OEC EXAM LATEST (2025/2026) VERSION ALL
COMPLETE 380 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|
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GURANTEED PASS| TOP RATED A+.
OEC
Pass the OEC exam 2025/2026 with confidence. This exam resource
features questions in areas like: knowledge in wilderness and outdoor
emergency care, including trauma, patient assessment, and environmental
emergencies. It is commonly taken by students pursuing ski patrollers,
search and rescue students, and outdoor emergency responders.
A patient has sustained an injury to his mediastinum. Based on the
anatomy of his chest, which of the following structures may have been
injured? ...... ANSWER .......The Esophagus
An OEC candidate asks you to explain a pneumothorax. Your response
should be that it occurs when: ...... ANSWER .......air accumulates
between the inner chest wall and the outside of the lung, causing the
lung to collapse.
When assessing a patient, which of the following signs or symptoms is
most indicative that the patient is suffering from a pneumothorax? ......
ANSWER .......Decreased breath sounds in the right lung
Which of the following phrases best describes a flail segment? ......
ANSWER .......Two or more adjacent ribs that have been broken in
two or more places.
, Your patient was involved in a serious motor vehicle collision. Which of
the following assessment findings best helps to determine that the patient
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movement
You are managing a patient with a large flail segment in the right lateral
chest. The immediate threat to this patient's life is: ...... ANSWER
.......hypoxia.
A patient with blunt chest trauma has paradoxical chest movement. She
is conscious and confused and is breathing rapidly and shallowly. After
manually stabilizing the flail section of the chest wall, you should: ......
ANSWER .......administer oxygen through a nonrebreather facemask.
You are assisting at an accident scene and are asked to apply a dressing
over a sucking chest wound on the patient's left anterior chest wall.
Which of the following items would you use? ...... ANSWER
.......Vaseline gauze
You have placed an occlusive dressing on a puncture wound on the right
side of the chest of a 33-year-old woman. During your ongoing
assessment your primary concern is monitoring the injury for: ......
ANSWER .......tension pneumothorax.
An OEC candidate indicates that she understands the difference between
a pneumothorax and a tension pneumothorax when she makes which of
, the following statements? ...... ANSWER ......."A tension
pneumothorax can cause cardiac output to decrease; a pneumothorax
does not."
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You suspect that a trauma patient is suffering from a hemothorax to the
left lung. Which of the following assessment findings would reinforce
your suspicion? ...... ANSWER .......Respiratory distress and the signs
and symptoms of shock
You are listening to two patrollers discuss the accident to which they just
responded. Which of the following injuries would lead you to believe that
one of the patients had suffered from traumatic asphyxia? ......
ANSWER .......Bluish discoloration of the neck and face
The thorax is enclosed by the: ...... ANSWER .......ribs, sternum,
thoracic spine, and diaphragm.
The heart and lungs are located in the: ...... ANSWER .......thoracic
cavity.
The diaphragm separates the: ...... ANSWER .......thoracic cavity from
the abdominal cavity.
Your 35-year-old patient has received major chest trauma. He complains
of shortness of breath and pain. Your assessment reveals distended neck
veins and pulsus paradoxus. Based on these signs and symptoms, you
, believe the patient to be suffering from: ...... ANSWER .......pericardial
tamponade.
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The most serious chest injury resulting from rapid deceleration is ......
ANSWER .......aortic rupture.
Commotio cordis is sudden cardiac death resulting from ...... ANSWER
.......blunt trauma, usually in children younger than 16 years old.
You are instructing a class in Outdoor Emergency Care when a student
asks you to explain the L.A.P. method of examining the thorax. Your
best reply to this question would be which of the following statements?
...... ANSWER ......."The L.A.P. method directs you to look,
auscultate, and palpate the chest."
You are treating a 26-year-old man who fell about 20 feet while rock
climbing. He is complaining of right sided chest discomfort and dyspnea.
You note that his respiratory rate is 28 and shallow. Based on this
assessment, the best emergency care would be: ...... ANSWER
.......performing a rapid body survey and assisting ventilations with
BVM and high-flow oxygen.
When palpating the anterior portion of a patient's abdomen, you note
tenderness in the left upper quadrant. As a knowledgeable OEC
Technician, you would recognize that which of the following organs may
be involved? ...... ANSWER .......The spleen
COMPLETE 380 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|
Page | 1
GURANTEED PASS| TOP RATED A+.
OEC
Pass the OEC exam 2025/2026 with confidence. This exam resource
features questions in areas like: knowledge in wilderness and outdoor
emergency care, including trauma, patient assessment, and environmental
emergencies. It is commonly taken by students pursuing ski patrollers,
search and rescue students, and outdoor emergency responders.
A patient has sustained an injury to his mediastinum. Based on the
anatomy of his chest, which of the following structures may have been
injured? ...... ANSWER .......The Esophagus
An OEC candidate asks you to explain a pneumothorax. Your response
should be that it occurs when: ...... ANSWER .......air accumulates
between the inner chest wall and the outside of the lung, causing the
lung to collapse.
When assessing a patient, which of the following signs or symptoms is
most indicative that the patient is suffering from a pneumothorax? ......
ANSWER .......Decreased breath sounds in the right lung
Which of the following phrases best describes a flail segment? ......
ANSWER .......Two or more adjacent ribs that have been broken in
two or more places.
, Your patient was involved in a serious motor vehicle collision. Which of
the following assessment findings best helps to determine that the patient
Page | 2 has a flail segment? ...... ANSWER .......Paradoxical chest wall
movement
You are managing a patient with a large flail segment in the right lateral
chest. The immediate threat to this patient's life is: ...... ANSWER
.......hypoxia.
A patient with blunt chest trauma has paradoxical chest movement. She
is conscious and confused and is breathing rapidly and shallowly. After
manually stabilizing the flail section of the chest wall, you should: ......
ANSWER .......administer oxygen through a nonrebreather facemask.
You are assisting at an accident scene and are asked to apply a dressing
over a sucking chest wound on the patient's left anterior chest wall.
Which of the following items would you use? ...... ANSWER
.......Vaseline gauze
You have placed an occlusive dressing on a puncture wound on the right
side of the chest of a 33-year-old woman. During your ongoing
assessment your primary concern is monitoring the injury for: ......
ANSWER .......tension pneumothorax.
An OEC candidate indicates that she understands the difference between
a pneumothorax and a tension pneumothorax when she makes which of
, the following statements? ...... ANSWER ......."A tension
pneumothorax can cause cardiac output to decrease; a pneumothorax
does not."
Page | 3
You suspect that a trauma patient is suffering from a hemothorax to the
left lung. Which of the following assessment findings would reinforce
your suspicion? ...... ANSWER .......Respiratory distress and the signs
and symptoms of shock
You are listening to two patrollers discuss the accident to which they just
responded. Which of the following injuries would lead you to believe that
one of the patients had suffered from traumatic asphyxia? ......
ANSWER .......Bluish discoloration of the neck and face
The thorax is enclosed by the: ...... ANSWER .......ribs, sternum,
thoracic spine, and diaphragm.
The heart and lungs are located in the: ...... ANSWER .......thoracic
cavity.
The diaphragm separates the: ...... ANSWER .......thoracic cavity from
the abdominal cavity.
Your 35-year-old patient has received major chest trauma. He complains
of shortness of breath and pain. Your assessment reveals distended neck
veins and pulsus paradoxus. Based on these signs and symptoms, you
, believe the patient to be suffering from: ...... ANSWER .......pericardial
tamponade.
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The most serious chest injury resulting from rapid deceleration is ......
ANSWER .......aortic rupture.
Commotio cordis is sudden cardiac death resulting from ...... ANSWER
.......blunt trauma, usually in children younger than 16 years old.
You are instructing a class in Outdoor Emergency Care when a student
asks you to explain the L.A.P. method of examining the thorax. Your
best reply to this question would be which of the following statements?
...... ANSWER ......."The L.A.P. method directs you to look,
auscultate, and palpate the chest."
You are treating a 26-year-old man who fell about 20 feet while rock
climbing. He is complaining of right sided chest discomfort and dyspnea.
You note that his respiratory rate is 28 and shallow. Based on this
assessment, the best emergency care would be: ...... ANSWER
.......performing a rapid body survey and assisting ventilations with
BVM and high-flow oxygen.
When palpating the anterior portion of a patient's abdomen, you note
tenderness in the left upper quadrant. As a knowledgeable OEC
Technician, you would recognize that which of the following organs may
be involved? ...... ANSWER .......The spleen
