EMT Basic Exam 4 Questions and Answers 100% Correct
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EMT Basic Exam 4 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectEMT Basic Exam 4 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectEMT Basic Exam 4 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectEMT Basic Exam 4 Questions and Answers 100% Correct
A construction worker has a metal rod impaled in his right forearm. Assessment of the injury ...
EMT Basic Exam 4 Questions and Answers 100% Correct
A construction worker has a metal rod impaled in his right forearm. Assessment of the injury indicates heavy bleeding from around the impaled object. What should you do first? - ANSWER-Apply direct pressure around the rod
Another crew has called for your assistance in extricating an obese male with a nosebleed from a third-floor bedroom. As you enter the room, which observation indicates proper management of the patient's condition? - ANSWER-The patient is sitting upright, leaning forward, with nostrils pinched shut
You are called for a 2-year-old boy who has a nosebleed. While you are en route to the call, the dispatcher informs you that the patient has hemophilia. As an EMT, you should recognize that: - ANSWER-The bleeding may be significant
Assessment of an 88-year-old female who fell reveals bruising to her right buttock. The skin is intact and the patient complains of tenderness to the area when you palpate. As a knowledgeable EMT, you would recognize this patient has which type of injury? - ANSWER-Contusion
A pregnant 31-year-old female has been shot in the neck. Currently, she is responsive to verbal stimuli, with an open airway and rapid, but adequate respirations. Her radial pulse is weak and fast. Vital signs are as follows: pulse 152 beats/min, respirations 22 breaths/min, blood pressure 92/76 mmHg, and SpO2 100% on high-concentration oxygen as initiated by the fire department EMRs. Which other intervention by the EMT will most benefit this patient? - ANSWER-Place an occlusive dressing on the neck and keep the patient warm during transport
You are called for a 78-year-old female who fell earlier in the day. As you enter her kitchen, you observe her sitting in a chair with ecchymotic areas to her left cheek and left arm. There also appears to be blood on her pants. She is on home oxygen for COPD and is breathing in a moderately labored manner. The patient states that she fell a few hours ago, and now the pain and swelling in her arm are unbearable. She has also developed significant lower neck pain. What should you do first? - ANSWER-Take manual spinal motion restriction precautions
The EMT is by the side of a young female who was cut while washing dishes. She has a
jagged laceration to her left forearm that is bleeding steadily and heavily. When attempting to control the bleeding, the EMT would first: - ANSWER-Place a large sterile dressing over the site, with hand pressure applied over the top of the dressing An alert and oriented patient has had a portion of his hand amputated by a table saw. Assessment reveals the patient to be in great pain, with a moderate amount of dark red blood still coming from the injury site. His airway is open and his breathing is fast, but adequate. The radial pulse is rapid and strong, and his skin is warm and dry. The patient's amputated hand has been placed in a bag of ice by coworkers. What should the EMT do immediately? - ANSWER-Control the bleeding with direct pressure
When performing the primary assessment, which sign or symptom best suggests that the patient is in shock? - ANSWER-Skin that is cool and diaphoretic
A male patient has been shot in the chest with a small-caliber gun. Which presentation indicates that he is in an early stage of shock? - ANSWER-Alert and anxious, pulse 96 beats/min, BP 134/88 mmHg, pale and cool skin
Which statement demonstrates an understanding of shock caused by internal bleeding?
- ANSWER-"You should always suspect internal bleeding in a patient with the signs and
symptoms of shock but no external bleeding
A female patient has been involved in a motorcycle crash. Your scene size-up reveals her to be unresponsive and lying in the roadway. It also appears that her left leg has been amputated at the knee. What should the EMT do immediately? - ANSWER-
Perform a jaw-thrust maneuver
A patient sustained a crush injury after being pinned by a car that fell off jack-stands while the patient was underneath the car working on it. The injury occurred to the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. Assessment shows bruising to that area, with instability
noted to the lowest rib. The EMT's highest concern regarding this injury should be: - ANSWER-Injury to the spleen
A patient suffered abrasions to the legs after falling on a moving treadmill. In relation to the function of the skin, the EMT should be most concerned about: - ANSWER-Risk for infection
Which observations would cause the EMT to classify a patient's soft tissue injury as an abrasion? - ANSWER-Skin is scraped and red; blood is oozing from the injury site
An injury caused by scraping, rubbing, or shearing away of the skin is a(n) - ANSWER-
abrasion
The first step an EMT should take when encountering a patient with severe bleeding is to - ANSWER-use appropriate Standard Precautions.
When applying an occlusive dressing to a chest wound, the dressing should be secured
on how many sides? - ANSWER-three
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