Chapter 26 EMT Assessment,HESI RN Management Practice Exam & HESI RN
Case Study Postpartum ACOMBINATION EXAMINATION 2025 - 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+
Chapter 26 EMT Assessment
You are caring for a 23-year-old female who fell off of a bicycle and sustained a
severe laceration on the inside of her upper thigh. Her slacks are torn, and you
can see most of the wound. What is the next step?
A.
You can treat the wound without total exposure as exposing a wound in that
area of the body could be embarrassing.
B.
You need to expose the wound completely because you need to clear away
any embedded particles and debris from the wound.
C.
You need to expose the wound completely, control bleeding, clean the surface
by simply removing large pieces of foreign matter if any, and dress and
bandage the wound.
D.
You need to make sure the wound is very clean before trying to control
bleeding by exposing the wound completely and cleaning it with alcohol.
C
For which of the following patients should the EMT carefully continue to
monitor the patient's ventilatory status throughout treatment and transport
due to the greatest risk of respiratory failure?
A.
16-year-old male whose shirt caught on fire, resulting in circumferential burns
of his chest
B.
34-year-old male who opened the radiator of his car and had hot fluid spray on
his chest, resulting in redness and pain in an area about the size of the
patient's hand
C.
17-year-old male with a blistering sunburn on his face
D.
28-year-old male who spilled a strong industrial acid on his legs
A
While assessing a patient with partial thickness burns to his chest and neck,
what should be your highest priority (even if there are no symptoms
presently)?
A.
Blood pressure
B.
Hypothermia
,C.
Airway
D.
Bleeding
C
You are dispatched to an industrial plant for a burn. You arrive and find a 60-
year-old male who came in contact with a broken steam line and appears to
have partial thickness burns on both hands and arms. He is lying on the
ground and coworkers are gently spraying him with water from a nearby hose.
What should you do?
A.
Call for air transport and continue to pour water on the burns until transport
arrives.
B.
Care for the burn and do a complete patient assessment, including cervical
spine precautions.
C.
Because of his age, immediately put him in your ambulance and transport him
to a burn center.
D.
Before doing treatment, call the local burn center for instruction.
B
Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning the proper transport
of an avulsed ear?
A.
It should be in a dry sterile dressing.
B.
It should be kept as cool as possible.
C.
It should not be immersed in cooled water or saline.
D.
It should be labeled with the patient's name, as well as the date and time it was
bagged.
A
A wound in which the epidermis is scraped away with minimal bleeding, such
as commonly occurs when a child falls on his knees on a sidewalk, is called
a(n):
A.
contusion.
B.
avulsion.
C.
abrasion.
D.
evisceration.
C
An injury caused by heavy pressure to the tissues, such as when an extremity
is trapped under a fallen tree, that results in damage to muscle cells and the
accumulation of waste products in the tissue is called a(n):
A.
, abrasion.
B.
evisceration.
Your answer is not correct.C.
crush injury.
This is the correct answer.D.
contusion.
C
When using the rule of palm to estimate the approximate body surface area
burned, the patient's palm equals about what percentage of the body's surface
area (BSA)?
A.
3%
B.
5%
C.
1%
D.
2%
C
The meatus is:
A.
the canal through which urine is discharged from the bladder to the exterior of
the body.
B.
an orifice of the urethra.
C.
in a male, the area between the scrotum and the anus.
D.
the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
B
Which of the following is NOT a type of avulsion?
A.
The skin is partially torn away from the foot.
B.
An ear is partially torn away from the head.
C.
The skin is stripped off the hand, like removing a glove.
D.
A finger is cut off with a butcher's saw.
D
Which of the following is the outermost layer of the skin?
A.
Epidermis
B.
Adipose tissue
C.
Fascia
D.
Dermis
Case Study Postpartum ACOMBINATION EXAMINATION 2025 - 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+
Chapter 26 EMT Assessment
You are caring for a 23-year-old female who fell off of a bicycle and sustained a
severe laceration on the inside of her upper thigh. Her slacks are torn, and you
can see most of the wound. What is the next step?
A.
You can treat the wound without total exposure as exposing a wound in that
area of the body could be embarrassing.
B.
You need to expose the wound completely because you need to clear away
any embedded particles and debris from the wound.
C.
You need to expose the wound completely, control bleeding, clean the surface
by simply removing large pieces of foreign matter if any, and dress and
bandage the wound.
D.
You need to make sure the wound is very clean before trying to control
bleeding by exposing the wound completely and cleaning it with alcohol.
C
For which of the following patients should the EMT carefully continue to
monitor the patient's ventilatory status throughout treatment and transport
due to the greatest risk of respiratory failure?
A.
16-year-old male whose shirt caught on fire, resulting in circumferential burns
of his chest
B.
34-year-old male who opened the radiator of his car and had hot fluid spray on
his chest, resulting in redness and pain in an area about the size of the
patient's hand
C.
17-year-old male with a blistering sunburn on his face
D.
28-year-old male who spilled a strong industrial acid on his legs
A
While assessing a patient with partial thickness burns to his chest and neck,
what should be your highest priority (even if there are no symptoms
presently)?
A.
Blood pressure
B.
Hypothermia
,C.
Airway
D.
Bleeding
C
You are dispatched to an industrial plant for a burn. You arrive and find a 60-
year-old male who came in contact with a broken steam line and appears to
have partial thickness burns on both hands and arms. He is lying on the
ground and coworkers are gently spraying him with water from a nearby hose.
What should you do?
A.
Call for air transport and continue to pour water on the burns until transport
arrives.
B.
Care for the burn and do a complete patient assessment, including cervical
spine precautions.
C.
Because of his age, immediately put him in your ambulance and transport him
to a burn center.
D.
Before doing treatment, call the local burn center for instruction.
B
Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning the proper transport
of an avulsed ear?
A.
It should be in a dry sterile dressing.
B.
It should be kept as cool as possible.
C.
It should not be immersed in cooled water or saline.
D.
It should be labeled with the patient's name, as well as the date and time it was
bagged.
A
A wound in which the epidermis is scraped away with minimal bleeding, such
as commonly occurs when a child falls on his knees on a sidewalk, is called
a(n):
A.
contusion.
B.
avulsion.
C.
abrasion.
D.
evisceration.
C
An injury caused by heavy pressure to the tissues, such as when an extremity
is trapped under a fallen tree, that results in damage to muscle cells and the
accumulation of waste products in the tissue is called a(n):
A.
, abrasion.
B.
evisceration.
Your answer is not correct.C.
crush injury.
This is the correct answer.D.
contusion.
C
When using the rule of palm to estimate the approximate body surface area
burned, the patient's palm equals about what percentage of the body's surface
area (BSA)?
A.
3%
B.
5%
C.
1%
D.
2%
C
The meatus is:
A.
the canal through which urine is discharged from the bladder to the exterior of
the body.
B.
an orifice of the urethra.
C.
in a male, the area between the scrotum and the anus.
D.
the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
B
Which of the following is NOT a type of avulsion?
A.
The skin is partially torn away from the foot.
B.
An ear is partially torn away from the head.
C.
The skin is stripped off the hand, like removing a glove.
D.
A finger is cut off with a butcher's saw.
D
Which of the following is the outermost layer of the skin?
A.
Epidermis
B.
Adipose tissue
C.
Fascia
D.
Dermis
