What is your age? Under 18 Years Old 18 to 24 Years Old 25 to 30 Years Old 31 to 40 Years Old 41 to 50 Years Old 51 to 60 Years Old Over 60 Years OldWhat is your gender? Male Female1. What part of the nervous system controls the body's voluntary activities? Central Sensory Somatic Autonomic2. You receive a call to a local gymnasium for a basketball player with a dislocated shoulder. Upon arrival, you find the patient, a 17-year-old male, sitting on the ground. He is holding his left arm in a fixed position away from his body. There is an obvious anterior bulge to the area of injury. You Should: gently attempt to move his arm toward his body. place a pillow under his arm and apply a swathe. assess distal pulse, motor, and sensory functions. flex his arm at the elbow and then a apply a sling.3. The MOST significant complication associated with facial injuries is: damage to the eyes. airway comprimise. cervical spine injury. mandibular immobility.4. Which of the following musculoskeletal injuries would pose the greatest threat to a patient's life? An amputated extremity. Bilateral femur fractures. Nondisplaced long bone fractures. Pelvic fracture with hypotension.5. Capillary sphincters are: under complete control of the voluntary portion of the nervous system. capable of dilating in order to increase perfusion to crucial body organs. responsible for constricting to compensate for decreased cell perfusion. circular muscular walls that regulate blood flow through the capillaries.6. The energy of a moving object is called: latent energy. kinetic energy. potential energy. converted energy.7. A 70-year-old female was recently discharged from the hospital following a total hip replacement. Today, she presents with an altered mental status, tachycardia, and a blood pressure of 100/64 mm Hg. Her skin is warm and moist. You should be MOST suspicious that she is experiencing: septic shock. pump failure. a local infection. decompensated shock.8. Which of the following would MOST likely result in hemorrhagic shock? Severe vomiting Liver laceration Excessive sweating Repeated diarrhea Severe irritable rectal itch9. You are dispatched to a call for a 27-year-old male with unknown complications. Upon arrival you find the patient lying prone with a pop bottle stuck in his rectum, you should: Call for ALS Place him in recovery position and transport immediately. Place patient on the cot in the prone position and transport immediately. Shove it in further.10. Pleural fluid is contained between the: visceral and parietal pleurae. parietal pleura and the heart. visceral pleura and the lung. parietal pleura and chest wall.11. During your rapid trauma assessment of a 30-year-old male who fell 25 feet, you note crepitus when palpating his plevis. Your partner advises you that the patient's blood pressure is 80/50 mm Hg and his heart rate is 120 BPM and weak. After completing the rapid trauma assessment, you should: defer spinal immobilization and transport to a trauma center. perform a focused physical exam with emphasis on the pelvis. stabilize the pelvis with the PASG and transport immediately. log roll the patient onto a long backboard and transport at once.12. The ideal procedure for moving an injured patient from the ground to a backboard is: the clothes drag. the four-person log roll. to use a scoop stretcher. the direct patient carry.13. With regard to musculoskeletal injuries, the zone of injury is defined as the: area of obvious deformity over the site of impact. exact part of the bone or joint that was disrupted. area of soft tissue damage surrounding the injury. part of the body that sustained secondary injury.14. A 30-year-old female was robbed and assaulted by a gang as she was leaving a nightclub. She has massive facial trauma and slow, gurgling respirations. As your partner assumes manual stabilization of her head, you should: begin immediate venilatory assistance. visualize her mouth for obvious wounds. apply oxygen via nonrebreathing mask. suction her oropharynx for 15 seconds.15. What is the function of the sternocleidomastoid muscle? Connects the scapulae together Allows movement of the head. Primary muscle of respiration Allows flexion of the neck16. Bone marrow produces: platelets lymphocytes red blood cells white blood cells17. A 4-year-old female has a peanut lodged in the external auditory canal of her right ear. You should: use tweezers to try to remove the object. remove the peanut with a cotton-tip swab. Firmly smack the left side of the child's head to dis-lodge the peanut. transport her to the emergency department. thoroughly flush her ear with sterile saline.18. Hemoptysis is defined as: vomiting blood coughing up blood abnormal blood clotting blood in the pleural space19. One of the primary waste products of normal cellular metabolism that must be removed from the body by the lungs is: lactic acid carbon dioxide pyruvic acid carbon monoxide20. The major mass of the brain is called the: cerebrum cerebellum brain stem meninges21. Hypoperfusion is another name for: shock cyanosis hypoxemia cellular death.22. When placing a patient onto a long backboard the EMT at the patient's_______ is in charge of all patient movements. head chest waist lower extremities23. Your squad (425) is dispatched to an MVA at the intersection of 134 and 50, they have advised you that there has been one ejection and a possible entrapment. The correct way to inform dispatch that you are en-route after they have acknowledge you is: 425 en-route 425 en-route to 134 & 50, do you have any patient information for me and would you also go ahead and put care-flight on stand-by. 425 responding to the crash, you got any patient info? 425 we're rollin24. Abnormal variations in pupil size and reaction would MOST likely be observed in a patient with: retinitis contact lenses conjunctivitis a head injury25. Skeletal muscle is attached to the bone by tough, ropelike fibrous structures called: fascia tendons cartilage ligaments26. Blind nasotracheal intubation should ONLY be performed on patients who: are unconscious and apneic have damaged vocal cords are breathing spontaneously have experienced head trauma.27. When you assess capillary refill time (CRT) in an infant, normal color to the tested area should return within: 1 second 2 seconds 3 seconds 4 seconds28. The normal respiratory rate for an adult should range from: 10 to 15 BPM 12 to 20 BPM 18 to 24 BPM 24 to 28 BPM29. Immediately after you place an ET tube in the trachea, you should remove the stylet and then: attach the BVM and ventilate the patient. listen for breath sounds to confirm placement secure the ET tube with the appropriate device inflate the distal cuff and detach the syringe30. Clinical signs of labored breathing include all of the following, EXCEPT: shallow chest movement. use of accessory muscles supraclavicular retractions gasping attempts to breathe31. You have inserted an ET tube but are unable to hear breath sounds on the left side of the chest. You Should: treat the patient for a pneumothorax and transport immediately extubate the patient and preoxygenate for at least 2 to 3 minutes. advance the tube as you are auscultating the patient's breath sounds withdraw the tube approximately 1 inch and reassess breath sounds32. In the prehospital setting, gastric tubes are used primarily to: remove gastric toxins administer medications provide gastric nutrition decompress the stomach33. In contrast to the curved blade, the straight (Miller) blade: directly lifts the epiglottis and exposes the vocal cords indirectly lifts the epiglottis by fitting into the vallecula is contraindicated in infants and children less than 5 years of age has a broad flange and provides better tongue displacement.34. A decrease in blood pressure may indicate all of the following conditions, EXCEPT: loss of blood volume a closed head injury loss of vascular tone decreased cardiac pumping35. You are transporting an intubated 24-year-old female when her level of consciousness improves and she becomes extremely combative. Without assisted ventilation, she appears to be breathing adequately. You should: request a paramedic to give her a sedative drug contact medical control for further instructions have suction available and remove the ET tube carefully restrain her and continue ventilations36. Which of the following conditions would MOST likely cause the pupils to remain significantly constricted? severe cerebral hypoxia intracranial hemorrhaging overdose of an opiate drug oculomotor nerve pressure37. You should assess an infant or child's skin color on his or her: arms and legs fingers and toes chest abdomen palms and soles38. The distal cuff on an ET tube should be inflated with _______ mL of air after it is placed into the trachea 10 20 15 2539. When taking a patient's blood pressure in an upper extremity, the diaphragm of the stethoscope is normally placed over which artery? brachial femoral popliteal radial40. The Sellick maneuver is performed by applying pressure to the: tracheal rings. thyroid cartilage cricoid cartilage cricothyroid membrane41. Bradycardia is defined as a pulse rate less than _______ beats per minute and tachycardia is defined as a heart rate greater than ________ beats per minute. 60, 100 50, 110 40, 120 30, 13042. Pain that moves from its point of origin to another body location is said to be: radiating referred palliating provoking43. The pressure exerted against the walls of the artery when the left ventricle contracts is called the: blood pressure systolic pressure diastolic pressure pulse pressure44. When you inspect a patient's pupils with a penlight, the pupils should normally react to the light by: constricting enlarging dilating fluttering45. Prior to attempting endotracheal intubation, the EMT-B should: ventilate the patient for at least 30 seconds contact a medic and obtain permission obtain authorization from medical control suction the patient's airway for 30 seconds46. Uncuffed ET tubes should be used in children less than ______ years of age. 8 10 12 1547. A patient breathing with reduced tidal volume will have respirations that are: deep shallow regular normal48. A single intubation attempt in the adult patient should not exceed: 20 seconds 30 seconds 40 seconds 45 seconds