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CEU Test #50 - Valid until November 30, 2008. All passing tests will be credited as of that date.

Read the article and study the illustrations that are linked to this page. (Links are blue and underlined.) When you have finished reading, return to this page and follow the instructions below to complete the test.

Read The Gold Cross CEU Test Article - EMT Strengths And Weaknesses - before taking this test.


Instructions For Completing and Submitting This Test:

Fill in your name, email address and Gold Cross CEU ID #. Choose the most correct answer to each of the questions. Make sure each button is filled when you click it. When you are finished, double-check your work, then press the submit button once.
Your answers will be sent automatically via email to Leonard Publications. Your test will be graded and, if you correctly answer 80% or more of the questions, 1.5 elective CEUs will be awarded and registered with the New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services/Office of Emergency Medical Services. After the closing date of the test, you will be notified of your grade via return email.

This Test is free of charge to New Jersey Volunteer EMTs. You must verify (see check box following the Test Questions) that you are a volunteer (i.e., non-paid) EMT certified in the state of New Jersey.
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Note 1: If you have taken a CEU test in The Gold Cross magazine or on this website at any time in the past, you have a Gold Cross CEU ID#. If you don't know what your Gold Cross CEU ID# is, click on the appropriate link in the next line to find it. Or call us at 973-895-9351. If you don't have a Gold Cross CEU ID#, call us to get one, or just enter your OEMS Six-Digit ID# and we will assign you a number for future tests.
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Note 2: The New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services / Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) has assigned all NJ EMTs a six-digit ID number to replace the use of Social Security numbers and Dates of Birth. If you have not been mailed your Six-Digit ID, click here to find it, or: call OEMS at 609-633-7777.

Read The Gold Cross CEU Test Article - EMT Strengths And Weaknesses - before taking this test.

Test #50 Questions: (Click the button next to the most correct answer.)

Hint: If you just finished reading the Test Article, an easy way to double-check your answers is to use the "Back" and "Forward" buttons on your browser.

1. A proper EMT patient assessment includes the patient’s:
a. blood type
b. age
c. profession
d. insurance carrier

2. A proper EMT patient assessment includes the patient’s:
a. chief complaint
b. medications
c. history of past surgeries
d. all of the above

3. The initial vital signs of your 24 y/o female patient are: BP:120/80; P: 80; respiratory rate:14. No second set is taken. You report to the physician:
a. the vital signs are stable
b. the patient is hypotensive
c. the patient's respiratory rate is inadequate
d. none of the above

4. Your patient has a badly angulated humerus. Before you splint, you should:
a. manually immobilize the fracture
b. assess for distal pulses
c. perform an initial assessment
d. all of the above

5. The traction splint may be used when the patient has a:
a. closed, midshaft femur fracture
b. pelvis, hip or knee injury
c. lower leg injury
d. all of the above

6. EMTs should control hemorrhaging in the following sequence:
a. tourniquet, direct pressure, elevation
b. direct pressure, tourniquet, pressure points
c. direct pressure, elevation, pressure points
d. pressure points, elevation, tourniquet

7. Which artery should be pressed to control bleeding in a lower extremity?
a. radial
b. carotid
c. femoral
d. brachial

8. A tourniquet may be used when there is:
a. uncontrollable bleeding
b. complete amputation
c. internal bleeding
d. a & b

9. Your partner’s hands are small and he is squeezing less than half the BVM bag. This may lead to:
a. inadequate oxygen delivery
b. inadequate carbon dioxide removal
c. incomplete seal of mask to face
d. all of the above

10. The best "rule of thumb" for gauging adequate ventilation with a BVM is:
a. chest rise
b. palpable pulses
c. rise in skin temperature
d. patient gasps

11. The most effective use of a BVM includes:
a. two persons
b. one person
c. placement of an oral/nasal airway
d. a & c

12. Ineffective CPR may result from:
a. misplacement of hands
b. smooth, equal compressions
c. incomplete chest recoil
d. a & c

13. For two EMTs doing CPR, the correct ratio of compressions to ventilations for adults is:
a. 10-1
b. 30-2
c. 20-1
d. 15-2

14. If you compress the chest correctly while doing CPR, you should be able to palpate a carotid or femoral pulse.
a. True
b. False

15. Airway means:
a. inspiration
b. passageway for O2 and CO2
c. expiration
d. a & c

16. "A" in ABC includes:
a. jaw thrust
b. suctioning
c. oropharyngeal airway
d. all of the above

17. Which patients must be carried to the ambulance?
a. patient with pain
b. patient with shortness-of-breath
c. patient with cardiac history
d. all of the above

18. All patients with upper body, head, face or neck injuries should be fully immobilized.
a. True
b. False

19. The two parts of the spinal column most susceptible to force are:
a. cervical & thoracic
b. cervical & lumbar
c. cervical & coccyx
d. cervical & sacral

20. The best way to deal with a hearing impaired patient is to:
a. yell
b. use sign language
c. speak slowly and clearly
d. write notes

End of Test Questions
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