EMS 202 LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The innermost layer of meninges direcly overlying the central nervous system is
called the:
cerebrospinal membrane
dura mater
arachnoid membrane
pia mater - ✔✔pia mater
✔✔Which clinical finding is the hallmark sign of central nervous system (CNS) injury or
illness?
Diminished blood pressure
Elevated heart rate
Altered mental status
Elevated blood pressure - ✔✔Altered mental status
✔✔What is the name for the respiratory pattern chaacterized by ineffective thoracic
muscular coordination and inadequate air exchange?
Cheyne-stokes respirations
Apneustic respirations
Ataxic respirations
Kussmaul's respirations - ✔✔Ataxic respirations
✔✔Which of the following is not included in the changes that characterize Cushing's
triad?
Increased blood pressure
Decreased body temperature
Decreased pulse
Irregular respirations - ✔✔Decreased body temperature
✔✔In a child a seizure characterized by a 10-30 second loss of consciousness or
awareness, eye or muscle fluttering and an occasional loss of muscle tone is known as
what type of seizure?
Grand mal
simple partial
Tonic-clonic
Absence - ✔✔Absence
, ✔✔A patient who is suspected of being an alcoholic has an altered mental status. For
this patient, the first intravenous medication would most likely be:
Oxygen
Naloxone
solumedrol
thiamine - ✔✔thiamine
✔✔What is the primary medication for stopping a seizure in an epileptic patient who has
not taken his medications for several weeks?
Thiamine
Diazepam
Midazoline
Oxygen - ✔✔Diazepam
✔✔If administering 5mg of Diazepam to a siezure patient, and the medication is stored
as 10mg in a 5 mL vial, how many milliliters will you deliver?
2.5
7.5
5
1.5 - ✔✔2.5
✔✔How does the integumentary system prevent pathogens from attacking the body?
Antibodies in the skin attack and destroy pathogens
The skin provides a pathway out of the body for pathogens
leukocytes int he skin attack pathogens
The skin provides a protective physical barrier against pathogens - ✔✔The skin
provides a protective physical barrier against pathogens
✔✔Your patient with soft tissue trauma following being struck accidentally by a baseball
bat during a family reunion, has an area of the upper arm that is purplish in color and
painful. Distal motor/sensory function is normal. This type of injury is most likely
a(n)_________
bone fracture
stellate laceration
contusion
hematoma - ✔✔contusion
✔✔When an artery is ruptured but the sink is not broken, blood can separate the tissues
and pool in a pocket. This pocket is known as what type of injury?
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The innermost layer of meninges direcly overlying the central nervous system is
called the:
cerebrospinal membrane
dura mater
arachnoid membrane
pia mater - ✔✔pia mater
✔✔Which clinical finding is the hallmark sign of central nervous system (CNS) injury or
illness?
Diminished blood pressure
Elevated heart rate
Altered mental status
Elevated blood pressure - ✔✔Altered mental status
✔✔What is the name for the respiratory pattern chaacterized by ineffective thoracic
muscular coordination and inadequate air exchange?
Cheyne-stokes respirations
Apneustic respirations
Ataxic respirations
Kussmaul's respirations - ✔✔Ataxic respirations
✔✔Which of the following is not included in the changes that characterize Cushing's
triad?
Increased blood pressure
Decreased body temperature
Decreased pulse
Irregular respirations - ✔✔Decreased body temperature
✔✔In a child a seizure characterized by a 10-30 second loss of consciousness or
awareness, eye or muscle fluttering and an occasional loss of muscle tone is known as
what type of seizure?
Grand mal
simple partial
Tonic-clonic
Absence - ✔✔Absence
, ✔✔A patient who is suspected of being an alcoholic has an altered mental status. For
this patient, the first intravenous medication would most likely be:
Oxygen
Naloxone
solumedrol
thiamine - ✔✔thiamine
✔✔What is the primary medication for stopping a seizure in an epileptic patient who has
not taken his medications for several weeks?
Thiamine
Diazepam
Midazoline
Oxygen - ✔✔Diazepam
✔✔If administering 5mg of Diazepam to a siezure patient, and the medication is stored
as 10mg in a 5 mL vial, how many milliliters will you deliver?
2.5
7.5
5
1.5 - ✔✔2.5
✔✔How does the integumentary system prevent pathogens from attacking the body?
Antibodies in the skin attack and destroy pathogens
The skin provides a pathway out of the body for pathogens
leukocytes int he skin attack pathogens
The skin provides a protective physical barrier against pathogens - ✔✔The skin
provides a protective physical barrier against pathogens
✔✔Your patient with soft tissue trauma following being struck accidentally by a baseball
bat during a family reunion, has an area of the upper arm that is purplish in color and
painful. Distal motor/sensory function is normal. This type of injury is most likely
a(n)_________
bone fracture
stellate laceration
contusion
hematoma - ✔✔contusion
✔✔When an artery is ruptured but the sink is not broken, blood can separate the tissues
and pool in a pocket. This pocket is known as what type of injury?
