OEC LATEST 2026 CORE EXAM MANUAL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Your patient was involved in a serious motor vehicle collision. Finding paradoxical
chest wall movement helps to determine... - ✔✔The patient has a flail segment of the
chest wall.
✔✔Deformity of the femur is an immediate... - ✔✔life-threatening injury
✔✔CMS stands for ? - ✔✔circulation, movement, sensation
✔✔A direct ground lift used to raise patients who are lying on their back... - ✔✔is called
a BEAN (Body Elevation And Nonmovement)
✔✔The spleen of a patient has ruptured. Primary threat to life? - ✔✔Because it is a
solid organ, an OEC Technician recognizes that the primary threat to life is blood loss
✔✔Dislocating a shoulder after catching a ski pole on a tree branch is an example of a -
✔✔rotational injury
✔✔Identify the regions of the spinal column from superior to inferior. - ✔✔Cervical,
thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx
✔✔Venom is a..? - ✔✔Toxin or poisonous secretion of an animal that is usually
transmitted by a bite or sting.
✔✔Patients who have a foreign body in their eye will likely be..? - ✔✔sensitive to bright
light
✔✔The practice of protecting yourself from disease transmission through exposure to
blood and other body fluids is referred to as - ✔✔standard precautions
✔✔You arrive at the scene where a 42-year-old woman fell backward off a stepladder
while cleaning windows. She is lying on the ground complaining of pain in her ankle.
She tells you, "If I had just been more careful and moved the ladder instead of reaching,
this never would have happened!" Based on this information, which of the following can
you conclude? - ✔✔She has an open airway, is breathing, and has circulating blood to
her brain
✔✔You have assessed a patient and found a patent airway, adequate breathing, and a
strong radial pulse. The patient is having no difficulty speaking and no facial droop, but
exhibits a slight left arm drift.. You should interpret these findings as suggestive -
✔✔stroke occurring
, ✔✔A patient who is responsive only to painful stimuli is covered with hives. His vital
signs are pulse 128, respirations 24, and blood pressure 80/50 mmHg. What type of
reaction? - ✔✔anaphylactic reaction
✔✔A patient who was hit in the face with a cloud of dust while working in an industrial
setting is complaining of pain and discomfort to his left eye. While performing your
assessment on the eye, you note some redness of the globe but do not see any obvious
foreign object. The most appropriate care you can provide to this patient would be to -
✔✔irrigate first then cover both eyes and transport
✔✔Your group of climbers has reached an elevation of 8,500 feet. One of the climbers
is increasingly short of breath and now has audible chest congestion. Your party has a
limited supply of oxygen, which you immediately apply to the climber at 15 LPM via a
nonrebreather mask. Based on your assessment that the climber has HAPE (High
Altitude Pulmonary Edema), you recognize that the next necessary treatment is - ✔✔a
rapid descent of at least 1,500 to 3,000 feet.
✔✔The high-Fowler position, in which the patient is sitting up with the waist at 90
degrees, is typically used for patients with... - ✔✔severe respiratory problems
✔✔What is the first priority in dealing with a patient who has electrical burns? -
✔✔Making sure the power is turned off
✔✔Group of bones that could be involved in a patient with a "broken leg" - ✔✔Femur,
tibia, and fibula
✔✔OEC Technicians use a long spine board most to... - ✔✔move, lift, and carry a
patient
✔✔A tourniquet should be placed as... - ✔✔distal (situated away from the center of the
body) as possible and at least several inches proximal (situated nearer to the center of
the body) to the wound.
✔✔You are assisting a 32-year-old woman whose right leg has been amputated below
the knee. She is complaining of severe pain in her right thigh. You note that the knee is
flexed and that there is some deformity in the middle of the femur -- how would you
splint this? - ✔✔But, due to the amputation you know that a traction splint cannot be
used properly so a quick splint (SAM splint) is the next best choice.
✔✔During a scene size-up, a patient in the tripod position strongly suggests that your
adult patient is suffering from... - ✔✔an acute respiratory emergency
✔✔Damage to the radius and ulna are the most common injury for... - ✔✔snowboarders
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Your patient was involved in a serious motor vehicle collision. Finding paradoxical
chest wall movement helps to determine... - ✔✔The patient has a flail segment of the
chest wall.
✔✔Deformity of the femur is an immediate... - ✔✔life-threatening injury
✔✔CMS stands for ? - ✔✔circulation, movement, sensation
✔✔A direct ground lift used to raise patients who are lying on their back... - ✔✔is called
a BEAN (Body Elevation And Nonmovement)
✔✔The spleen of a patient has ruptured. Primary threat to life? - ✔✔Because it is a
solid organ, an OEC Technician recognizes that the primary threat to life is blood loss
✔✔Dislocating a shoulder after catching a ski pole on a tree branch is an example of a -
✔✔rotational injury
✔✔Identify the regions of the spinal column from superior to inferior. - ✔✔Cervical,
thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx
✔✔Venom is a..? - ✔✔Toxin or poisonous secretion of an animal that is usually
transmitted by a bite or sting.
✔✔Patients who have a foreign body in their eye will likely be..? - ✔✔sensitive to bright
light
✔✔The practice of protecting yourself from disease transmission through exposure to
blood and other body fluids is referred to as - ✔✔standard precautions
✔✔You arrive at the scene where a 42-year-old woman fell backward off a stepladder
while cleaning windows. She is lying on the ground complaining of pain in her ankle.
She tells you, "If I had just been more careful and moved the ladder instead of reaching,
this never would have happened!" Based on this information, which of the following can
you conclude? - ✔✔She has an open airway, is breathing, and has circulating blood to
her brain
✔✔You have assessed a patient and found a patent airway, adequate breathing, and a
strong radial pulse. The patient is having no difficulty speaking and no facial droop, but
exhibits a slight left arm drift.. You should interpret these findings as suggestive -
✔✔stroke occurring
, ✔✔A patient who is responsive only to painful stimuli is covered with hives. His vital
signs are pulse 128, respirations 24, and blood pressure 80/50 mmHg. What type of
reaction? - ✔✔anaphylactic reaction
✔✔A patient who was hit in the face with a cloud of dust while working in an industrial
setting is complaining of pain and discomfort to his left eye. While performing your
assessment on the eye, you note some redness of the globe but do not see any obvious
foreign object. The most appropriate care you can provide to this patient would be to -
✔✔irrigate first then cover both eyes and transport
✔✔Your group of climbers has reached an elevation of 8,500 feet. One of the climbers
is increasingly short of breath and now has audible chest congestion. Your party has a
limited supply of oxygen, which you immediately apply to the climber at 15 LPM via a
nonrebreather mask. Based on your assessment that the climber has HAPE (High
Altitude Pulmonary Edema), you recognize that the next necessary treatment is - ✔✔a
rapid descent of at least 1,500 to 3,000 feet.
✔✔The high-Fowler position, in which the patient is sitting up with the waist at 90
degrees, is typically used for patients with... - ✔✔severe respiratory problems
✔✔What is the first priority in dealing with a patient who has electrical burns? -
✔✔Making sure the power is turned off
✔✔Group of bones that could be involved in a patient with a "broken leg" - ✔✔Femur,
tibia, and fibula
✔✔OEC Technicians use a long spine board most to... - ✔✔move, lift, and carry a
patient
✔✔A tourniquet should be placed as... - ✔✔distal (situated away from the center of the
body) as possible and at least several inches proximal (situated nearer to the center of
the body) to the wound.
✔✔You are assisting a 32-year-old woman whose right leg has been amputated below
the knee. She is complaining of severe pain in her right thigh. You note that the knee is
flexed and that there is some deformity in the middle of the femur -- how would you
splint this? - ✔✔But, due to the amputation you know that a traction splint cannot be
used properly so a quick splint (SAM splint) is the next best choice.
✔✔During a scene size-up, a patient in the tripod position strongly suggests that your
adult patient is suffering from... - ✔✔an acute respiratory emergency
✔✔Damage to the radius and ulna are the most common injury for... - ✔✔snowboarders
