EMT-B NC STATE EXAM NEWEST COMPLETE 350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ( ANSWERS)

1 P a g e EMT-B NC STATE EXAM NEWEST 2026-2027 EXAM COMPLETE 350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ( ANSWERS) You're called to a private residence for a 72-year-old male who has an altered mental status. Vital signs are BP: 102/58, HR: 104, RR: 6/min, SpO2: 88%. What should be your first intervention? Place an appropriately sized NPA Place the patient in spinal precautions Check the patient's temperature Ventilate the patient with a BVM - ANSWER- Place an appropriately sized NPA Rationale: (First things first. If you're going to ventilate the patient using a BVM you need to first place an appropriately sized OPA or NPA or both.) Your patient has been pulled from a fire. She has decreased tidal volume. Decreased tidal volume can be evident by? Shallow respirations 2 P a g e Coughing Decreased respiration rate Deep respirations - ANSWER- Shallow respirations A lower airway obstruction occurs in what anatomical structure(s)? Bronchioles Trachea Hypopharynx Oropharynx - ANSWER- Bronchioles What should your first action be when treating a conscious 40-year-old male with rapid respirations? Apply oxygen Two slow breaths via BVM 3 P a g e Assess the regularity and quality of breathing Insert an airway adjunct - ANSWER- Apply oxygen You arrive on scene at the local high school football practice, where a 16-year-old male has gone unconscious. His friend states that he uses an inhaler normally, but the patient had told him that it ran out of medication. You know that this patient suffers from? Bronchoconstriction Emphysema Tracheal Deviation Bronchodilation - ANSWER- Bronchoconstriction When a person hyperventilates, their minute volume? Decreases, due to decreased air volume reaching the alveoli Increases, due to increased air volume reaching the trachea and bronchi 4 P a g e Increases, due to increased air volume reaching the alveoli Decreases, due to decreased air volume reaching the trachea and bronchi - ANSWER- Decreases, due to decreased air volume reaching the alveoli Which of the following is not an anatomically correct difference between adult and pediatric patients? The trachea is more flexible in adults The primary cause of cardiac arrest in children is uncorrected respiratory issues Infant's tongues take up proportionally greater space in the mouth than adults Pediatric structures are smaller and more easily obstructed - ANSWERThe trachea is more flexible in adults You are obtaining medical history from an 82-year-old male patient at a care home. Care home staff called 911 after the patient reported having difficulty breathing and his oxygen saturations were dropping despite being on home oxygen. The patient tells you he has atrial fibrillation and COPD. He could have any of the following respiratory diseases, except?