According to START triage guidelines, a patient on the scene of an MCI who is alert and

has a capillary refill time of less than 2 seconds is deemed a _______ patient.

The national HAZMAT standard written specifically for first responders to a hazardous

materials incident is:

According to typical state vehicle and traffic laws, when in an emergency vehicle on

an emergency operation, the driver may do any of the following, while displaying a red

beacon 360 degrees and sounding an audible device, except:

The key elements of quality CPR in an adult patient include:

You are called to a nursing home for an 82-year-old male complaining of abdominal

pain. The patient has a history of dementia and cannot describe the pain to you. The

nurse states that the patient has been vomiting dark coffee ground emesis for about an

hour. His blood pressure is 90/40 mmHg, his pulse is 100 and regular, and his respiratory rate

is 24. Aside from the airway, what is your greatest concern?

You respond to a 15-year-old female in labor. Which of the following findings may

indicate the need for neonatal resuscitation?

The supplies in your ambulance for childbirth include all of the following, except:

Experiencing a strong emotional response after caring for a critical pediatric patient is

a normal reaction. If this occurs, you should consider all the following except:

If the heart’s electrical system fails completely and no electricity is created, this would

show _______ on a cardiac monitor.

You are caring for an 18-month-old male with a fever. He experiences a seizure. Your

treatment should include all the following except:

You are approaching a 47-year-old female who has bright red blood spurting from her

right leg. She is screaming, and she begs you to help. You should:

A 21-year-old male has a serious open wound to the neck. You are concerned about the

possibility of an air embolism. An air embolism can occur because of:

For the purposes of CPR, a child is defined as a patient who is:

A KED is appropriate to use in spinal motion restriction of a patient with signs of spine

injury who is:

Your 21-year-old female patient is taking a drug that was prescribed to help regulate her

emotional activity and keep neurotransmitter levels from dropping too low. This type of

drug is an:

The major components of the nervous system are the:

You should consider using a SAM splint for splinting an injury to:

Use of a traction splint is contraindicated if your adult patient has:

If you apply a leg splint too loosely to your 22-year-old male patient, complications may

include all the following except:

You respond to a burn patient at a house fire. On your arrival, one of the firefighters

is assisting a 36-year-old female into your ambulance. She is conscious and alert with

full thickness burns to both hands and forearms. She also has partial thickness burns

to her chest. Your treatment should include:

A bruise may be an indication of internal injuries and internal bleeding. It is important

for you to monitor your patient for any signs and symptoms of:

When force is transmitted to the body’s internal structures, causing internal organs to

rupture or bleed internally, the injury is called a(n):

Despite your best efforts to help, a 7-year-old child with a known airway obstruction has

become unresponsive. You should next:

Your care for a 52-year-old male patient taking blood thinners, who you suspect has

internal bleeding, should include all the following except:

A blood vessel with thick, muscular walls that carries blood away from the heart is

called a(n):

 To minimize the delay in beginning compressions for a 62-year-old male in cardiac arrest,

the EMT should:

In performing CPR, what is the rate of chest compressions per minute for a 58-year-old

female?

Which of the following characteristics may lead you to believe that the patient could

become hostile?

A 16-year-old male has ingested hallucinogenic mushrooms. He is vomiting excessively. He

agrees to treatment but does not want to be transported. Your next action should be to:

What is the ventilation rate in performing rescue breathing for a 6 year-old female?

The depth of compressions in performing CPR on a 55-year-old male is:

Do not perform finger sweeps on an unresponsive infant with a foreign body airway

obstruction:

To prevent fatigue while performing CPR, how often should you switch positions with

your partner?

Which of the following infectious diseases is often considered a childhood disease, but

can return in adults in a different form?

You suspect that your nearly unconscious 33-year-old female patient has ingested

sleeping pills and alcohol. She is breathing inadequately. You should be prepared

to immediately:

The most important part of the treatment of your patient with an absorbed poison is to:

Your 32-year-old male patient is experiencing an allergic reaction after eating shellfish.

He denies breathing difficulty, and his vital signs are within normal ranges. You should:

Why do patients suffering from allergic reactions have difficulty breathing?

A 12-year-old female patient complains of an “itchy feeling” in her throat. She also

complains of difficulty breathing. She tells that you a bee just stung her.

You suspect that she is suffering from:

In what medication form does oral glucose come?

You are not sure whether your conscious 38-year-old female diabetic patient has

too much or too little sugar in her blood. What should you do if she has an altered

mental status?

Treatment of a conscious 12-year-old female with a history of diabetes may include:

Which of the following is a contraindication for the use of nitroglycerin?

You are treating a 68-year-old male who states that he has not been feeling well

since returning home from his dialysis appointment. All the following are common

complications of dialysis except:

You are interviewing a 38-year-old male who is experiencing “severe and sudden

epigastric pain” that radiates to his shoulder. He says that it got worse when he ate.

Which of the following is the most likely cause?

_______ is an infection in the lungs that may lead to sepsis in elderly patients.

A substance secreted by plants, animals, or bacteria that is poisonous to humans

is called a:

Which of the following is a generic name for a prescribed inhaler?

You transported a 58-year-old female who presented with a number of the signs and

symptoms of a stroke to the emergency department yesterday. You are talking with

your Medical Director about the call, and he tells you that the signs and symptoms

were completely resolved within the past 24 hours. This patient was most likely

suffering from a(n):

The relationship of glucose to insulin is often described as:

Your patient is a child who is having difficulty breathing. The structure of an infant or

child’s airway is different from an adults in all the following ways except that:

Why could a prescribed inhaler be helpful for a patient who is suffering from asthma,

emphysema, or chronic bronchitis?

Which of the following substances most effectively prevents the patient from digesting an

ingested poison?

Epinephrine is a _______ drug name.

Compared with an adult’s airway structures, the pediatric patient’s respiratory system

includes:

You are about to apply a BP cuff to an unconscious female when you notice that she

appears to have a tube under the skin of her arm. The tube feels as though it has fluid

going through it. You should:

Suctioning in pediatric patients is not very different than suctioning adult patients. Both

rigid and flexible suction catheters have appropriate pediatric sizes. The difference is:

In dealing with a person experiencing a psychiatric emergency, why is it important to

gather a detailed medical history?

An elderly female patient who is experiencing a myocardial infarction is more likely to

complain of which of the following symptoms than would be a younger male patient?

Albuterol and epinephrine both have bronchodilation properties that improve the amount

of oxygen that a person can inhale and absorb. However, albuterol is administrated only

for asthma, whereas epinephrine is administered for both asthma and anaphylaxis. Why

is epinephrine, not albuterol, the first choice for anaphylaxis?

You are called to the home of a 54-year-old male who is complaining of difficulty

breathing. He is alert and presents with hives over his chest, stridor, a swollen tongue,

and wheezing in the upper fields. His breathing rate is 32 times per minute and shallow.

He is speaking in two- to three-word sentences. What is the best treatment for this patient?

You are on the scene of a 74-year-old female patient who is complaining of posterior

chest pain that she states feels “like someone is tearing out my back.” What condition Do you suspect?

If you receive an order from on-line medical direction for 10 times the normal dose of a

medicine (e.g., 1,500 mg of ASA instead of 150 mg) you should:

Your adult patient has a heart rate of 82, a respiratory rate of 16, and a BP of 120/80, and

does not appear to be in any distress. You should repeat vital sign measurements at least

every _______ minutes.

You respond to the scene of a 48-year-old male complaining of heartburn. He

says that it’s just his “acid reflux,” but his partner panicked and called 911 anyway.

What information would lead you to suspect that something more serious is occurring?

 A secondary assessment is appropriate for:

A 75-year-old female is unresponsive but still breathing. You should obtain pertinent

patient history information from:

You arrive on the scene of a 53-year-old male patient. The ambulance was called

because he has had chest pain for the past hour. The chest pain in this situation is

referred to as the:

A 65-year-old female patient complains of abdominal pain. While you are completing

a SAMPLE history, she tells you that she is not currently being treated by a physician

and takes no medications. You should:

After arriving in the ED you should introduce the patient by name, summarize what was

in your radio report, and:

You are assessing a 28-year-old male trauma patient who has no significant MOI.

After the primary assessment, you should:

The MOI is evaluated during the:

You are caring for a 48-year-old female who sustained a head injury as a result of

a domestic dispute. You suspect that she has a closed head injury. You have been

monitoring her vital signs every 5 minutes, and you see that her BP is rising and

her pulse is dropping. This part of the assessment is called:

You are treating a 52-year-old female for chest pain. You have gathered all pertinent

history of present illness, completed two sets of vital signs, talked with medical control,

and assisted the patient with two doses of her nitroglycerin. Determination of whether

the nitroglycerin was effective is made during the:

In assessing the respirations of an infant, it is important to remember that the infant’s

respiratory rate:

You arrive on the scene of a car crash. The MOI suggests a rear-end collision. Which of

the following injury patterns should you suspect in the unrestrained driver of

the vehicle that was struck from the rear?

Of the following scenarios, which presents the greatest immediate danger for an

EMT’s safety?

When should you assess the scene for safety?

Which of the following questions will elicit your patient’s chief complaint?

A 17-year-old male is having an asthma attack after participating in some strenuous

activity at school. He has taken several doses of his own bronchodilator with little relief.

Your partner immediately administers oxygen. Providing supplemental oxygen will

increase the amount of oxygen molecules carried by the _______ in the patient’s blood,

helping oxygenate critical organs such as the brain.

You are responding to a 54-year-old female patient in respiratory distress. She is on

home oxygen by nasal cannula at 2 lpm. She has diminished lung sounds bilaterally

with wheezes. She appears malnourished and has a barrel chest. Which condition do

you suspect?

Your 70-year-old male patient is having trouble breathing. When you auscultate his lungs,

you hear crackles (rales), and you are concerned that he may have pulmonary edema.

His SpO2 is 92 percent, so you place him on 100 percent oxygen via nonrebreather

mask. His breathing gets a little easier with the oxygen. Later, as you are completing your

reassessment, you see that his respirations have slowed to 8 times per minute and he is

barely staying awake. What should you do next?

Your 79-year-old male patient appears to show all the signs and symptoms of a stroke.

His mental status has rapidly deteriorated, he is now unconscious, and he can no longer

control his own airway. While you intervene to manage his airway, the best position in

which to keep fluid or vomitus from occluding his airway would be the _______ position.

Your patient is a 68-year-old female with a long history of emphysema. She is sitting up

in the tripod position and complaining of severe shortness of breath. You should:

A powder prepared from charred wood administered by some EMS systems to conscious

poisoning patients is called:

A 19-year-old female is reported to have taken too many narcotic pain pills that were

prescribed for her recent elbow surgery. She is extremely sleepy with very shallow

breathing. Her color is pale, and her SpO2 is 84 percent. Her body is probably

attempting to compensate for her poor level of ventilatory effort by stimulating the

respiratory system to increase rate and tidal volume. Normally, respiratory drive is

triggered by changing levels of:

The seat of the brain’s respiratory control is a section called the:

The type of muscle that controls your legs as you walk is called:

The vessel that carries oxygen-poor blood to the right atrium is the:

In stroking the newborn’s lips, the EMT is assessing a nervous system reflex known as

the _______ reflex.

When informing a 45-year-old male of treatment that is needed and the associated risks,

the EMT is asking for _______ consent.

The set of regulations that define the extent and limits of an EMT’s job are called the:

The role of the EMS system is usually found in:

An off-duty EMT is driving to a doctor’s appointment when he passes a major vehicle

collision. There are no EMRs on the scene yet. There are only Good Samaritans. The

EMT is late for the appointment, so he decides not to stop and help. The driver of

the vehicle dies before help arrives. One of the Good Samaritans notices the EMT license.

plates and writes the number down as he drives past. The Good Samaritan is angry.

that the EMT did not stop and help, and later tries to get the EMT fired for not assisting.

Which of the following statements is true?

For calls at which the physician cannot be present, there should be:

While not directly involved as EMTs, your family may exhibit reactions because of

their collateral involvement with EMS. These reactions may be due to:

Positive ways of dealing with EMS work stress include all the following except:

A 52-year-old man is experiencing a fight-or-flight situation, and his body is attempting to

compensate by increasing his cardiac output. How does the body do this on a moment’s

notice?

The ratio of compressions to ventilations for single-rescuer CPR for adult, child, and infant

patients are: