Here are 15 Intermediate EMT Cardiology sample questions from our database. These questions are geared more toward EMT I85 and do not contain cardiac strip interpretation questions as the Paramedic level does. Intermediate EMT 99s who would like to have cardiac questions can easily change the level of testing in the members profile. These questions do not contain the grading and rationale functions of the paid EMT National Training membership and are only to show some examples of what to expect with a subscription.

Intermediate EMT Practice Test - Cardiology

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1. You and your partner whom you have been working with for two years are called to a house where a woman is having chest pain and complaining of shortness of breath. She is diaphoretic and has a pulse of 110, respirations of 22, and a blood pressure of 140/80. She says she has no cardiac or respiratory history. You should?   Put her in the ambulance and transport as rapidly as possible   Call medical control and ask permission to administer some of her husband's nitro   Perform your assessment, put her on O2 at 15 lpm, and transport   Get her sample history and try to determine the cause of the respiratory problem

2. How many compressions per minute would you give an adult patient who has no pulse?   150 compressions per minute   100 compressions per minute   60-80 compressions per minute   109 compressions per minute

3. Diastole is defined as the period of?   Rest after contraction   Activity by contraction   Threshold relaxation   Inactivity during contraction

4. You and your partner Janica arrive on scene to find a man complaining of severe chest pain. He is hypotensive with a very weak pulse and a BP of 89/30. He has very muffled heart tones and distention of the jugular vein. This patient likely has?   Pericardial tamponade   A pulmonary contusion   Paradoxical hypotension   Flail chest

5. Defibrillation is used to _____________.   Terminate life threatening rhythm disturbances   Shock the heart back into beating   Stop the heart from beating   Terminate disturbances in the atria

6. You have just arrived on scene with your partner Ellen to a call. It's a 75 year old man with chest pain. He has already taken 1 nitro tablet, but the pain persists. What should you do?   Make sure the nitro is his and that it hasn't passed it's expiration date and give him another one   Make sure his BP is under 100 and if so give him another nitro   Withhold oxygen until you get a BP and then administer 1 nitro   Ask him if he takes any erectile dysfunction drugs and take his BP

7. Nitroglycerin should _____________________.   Constrict the vessels   Relax the vessels   Increase cardiac output   Maintain the pulse rate

8. The majority of cardiac medical emergencies are the result of what?   Embolism and thrombosis   Reduced blood supply to the myocardium   Poor diet   Old age

9. CHF is _______________.   Usually seen in children between the ages of 6 and 16   A disease of the skeletal muscles   Not a serious illness as it is always easy to determine   The failure of the heart to pump efficiently resulting in fluids in the lungs

10. You arrive on scene and find an elderly man who has a history of hypertension. He takes medication daily for it to be regulated. He is feeling dizzy, his pulse is 70 and his BP is 110/70. Which is the most likely cause of his symptoms?   He is in shock   He has had a heart attack   He has likely not taken his medication   He is hypertensive

11. You and your partner Bob are called to the scene of a man down. The report said the man has no pulse and that family members are doing CPR. Upon arriving at the scene what 3 things are you going to do first?   Open their airway, tell the bystander to stop CPR, and put your gloves on   Question the bystanders, direct them to stop CPR, and check for pulse   Hook up the AED, open their airway, and insert an adjunct   Attach the AED, tell everyone to stand back, and hit the analyze button

12. You and your partner Max are called to a house where a 72 year old man is having chest pain and complaining of trouble breathing. The man is diaphoretic and has a pulse of 107, respirations of 24, and a BP of 160/84. He says he has never had any heart problems or breathing difficulty before this. What should you do next?   Try to determine the cause of the respiratory troubles   Administer one of his wife's nitro   Put him on O2 at 15 lpm and transport   Transport safely and rapidly

13. You and your partner Austin are assessing a 64 year old woman who is complaining of difficulty breathing. When you auscultate her lungs, you discover crackles over the right and left lungs. She is complaining of chest pain and congestion, which lead you to believe that she is suffering from?   Left ventricular failure   Collapse of the vena cava   Right ventricular failure   Air embolism

14. The pathway that allows the conduction of electrical impulses to the left atrium from the right atrium is called?   Bundle of HIS   AV node   Bachmann's Bundle   Purkinje fibers

15. Which of the following branches of the autonomic nervous system are responsible for slowing the heart?   Sympathetic   Parasympathetic   Central   Peripheral

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