HOSA EMT STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is the Heart rate/Respiratory rate of a newborn to 1 year?
Answer: 140 Bpm and 40/minute
◉ What is the heart/respiratory rate for a child 1-4 years? Answer:
120 Bpm and 30/minute
◉ what is the heart/respiratory rate for a child 4-12 Years? Answer:
100 bpm and 20/minute
◉ How do you calculate the average systolic BP of a child 1-10 years
old? Answer: 80 mmHg + (2X Years of age)
◉ What Does APGAR Stand for? Answer: Appearance, Pulse,
Grimace, Activity, Respiration. A Perfect APGAR score is 10.
◉ What is the McRobert Position? Answer: A position where
pregnant mothers who must wait to deliver due to turtle signs, must
,be put into. They lie on their backs with the knees drawn up as close
to the body as possible.
◉ How many liters of blood are in the average 3 year old? Answer:
about 3 lits.
◉ What percent of oxygen is room air? Answer: 21%
◉ What is "air" mostly composed of? Answer: Nitrogen ( about
78%)
◉ What are signs of Decompensated shock in pediatric patients?
Answer: Absent peripheral pulses, and absent cap refill (more than 4
secs).
◉ If a patient is found unconscious and there are no bystanders,
what type of consent allows the patient to be treated? Answer:
Implied consent
◉ What is involuntary consent? Answer: When a patient does not
wish to be transported, but is AMS. An incarcerated patient, or a
mentally ill patient.
,◉ What is the part of the blood that fights infection? Answer: White
blood cells
◉ What is the part of the blood that clots? Answer: Platelets
◉ The Autonomic Nervous system is divided into what? Answer: The
sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous system
◉ The adrenal glands secret what? Answer: Epinephrine
(Adrenaline) and norepinephrine (To delay muscle fatigue).
◉ The Glawsgo coma scale has the highest rating of how many
points? Answer: 15
◉ What are the 3 parts of the Glaswgo coma scale? Answer: Eye
opening response (Max 4 points), Verbal response (Max 5 points),
and Motor response (Max 6 points)
◉ What drug is giving for grand mal seizures. Answer: Diazepam 5-
10 mg
◉ Tp wave is representative of what? Answer: ventricular
repolarization
, ◉ Which type of trauma is the most common cause of death and
disability? Answer: Blunt
◉ Who is responsible for sorting patients based on severity of injury
in an MCI? Answer: triage officer
◉ Where in the lungs does gas exchange occur Answer: Between the
alveoli and capillaries
◉ What is eclampsia - how to treat Answer: seizure during
preclampsia - TX mag sulfate 2 -5glvp slow
◉ What is intracellular cation? Answer: Potassium K
◉ What is extracellular cation? Answer: Sodium NA
◉ What are the Sign/symptom of an aortic aneurism? Answer: Chest
pain radiate towards back also deficit in pulse on one side
◉ What is chronotrophy? Answer: Pertain to heart rate
◉ What is inotrophy? Answer: Pertain to cardiac contractile force
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is the Heart rate/Respiratory rate of a newborn to 1 year?
Answer: 140 Bpm and 40/minute
◉ What is the heart/respiratory rate for a child 1-4 years? Answer:
120 Bpm and 30/minute
◉ what is the heart/respiratory rate for a child 4-12 Years? Answer:
100 bpm and 20/minute
◉ How do you calculate the average systolic BP of a child 1-10 years
old? Answer: 80 mmHg + (2X Years of age)
◉ What Does APGAR Stand for? Answer: Appearance, Pulse,
Grimace, Activity, Respiration. A Perfect APGAR score is 10.
◉ What is the McRobert Position? Answer: A position where
pregnant mothers who must wait to deliver due to turtle signs, must
,be put into. They lie on their backs with the knees drawn up as close
to the body as possible.
◉ How many liters of blood are in the average 3 year old? Answer:
about 3 lits.
◉ What percent of oxygen is room air? Answer: 21%
◉ What is "air" mostly composed of? Answer: Nitrogen ( about
78%)
◉ What are signs of Decompensated shock in pediatric patients?
Answer: Absent peripheral pulses, and absent cap refill (more than 4
secs).
◉ If a patient is found unconscious and there are no bystanders,
what type of consent allows the patient to be treated? Answer:
Implied consent
◉ What is involuntary consent? Answer: When a patient does not
wish to be transported, but is AMS. An incarcerated patient, or a
mentally ill patient.
,◉ What is the part of the blood that fights infection? Answer: White
blood cells
◉ What is the part of the blood that clots? Answer: Platelets
◉ The Autonomic Nervous system is divided into what? Answer: The
sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous system
◉ The adrenal glands secret what? Answer: Epinephrine
(Adrenaline) and norepinephrine (To delay muscle fatigue).
◉ The Glawsgo coma scale has the highest rating of how many
points? Answer: 15
◉ What are the 3 parts of the Glaswgo coma scale? Answer: Eye
opening response (Max 4 points), Verbal response (Max 5 points),
and Motor response (Max 6 points)
◉ What drug is giving for grand mal seizures. Answer: Diazepam 5-
10 mg
◉ Tp wave is representative of what? Answer: ventricular
repolarization
, ◉ Which type of trauma is the most common cause of death and
disability? Answer: Blunt
◉ Who is responsible for sorting patients based on severity of injury
in an MCI? Answer: triage officer
◉ Where in the lungs does gas exchange occur Answer: Between the
alveoli and capillaries
◉ What is eclampsia - how to treat Answer: seizure during
preclampsia - TX mag sulfate 2 -5glvp slow
◉ What is intracellular cation? Answer: Potassium K
◉ What is extracellular cation? Answer: Sodium NA
◉ What are the Sign/symptom of an aortic aneurism? Answer: Chest
pain radiate towards back also deficit in pulse on one side
◉ What is chronotrophy? Answer: Pertain to heart rate
◉ What is inotrophy? Answer: Pertain to cardiac contractile force
