EMS 131 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE Latest Update 2025-2026 80 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
A fall is considered severe any time the patient has fallen from a height more than
_____ times the height of the patient - CORRECT ANSWER: Three
A fracture of which of the following bones would be considered a skull fracture? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Temporal bone
A patient breathing in room air should be receiving _____ percent oxygen. - CORRECT
ANSWER: 21%
A patient uses a home ventilator connected to his tracheostomy tube to breathe. Which of the following is correct procedure to use when moving the patient to the ambulance?
- CORRECT ANSWER: ventilate the patient's tracheostomy tube via connected BVM at
a normal rate and volume while the patient is disconnected from the ventilator
A patient with renal disease who is currently on dialysis and missed an appointment may present with dangerously high levels of the electrolyte: - CORRECT ANSWER: Sodium
According to Dr. Hans Selye, the third stage of the "stress triad" is known as the _____
stage. - CORRECT ANSWER: Exhaustion stage
All of the following are normal parental reactions to a child suffering from sudden life-
threatening injuries or illnesses EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER: Indifference
An injury caused by an object that passes through the skin or other body tissue is known as which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER: Penetrating trauma 1 / 2
An unconscious trauma patient should always be assumed to have which of the
following types of injury? - CORRECT ANSWER: Spine
Approximately how many Americans are currently on some type of dialysis? -
CORRECT ANSWER: 350,000
at which of the following sites should the EMT administer an epinephrine auto-injector? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Thigh
Bariatrics is defined as the branch of medicine that deals with cause, prevention, and
treatment of which disease? - CORRECT ANSWER: Obesity
By definition, a systemic poison causes harm to which of the following? - CORRECT
ANSWER: The entire body
For emergency workers, meeting with trained mental health and counseling personnel
following a critical incident - CORRECT ANSWER: IS always recommended
For which of the following reasons is it NOT appropriate to give a patient's name over
the radio? - CORRECT ANSWER: All of the above
For which of the following wounds should the EMT apply an absorbent dressing moistened with sterile saline and then cover it with an occlusive dressing? - CORRECT ANSWER: A gunshot wound to the abdomen from which a loop of intestine is protruding
How is activated charcoal, which is carried by some EMS systems, supplied for use in
emergency situations? - CORRECT ANSWER: As a gel or paste
In which of the following circumstances is manual stabilization of the cervical spine ALWAYS necessary? - CORRECT ANSWER: Trauma above the level of the clavicles
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