EMT Trauma Practice Test

EMT Trauma Practice Test

(ACTUAL TEST ) Questions and Answers (Solved)

• During transport of a patient with a head injury, what assessment factor

will provide you with the most information regarding the patient's condition?

• Pupil size
• Heart size
• Mental status
• Blood pressure

ANS: Mental status

• A young man fell and landed on his outstretched hand, resulting in pain

and deformity to the left midshaft forearm. Distal circulation should be assessed at which of the following pulse locations?

• Radial
• Brachial
• Pedal
• Popliteal

ANS: Radial

• You are called to a local nightclub for an injured patient. Upon arrival, you

see a young man who is lying on the ground screaming in pain, bright red blood is spurting from an apparent stab wound to his groin area. Your first action should be to

• control the bleeding
• apply 100% oxygen
• ensure an open airway
• elevate the patient's legs

ANS: control the bleeding

• During a soccer game, a 20 year old man collided shoulder to shoulder

with another player. He has pain and a noticeable anterior bulge to the left shoulder. What is the most effective method of immobilizing this injury? 1 / 2

• An air-inflatable splint with the left arm immobilized in the flexed position
• A long board splint with the left arm immobilized in the extended position
• A sling to support the left arm and swathes to secure the arm to the body
• A sling to support the left arm and swathes to maintain downward trac- tion

ANS: A sling to support the left arm and swathes to secure the arm to the body

• Which of the following mechanisms of injury would necessitate perform-

ing a rapid trauma assessment?

• A 5'8" tall adult who fell 12' from a roof and landed on his side
• A stable patient involved in a car crash, whose passenger was killed
• Amputation of three toes from the patient's left foot with controlled bleed-

ing

• An impaled object in the patient's lower extremity with minimal venous

bleeding

ANS: A stable patient involved in a car crash, whose passenger was killed

• You are assessing a 33 year old male's Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score.

The patient opens his eyes in response to pain, is speaking with incompre- hensible words, and withdraws from pain by flexing his upper extremities.What is his GCS score?

• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9

ANS: 7

• The police summon you to a residence for a domestic dispute. When you

arrive, you are advised by a police officer that a man, who is now in custody, shot his wife. When you enter the residence, you see a woman lying supine.She is conscious, but very restless, and is in obvious respiratory distress.

After ensuring a patent airway, your next course of action should be to

• apply 100% oxygen
• assess respiratory quality
• compare carotid and radial pulses
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