EMT Practice Test Questions 2024 already passed
4 phases of a seizure: - ✔✔✔aura; tonic; clonic; postictial
a graph used in hemiodilis is: - ✔✔✔an artificial connection between a vein and an artery
abdomen loss with 1 inch distention: - ✔✔✔1000-2000 mL
abdominal eviscerations: - ✔✔✔moist, sterile, fiber free occlusive dressing; treat for shock
abruptio placentae: - ✔✔✔separation of the placentae from the uterine wall; can result
from traumatic injury; administer oxygen 100%
absence seizure: - ✔✔✔loss of awareness characterized by a blank stare; mistaken for
daydreaming
action of oral glucose: - ✔✔✔increases blood sugar and brain sugar levels
actions of epinephrine: - ✔✔✔mimics response of sympathetic nervous system; constricts
blood vessels to improve blood pressure; relaxes smooth muscles to improve breathing;
stimulates heartbeat; reverses swelling and hives
acute subdural hematoma: - ✔✔✔expands rapidly due to size of vessel; develops in a few
hours
aneurysm: - ✔✔✔ruptured blood vessel leading to massive hemmorage
angia pectoris: - ✔✔✔temporary interruption of fuel; "chest pain"
apnea: - ✔✔✔respiratory arrest; no longer breathing
appendicitis s/s - ✔✔✔early:dull pain at umbilicus; later: RLQ at mcburney point; positive
markle test
Are open ended or close ended questions better to ask? - ✔✔✔open ended questions; it
avoids the yes/no answer
arterial bleed: - ✔✔✔spurting, pulsating flow; bright red
atherosclerosis: - ✔✔✔buildup of fat and cholesterol;
AVPU stands for what? - ✔✔✔alert, verbal, pain, unconciousness
basilar skull fracture signs/symptoms: - ✔✔✔raccoon eyes; bruising behind ears; blood and
CSF from ears/nose
becks triad: - ✔✔✔narrowing pulse pressure; JVD, muffled heart sounds; pulsus pardoxus
capillary bleed: - ✔✔✔slow, even flow; dark to intermediate red
, cardiognic pulmonary edema: - ✔✔✔LEFT sided heart failure; decreased blood flow
increased pressure in pulmonary capillaries; fluid leaks into alveoli
cholecystitis: - ✔✔✔inflammation of the gallbladder; Fat, fourty, fertile, farty, female
clustur headaches - ✔✔✔have vascular origin; excruciating pain on one side; drooping
eyelids
common conditions where crackles/rales are present: - ✔✔✔pulmonary edema,
pneumonia, CHF
common conditions where rhonchi is present: - ✔✔✔pneumonia; aspiration; chronic
bronchitis, emphysema
common conditions where wheezing is present: - ✔✔✔asthma, emphysema, chronic
bronchitis, COPD
compartment syndrome: - ✔✔✔pressure in space around the capillaries exceeds the
pressure in needed to perfuse the tissues; blood flow is cut off and cells are hypoxic;
extremity may feel hard and pulses may be normal
complex partial: - ✔✔✔altered mental status; awake but in daze and unaware
conditions that must be met before administering nitroglycerin: - ✔✔✔minimum systolic
of 9ommhg; heart rate should be between 50-100; max of 3
conscious patient order: - ✔✔✔history, secondary assessment, vital signs
contraindications for activated charcoal: - ✔✔✔altered mental status; swallowed acids or
alkalis
contraindications for oral glucose: - ✔✔✔unconcsious; inability to swallow
contraindications of albuterol: - ✔✔✔not responsive enough to use; precautuions when
chest pain; hr>150
contraindications of aspirin: - ✔✔✔allergy; patient with bleeding ulcers/internal bleeding
contraindications of nitroglycerin - ✔✔✔systolic lower than 90; cannot take with erectile
dysfunciton medications; allergy
coupe/contra coupe: - ✔✔✔entire brain shifts forward hitting frontal bone and snapping
veins/arteries; anterior and posterior bleeds
crackles/rales: - ✔✔✔bubbly osund during inhalation; fluid surrounding or filling the
bronchioles/alveoli; base of lungs exhibit first
decreased CO2, effect in intracranial pressure - ✔✔✔cerebral vessels constrict; decreasing
blood flow
4 phases of a seizure: - ✔✔✔aura; tonic; clonic; postictial
a graph used in hemiodilis is: - ✔✔✔an artificial connection between a vein and an artery
abdomen loss with 1 inch distention: - ✔✔✔1000-2000 mL
abdominal eviscerations: - ✔✔✔moist, sterile, fiber free occlusive dressing; treat for shock
abruptio placentae: - ✔✔✔separation of the placentae from the uterine wall; can result
from traumatic injury; administer oxygen 100%
absence seizure: - ✔✔✔loss of awareness characterized by a blank stare; mistaken for
daydreaming
action of oral glucose: - ✔✔✔increases blood sugar and brain sugar levels
actions of epinephrine: - ✔✔✔mimics response of sympathetic nervous system; constricts
blood vessels to improve blood pressure; relaxes smooth muscles to improve breathing;
stimulates heartbeat; reverses swelling and hives
acute subdural hematoma: - ✔✔✔expands rapidly due to size of vessel; develops in a few
hours
aneurysm: - ✔✔✔ruptured blood vessel leading to massive hemmorage
angia pectoris: - ✔✔✔temporary interruption of fuel; "chest pain"
apnea: - ✔✔✔respiratory arrest; no longer breathing
appendicitis s/s - ✔✔✔early:dull pain at umbilicus; later: RLQ at mcburney point; positive
markle test
Are open ended or close ended questions better to ask? - ✔✔✔open ended questions; it
avoids the yes/no answer
arterial bleed: - ✔✔✔spurting, pulsating flow; bright red
atherosclerosis: - ✔✔✔buildup of fat and cholesterol;
AVPU stands for what? - ✔✔✔alert, verbal, pain, unconciousness
basilar skull fracture signs/symptoms: - ✔✔✔raccoon eyes; bruising behind ears; blood and
CSF from ears/nose
becks triad: - ✔✔✔narrowing pulse pressure; JVD, muffled heart sounds; pulsus pardoxus
capillary bleed: - ✔✔✔slow, even flow; dark to intermediate red
, cardiognic pulmonary edema: - ✔✔✔LEFT sided heart failure; decreased blood flow
increased pressure in pulmonary capillaries; fluid leaks into alveoli
cholecystitis: - ✔✔✔inflammation of the gallbladder; Fat, fourty, fertile, farty, female
clustur headaches - ✔✔✔have vascular origin; excruciating pain on one side; drooping
eyelids
common conditions where crackles/rales are present: - ✔✔✔pulmonary edema,
pneumonia, CHF
common conditions where rhonchi is present: - ✔✔✔pneumonia; aspiration; chronic
bronchitis, emphysema
common conditions where wheezing is present: - ✔✔✔asthma, emphysema, chronic
bronchitis, COPD
compartment syndrome: - ✔✔✔pressure in space around the capillaries exceeds the
pressure in needed to perfuse the tissues; blood flow is cut off and cells are hypoxic;
extremity may feel hard and pulses may be normal
complex partial: - ✔✔✔altered mental status; awake but in daze and unaware
conditions that must be met before administering nitroglycerin: - ✔✔✔minimum systolic
of 9ommhg; heart rate should be between 50-100; max of 3
conscious patient order: - ✔✔✔history, secondary assessment, vital signs
contraindications for activated charcoal: - ✔✔✔altered mental status; swallowed acids or
alkalis
contraindications for oral glucose: - ✔✔✔unconcsious; inability to swallow
contraindications of albuterol: - ✔✔✔not responsive enough to use; precautuions when
chest pain; hr>150
contraindications of aspirin: - ✔✔✔allergy; patient with bleeding ulcers/internal bleeding
contraindications of nitroglycerin - ✔✔✔systolic lower than 90; cannot take with erectile
dysfunciton medications; allergy
coupe/contra coupe: - ✔✔✔entire brain shifts forward hitting frontal bone and snapping
veins/arteries; anterior and posterior bleeds
crackles/rales: - ✔✔✔bubbly osund during inhalation; fluid surrounding or filling the
bronchioles/alveoli; base of lungs exhibit first
decreased CO2, effect in intracranial pressure - ✔✔✔cerebral vessels constrict; decreasing
blood flow
