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Prehospital Emergency Care Chapter #28 Prehospital Emergency Care Chapter
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EXAM GRADED A+ QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-2026 VERIFIED
1) You are reviewing a prehospital care report for a patient with altered mental
status that occurred after he took too much insulin. Based on this information,
you should assume that at the time of EMS contact, the patient's blood sugar
level was probably:
A) High
B) Low
C) Normal
D) Concentrated
B) Low
2) Family members have called you for a young female patient with a history of
diabetes who took insulin earlier in the day. She is confused and combative.
Which of these questions is most important for the EMT to immediately ask the
family?
A) "How long has she had diabetes?"
B) "Do you think that her blood sugar is high?"
C) "Did she eat after taking the insulin?"
D) "Did she take any drugs or drink alcohol?"
C) "Did she eat after taking the insulin?"
3) Your partner reports that he has found some small areas of bruising to the
abdomen of a patient who takes insulin. He is puzzled by the finding. Which
response would be most appropriate?
A) "The patient must have been involved recently in a car crash or suffered
some other sort of trauma."
B) "There could be several reasons for the bruising, but insulin injections are
often administered to the abdomen."
C) "That is a concerning finding. Since patients with diabetes are prone to GI
bleeds, we should treat her as having one."
D) "Why don't we contact the patient's primary care physician and see if there
are additional medical issues we are not aware of?"
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B) "There could be several reasons for the bruising, but insulin injections are often
administered to the abdomen."
4) What is a glucometer used to evaluate?
A) Glucose levels
B) Insulin levels
C) Glucogen levels
D) Insulin and glucose levels
A) Glucose levels
15) You suspect that an unresponsive female patient may be diabetic. To help
confirm this suspicion, where would you send your partner to look for vials of
insulin?
A) Bathroom
B) Bedside table
C) Refrigerator
D) Nightstand
C) Refrigerator
26) An elderly patient has an altered mental status. On scene, the patient's son
informs you that his father has type 1 diabetes. Based on this information, you
would understand that the patient:
A) Needs to take insulin
B) Has a history of high blood pressure
C) Requires daily oral glucose to maintain his blood sugar
D) Has a chronically low blood sugar level
A) Needs to take insulin
37) The EMT should suspect that a patient has diabetes when which
medication is found on the scene?
A) Nitrostat
B) Metformin
C) Ecotrin
D) Lexapro
B) Metformin
48) Which of these most accurately describes insulin?
A) Pill that must be taken by patients with diabetes
B) Hormone that breaks food into simple sugars
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C) Drug that increases the sugar in the blood
D) Hormone that enables glucose to move into the cells
D) Hormone that enables glucose to move into the cells
5) You are reviewing a prehospital care report for a patient with altered mental
status that occurred after he took too much insulin. Based on this information,
you should assume that at the time of EMS contact, the patient's blood sugar
level was probably:
A) High
B) Low
C) Normal
D) Concentrated
B) Low
6) Family members have called you for a young female patient with a history of
diabetes who took insulin earlier in the day. She is confused and combative.
Which of these questions is most important for the EMT to immediately ask the
family?
A) "How long has she had diabetes?"
B) "Do you think that her blood sugar is high?"
C) "Did she eat after taking the insulin?"
D) "Did she take any drugs or drink alcohol?"
C) "Did she eat after taking the insulin?"
7) Your partner reports that he has found some small areas of bruising to the
abdomen of a patient who takes insulin. He is puzzled by the finding. Which
response would be most appropriate?
A) "The patient must have been involved recently in a car crash or suffered
some other sort of trauma."
B) "There could be several reasons for the bruising, but insulin injections are
often administered to the abdomen."
C) "That is a concerning finding. Since patients with diabetes are prone to GI
bleeds, we should treat her as having one."
D) "Why don't we contact the patient's primary care physician and see if there
are additional medical issues we are not aware of?"
B) "There could be several reasons for the bruising, but insulin injections are often
administered to the abdomen."
Prehospital Emergency Care Chapter #28 Prehospital Emergency Care Chapter
#20
EXAM GRADED A+ QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-2026 VERIFIED
1) You are reviewing a prehospital care report for a patient with altered mental
status that occurred after he took too much insulin. Based on this information,
you should assume that at the time of EMS contact, the patient's blood sugar
level was probably:
A) High
B) Low
C) Normal
D) Concentrated
B) Low
2) Family members have called you for a young female patient with a history of
diabetes who took insulin earlier in the day. She is confused and combative.
Which of these questions is most important for the EMT to immediately ask the
family?
A) "How long has she had diabetes?"
B) "Do you think that her blood sugar is high?"
C) "Did she eat after taking the insulin?"
D) "Did she take any drugs or drink alcohol?"
C) "Did she eat after taking the insulin?"
3) Your partner reports that he has found some small areas of bruising to the
abdomen of a patient who takes insulin. He is puzzled by the finding. Which
response would be most appropriate?
A) "The patient must have been involved recently in a car crash or suffered
some other sort of trauma."
B) "There could be several reasons for the bruising, but insulin injections are
often administered to the abdomen."
C) "That is a concerning finding. Since patients with diabetes are prone to GI
bleeds, we should treat her as having one."
D) "Why don't we contact the patient's primary care physician and see if there
are additional medical issues we are not aware of?"
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B) "There could be several reasons for the bruising, but insulin injections are often
administered to the abdomen."
4) What is a glucometer used to evaluate?
A) Glucose levels
B) Insulin levels
C) Glucogen levels
D) Insulin and glucose levels
A) Glucose levels
15) You suspect that an unresponsive female patient may be diabetic. To help
confirm this suspicion, where would you send your partner to look for vials of
insulin?
A) Bathroom
B) Bedside table
C) Refrigerator
D) Nightstand
C) Refrigerator
26) An elderly patient has an altered mental status. On scene, the patient's son
informs you that his father has type 1 diabetes. Based on this information, you
would understand that the patient:
A) Needs to take insulin
B) Has a history of high blood pressure
C) Requires daily oral glucose to maintain his blood sugar
D) Has a chronically low blood sugar level
A) Needs to take insulin
37) The EMT should suspect that a patient has diabetes when which
medication is found on the scene?
A) Nitrostat
B) Metformin
C) Ecotrin
D) Lexapro
B) Metformin
48) Which of these most accurately describes insulin?
A) Pill that must be taken by patients with diabetes
B) Hormone that breaks food into simple sugars
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C) Drug that increases the sugar in the blood
D) Hormone that enables glucose to move into the cells
D) Hormone that enables glucose to move into the cells
5) You are reviewing a prehospital care report for a patient with altered mental
status that occurred after he took too much insulin. Based on this information,
you should assume that at the time of EMS contact, the patient's blood sugar
level was probably:
A) High
B) Low
C) Normal
D) Concentrated
B) Low
6) Family members have called you for a young female patient with a history of
diabetes who took insulin earlier in the day. She is confused and combative.
Which of these questions is most important for the EMT to immediately ask the
family?
A) "How long has she had diabetes?"
B) "Do you think that her blood sugar is high?"
C) "Did she eat after taking the insulin?"
D) "Did she take any drugs or drink alcohol?"
C) "Did she eat after taking the insulin?"
7) Your partner reports that he has found some small areas of bruising to the
abdomen of a patient who takes insulin. He is puzzled by the finding. Which
response would be most appropriate?
A) "The patient must have been involved recently in a car crash or suffered
some other sort of trauma."
B) "There could be several reasons for the bruising, but insulin injections are
often administered to the abdomen."
C) "That is a concerning finding. Since patients with diabetes are prone to GI
bleeds, we should treat her as having one."
D) "Why don't we contact the patient's primary care physician and see if there
are additional medical issues we are not aware of?"
B) "There could be several reasons for the bruising, but insulin injections are often
administered to the abdomen."
