EMT Practice Test - Question List

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121. While discussing emergency medicine with a coworker they mention something called the “golden hour”. They go on to explain that the golden hour means:
  1. The first hour after all of the test results have come back
  2. The first hour after a multisystem trauma has occurred
  3. The first hour the patient is in the emergency room
  4. The last hour before the victim was injured
122. What does AVPU stand for?
  1. Assessment, Ventilation, Pneumonics, Understanding
  2. Alert, Verbal, Pressure, Understanding
  3. Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive
  4. Alert, Voice, Pulmonary, Unresponsive
123. You an your partner have just assisted in delivering a newborn, you are asked to obtain the newborn’s APGAR number. What does APGAR stand for?
  1. Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration
  2. Appearance, Pulse, Growth, Action, Respiration
  3. Appearance, Pupils, Grimace, Awareness, Respiration
  4. Appearance, Perfusion, Grimace, Activity, Response
124. While you are assessing your patient who is in the supine position, you notice that their jugular veins are flat, what is this a sign of?
  1. Cardiac arrest
  2. Pulmonary embolism
  3. Blood loss
  4. Closed head injury
125. What is the main function of white blood cells?
  1. Carry oxygen to the tissues of the body
  2. To aid the immune system to fight infection
  3. To aid with blood clotting
  4. To aid with oxygen exchange

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