19) Which of the following will deliver a medium velocity impact?
A) Bullet from a handgun
B) Ice pick
C) Butcher knife
D) Bullet from an assault rifle
Objective: 11.7
20) When determining possible injuries suffered from a gunshot wound, which of the following
is true?
A) The EMT must ask the patient or bystanders exactly where the shooter was standing.
B) Bullets pass in a straight line through the body from the point of entry to the exit wound.
C) The EMT must determine the caliber of ammunition involved.
D) The EMT must be aware that bullets cause damage in more than one way.
Objective: 11.7
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21) What law of physics explains why a patient’s liver can be injured from the impact of his car
with a tree?
A) Second law of motion
B) Newton’s law of moving energy
C) Law of inertia
D) Law of kinetic energy
Objective: 11.7
22) An injury caused by an object that passes through the skin or other body tissue is known as
which of the following?
A) Cavitating trauma
B) Puncturing trauma
C) Penetrating trauma
D) Impaling trauma
Objective: 11.7
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23) Your patient fell out of a tree while putting the roof on a tree house. A 15-foot ladder is
required to enter the tree house and there is enough room for an adult to stand up inside. Your
patient should be transported to:
A) an urgent care center.
B) the closest hospital.
C) a trauma center.
D) a neurosurgery center.
Objective: 11.7
24) Where should the EMT assess for injury when caring for a patient who had a two-story fall
and landed square on his feet?
A) Patient’s lower back
B) Patient’s ankles
C) Patient’s femur
D) All of the above
Objective: 11.7
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25) A fall is considered severe anytime an adult patient has fallen more than ________ feet.
A) 20
B) 15
C) 10
D) 8
Objective: 11.7
26) Which of the following BEST describes blunt-force trauma?
A) An object strikes the body, but it does not penetrate the body tissues.
B) The object is not sharp, but it penetrates the body when enough force is used.
C) The object penetrates soft tissue, but it cannot penetrate bone.
D) A rounded object impacts the body tissues.
Objective: 11.7
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27) Which of the following situations will NOT require additional resources at the scene?
A) A patient with emphysema who is on oxygen therapy at home
B) A call for a sick person at home during which an odor of natural gas is detected
C) A call to a manufacturing plant where a worker has his hand caught in a machine
D) A 300-pound woman complaining of back pain
Objective: 11.8
28) In which of the following situations should the EMT consult the Emergency Response
Guidebook?
A) Chlorine gas leak at a public swimming pool
B) Domestic disturbance with the potential for violence
C) Patient with a suspected infectious disease
D) Downed power lines at the scene of a vehicle collision
Objective: 11.9
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29) Which of the following may be a hazard at the scene of a vehicle collision?
A) Electrocution
B) Hazardous materials
C) Other emergency vehicles
D) All of the above
Objective: 11.9
30) When should the EMT evaluate the need for Standard Precautions?
A) An evaluation should be made throughout the call.
B) An evaluation should be made once a general impression of the patient has been formed.
C) An evaluation should be made before arrival on-scene.
D) No evaluation is ever needed, since the precautions are the same for every call.
Objective: 11.9
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31) You should have a keen awareness that there may be injuries based on your scene size-up.
This is known as which of the following?
A) Nature of illness
B) Law of inertia
C) Mechanism of injury
D) Index of suspicion
Objective: 11.9
32) You and your partner are en route to a motor vehicle crash involving a tanker truck on a rural
road. Dispatch informs you that fluid is leaking from the truck, that there are several bystanders
passed out on the ground near the cab of the truck, and that a caller has reported the code that
appears on a placard attached to the tanker truck. You should:
A) remove the bystanders from the scene.
B) park about 50 feet from the truck.
C) consult the Emergency Response Guidebook.
D) park downwind from the tanker truck.
Objective: 11.9
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33) Which of the following is true concerning scene size-up?
A) The need for additional resources must be determined on both medical and trauma calls.
B) Scene size-up does not play a role in determining the nature of the illness.
C) Determining the number of patients is not important on a medical call.
D) Information from bystanders is not important on trauma calls.
Objective: 11.9
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