EMT FINAL COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2022
SOLVED EXAM
Your Medical Director advised administration of Epinephrine. How will you administer
the drug?
- ANS IS I will remove the safety and insert into the lateral thigh; hold it for 3-10
seconds. Watch for side effects.
Why should EMTs attend and maintain continuing education on a routine basis?
- ANS IS To maintain, update and expand your knowledge and skills
Name 1966 publication served as the origin of emergency medical services (EMS)?
- ANS IS Accidental death and disability: The neglected Disease of Modern Society
What is meant my critical incident debriefing? What goes on there?
- ANS IS This occurs 72 hours after a traumatic scenario. This is an opportunity to walk
through how you are feeling and how the call has affected you.
How soon after an incident should critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) occur? -
ANS IS 72 hours
What is meant by a 'positive TB test'?
- ANS IS You have been exposed to TB
Why don't prescription glasses provide adequate eye protection?
- ANS IS There is no side or top protection
What is the term that defines acting in such a way as to make another person fear
immediate bodily harm?
- ANS IS Assault
Battery
- ANS IS Unlawfully touching a patient or providing emergency care without consent
Libel
- ANS IS False and Damaging information about a person that is communicated in
writing.
Negligence
- ANS IS Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would
provide.
Please define the term putrefaction
- ANS IS Decomposition of body tissues, a definitive sign of death
, Which patients can legally refuse emergency medical treatment?
- ANS IS Competent decision-making adults: Adult, denies drugs and alcohol, non-
altered.
What is meant by an informed refusal?
- ANS IS Patients' refusal of EMS treatment and transport after being informed of the
risks of refusal
How do you define ethnocentrism?
- ANS IS When a person considers his or her own cultural values as more important
when interacting with people of a different culture
What is the value of the patient care report (PCR)?
- ANS IS To document assessment findings, treatments and response to treatment,
ensure continuity of care
What term describes a fracture of the humerus just above the elbow?
- ANS IS Distal humerus fracture
How would you anatomically describe fractures of both femurs?
- ANS IS Bilateral
Medial - ANS IS Toward the midline
Bilateral - ANS IS on both sides of the body
Proximal - ANS IS Closer to the body
Unilateral - ANS IS On one side of the body
Inferior - ANS IS Toward the feet
Ventral - ANS IS (Anterior) happens on the front of the body
Anterior - ANS IS Front of the body
Posterior - ANS IS (Dorsal) On back
Supraventricular means: - ANS IS Fast heart rate that occurs above the ventricles
Tachycardia means - ANS IS Fast heart rate
supra mean? - ANS IS above
SOLVED EXAM
Your Medical Director advised administration of Epinephrine. How will you administer
the drug?
- ANS IS I will remove the safety and insert into the lateral thigh; hold it for 3-10
seconds. Watch for side effects.
Why should EMTs attend and maintain continuing education on a routine basis?
- ANS IS To maintain, update and expand your knowledge and skills
Name 1966 publication served as the origin of emergency medical services (EMS)?
- ANS IS Accidental death and disability: The neglected Disease of Modern Society
What is meant my critical incident debriefing? What goes on there?
- ANS IS This occurs 72 hours after a traumatic scenario. This is an opportunity to walk
through how you are feeling and how the call has affected you.
How soon after an incident should critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) occur? -
ANS IS 72 hours
What is meant by a 'positive TB test'?
- ANS IS You have been exposed to TB
Why don't prescription glasses provide adequate eye protection?
- ANS IS There is no side or top protection
What is the term that defines acting in such a way as to make another person fear
immediate bodily harm?
- ANS IS Assault
Battery
- ANS IS Unlawfully touching a patient or providing emergency care without consent
Libel
- ANS IS False and Damaging information about a person that is communicated in
writing.
Negligence
- ANS IS Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would
provide.
Please define the term putrefaction
- ANS IS Decomposition of body tissues, a definitive sign of death
, Which patients can legally refuse emergency medical treatment?
- ANS IS Competent decision-making adults: Adult, denies drugs and alcohol, non-
altered.
What is meant by an informed refusal?
- ANS IS Patients' refusal of EMS treatment and transport after being informed of the
risks of refusal
How do you define ethnocentrism?
- ANS IS When a person considers his or her own cultural values as more important
when interacting with people of a different culture
What is the value of the patient care report (PCR)?
- ANS IS To document assessment findings, treatments and response to treatment,
ensure continuity of care
What term describes a fracture of the humerus just above the elbow?
- ANS IS Distal humerus fracture
How would you anatomically describe fractures of both femurs?
- ANS IS Bilateral
Medial - ANS IS Toward the midline
Bilateral - ANS IS on both sides of the body
Proximal - ANS IS Closer to the body
Unilateral - ANS IS On one side of the body
Inferior - ANS IS Toward the feet
Ventral - ANS IS (Anterior) happens on the front of the body
Anterior - ANS IS Front of the body
Posterior - ANS IS (Dorsal) On back
Supraventricular means: - ANS IS Fast heart rate that occurs above the ventricles
Tachycardia means - ANS IS Fast heart rate
supra mean? - ANS IS above
