EMT PRACTICE TEST COMPLETE EXAM REAL
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Basic life support (BLS) is noninvasive, meaning that it:
A. can
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B. focuses only on severe bleeding control.
C. is only used to treat an obstructed airway.
D. does not involve penetration of the body. - ANS IS does not involve penetration of the body.
After minutes without oxygen, some brain damage is almost certain.
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6 - ANS IS 6
What is the minimum number of chest compressions that should be delivered per minute to 4-month old
infant?
A. 90
B. 100
C. 110
D. 120 - ANS IS 100 compressions
After establishing that an adult patient is unresponsive, you should?
A. open the airway.
B. assess for breathing.
C. check for a carotid pulse.
D. attach an AED immediately. - ANS IS open the airway
Which of the following is NOT a BLS intervention?
A. Abdominal thrusts
EMT PRACTICE TEST COMPLETE EXAM REAL
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B. Chest compressions
C. Cardiac monitoring
D. Automated defibrillation - ANS IS Cardiac monitoring
Most out of hospital cardiac arrests occur as the result of:
A. massive blunt trauma.
B. a cardiac dysrhythmia.
C. an acute ischemic stroke.
D. obstruction of the airway. - ANS IS cardiac dysrhythmia
Which of the following statements regarding ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) is MOST correct?
A. It is an uncommon dysrhythmia in patients with sudden cardiac arrest.
B. AEDs should not be used to defibrillate patients in ventricular fibrillation.
C. The only indication for immediate defibrillation is ventricular fibrillation.
D. Survival rates decrease by 7% to 10% for each minute that V-Fib persists. - ANS IS Survival rate
decreases by 7% to 10% for each minute that V-Fib persists.
What percentage of exhaled oxygen is delivered during mouth to mouth without supplemental oxygen?
A. 10%
B. 16%
C. 21%
D. 32% - ANS IS 16%
The automated external defibrillator (AED) should be applied to:
A. uninjured patients who are pulseless and apneic.
B. trauma patients who are in cardiopulmonary arrest.
C. medical patients who have a very weak, slow pulse.
D. patients who you think may experience cardiac arrest. - ANS IS uninjured patient who is pulseless and
apneic
EMT PRACTICE TEST COMPLETE EXAM REAL
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Which of the following statements regarding the use of the AED in children is MOST correct?
A. AEDs should never be used on children less than 8 years of age or less than 55 pounds.
B. AEDs are only effective in pediatric patients if severe trauma is the cause of their cardiac arrest.
C. AED use in children between 1 and 8 years of age involves pediatric pads and an energy reducer.
D. AEDs are not used in pediatric patients because they do not experience ventricular fibrillation. - ANS IS
AED use in children between 1 and 8 years of age and weighing less than 55 pounds involves pediatric
pads and energy reducers.
Which of the following is considered to be an obvious sign of death and would not require the initiation of
CPR?
A. Dependent blood pooling
B. Pulselessness and apnea
C. Agonal respiratory effort
D. Severe cyanosis to the face - ANS IS Dependent blood pooling
CPR should be initiated when:
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