1. After questioning your patient about the details of his chest pain, you ask if he also has shortness of breath, nausea, or dizziness. These symptoms commonly accompany cardiac-related chest pain and are known as

2. Your patient was burned over the entire surface of both anterior legs when she spilled boiling water while cooking. The burns appear as large, red areas that are intensely painful and have already started to form large, fluid-filled blisters. You classify these burns as

3. Patients who are treated for cardiac arrest and experience a return of spontaneous circulation should

4. When taking over care of a patient in cardiac arrest from first responders or bystanders who have been performing CPR, you should confirm that the patient is all of the following EXCEPT

5. You are transporting a major trauma patient who you believe to be in hypovolemic shock. During the transport, the patient’s ventilations become ineffective, and you begin assisting ventilations with a bag-valve mask. On reassessment, you expect to see

6. Pediatric patients who are struck by moving cars commonly

7. In which order should the EMT-Basic perform the following steps when assessing the chest?

8. Risk factors for thromboembolism events include all of the following EXCEPT

9. While assessing your patient who has a painful, angulated injury to his left lower leg after a skateboarding accident, you notice that the foot is cool, pale, and has no pulses. You should

10. Guidelines for proper lifting technique include all of the following EXCEPT

11. Details about the patient’s complaint, such as the duration, severity, or activity at onset, are part of the ________. The mnemonic used to remember these components is________.

12. You are caring for a patient who is unresponsive after falling from a roof. After managing all life threats and assessing airway, breathing, and circulation, your next action is to

13. Your patient complains of shortness of breath and shows signs of respiratory distress, including cyanosis, tachypnea, and accessory muscle use. The patient’s chest rise and fall appears to be adequate. The best device to deliver oxygen to this patient is the

14. To assess the hydration status of a 12-month-old patient, a key question to ask caretakers would be

15. What is the first thing you must do when you arrive on the scene of a medical emergency or accident?

16. The scene size-up begins ________ and is complete________.

17. The written or electronic run report should be finished

18. You find an unresponsive patient in the supine position on the floor of a restaurant. The patient has cyanosis of the face, neck, and hands. When he attempts to breathe, you see very little chest rise and hear a harsh, high-pitched squeaking coming from the patient’s mouth. The patient’s companion says that the patient had not complained of any illness until he abruptly stood up and was unable to speak. You suspect

19. The most common cause of airway obstruction is

20. The preferred method of providing artificial ventilation is the

21. Patients who should receive a rapid trauma assessment include all of the following EXCEPT

22. When driving in emergency mode with lights and siren operating, ambulance operators in most states are permitted to do all of the following EXCEPT

23. You respond with your partner to a 911 call for a “man down.” Upon arriving at the scene, you find the patient lying face down between two cars in a parking lot. As you begin your assessment of the patient, you notice noisy breathing. You know that to open this patient’s airway, you should first use

24. Any positive or negative effect of a medication other than its intended action is known as a

25. An urgent move should be used