Medical Tests EMT-TEST Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Medical Tests EMT-TEST Online Questions & Answers

• Question 211:

  You are transporting a patient that is having night sweats, mild fever, and a productive cough. He states that the health department has been treating him at home for a respiratory condition. How should the patient be transported to the hospital?

  A. In a position of comfort
  B. With a mask on the patient and the EMT
  C. In a calm, passive manner
  D. In the left lateral recumbent position
  B. With a mask on the patient and the EMT

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• Question 212:

  What is the most important condition that must be met for an EMT to assist an angina patient who wishes to take his or her nitroglycerin?

  A. The EMT must have medical control.
  B. The patient's systolic blood pressure must be above 100 mm Hg.
  C. The patient must be experiencing severe chest pain.
  D. The nitroglycerin must be administered sublingually.
  A. The EMT must have medical control.

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• Question 213:

  While treating a patient with a medical condition, the first thing you should enquire is what medicines he/she is taking.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True

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• Question 214:

  You are assessing a stroke patient and are trying to determine if advanced therapy will be effective. What is the critical factor you need to determine?

  A. Is the patient experiencing receptive aphasia?
  B. Is the patient experiencing dysarthria?
  C. When did the patient's symptoms begin?
  D. All of the above.
  C. When did the patient's symptoms begin?

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• Question 215:

  You arrive on scene to find a patient with an altered mental status, you quickly scan the scene.

  Which of the following items will help to point you in the right direction in finding a cause of the altered mental status?

  A. Unkept house with animal fur and dirt on the floor.
  B. Medications including high blood pressure, anxiety and depression.
  C. A smell of dirty clothes and cat fecces.
  D. Over the counter (OCT) pain relievers.
  B. Medications including high blood pressure, anxiety and depression.

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• Question 216:

  You are called to the scene of pedestrian that is been struck by a car. Upon examination, you notice clear fluid leaking from the patient's ear, that you believe to be cerebral spinal fluid. This tells you the patient may have suffered a:

  A. Severe head injury
  B. Basilar skull fracture
  C. Ruptured eardrum
  D. Cervical spine injury
  A. Severe head injury

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• Question 217:

  What is the time frame in which cardiogenic shock can occur after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI)?

  A. immediately and up to 24 hours after onset of AMI
  B. immediately and up to a week after the onset of AMI
  C. immediately and up to 48 hours after the onset of AMI
  D. between 24 hours and 48 hours after the onset of AMI
  A. immediately and up to 24 hours after onset of AMI

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• Question 218:

  The average concentration of oxygen in a titration for treatment is between ____.

  A. 94% and 96%
  B. 93% and 95%
  C. 95% and 99%
  D. 92% and 96%
  C. 95% and 99%

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• Question 219:

  To determine if a newborn needs resuscitation, you should assess ____.

  A. blood pressure and oxygen level
  B. tone, respiratory effort, and heart rate
  C. tone and oxygen level
  D. heart rate and color
  B. tone, respiratory effort, and heart rate

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• Question 220:

  The best method to care for a non-traumatic nosebleed is to put the ____.

  A. patient in an upright sitting position, head tilted slightly back, and pinch nostrils.
  B. patient in a sidelying position and pinch nostrils.
  C. patient in an upright sitting position, head backward, and ice pack to the forehead.
  D. patient in an upright sitting position, head forward, and pinch nostrils.
  D. patient in an upright sitting position, head forward, and pinch nostrils.

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