EMS 202 LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Cellular repiration occures in the peripheral_____
veins
arterioles
arteries
capillaries - ✔✔capillaries
✔✔Which term is used to describe a graphic recording or display of the capnometry
reading over time?
capnowave
capnography
capnoscreen
capnogram - ✔✔capnography
✔✔What is the term for an excess of red blood cells, resulting in an abnormally high
hematocrit?
polycythemia
thrombocytopenia
anemia
hypoxemia - ✔✔polycythemia
✔✔what drug class is used for patients who have bronchoconstriction from asthma but
are still able to maintain an acceptable minute ventilation?
corticosteroids
antibiotics
methylxanthines
bronchodilators - ✔✔bronchodolators
✔✔Stimulatory impulses that travel from the spinal cord to the diaphragm do so down
which nerve?
Cranial
Phrenic
Hypoglossal
Vagal - ✔✔Phrenic
✔✔You are treating patients as a tech in the ICU. You are assigned to three rooms. The
first is a 50 year old female who suffered a stroke during dinner. She had bilateral
, weakness, slurred speech, and severe ataxia. You recall the area of the brain most
likely affect is the____ - ✔✔cerebellum
✔✔You might suspect she will lose the perception or awareness of her body's
movement or positiooning. This sence is called____ - ✔✔proprioception
✔✔She is currently sedated and completely unresposive to anystimuli. Her current GCS
is____ - ✔✔3
✔✔Your second patient suffered a lung infection and is currently diagnosed with ARDS.
The patient is currently intubated on a ventilator. Their primarily physiological problem is
lack of ____ - ✔✔diffusion
✔✔Nitroglycerin and Diuretics will most likely be_____ - ✔✔ineffective
✔✔Your role will be to closely monitor the ventilatoer settings and apply_____ -
✔✔peep
✔✔As a result of this setting, you should monitor for a/n____ - ✔✔decrease
✔✔in blood pressure due to a/n____ in intrathoracic pressure. - ✔✔increase
✔✔The third patient suffered a head injury as a result of a fall. He required emergency
surgery due to increasing ICP. At that time, the paramedics would have likely
found_____ systolic blood pressure, - ✔✔increased
✔✔narrow pulse pressures,______ heart rate, - ✔✔bradycardic
✔✔and________ respirations. - ✔✔tachypneic
✔✔This patient's skull fracture occured on the temporal region, meaning it is on the
_______ of his head. - ✔✔side
✔✔What is the name of the outermost lining of the walls of arteries, described as a
fibrouse tissue covering that gives the vessel strength to withstand the pressures
generated by the heart's contractions?
Tuunica Media
Tunica adventitia
Tunica Intima
Vesceral Media - ✔✔Tunica adventitia
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Cellular repiration occures in the peripheral_____
veins
arterioles
arteries
capillaries - ✔✔capillaries
✔✔Which term is used to describe a graphic recording or display of the capnometry
reading over time?
capnowave
capnography
capnoscreen
capnogram - ✔✔capnography
✔✔What is the term for an excess of red blood cells, resulting in an abnormally high
hematocrit?
polycythemia
thrombocytopenia
anemia
hypoxemia - ✔✔polycythemia
✔✔what drug class is used for patients who have bronchoconstriction from asthma but
are still able to maintain an acceptable minute ventilation?
corticosteroids
antibiotics
methylxanthines
bronchodilators - ✔✔bronchodolators
✔✔Stimulatory impulses that travel from the spinal cord to the diaphragm do so down
which nerve?
Cranial
Phrenic
Hypoglossal
Vagal - ✔✔Phrenic
✔✔You are treating patients as a tech in the ICU. You are assigned to three rooms. The
first is a 50 year old female who suffered a stroke during dinner. She had bilateral
, weakness, slurred speech, and severe ataxia. You recall the area of the brain most
likely affect is the____ - ✔✔cerebellum
✔✔You might suspect she will lose the perception or awareness of her body's
movement or positiooning. This sence is called____ - ✔✔proprioception
✔✔She is currently sedated and completely unresposive to anystimuli. Her current GCS
is____ - ✔✔3
✔✔Your second patient suffered a lung infection and is currently diagnosed with ARDS.
The patient is currently intubated on a ventilator. Their primarily physiological problem is
lack of ____ - ✔✔diffusion
✔✔Nitroglycerin and Diuretics will most likely be_____ - ✔✔ineffective
✔✔Your role will be to closely monitor the ventilatoer settings and apply_____ -
✔✔peep
✔✔As a result of this setting, you should monitor for a/n____ - ✔✔decrease
✔✔in blood pressure due to a/n____ in intrathoracic pressure. - ✔✔increase
✔✔The third patient suffered a head injury as a result of a fall. He required emergency
surgery due to increasing ICP. At that time, the paramedics would have likely
found_____ systolic blood pressure, - ✔✔increased
✔✔narrow pulse pressures,______ heart rate, - ✔✔bradycardic
✔✔and________ respirations. - ✔✔tachypneic
✔✔This patient's skull fracture occured on the temporal region, meaning it is on the
_______ of his head. - ✔✔side
✔✔What is the name of the outermost lining of the walls of arteries, described as a
fibrouse tissue covering that gives the vessel strength to withstand the pressures
generated by the heart's contractions?
Tuunica Media
Tunica adventitia
Tunica Intima
Vesceral Media - ✔✔Tunica adventitia
