EMT EXAM 5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What constitutes WMD? What is it? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Weapons of mass destruction/terrorist
attacks
How do you approach a helicopter? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Start dropping down as you walk in
because blades droop down
What complications come from pulmonary embolism, what's the greatest concern? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Prevents blood flow to the lungs due to an obstruction as a result some areas of the lung
have oxygen in the alveoli but are not receiving blood flow which causes hypoxia
Antidote for nerve agent? And how is it given? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Atropine and pralidoximine/it is
given with an auto injector
During vehicle extrications know what posts stand for and where are the posts on a vehicle - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅A posts are the front posts supporting the roof of the car, B posts are the middle posts, C
posts are at the rear
Triage tags how do you apply them? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Red=immediate transport Yellow=second
priority delayed
Green=lowest priority minor
Black=deceased
ERG book what is it and why do we use it - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Emergency response guidebook and
provides first responders with a intended use during initial phase of a transportation incident involving
hazardous materials
CHEMTREC GUIDE BOOK - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Chemical transport emergency, they can answer any
questions and advise you how to handle any emergency hazardous materials
Acronyms NIMS and SEMS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅National incident management system
Standard emergency management system
, Know what ICS is and acronym for START - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅incident command system and simple
triage and rapid transport
What would be the signs and symptoms be for a patient who had been exposed to a nerve agent? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Vapor=runny nose, pupil constriction, seizures, possible unresponsiveness
liquid=sweating, nausea, vomiting, seizures, paralysis, and possible unresponsiveness
What is the 704 placard and what does it stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Blue, red, yellow and white
sign
blue=hazard to the human body
red=how flammable it is
white=special hazards
yellow=how stable it is
Have a number 1-4 and 4 being the worst
How do you treat for a patient who inhaled cyanide gas? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-manage the airway
-provide positive pressure ventilation if respiratory rate is inadequate
-if adequate respiratory rate administer oxygen via non rebreather 15LPM
-also an antidote such as nitrite
What assessment findings would be normal for a 1 year old mental status? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅React to someone familiar like to their parents
When in danger what components of the nervous system is activated? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
sympathetic nervous system to speed up heart rate and deliver more blood to areas of the body
What is the most common criminal uses of hazardous materials that an EMT is likely to encounter? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A methanphetamine lab
What constitutes WMD? What is it? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Weapons of mass destruction/terrorist
attacks
How do you approach a helicopter? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Start dropping down as you walk in
because blades droop down
What complications come from pulmonary embolism, what's the greatest concern? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Prevents blood flow to the lungs due to an obstruction as a result some areas of the lung
have oxygen in the alveoli but are not receiving blood flow which causes hypoxia
Antidote for nerve agent? And how is it given? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Atropine and pralidoximine/it is
given with an auto injector
During vehicle extrications know what posts stand for and where are the posts on a vehicle - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅A posts are the front posts supporting the roof of the car, B posts are the middle posts, C
posts are at the rear
Triage tags how do you apply them? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Red=immediate transport Yellow=second
priority delayed
Green=lowest priority minor
Black=deceased
ERG book what is it and why do we use it - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Emergency response guidebook and
provides first responders with a intended use during initial phase of a transportation incident involving
hazardous materials
CHEMTREC GUIDE BOOK - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Chemical transport emergency, they can answer any
questions and advise you how to handle any emergency hazardous materials
Acronyms NIMS and SEMS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅National incident management system
Standard emergency management system
, Know what ICS is and acronym for START - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅incident command system and simple
triage and rapid transport
What would be the signs and symptoms be for a patient who had been exposed to a nerve agent? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Vapor=runny nose, pupil constriction, seizures, possible unresponsiveness
liquid=sweating, nausea, vomiting, seizures, paralysis, and possible unresponsiveness
What is the 704 placard and what does it stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Blue, red, yellow and white
sign
blue=hazard to the human body
red=how flammable it is
white=special hazards
yellow=how stable it is
Have a number 1-4 and 4 being the worst
How do you treat for a patient who inhaled cyanide gas? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-manage the airway
-provide positive pressure ventilation if respiratory rate is inadequate
-if adequate respiratory rate administer oxygen via non rebreather 15LPM
-also an antidote such as nitrite
What assessment findings would be normal for a 1 year old mental status? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅React to someone familiar like to their parents
When in danger what components of the nervous system is activated? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
sympathetic nervous system to speed up heart rate and deliver more blood to areas of the body
What is the most common criminal uses of hazardous materials that an EMT is likely to encounter? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A methanphetamine lab
