NC EMT STATE REAL EX AM NEWEST / NC
EMT STATE FINAL EXAM COMPLETE 350
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Question : Police requested your presence because a 44-year-
old patient is too intoxicated to be left alone. While you are transporting the patient, he begins to vomit and is having difficulty breathing. You should suction for no more than?(a) As long as it takes to get the vomitus out of the airway (b) 20 seconds (c) 5 seconds (d) 15 seconds
Correct answer: 15 seconds
Question : You are working with an ALS partner and you
hear her mention that the patient you are treating has JVD.You know that Jugular Venous Distention, or JVD, is a sign of which of the following?(a) Diabetes (b) Urinary Tract Infections (c) Pancreatic Cancer (d) Shortness of breath
Correct answer: Shortness of breath
Question : Your patient has gone unresponsive, breathing
8/minute. You start delivering breaths by BVM, but haven't attached 100% oxygen. What concentration of oxygen are you delivering to your patient?(a) 24% (b) 33% (c) 21% (d) 17%
Correct answer: 21%
Question : You respond to a 19-year-old female with
difficulty breathing. The patient is very anxious and only responds with a "yes" when asked if she is choking. She is coughing forcefully, but with no relief. How should you proceed?(a) Perform abdominal thrusts (b) Perform chest thrusts (c) Have her open her mouth and remove the object only if you can visualize something in the airway (d) Do nothing, encourage her to cough
Correct answer: do nothing, encourage her to cough
Question : You are called to a traffic accident of a motorcycle
vs. car. You see the motorcyclist on the road, wearing a helmet, unconscious. He is responsive to pain, supine, and making gurgling sounds. His helmet will obstruct the ability to suction his airway. After checking that the scene is safe, you should first?(a) Leave the helmet on so you can stabilize c-spine, and rotate him so that he is in the recovery position (b) Leave the helmet on so you can stabilize c-spine, and reposition his head to open his airway (c) Remove the helmet while trying to stabilize c-spine as much as possible. Suction the airway (d) Quickly perform a rapid trauma assessment to search for potential life threats
Correct answer: remove the helmet while trying to stabilize
c-spine as much as possible. suction the airway.
Question : You are treating a 6-year-old child, who is
experiencing difficulty breathing. The babysitter on scene states the patient is prescribed Albuterol. Patient has wheezing in the lungs, a persistent cough, and oxygen saturation level of 96%. This patient is most likely experiencing?(a) Asthma attack
(b) COPD (c) Pneumonia (d) Common cold
Correct answer: Asthma attack
Question : When placing an NPA, the correct landmarks you
use to measure it are which of the following?(a) Ear to eye (b) Ear to ear (c) Ear to mouth (d) Ear to nose
Correct answer: ear to nose
Question : When inserting an oropharyngeal airway in an
adult patient, you should be sure it is inserted so that?(a) The airway is initially inserted upside down and then rotated 180 degrees (b) The patient's tongue is depressed and the airway is initially inserted sideways (c) The patient's tongue is not depressed and the airway is initially inserted upside down (d) The airway is initially inserted sideways and then rotated 180 degrees