Medical Tests EMT-TEST Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Medical Tests EMT-TEST Online Questions & Answers

• Question 181:

  To assess a patient with a stroke there are two major assessment tools the Cincinnati Stroke Scale and the Los Angeles Prehospital Stroke Screen. Which one of these two tools uses arm drift as a diagnostic tool?

  A. Neither
  B. Cincinnati Stroke Scale
  C. Los Angeles Prehospital Stroke Screen
  D. Both
  B. Cincinnati Stroke Scale

• Question 182:

  When dealing with a patient who has suffered an injury to the back of his head, what part of the brain you should suspect will be affected?

  A. Frontal
  B. Occipital
  C. Parietal
  D. Temporal
  B. Occipital

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• Question 183:

  Which of the following is the antidote for the toxin Lead?

  A. Dialysis
  B. Naloxone
  C. CaEDTA
  D. Nitrite
  C. CaEDTA

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• Question 184:

  A law that provides protection to someone who provides help too an injured person from legal action is known as what?

  A. No law exists.
  B. Duty to act.
  C. Good Samaritan law
  D. EMT Registration
  C. Good Samaritan law

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• Question 185:

  You are called to provide emergency treatment to a female rape victim. Law enforcement is already on scene. It's important to do all of the following, except ____.

  A. try to preserve evidence as you are dealing with a crime scene
  B. ask the woman to tell you details about what happened
  C. limit the physical exam to a brief assessment to determine life threatening injuries
  D. if possible, give the victim the option of being treated by a female EMT
  B. ask the woman to tell you details about what happened

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• Question 186:

  You are called to help a 60-year-old woman who is suffering from severe headache.

  If you smell a strong odor of natural gas while entering her home, what will be your first action?

  A. Check the patient's ABC
  B. Take the patient out of the house to your ambulance
  C. Open all windows and determine the source of the gas leak
  D. Insert a nasopharyngeal airway and assess vital signs.
  B. Take the patient out of the house to your ambulance

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• Question 187:

  Your patient is suffering from Epistaxis. How will you treat your patient?

  A. There is no treatment for Epistaxis.
  B. Pack the area with gauze.
  C. Pinch the nostrils and have the patient lean forward.
  D. Pinch the nostrils and have the patient tilt there head backwards.
  C. Pinch the nostrils and have the patient lean forward.

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• Question 188:

  Wheezing can be described as ____.

  A. a high-pitched whistling sound
  B. tiny popping sound
  C. wet, crackling sound
  D. loud snoring sound
  A. a high-pitched whistling sound

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• Question 189:

  The normal heart rate of a new born baby (0-3 months) is:

  A. 80-100
  B. 100-120
  C. 120-140
  D. 140-160
  D. 140-160

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• Question 190:

  Your patient is a 22-year-old male with an object impaled in the right side of his chest, just below the shoulder. After assessing that the object is not blocking his airway, what is the best course of action for this patient.

  A. Remove the object by pushing it through the same direction as it entered.
  B. Remove the object by pulling it back out the way it entered.
  C. Cut the object close to the patient in order to control the bleeding and transport the patient.
  D. Stabilize the object in place, control the bleeding and transport.
  D. Stabilize the object in place, control the bleeding and transport.

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