EMT — Practice Questions, Part 1 flashcards

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Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on airway, respiration and ventilation, CPR and AED use, cardiac and stroke emergencies, bleeding, shock, head and spine, and other trauma.

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Practice deck · part of NREMT EMT · written against: National EMS Education Standards and NREMT EMT cognitive exam; 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC (resuscitation cards fact-checked 2026-10-11 against summaries of the 2025 text). Updated 2026-10-10.

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You find a 52-year-old man unresponsive in bed with snoring respirations. His family says he went to sleep normally, and there is no sign of trauma. What should you do first?

A) Suction the oropharynx before repositioning
B) Apply a non-rebreather mask at high flow
C) Begin BVM ventilation at 10 breaths a minute
D) Open the airway with a head-tilt chin-lift

D) Open the airway with a head-tilt chin-lift

Snoring means the relaxed tongue is partly blocking the airway, and with no trauma the head-tilt chin-lift lifts it clear. Oxygen or ventilation through a blocked airway does little until the airway is open.
Airway
You arrive to find a 60-year-old man unresponsive on the floor, not breathing and with no carotid pulse. Your partner is getting the AED from the truck. What should you do now?

A) Give two rescue breaths before compressing
B) Wait for the AED before doing anything else
C) Start high-quality chest compressions
D) Insert an oral airway before compressions

C) Start high-quality chest compressions

Compressions start immediately and continue until the AED is ready to analyze. Every minute without compressions or defibrillation lowers the chance of survival.
CPR
A man went to bed feeling normal at 10:30 p.m. His wife finds him at 6:15 a.m. with left-sided weakness and slurred speech, and she calls 911 at 6:20 a.m. What is his last known well time?

A) 6:15 a.m.
B) 10:30 p.m.
C) 6:20 a.m.
D) The time you arrive

B) 10:30 p.m.

Last known well is the last time the patient was seen normal, not when symptoms were found. Hospital treatment eligibility depends on that time.
Stroke & Hypertension
After a crash, a 34-year-old is restless with a pulse of 118, pale, cool, clammy skin and delayed capillary refill. His blood pressure is 124/80. What is the most likely explanation?

A) Decompensated shock
B) An anxiety reaction only
C) Compensated shock
D) Neurogenic shock

C) Compensated shock

Restlessness, a rising heart rate and pale, cool, clammy skin with a normal blood pressure are the signs of compensated shock. A falling blood pressure marks decompensation, a late sign.
Shock
Which of these patients is the best candidate for a traction splint?

A) A mid-shaft femur fracture with an unstable pelvis
B) A mid-shaft femur fracture with a broken ankle on that leg
C) A closed mid-shaft femur fracture with no other leg injury
D) A suspected hip fracture with the leg shortened and rotated

C) A closed mid-shaft femur fracture with no other leg injury

A traction splint is indicated for an isolated, closed, mid-shaft femur fracture. Pelvic, hip, knee and lower-leg or ankle injuries on that limb rule it out.
Musculoskeletal
Which of these injured patients most clearly meets the anatomic criteria for transport to the highest-level trauma center available?

A) A finger amputated at the middle joint
B) A closed forearm fracture after a fall
C) A lower-leg laceration controlled by pressure
D) A gunshot wound to the upper thigh

D) A gunshot wound to the upper thigh

Penetrating injury to the head, neck, torso or proximal limbs is an anatomic criterion. Amputation counts only above the wrist or ankle.
Trauma Triage & Transport

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Checked against the National EMS Education Standards (NHTSA, 2021; US government work) and the National EMS Scope of Practice Model (NHTSA, 2019; US government work).
CPR and AED content aligned conceptually with the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (published October 2025); bleeding control with Stop the Bleed principles; spinal motion restriction and field triage with published ACS-COT / NAEMSP / ACEP consensus statements and the 2021 National Guideline for the Field Triage of Injured Patients (reference only; no text copied).

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