CIEMT - EMT Final Exam Questions With
Complete Solutions
Steps Prior to CPR correct answer: 1. AVPU
2. Check carotid!
3. If pulse present, check breathing!
CPR correct answer: 1. Compressions
2. Ventilations **Partner goes to get AED**
3. Compression **Partner drops an OPA/NPA**
4. Ventilations
Modified CPR correct answer: Foreign body obstruction + unconscious
1. Compressions
2. Visualize for object
3. Ventilations
Definition of a Peds in CPR/AED correct answer: AED = 1 - 8 years old
CPR = 1 - puberty
Infants/Peds CPR correct answer: 1. Baby baby baby! Check for response...
2. AVPU - flick bottom of foot
3. Compressions 4. Ventilations Two person rescuer = two thumbs encircling hands (15:2)
One person rescuer = two parallel fingers, baby laying on the floor, sniffing position (30:2)
Foreign Body Obstruction in Peds correct answer: 1. Five backblows
2. Visualize
3. Five compressions
Shockable Rhythms correct answer: 1. Ventricular fibrillation 2. Ventricular tachycardia (pulseless)
Kubler-Ross (Stages of the Grieving Process) correct answer: 1.
Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
Sympathetic Response (Fight or Flight) correct answer: 1. Increased respirations
2. Increased pulse
3. Increased b.p.
4. Cool, pale, and diaphoretic 5. Dilated pupils 6. Tense muscles
7. Increased blood glucose levels
8. Perspiration
9. Decreased circulation to the GI tract Neuro-endocrine response
How are glucose levels maintained in the body? correct answer: Pancreas, glucagon, liver, RELEASE GLYCOGEN STORES, increased blood glucose levels
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) correct answer: 1. Alarm
2. Resistance
3. Recovery or exhaustion
Components of the CISM System correct answer: Defusing = informal meeting
Briefing = formal meeting
Hepatitis correct answer: - inflammation of the liver
- blood transmittance S/S:
1. Weakness
2. Fatigue
3. Fever
4. Weight loss
5. JAUNDICE
Meningitis correct answer: - direct contact with respiratory secretions S/S: 1. Nuchal rigidity 2. Photophobia Tuberculosis (TB) correct answer: S/S:
1. Productive cough
2. Bloody sputum
MUST WEAR A HEPA/N95 mask!
Scope of Practice correct answer: What you can do (defined by state law - aka state EMS agency)
Duty to Act correct answer: Legal duty to act begins once...
1. An ambulance responds to a call
OR 2. Treatment is initiated
Negligence correct answer: 1. Duty to Act
2. Breech of Duty
3. Damages
4. Proximal Cause
Forcible Restraints correct answer: 1. 5150 Hold
2. Authorization Required
Emancipated Minors correct answer: 1. Married
2. Pregnant
3. Living independently
Assault vs. Battery correct answer: Assault = placing a person in fear or immediate bodily harm
Battery = unlawfully touching a person
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