EMT — Practice Questions, Part 2 flashcards
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Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on medical emergencies, OB/newborn and pediatric care, operations and triage, patient assessment, anatomy and EMT medications.
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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A 70-year-old man is newly confused, his wife says. His airway is clear, his breathing is adequate and his radial pulse is strong. She adds that he takes insulin. What is the most appropriate next step?
A) Assist his breathing with a BVM
B) Check his blood glucose level
C) Apply a cervical collar
D) Obtain orthostatic vital signsB) Check his blood glucose levelAltered Mental Status
With the primary assessment stable, a glucose check looks for hypoglycemia, a common and quickly reversible cause of confusion in a patient on insulin. His breathing is adequate, so BVM ventilation is not indicated. -
Stung by a bee, a 30-year-old has hives, swollen lips, wheezing and a falling blood pressure. She carries her own prescribed epinephrine auto-injector. What is the most appropriate intervention?
A) Give oxygen and wait for symptoms to settle
B) Apply ice to the sting site and observe
C) Remove the stinger before any other care
D) Assist her with her epinephrine auto-injectorD) Assist her with her epinephrine auto-injectorAnaphylaxis
Hives with airway swelling, wheezing and hypotension is anaphylaxis, and epinephrine is what reverses it. Oxygen helps but does not stop the reaction, and removing the stinger must not delay epinephrine. -
A full-term baby has just been born on scene and is crying vigorously. What should come first?
A) Suction the nose first, then the mouth
B) Dry the baby, cover the head and keep warm
C) Clamp and cut the cord immediately
D) Hold the baby upside down to drain fluidB) Dry the baby, cover the head and keep warmNewborn Care
Every newborn needs warming, drying and stimulation first, because newborns lose heat very quickly. A vigorous, crying baby does not need routine suctioning. -
In START triage, an adult cannot walk because of a leg fracture. He is breathing 24 times a minute, has a radial pulse and follows simple commands. Which category do you assign?
A) Red (immediate)
B) Green (minor)
C) Yellow (delayed)
D) Black (expectant)C) Yellow (delayed)Operations
He cannot walk, so he is not green, but his breathing is 30 or under, he has a radial pulse and he follows commands, so he is yellow (delayed). Failing any one of those checks would make him red. -
You are checking capillary refill as part of a set of vital signs. In which patient is the result least reliable as a sign of perfusion?
A) A 3-year-old with a fever in a warm room
B) A 9-month-old after a bout of vomiting
C) A 6-year-old being checked at a school clinic
D) An adult who was found outdoors on a cold nightD) An adult who was found outdoors on a cold nightVital Signs & History
Cold skin slows capillary refill on its own, and in adults age, medications and a cold setting make it less reliable. It is most useful in children under about 6. -
Your patient smells of alcohol and his speech is slurred. Which entry is best for the patient care report?
A) Patient is drunk and uncooperative with the crew
B) Patient is an alcoholic and slurring his words
C) Patient intoxicated on alcohol; history unreliable
D) Odor of alcoholic beverage on breath; slurred speechD) Odor of alcoholic beverage on breath; slurred speechDocumentation & Communication
Record observable facts, not labels or opinions; conclusions such as "drunk" can be wrong and can be challenged in court. Put the patient's own statements in quotation marks.
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Checked against:
- Checked against the National EMS Education Standards (NHTSA, 2021; US government work), the National EMS Scope of Practice Model (NHTSA, 2019; US government work) and the National Incident Management System (FEMA; US government work).
- Newborn resuscitation checked against the 2025 AHA/AAP Guidelines for CPR and ECC (Part 5: Neonatal Resuscitation); START and JumpSTART triage criteria as published by their developers; APGAR criteria and the nitroglycerin–PDE-5 inhibitor contraindication cross-checked against published EMS protocols and clinical references (reference only; no text copied).
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