EMT Course Chapter 25 - 33 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
You arrive at the scene of a major motor vehicle crash. The patient,
a 50-year-old female, was removed from her vehicle prior to your
arrival. Bystanders who removed her state that she was not
wearing a seatbelt. The patient is unresponsive, tachycardic, and
diaphoretic. Your assessment reveals bilaterally clear and equal
breath sounds, a midline trachea, and collapsed jugular veins. You
should be MOST suspicious that this patient has experienced a:
A. laceration of the aorta
B. massive hemothorax
C. pericardial tamponade
D. pericardial tamponade. -
correct answer ✅A. laceration of the aorta
A 6-year-old female was riding her bicycle and struck a clothesline
with her throat. She is breathing, but with obvious difficulty. Your
assessment reveals a crackling sensation in the soft tissues of her
neck and facial cyanosis. In addition to the appropriate airway
management, the intervention that will MOST likely improve her
chance of survival is:
A. rapidly transporting her to the hospital.
,EMT Course Chapter 25 - 33 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
B. quickly immobilizing her spinal column.
C. careful monitoring her vital signs.
D. applying O2 -
correct answer ✅A. rapidly transporting her to the hospital.
During your primary assessment of a 19-year-old unconscious male
who experienced severe head trauma, you note that his
respirations are rapid, irregular, and shallow. He has bloody
secretions draining from his mouth and nose. You should:
A. suction his oropharynx for up to 15 seconds.
B. assist his ventilations with a BVM.
C. pack his nostrils to stop the drainage of blood.
D. immobilize his spine and transport immediately. -
correct answer ✅A. suction his oropharynx for up to 15 seconds.
Air enters the pleural space from outside the body when what
occurs
A. Lefort Fracture
B. Fractured ribs
, EMT Course Chapter 25 - 33 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
C. Open pneumothorax
D. Flail chest -
correct answer ✅C. Open pneumothorax
The formula for kinetic energy involves what two variables
A. Weight, Air pressure
B. Depth, Noise
C. Time, Distance
D. Mass, Velocity -
correct answer ✅D. Mass, Velocity
What is the MOST important intervention for the outcome of a
patient with multisystem trauma?
A. Checking distal neuro motor after immobilization
B. Use of air medical resources for every multisystem trauma
patient.
C. Rapid transport
D. Administering ASA 324mg -
correct answer ✅C. Rapid transport
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
You arrive at the scene of a major motor vehicle crash. The patient,
a 50-year-old female, was removed from her vehicle prior to your
arrival. Bystanders who removed her state that she was not
wearing a seatbelt. The patient is unresponsive, tachycardic, and
diaphoretic. Your assessment reveals bilaterally clear and equal
breath sounds, a midline trachea, and collapsed jugular veins. You
should be MOST suspicious that this patient has experienced a:
A. laceration of the aorta
B. massive hemothorax
C. pericardial tamponade
D. pericardial tamponade. -
correct answer ✅A. laceration of the aorta
A 6-year-old female was riding her bicycle and struck a clothesline
with her throat. She is breathing, but with obvious difficulty. Your
assessment reveals a crackling sensation in the soft tissues of her
neck and facial cyanosis. In addition to the appropriate airway
management, the intervention that will MOST likely improve her
chance of survival is:
A. rapidly transporting her to the hospital.
,EMT Course Chapter 25 - 33 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
B. quickly immobilizing her spinal column.
C. careful monitoring her vital signs.
D. applying O2 -
correct answer ✅A. rapidly transporting her to the hospital.
During your primary assessment of a 19-year-old unconscious male
who experienced severe head trauma, you note that his
respirations are rapid, irregular, and shallow. He has bloody
secretions draining from his mouth and nose. You should:
A. suction his oropharynx for up to 15 seconds.
B. assist his ventilations with a BVM.
C. pack his nostrils to stop the drainage of blood.
D. immobilize his spine and transport immediately. -
correct answer ✅A. suction his oropharynx for up to 15 seconds.
Air enters the pleural space from outside the body when what
occurs
A. Lefort Fracture
B. Fractured ribs
, EMT Course Chapter 25 - 33 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
C. Open pneumothorax
D. Flail chest -
correct answer ✅C. Open pneumothorax
The formula for kinetic energy involves what two variables
A. Weight, Air pressure
B. Depth, Noise
C. Time, Distance
D. Mass, Velocity -
correct answer ✅D. Mass, Velocity
What is the MOST important intervention for the outcome of a
patient with multisystem trauma?
A. Checking distal neuro motor after immobilization
B. Use of air medical resources for every multisystem trauma
patient.
C. Rapid transport
D. Administering ASA 324mg -
correct answer ✅C. Rapid transport
