EMT Practical Exam Medical Scenarios Questions

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

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

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

4) 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?

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

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

7) What respiratory rate is recorded for that child?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37) What respiratory rate accompanies that severe asthma attack?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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