EMT Practical Exam Medical Scenarios Questions

1) 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14) What respiratory rate is recorded for that child?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37) What respiratory rate accompanies that severe asthma attack?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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