AEMT Chapter 35- Post Test ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A patient has cut his arm with a table saw. Assessment reveals dark red blood flowing
steadily from the wound. As an AEMT, you should recognize this as what type of bleeding? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Venous
While responding to a domestic emergency with possible injuries, the dispatcher informs you
that the police on-scene report a male patient with arterial bleeding from a knife wound.
Given this information, which one of the following do you expect? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Bright red blood that is spurting with each beat of the heart
Which of the following occurs when edema of the extremity reaches a point at which nervous
function and circulation to the remainder of the extremity are compromised as a result of
being compressed? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Compartment syndrome
When a flap of skin has been torn away without all of it being removed, this is called a(n): -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅partial avulsion.
Which of the following would present itself as black-and-blue discoloration, or bruising, of
the skin? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Contusion
When assessing the patient, you immediately see that the skin of one hand has been
completely torn away. What type of injury has occurred? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Avulsion
When burns to an eye occur from a thermal source, then what should be used to dress the
burns? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Dry sterile dressings to both eyes.
Your patient who has been involved in a flash fire tells you he was working on a small engine
when volatile chemicals ignited and burned him. He has dry red skin without blistering.
Considering their depth, you would classify his burns as: - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅superficial.
, You are dispatched to a house fire where a 67-year-old male patient has been removed from
the structure. The patient is alert and oriented, with obvious burns to the hands. His
respirations are 24, pulse 110, and blood pressure 130/84. He states that the fire started in his
television set and that he tried to put it out but could not. As he speaks, hoarseness is
developing and blisters are starting to form on his hands. Your major concern with this
patient is: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅inhalation injury.
All of the following are burn center referral criteria EXCEPT: - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅superficial burns over 10 percent of the body surface area.
The epidermis: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅serves as a barrier between the body and the
environment.
The subcutaneous layer of the skin assists with: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅body
temperature regulation.
Which of the following burn classifications describes a first-degree burn? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Superficial burn
You can differentiate a partial-thickness burn from a superficial burn by the presence of: -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅blisters.
The rule of nines is called such because it identifies topographical regions that, in terms of
body surface area, are approximately: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅9 percent.
You are dispatched to a structural fire in which a 32-year-old man has been burned in a steam
blast. Upon assessment, you note blisters to the anterior chest and circumferential burns to
both lower extremities. Using the rules of nines, what percentage of burn does this patient
have? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅45 percent
A patient has been burned to the entire anterior chest, abdomen, neck and face. Using the rule
of nines, approximately what percentage of the patient is burned? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅27
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A patient has cut his arm with a table saw. Assessment reveals dark red blood flowing
steadily from the wound. As an AEMT, you should recognize this as what type of bleeding? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Venous
While responding to a domestic emergency with possible injuries, the dispatcher informs you
that the police on-scene report a male patient with arterial bleeding from a knife wound.
Given this information, which one of the following do you expect? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Bright red blood that is spurting with each beat of the heart
Which of the following occurs when edema of the extremity reaches a point at which nervous
function and circulation to the remainder of the extremity are compromised as a result of
being compressed? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Compartment syndrome
When a flap of skin has been torn away without all of it being removed, this is called a(n): -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅partial avulsion.
Which of the following would present itself as black-and-blue discoloration, or bruising, of
the skin? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Contusion
When assessing the patient, you immediately see that the skin of one hand has been
completely torn away. What type of injury has occurred? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Avulsion
When burns to an eye occur from a thermal source, then what should be used to dress the
burns? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Dry sterile dressings to both eyes.
Your patient who has been involved in a flash fire tells you he was working on a small engine
when volatile chemicals ignited and burned him. He has dry red skin without blistering.
Considering their depth, you would classify his burns as: - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅superficial.
, You are dispatched to a house fire where a 67-year-old male patient has been removed from
the structure. The patient is alert and oriented, with obvious burns to the hands. His
respirations are 24, pulse 110, and blood pressure 130/84. He states that the fire started in his
television set and that he tried to put it out but could not. As he speaks, hoarseness is
developing and blisters are starting to form on his hands. Your major concern with this
patient is: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅inhalation injury.
All of the following are burn center referral criteria EXCEPT: - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅superficial burns over 10 percent of the body surface area.
The epidermis: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅serves as a barrier between the body and the
environment.
The subcutaneous layer of the skin assists with: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅body
temperature regulation.
Which of the following burn classifications describes a first-degree burn? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Superficial burn
You can differentiate a partial-thickness burn from a superficial burn by the presence of: -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅blisters.
The rule of nines is called such because it identifies topographical regions that, in terms of
body surface area, are approximately: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅9 percent.
You are dispatched to a structural fire in which a 32-year-old man has been burned in a steam
blast. Upon assessment, you note blisters to the anterior chest and circumferential burns to
both lower extremities. Using the rules of nines, what percentage of burn does this patient
have? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅45 percent
A patient has been burned to the entire anterior chest, abdomen, neck and face. Using the rule
of nines, approximately what percentage of the patient is burned? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅27
