EMT Practice Test
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EMT Practice Test
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25 Questions

1. The preferred method for an EMT-Basic to use to ventilate a patient is
2. Which mechanism of injury suggests the likelihood of a spinal injury?
3. Which statement about assessment of a patient with cardiac compromise is correct?
4. All of the following patients have signs and symptoms of cardiac chest pain and have their own prescriptions for nitroglycerin. Which patient should you NOT assist to take nitroglycerin?
5. Most inhalers work by
6. The first stage of labor ends when
7. When assessing a patient's pupils in bright sunlight, you should
8. The automated external defibrillator is used to detect
9. Continuous monitoring of a patient's mental status is best accomplished by
10. Which of the following is an example of a symptom?
11. When suctioning any patient, you should insert the catheter no farther than the
12. A sign of increased pressure in the circulatory system is
13. Which patient is showing signs and symptoms of cardiac compromise?
14. You are splinting the injured leg of Angela Diaz, age 5. What should you say?
15. While caring for a distraught child, you are too busy to take a required set of vital signs. When filling out the patient record, you should
16. Your patient is a 29-year-old man who has fallen off a ladder. He is bleeding profusely from a wound on his right forearm and has severe pain in his left thigh. Your initial treatment should include all of the following except to
17. Your patient is a 28-year-old man who appears intoxicated. Bystanders report that the man seemed fine but suddenly began acting strange." You should suspect"
18. You are assisting with childbirth in the field. As the infant's head is delivered, you discover that the umbilical cord is wrapped tightly around the neck. You should immediately
19. A patient who is lying on the cold ground without insulating material placed under him will lose heat rapidly. This is an example of heat loss by
20. When using the pneumatic antishock garments as an air splint for a patient with a swollen, deformed right femur, which compartments should be inflated?
21. What artery can be palpated on the wrist, just above the thumb?
22. You would evaluate the severity of a patient's hyperthermia by assessing the
23. You should file a special situations report if you
24. Which of the following is NOT part of the standard medical reporting format information?
25. Which of the following is the most important sign of labored respirations?