emergency care 13th edition EMT
practice questions and answers
Which of the following is acceptable when documenting your time
of arrival on the scene?
A)Rely on the dispatcher for the accurate time of arrival.
B) Check your watch as you pull up to the scene.
C) Estimate the amount of time it took you to get from your starting
location to the scene.
D) Use the clock in the ambulance to establish the arrival time. -
correct answer ✅A)Rely on the dispatcher for the accurate time of
arrival
You are en route to the hospital with a 22-year-old male patient
who has suffered a very embarrassing injury to his genitalia. Which
method of contacting the receiving facility will afford the patient
the most privacy?
A)Using the ambulance radio but not providing details of the injury
B)Using the ambulance radio but not using the patient's name
C)Providing the receiving hospital with all information via a cell
phone
D)Using the handheld radio -
correct answer ✅C)Providing the receiving hospital with all
information via a cell phone
,emergency care 13th edition EMT
practice questions and answers
A prehospital care report reads: "GSW to torso (LLQ)." Based on
this, you should recognize that the patient sustained a(n):
A)bullet injury to the left chest.
B)injury to the left torso.
C)gunshot to the left chest.
D)injury to the lower abdomen. -
correct answer ✅D)injury to the lower abdomen.
Which one of the following patients who refuse treatment must be
transported to the hospital?
A)29-year-old female who attempted to cut her wrists earlier but
now states it was an accident and she is not suicidal
B)Alert and oriented 57-year-old male who is having chest pain and
is diaphoretic
C)A homeless man in his 50s who is dirty and disheveled and has a
body-wide rash
D)16-year-old female who lives in her parents' house and has a
child -
correct answer ✅A)29-year-old female who attempted to cut her
wrists earlier but now states it was an accident and she is not
suicidal
,emergency care 13th edition EMT
practice questions and answers
Which of the following is NOT an objective element of documented
patient information?
A)Patient's age
B)Position in which the patient was found
C)Patient's complaint of nausea
D)Patient's blood pressure -
correct answer ✅C)Patient's complaint of nausea
Medical direction has requested that you administer 70 grams of
activated charcoal to an overdose patient. Which of the following
should you do next?
A)Administer the medication without delay.
B)Prepare the medication and then call the hospital back to re-
confirm the order.
C)Document the order in writing before carrying it out.
D)Repeat the order back to the physician to make sure you
understood correctly. -
correct answer ✅D)Repeat the order back to the physician to
make sure you understood correctly.
, emergency care 13th edition EMT
practice questions and answers
What is most important to assess during patient assessment during
secondary assessment?
A)Chief complaint
B)Airway
C)Respiration
D)Pulse -
correct answer ✅A)Chief complaint
While assessing the breath sounds of a 12-year-old asthma patient,
you might hear any of the following sounds EXCEPT ________.
A)wheezing
B)stridor
C)huffing
D)crackles -
correct answer ✅C)huffing
Your patient fell off his motorcycle. He was not wearing a helmet
and has a possible head injury. You might expect his pupils to
________.
A)constrict equally when you remove the light source
B)dilate equally when you assess with a penlight
practice questions and answers
Which of the following is acceptable when documenting your time
of arrival on the scene?
A)Rely on the dispatcher for the accurate time of arrival.
B) Check your watch as you pull up to the scene.
C) Estimate the amount of time it took you to get from your starting
location to the scene.
D) Use the clock in the ambulance to establish the arrival time. -
correct answer ✅A)Rely on the dispatcher for the accurate time of
arrival
You are en route to the hospital with a 22-year-old male patient
who has suffered a very embarrassing injury to his genitalia. Which
method of contacting the receiving facility will afford the patient
the most privacy?
A)Using the ambulance radio but not providing details of the injury
B)Using the ambulance radio but not using the patient's name
C)Providing the receiving hospital with all information via a cell
phone
D)Using the handheld radio -
correct answer ✅C)Providing the receiving hospital with all
information via a cell phone
,emergency care 13th edition EMT
practice questions and answers
A prehospital care report reads: "GSW to torso (LLQ)." Based on
this, you should recognize that the patient sustained a(n):
A)bullet injury to the left chest.
B)injury to the left torso.
C)gunshot to the left chest.
D)injury to the lower abdomen. -
correct answer ✅D)injury to the lower abdomen.
Which one of the following patients who refuse treatment must be
transported to the hospital?
A)29-year-old female who attempted to cut her wrists earlier but
now states it was an accident and she is not suicidal
B)Alert and oriented 57-year-old male who is having chest pain and
is diaphoretic
C)A homeless man in his 50s who is dirty and disheveled and has a
body-wide rash
D)16-year-old female who lives in her parents' house and has a
child -
correct answer ✅A)29-year-old female who attempted to cut her
wrists earlier but now states it was an accident and she is not
suicidal
,emergency care 13th edition EMT
practice questions and answers
Which of the following is NOT an objective element of documented
patient information?
A)Patient's age
B)Position in which the patient was found
C)Patient's complaint of nausea
D)Patient's blood pressure -
correct answer ✅C)Patient's complaint of nausea
Medical direction has requested that you administer 70 grams of
activated charcoal to an overdose patient. Which of the following
should you do next?
A)Administer the medication without delay.
B)Prepare the medication and then call the hospital back to re-
confirm the order.
C)Document the order in writing before carrying it out.
D)Repeat the order back to the physician to make sure you
understood correctly. -
correct answer ✅D)Repeat the order back to the physician to
make sure you understood correctly.
, emergency care 13th edition EMT
practice questions and answers
What is most important to assess during patient assessment during
secondary assessment?
A)Chief complaint
B)Airway
C)Respiration
D)Pulse -
correct answer ✅A)Chief complaint
While assessing the breath sounds of a 12-year-old asthma patient,
you might hear any of the following sounds EXCEPT ________.
A)wheezing
B)stridor
C)huffing
D)crackles -
correct answer ✅C)huffing
Your patient fell off his motorcycle. He was not wearing a helmet
and has a possible head injury. You might expect his pupils to
________.
A)constrict equally when you remove the light source
B)dilate equally when you assess with a penlight
