2023 EMT Final Exam 2
GRADED A+ ( 200 + Questions & Answers)
- Your Medical Director advised administration of Epinephrine. How will you
administer the drug?:
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?:
To maintain, update and expand your knowledge and skills
- Name 1966 publication served as the origin of emergency medical services
(EMS)?:
Accidental death and disability: The neglected Disease of Modern Society
4. What is meant my critical incident debriefing? What goes on there?:
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?:
72 hours
6. What is meant by a 'positive TB test'?:
You have been exposed to TB
7. Why don't prescription glasses provide adequate eye protection?:
There is no side or top protection
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- What is the term that defines acting in such a way as to make another
person fear immediate bodily harm?:
Assault
9. Battery:
Unlawfully touching a patient or providing emergency care without consent
10. Libel:
False and Damaging information about a person that is communicated in writing.
11. Negligence:
Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide.
12. Please define the term putrefaction:
Decomposition of body tissues, a de- finitive sign of death
13. Which patients can legally refuse emergency medical treatment?:
Com- petent decision-making adults: Adult, denies drugs and alcohol, non-
altered.
14. What is meant by an informed refusal?:
Patients' refusal of EMS treatment and transport after being informed of the risks of refusal
15. How do you define ethnocentrism?:
When a person considers his or her own cultural values as more important when interacting with people of a different culture
16. What is the value of the patient care report (PCR)?:
To document assess- ment findings, treatments and response to treatment, ensure continuity of care 2 / 3
17. What term describes a fracture of the humerus just above the elbow?: -
Distal humerus fracture
18. How would you anatomically describe fractures of both femurs?:
Bilateral
19. Medial:
Toward the midline
20. Bilateral:
on both sides of the body
21. Proximal:
Closer to the body
22. Unilateral:
On one side of the body
23. Inferior:
Toward the feet
24. Ventral:
(Anterior) happens on the front of the body
25. Anterior:
Front of the body
26. Posterior:
(Dorsal) On back
- Supraventricular means::
Fast heart rate that occurs above the ventricles
28. Tachycardia means:
Fast heart rate
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