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Question 1

36. Your patient is a 42-year-old woman who fell two feet from a ladder and is complaining of pain in her ankle. Which o

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B) Transport priority

Question 2

45. You respond to the scene of a motor vehicle crash to find a middle-aged man on a long spine board being cared for by

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A) a bent steering wheel or starred windshield.

Question 3

39. You respond to a 30-month-old patient who has passed out. Is the patient's blood pressure important to your treatmen

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C) No, blood pressure is difficult to obtain in children younger than age 3

Question 4

46. Your patient was struck in the chest with a baseball bat during a bar fight. A crackling or crunching sensation that

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A) subcutaneous emphysema.

Question 5

65. What stimulates a mechanical contraction of the cells of the heart, creating a mechanical squeeze used to push blood

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A) Electrical energy

Question 6

27. Which of the following is the correct method of suctioning? 27)

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D) Insert the catheter or tip to the desired depth prior to applying suctio

Question 7

58. When is a heparin or saline lock used in IV administration? 58)

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A) When medication or IV access might be needed later on

Question 8

31. Your patient, a 29-year-old female, was the front seat passenger in a vehicle that was struck in the passenger's sid

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D) The patient's body was pushed forcefully out from under her head, causin

Question 9

38. You are assessing an 82-year-old female who has been lost in the woods behind her nursing home for several hours on

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A) warm the patient's hands and try again.

Question 10

62. Which of the following patients does not necessarily have inadequate breathing? 62)

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B) Patient with an irregular respiratory rhythm

Question 11

60. What is the primary effect on the body when an EMT assists a patient with a prescribed inhaler if the patient is sho

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C) Dilation of the air passages

Question 12

28. What two measurements are multiplied to calculate the minute volume? 28)

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C) Tidal volume and respiratory rate

Question 13

52. You are responding to a nursing home for an 85-year-old patient complaining of difficulty breathing. How would you i

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A) Place yourself at eye level, identify yourself, and ask the patient for

Question 14

35. Which of the following indicates a possible circulatory problem? 35)

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D) All of the above

Question 15

56. You have just administered nitroglycerin to a 68-year-old patient. Within a few minutes, she complains of feeling fa

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A) Lower the head of the stretcher and take the patient's blood pressure.

Question 16

29. A nonrebreather mask at 12 to 15 liters per minute will generally provide the patient what percentage of oxygen? 29)

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D) 80-90

Question 17

51. You are treating a patient with a possible fractured ankle. The patient appears to be in a lot of pain and is uneasy

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C) "I will do my best, but it may hurt while we put the splint on."

Question 18

50. You are transporting a patient whom you are treating for chest pain. You have completed all of your assessments and

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A) immediately repeat your primary assessment.

Question 19

42. Once you have reached a possible diagnosis for a patient, you should: 42)

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D) continue to look for data that will help rule in or rule out other condi

Question 20

43. What term describes a surgical incision in the neck that is held open by a metal or plastic tube through which a pat

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A) Tracheostomy

Question 21

61. When should the EMT most likely expect to hear wheezes in a patient complaining of shortness of breath secondary to

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C) While breathing out

Question 22

64. Which of the following is the beneficial action of nitroglycerin in some cardiac emergencies? 64)

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D) It relaxes blood vessels throughout the body.

Question 23

48. Your patient's initial vital signs were a pulse of 120 per minute and weak, a blood pressure of 90/50 mm Hg, and a r

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C) The patient's condition may be improving.

Question 24

53. Which of the following is part of the minimum data set developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrati

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A) Time of arrival at the patient's location

Question 25

37. Which of the following best describes the proper placement of the blood pressure cuff? 37)

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D) Covering two-thirds of the upper arm

Question 26

33. You and your partner are en route to a motor vehicle crash involving a tanker truck on a rural road. Dispatch inform

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A) consult the Emergency Response Guidebook.

Question 27

44. The ambulance is called for an assaulted patient. While transporting the patient to the hospital, the EMT notes the

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D) Blood loss

Question 28

49. Under what circumstance should a reassessment not be performed? 49)

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C) Ongoing lifesaving interventions are required.

Question 29

59. In what condition does fluid accumulate in the lungs, preventing them from breathing adequately? 59)

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A) Pulmonary edema

Question 30

47. Your 76-year-old female patient is having trouble breathing. When you auscultate her lungs, you hear crackles (rales

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D) Begin ventilating her with a bag-valve mask.

Question 31

34. For which of the following patients would capillary refill be a reliable sign of circulatory status? 34)

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B) 3-year-old child with a fever and cough

Question 32

41. Which of the following describes skepticism about one thing causing another? 41)

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B) Illusory correlation

Question 33

40. You and another EMT are discussing a call he previously ran. The EMT said the patient had classic chest pain symptom

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C) Tell him that his misdiagnosis is a result of limited information.

Question 34

63. Which of the following is the EMT's role in caring for a patient presenting with symptoms of anxiety, irritability,

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B) Treat the patient as though he were having a heart problem.

Question 35

57. You are called to an elementary school for an 8-year-old female patient who is experiencing respiratory distress. Th

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D) contact medical control and request to assist the patient with her albut

Question 36

26. To be effective, a suction unit must be able to generate air flow of at least ________ liters per minute and create

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B) 30; 300

Question 37

55. You are on the scene of a 68-year-old patient with a history of COPD who is breathing 44 times per minute and has a

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C) Oxygen by bag-valve mask

Question 38

30. A 21-year-old patient presents with labored breathing and audible wheezes, heart rate of 124, respiration 36; he has

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D) Ventilate with a bag-valve mask with high oxygen or FROPVD.

Question 39

54. You have responded to a call at a government office building. One of the office workers became very upset during a f

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A) State that you are unable to comply with the request due to patient conf

Question 40

32. An injury caused by an object that passes through the skin or other body tissue is known as which of the following?

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B) Penetrating trauma

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