Platinum: Medical study guide EMT
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Indications of Oral Glucose -
correct answer ✅indications: hypoglycemia (BG below 70)
Contraindications of Oral glucose -
correct answer ✅Unconscious or semi conscious
allergy, cant swallow
What is a coronary bypass? -
correct answer ✅is a type of heart surgery that improves blood
flow to the heart muscle.
How should you conduct your patient interview in the patient with
a potential behavioral emergency? -
correct answer ✅prioritize safety maybe have PD on standby
Considerations when working around a patient suspected of having
an infectious -
correct answer ✅PPE, recent travel, limit exposure, decontaminate
after call
,Platinum: Medical study guide EMT
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Special population considerations, what are some common
differences of geriatrics? -
correct answer ✅lots of medication, atypical presentation, fragile
bones and skin,
Signs and symptoms of the narcotic overdose -
correct answer ✅pinpoint pupils, respiratory depression,
Unresponsiveness, slow or absent breathing
Review Scene size-up skill sheet and know the elements -
correct answer ✅BSI / Scene Safety, MOI/NOI, consider ALS,
Types of respirations associated with diabetic emergencies -
correct answer ✅Kussmaul respirations (rapid, deep, and
sometimes labored breaths),
Cheyne stokes (alternating periods of fast, shallow breathing with
pauses or apnea, followed by periods of deeper, more rapid
breathing.)
, Platinum: Medical study guide EMT
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
What is status epilepticus? -
correct answer ✅a medical emergency involving a prolonged
seizure or a series of seizures without full recovery between them.
Skin conditions for heat exhaustion -
correct answer ✅Cool, pale, clammy, cool to the touch (body is
trying to cool)
Skin conditions for heat stroke -
correct answer ✅Hot, dry to the touch (Body's thermoregulation
fails)
What are 4 phases of a seizure? -
correct answer ✅Prodrome(feeling off), Aura ( Visual, tingles,
abnormal sounds smells or tastes), Ictal (Active Seizure
Phase),Postictal Phase (recovery)
Airway concerns for the victim pulled from a fire -
correct answer ✅Smoke inhalation,
Upper airway burns, CO Poisoning
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Indications of Oral Glucose -
correct answer ✅indications: hypoglycemia (BG below 70)
Contraindications of Oral glucose -
correct answer ✅Unconscious or semi conscious
allergy, cant swallow
What is a coronary bypass? -
correct answer ✅is a type of heart surgery that improves blood
flow to the heart muscle.
How should you conduct your patient interview in the patient with
a potential behavioral emergency? -
correct answer ✅prioritize safety maybe have PD on standby
Considerations when working around a patient suspected of having
an infectious -
correct answer ✅PPE, recent travel, limit exposure, decontaminate
after call
,Platinum: Medical study guide EMT
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Special population considerations, what are some common
differences of geriatrics? -
correct answer ✅lots of medication, atypical presentation, fragile
bones and skin,
Signs and symptoms of the narcotic overdose -
correct answer ✅pinpoint pupils, respiratory depression,
Unresponsiveness, slow or absent breathing
Review Scene size-up skill sheet and know the elements -
correct answer ✅BSI / Scene Safety, MOI/NOI, consider ALS,
Types of respirations associated with diabetic emergencies -
correct answer ✅Kussmaul respirations (rapid, deep, and
sometimes labored breaths),
Cheyne stokes (alternating periods of fast, shallow breathing with
pauses or apnea, followed by periods of deeper, more rapid
breathing.)
, Platinum: Medical study guide EMT
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
What is status epilepticus? -
correct answer ✅a medical emergency involving a prolonged
seizure or a series of seizures without full recovery between them.
Skin conditions for heat exhaustion -
correct answer ✅Cool, pale, clammy, cool to the touch (body is
trying to cool)
Skin conditions for heat stroke -
correct answer ✅Hot, dry to the touch (Body's thermoregulation
fails)
What are 4 phases of a seizure? -
correct answer ✅Prodrome(feeling off), Aura ( Visual, tingles,
abnormal sounds smells or tastes), Ictal (Active Seizure
Phase),Postictal Phase (recovery)
Airway concerns for the victim pulled from a fire -
correct answer ✅Smoke inhalation,
Upper airway burns, CO Poisoning
