EMT Practice Test
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EMT Practice Test
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25 Questions

1. Which patient would be described as alert and oriented?
2. What happens during capillary/cellular exchange?
3. Patients commonly describe the pain of a heart attack as
4. You are called to a bank where a hold-up has just occurred. Police are on scene, and through the large front window, you can see several injured people. You should enter this scene
5. Where is a detailed physical assessment typically performed?
6. Your patient is complaining of shortness of breath but cannot tolerate a mask. You should
7. When splinting an injured limb, you should assess pulse, motor function, and sensation distal to the injury
8. EMTs should wear high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) respirators when they are in contact with patients who have
9. For which patients should you palpate the pulse in the brachial artery?
10. Your patient is a 6-year-old boy who is having a severe nosebleed. No trauma is suspected. You should
11. Which of the following is the most important sign of diabetic emergency?
12. Most of the cases of inappropriate shocks delivered by an AED have been caused by
13. You would locate a patient's carotid pulse by first finding the Adam's apple and then
14. Which patient is at highest risk for hidden injury?
15. In which situation should you determine the patient's blood pressure through palpation?
16. The purpose of using the PASG for a pelvic injury is to immobilize the pelvis and
17. In order to support a patient's hand in the position of function, you would
18. When resuscitating a near-drowning victim, you should attempt to relieve gastric distention only if
19. When suctioning any patient, you should insert the catheter no farther than the
20. You are called to the scene of a shooting. While caring for the victim, you see a gun and some empty cartridges. You should
21. The quality of a patient's pulse consists of its strength and its
22. Which of the following mechanisms of injury is NOT associated with severe internal bleeding?
23. When assessing your patient's airway, you hear snoring sounds. You should suspect that
24. Your patient is a 3-year-old girl. The best way to calm her before examining her would be to
25. When using the blow-by oxygen delivery method for an infant, the correct flow rate is