT which one can result in an
inaccurate oxygen saturation reading? Correct Answer:
All of these
To deliver high-flow oxygen to a breathing patient which
of the following is the best device? Correct Answer: Non-
rebreather mask
At what point should the ongoing assessment be
performed? Correct Answer: Upon completing patient
interventions
You have been called for a patient who has overdosed
on drugs and alcohol. The patient is responsive to
painful stimuli and is breathing 8 times a minute but
exhibits no cyanosis. You would recognize and do which
of the following? Correct Answer: Inadequate
respirations initiate positive pressure ventilation with
supplemental oxygen.
Your patient is an unresponsive 40-year-old woman.
Which of the following should you do first? Correct
Answer: Perform a rapid physical exam.
Answers
Which of the following are goals of lifting and moving
patients Correct Answer: All of these
Which one of the following factors should be considered
prior to lifting any patient? Correct Answer: All of these
Which of the following should you do when reaching for
something? Correct Answer: All of these.
You are assessing a 55-year-old male complaining of
chest pain and have determined that his radial pulse is
barely palpable. You also determine that there were 20
pulsations over 30 seconds. Based on this how would
you report this patient's pulse? Correct Answer: Pulse 40
and weak
Which of the following patients does NOT require the
administration of supplemental oxygen? Correct
Answer: A 24-year-old woman who is breathing 28 times
per minute after being in an argument with her husband
,A medical identification tag or card such as a Medic
Alert bracelet can give you information about which of
the following? Correct Answer: All of these
Your patient is a motorcyclist who was ejected from his
vehicle due to striking a guard rail. The patient is
unresponsive to painful stimuli and is breathing six to
eight times per minute. Which of the following should
you do first? Correct Answer: Use a bag-valve-mask with
supplemental oxygen.
You are ventilating a 55-year-old male patient with a
stoma. Which of the following is NOT necessary? Correct
Answer: Head-tilt chin-lift
Which of the following is true concerning the procedure
for inserting a nasopharyngeal airway? Correct Answer:
The bevel should be turned toward the nasal septum.
A patient being transported by ambulance to the
hospital can have his blood pressure measured by
which of the following methods? Correct Answer: Any of
these
,Which of the following is NOT considered a sign of
illness? Correct Answer: Chest pain
Which of the following may result from delivery of
ventilations that are more forceful than necessary?
Correct Answer: All of these
On which of the following types of calls should you bring
your portable suction unit to the patient's side upon
arrival on the scene? Correct Answer: All of these
You have arrived at the scene of a call for a "man
down." As you enter the residence you note that your
patient is a male in his mid-60s who is awake but does
not seem to acknowledge your presence. He is
perspiring profusely has cyanosis of his ears and lips and
has rapid shallow respirations. Which of the following
should you do first? Correct Answer: Assist ventilations
with a bag-valve-mask and supplemental oxygen.
Which of the following characteristics of the patient's
pulse should the EMT be concerned with checking?
Correct Answer: All of these
, All of the following EXCEPT which one can result in an
inaccurate oxygen saturation reading? Correct Answer:
All of these
To deliver high-flow oxygen to a breathing patient which
of the following is the best device? Correct Answer: Non-
rebreather mask
At what point should the ongoing assessment be
performed? Correct Answer: Upon completing patient
interventions
You have been called for a patient who has overdosed
on drugs and alcohol. The patient is responsive to
painful stimuli and is breathing 8 times a minute but
exhibits no cyanosis. You would recognize and do which
of the following? Correct Answer: Inadequate
respirations initiate positive pressure ventilation with
supplemental oxygen.
Your patient is an unresponsive 40-year-old woman.
Which of the following should you do first? Correct
Answer: Perform a rapid physical exam.
