EMT Practical Exam Medical Scenarios Questions

1) Under the AED Use scenario, how long should it take the team to clear an obstructed airway once they assume airway control?

2) In Cardiac Chest-Pain with Nitroglycerin, how many additional nitro tablets should be given?

3) In the Basic Medical Assessment scenario, after confirming the scene is safe, what is the next critical step the EMT must demonstrate?

4) For the Chest-Pain with Nitroglycerin scenario, how many additional nitro tablets should the EMT administer after the first has already been taken?

5) In the Do Not Resuscitate scenario, crews must contact medical control to:

6) In Adult Cardiac Arrest, what complication should the crew be ready to manage once CPR begins?

7) In the Multiple-Casualty Incident scenario, why is CPR not begun on Patient #1?

8) The patient in the Abdominal-Pain scenario has a BP of 94/50 and pulse 110. Which oxygen therapy is specifically expected of the student?

9) The Burns of Upper Extremity scenario stresses that rescuers must:

10) When assisting the Adult Asthma patient who has his own bronchodilator inhaler, which vital-sign threshold would contra-indicate a second dose of albuterol?

11) According to the Anaphylaxis with Autoinjector scenario, what is the very first pharmacological intervention after confirming the AMPLE history?

12) In the inhaler-asthma scenario, how many bronchodilator doses has the patient taken before EMS arrival?

13) While caring for the Pediatric Poisoning patient, which single piece of information must the team obtain before giving activated charcoal?

14) How long has that cardiac-arrest patient been pulseless when the team arrives?

15) The Motorcycle/ATV Crash patient’s compromised airway is described as:

16) On arrival, that diabetic patient’s mental status is described as:

17) According to the Bleeding Control scenario, which method controls the fore-arm hemorrhage?

18) In the Gunshot Wound to Thigh scenario, distal assessment reveals:

19) In the Multiple-Casualty Incident, why should CPR not be started on Patient #1 (cardiac arrest)?

20) What legal reminder is included in that same bleeding-control scenario?

21) In the Basic Trauma Assessment scenario, how are the patient’s pupils described?

22) The Responsive Diabetic Patient should receive oral glucose. According to the scenario, what change confirms that treatment is effective?

23) For the SCUBA Diving Emergency, which body position is recommended during initial care?

24) What respiratory rate is recorded for that child?

25) In the Impaled Object scenario, the patient is found in what position?

26) The unconscious head-injury patient presents with which blood pressure?

27) In the Chest-Pain (no nitroglycerin) scenario, what rating does the patient assign to the pain on a 0-to-10 scale?

28) What respiratory rate accompanies that severe asthma attack?

29) For the SCUBA Diving Emergency, the preferred body position during care is:

30) In Chest Injuries Following Fall, what abnormal heart finding can students hear on auscultation?

31) Pediatric Poisoning directs the team to give activated charcoal at what dose?

32) Approximately how much external blood loss is noted for that patient?

33) In Cardiac Chest-Pain (no nitro), the patient rates the pain as:

34) In the Sick Child with Respiratory Difficulty scenario, which airway action is contra-indicated and must be avoided?

35) In the Adult Respiratory Distress (no meds) call, which lung finding should a competent student report?

36) In Adult Respiratory Distress (no meds), which lung finding must students note?

37) For the Anaphylaxis with Autoinjector scenario, the very first drug intervention should be:

38) Which side-effect does that patient already report from the first nitro dose?

39) How is that clavicle-injured patient supporting the affected arm?

40) In Conscious Patient with Head Injuries, which statement best describes the patient’s disposition?

41) For that same patient, what immediate airway support should students recognize is needed?

42) In Sick Child with Respiratory Difficulty, which airway action is specifically contra-indicated?

43) In Responsive Diabetic Patient, which change confirms oral-glucose therapy worked?

44) In the AED Use scenario, the obstructed airway must be cleared within:

45) In the C-Spine Immobilization – Neurological Deficit scenario, the patient is lying:

46) When dispatched to the Do-Not-Resuscitate patient, what communication step with medical control is explicitly required?

47) After the airway is cleared and shocks delivered, the patient should convert to:

48) In the Fractured Clavicle scenario, what was the mechanism of injury?

49) In the Overdose Patient scenario, the man is found supine and snoring. Which airway maneuver must occur before inserting an OPA?

50) In that same scenario, what position do rescuers initially find the patient in?