Medical Tests EMT-TEST Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Medical Tests EMT-TEST Online Questions & Answers

• Question 191:

  If manually ventilating a patient, you should squeeze the bag every ____ seconds for an adult and every ____ seconds for a child.

  A. 2 to 3, 6 to 8
  B. 5 to 6, 5 to 6
  C. 5 to 6, 3 to 5
  D. 8 to 10, 6 to 8
  C. 5 to 6, 3 to 5

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• Question 192:

  This type of seizure activity is absent of large muscle contractions, often just starring off in space.

  A. Petit mal
  B. Febrile
  C. Focal motor
  D. Grand mal
  A. Petit mal

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• Question 193:

  In which of the following situations you should call for immediate assistance?

  A. You must care for two critical patients with gunshot wounds.
  B. Your patient is a 26-year-old woman in active labor.
  C. Your patient is a child with fever who has had a brief seizure.
  D. Your partner is needed to stabilize the cervical spine.
  A. You must care for two critical patients with gunshot wounds.

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• Question 194:

  Which of the following is not directly related to a drug toxicity of Nitroglycerin?

  A. Dizziness
  B. Projectile vomiting
  C. Headaches
  D. Tachycardia
  B. Projectile vomiting

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• Question 195:

  Your 26-year-old female patient has been pulled out of a house fire. Her chest and arms have been burned. The area is charred and the patient states she has little pain in the burned area. What is the most likely classification of this patient's burns?

  A. Full thickness
  B. Superficial partial thickness burns
  C. Deep partial thickness burns
  D. Superficial
  A. Full thickness

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• Question 196:

  A nasal cannula is meant to deliver oxygen concentrations of:

  A. 8-15%
  B. 2-6%
  C. 4-8%
  D. 24-44%
  B. 2-6%

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• Question 197:

  What is a description of a partial thickness (second degree) burn?

  A. moderate pain, blisters
  B. intense pain, blisters, moist skin
  C. redness and no blisters
  D. mild pain, redness
  B. intense pain, blisters, moist skin

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• Question 198:

  You are dispatched to the scene of a 9-year-old girl who has been struck by a car. Police are unable to reach her parents. What gives you the ability to treat the girl?

  A. Expressed Consent
  B. Revoked Consent
  C. Implied Consent
  D. Informed Consent
  C. Implied Consent

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• Question 199:

  What is the first step to consider in the process of caring for a patient in extreme cold with exposure?

  A. Check patient airway and stabilize.
  B. Prepare to prevent personal harm from cold exposure.
  C. Obtain patient temperature and begin warming patient.
  D. Assess MOI and begin warming patient.
  B. Prepare to prevent personal harm from cold exposure.

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• Question 200:

  Select the best treatment option for a patient with an open abdominal wound and organs protruding.

  A. Immediately apply a pressure dressing over a sterile gauze.
  B. Apply a sterile adhesive dressing.
  C. Cover with a sterile saline moistened gauze and secure with an occlusive dressing.
  D. Cover with a sterile moistened gauze and seal with a pressure dressing.
  C. Cover with a sterile saline moistened gauze and secure with an occlusive dressing.

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