Students- paramedic exam practice
questions and answers
After delivery, a paramedic notices a newborns heart rate drops
abruptly, skin has become blue and blotchy, and respiration has
stopped. After drying the infant, spontaneous respiration occurs.
What does this assessment describe?
A) Primary asphyxia
B) Primary apnea
C) Secondary apnea
D) Newborn asphyxia -
correct answer ✅C. Secondary apnea
**ON THE TEST**
A woman who is 38 weeks pregnant had minor spotting yesterday.
She now has painless bright red vaginal bleeding. The uterus is soft
and nontender. Her skin is pale and moist. VS BP 100/60 P 112 RR
28 Spo2 95%. What should the paramedic suspect?
A) placental abruptio previa
B) Placenta previa
C) placenta abruptio
D) Uterine rupture -
correct answer ✅B) Placenta previa
,Students- paramedic exam practice
questions and answers
Which childhood disease presents with a diffuse rash all over the
body, fever, and white koplik spots in the mouth?
A) Measles
B) Varciella
C) Hand-Foot and Mouth disease
D) Rubella -
correct answer ✅A) Measles
**ON THE TEST**
Which of these would suppress the compensatory mechanism of
tachycardia and a geriatric patient who is experiencing hemorrhagic
shock?
A. Thiazide diuretics
B. Beta blockers
C. Calcium channel blockers
D. Blood thinners -
correct answer ✅B. Beta blockers
,Students- paramedic exam practice
questions and answers
What is the correct amount of fluid to a minister to a five week old
infant who weighs 8 pounds with significant dehydration?
A. 36 mL
B. 72 mL
C. 82 mL
D. 160 mL -
correct answer ✅B. 72mL
Which of these is most likely NOT to be sustained from the tertiary
phase of blast injuries?
A. Compression fractures of the spine
B. Rib fractures
C. Hyperextension injuries
D. Pulmonary barotrauma -
correct answer ✅D. Pulmonary barotrauma
**ON THE TEST**
Which of these is most likely to be sustained from the tertiary
phase of blast injuries?
, Students- paramedic exam practice
questions and answers
A) Smoke or toxic fume inhalation, burns, crush injuries
B) Lacerations, eye injuries, extremity fractures
C) Compression fractures of the spine, rib fractures, hyperextension
injuries
D) Tympanic membrane rupture, headache, blast lung injury -
correct answer ✅C) Compression fractures of the spine, rib
fractures, hyperextension injuries
What should a paramedic do when confronted with a prolasped
cord?
A) Place gloved fingers between the baby and the mothers pelvic
bone
B) Insert gloved hand into the birth canal in order to restrain
delivery
C) Attempt to push the cord back into the birth canal
D) Clamp and cut the cord and instruct the mother to push as hard
as possible -
correct answer ✅A) Place gloved fingers between the baby and
the mothers pelvic bone
A 20-year-old has been working in the sun for the past six hours on
a very hot day and c/o extreme dizziness, weakness, thirst, nausea,
questions and answers
After delivery, a paramedic notices a newborns heart rate drops
abruptly, skin has become blue and blotchy, and respiration has
stopped. After drying the infant, spontaneous respiration occurs.
What does this assessment describe?
A) Primary asphyxia
B) Primary apnea
C) Secondary apnea
D) Newborn asphyxia -
correct answer ✅C. Secondary apnea
**ON THE TEST**
A woman who is 38 weeks pregnant had minor spotting yesterday.
She now has painless bright red vaginal bleeding. The uterus is soft
and nontender. Her skin is pale and moist. VS BP 100/60 P 112 RR
28 Spo2 95%. What should the paramedic suspect?
A) placental abruptio previa
B) Placenta previa
C) placenta abruptio
D) Uterine rupture -
correct answer ✅B) Placenta previa
,Students- paramedic exam practice
questions and answers
Which childhood disease presents with a diffuse rash all over the
body, fever, and white koplik spots in the mouth?
A) Measles
B) Varciella
C) Hand-Foot and Mouth disease
D) Rubella -
correct answer ✅A) Measles
**ON THE TEST**
Which of these would suppress the compensatory mechanism of
tachycardia and a geriatric patient who is experiencing hemorrhagic
shock?
A. Thiazide diuretics
B. Beta blockers
C. Calcium channel blockers
D. Blood thinners -
correct answer ✅B. Beta blockers
,Students- paramedic exam practice
questions and answers
What is the correct amount of fluid to a minister to a five week old
infant who weighs 8 pounds with significant dehydration?
A. 36 mL
B. 72 mL
C. 82 mL
D. 160 mL -
correct answer ✅B. 72mL
Which of these is most likely NOT to be sustained from the tertiary
phase of blast injuries?
A. Compression fractures of the spine
B. Rib fractures
C. Hyperextension injuries
D. Pulmonary barotrauma -
correct answer ✅D. Pulmonary barotrauma
**ON THE TEST**
Which of these is most likely to be sustained from the tertiary
phase of blast injuries?
, Students- paramedic exam practice
questions and answers
A) Smoke or toxic fume inhalation, burns, crush injuries
B) Lacerations, eye injuries, extremity fractures
C) Compression fractures of the spine, rib fractures, hyperextension
injuries
D) Tympanic membrane rupture, headache, blast lung injury -
correct answer ✅C) Compression fractures of the spine, rib
fractures, hyperextension injuries
What should a paramedic do when confronted with a prolasped
cord?
A) Place gloved fingers between the baby and the mothers pelvic
bone
B) Insert gloved hand into the birth canal in order to restrain
delivery
C) Attempt to push the cord back into the birth canal
D) Clamp and cut the cord and instruct the mother to push as hard
as possible -
correct answer ✅A) Place gloved fingers between the baby and
the mothers pelvic bone
A 20-year-old has been working in the sun for the past six hours on
a very hot day and c/o extreme dizziness, weakness, thirst, nausea,
