EMT

EMT practice questions, page 2 of 13, with answer review and explanations.

Question 6

You’re called to a home and find an unresponsive male. Family members said he “passed out.” You assess the scene to be safe. The next thing you should do is:

  1. Check the patient’s blood sugar; he might be a diabetic.
  2. Get a blood pressure to determine if it’s too low and may have caused him to pass out.
  3. Get a temperature to determine if he has heat stroke.
  4. Simultaneously check for a pulse and breathing.

Question 7

Wheezing can be described as ____.

  1. a high-pitched whistling sound
  2. tiny popping sound
  3. wet, crackling sound
  4. loud snoring sound

Question 8

You’re responding to a call for a 44-year-old woman who is complaining of feeling anxious and states, “I can’t breathe.” You should do the following:

  1. Perform an abdominal thrust; she may be choking.
  2. Assess her respiratory rate and rhythm, check her oxygen saturation and listen to her lungs.
  3. Place a non-rebreather mask and turn the flow to 6 LPM.
  4. Immediately start manually ventilating since she said she can’t breathe.

Question 9

When assessing breathing, tidal volume refers to ____.

  1. whether a person inhales and exhales for the same amount of time
  2. the rate at which a person breathes
  3. the depth of the breath
  4. how regular breathing appears

Question 10

You are treating an adult patient who is unresponsive and just vomited. You need to suction his airway. You should suction the patient’s airway for no more than ______ at a time.

  1. 10-15 seconds
  2. 15-20 seconds
  3. less 5 seconds
  4. as long as it takes to remove all of the vomit from the airway