Paramedic Practice Questions by Topic
All 16,094 MedicQBank questions sorted into 453 topics, from airway and cardiology to pharmacology, medical terminology, and anatomy. Each topic page lists every question with its answer and explanation, so you can review one subject at a time.
By exam area
- Airway, Respiration, and Ventilation — 850 questions
- Cardiology and Resuscitation — 1,237 questions
- Medical Emergencies — 3,146 questions
- Pharmacology — 1,891 questions
- EMS Operations — 3,525 questions
- Clinical Judgment and Patient Assessment — 1,600 questions
- Trauma — 2,000 questions
- Pediatrics, Geriatrics, and Special Populations — 600 questions
Chapter 1: EMS Systems
- What EMS is, and where it came from — 50 questions
- Components of an EMS system — 42 questions
- Levels of EMS licensure — 44 questions
- Licensure, certification, and credentialing — 35 questions
- Medical direction and oversight — 39 questions
- Roles and responsibilities of the paramedic — 44 questions
- Professionalism and conduct — 35 questions
- Quality improvement and patient safety — 42 questions
- Research and evidence-based practice — 42 questions
- Public health and prevention — 35 questions
- Anatomy of a call — 43 questions
- Transport decisions and specialty care — 35 questions
Chapter 2: Workforce Safety and Wellness
- Wellness and personal health — 37 questions
- Nutrition, fitness, and sleep — 39 questions
- Body mechanics and lifting — 35 questions
- Stress and coping — 42 questions
- Death, dying, and grief — 35 questions
- Infectious disease basics — 42 questions
- PPE and infection control — 40 questions
- Exposure response and protections — 30 questions
- Scene safety and hazards — 42 questions
- Ambulance and roadway safety — 33 questions
- Mental health and support — 26 questions
Chapter 3: Public Health
- What public health is — 35 questions
- Epidemiology — 42 questions
- Prevention levels and strategies — 44 questions
- Injury and illness patterns — 42 questions
- EMS role in public health — 37 questions
- Social determinants and access — 40 questions
- Infectious disease in the community — 40 questions
- Vulnerable populations — 33 questions
- Planning, policy, and evaluation — 33 questions
Chapter 4: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
- How the legal system works — 30 questions
- Scope of practice and standards of care — 30 questions
- Negligence and liability — 39 questions
- Consent and refusal — 44 questions
- Advance directives and end of life — 37 questions
- Confidentiality and privacy — 37 questions
- Patient rights and special situations — 37 questions
- Documentation as legal protection — 30 questions
- Ethics — 37 questions
Chapter 5: Communications
- How communication works — 35 questions
- Therapeutic communication — 44 questions
- Communicating with special patients — 42 questions
- Interviewing and history — 40 questions
- Radio systems and technology — 39 questions
- Radio procedure and reports — 42 questions
- Dispatch and the call cycle — 35 questions
- Hand-off and team communication — 35 questions
Chapter 6: Documentation
- Why documentation matters — 25 questions
- Elements of a complete report — 37 questions
- Narrative formats — 30 questions
- Writing style and accuracy — 37 questions
- Corrections, errors, and timeliness — 30 questions
- Special situations — 37 questions
- Legal, privacy, and data — 35 questions
- Common pitfalls — 28 questions
Chapter 7: Medical Terminology
- How medical words are built — 42 questions
- Prefixes — 76 questions
- Suffixes — 76 questions
- Roots by body system — 120 questions
- Directional terms and positions — 64 questions
- Planes, cavities, and regions — 72 questions
- Abbreviations and symbols — 79 questions
- Putting terms together — 227 questions
Chapter 8: Anatomy and Physiology
- Levels of organization and chemistry — 74 questions
- Cells, body fluids, and transport — 76 questions
- Tissues, membranes, and homeostasis — 42 questions
- Integumentary system — 36 questions
- Skeletal system — 87 questions
- Muscular system — 50 questions
- Nervous system — 109 questions
- Endocrine system — 64 questions
- Blood — 54 questions
- The heart — 81 questions
- Blood vessels and the lymphatic system — 54 questions
- Respiratory system — 105 questions
- Digestive system and abdomen — 63 questions
- Urinary system and fluid balance — 50 questions
- Reproductive system — 37 questions
Chapter 9: Pathophysiology
- Cellular injury and adaptation — 64 questions
- Fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance — 95 questions
- Genetics and risk factors — 60 questions
- Perfusion and shock — 68 questions
- Immunity and inflammation — 71 questions
- Infectious disease processes — 63 questions
- Cardiovascular pathophysiology — 72 questions
- Respiratory pathophysiology — 62 questions
- Neurologic, endocrine, and other systems — 79 questions
Chapter 10: Life Span Development
- Infancy: birth to 1 year — 66 questions
- Toddler and preschool: 1 to 5 years — 62 questions
- School age: 6 to 12 years — 60 questions
- Adolescence: 13 to 18 years — 62 questions
- Early adulthood: 19 to 40 years — 50 questions
- Middle adulthood: 41 to 60 years — 61 questions
- Late adulthood: 61 years and older — 90 questions
- Communication and assessment across the life span — 54 questions
Chapter 11: Patient Assessment
- Scene size-up — 52 questions
- Primary assessment — 79 questions
- Vital signs — 81 questions
- History taking — 67 questions
- Secondary assessment — 85 questions
- Reassessment — 50 questions
- Clinical decision making — 52 questions
- Special assessment considerations — 63 questions
Chapter 12: Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision Making
- What critical thinking is — 57 questions
- Gathering and organizing information — 57 questions
- Forming a field impression — 57 questions
- Cognitive biases and errors — 61 questions
- Protocols, guidelines, and judgment — 57 questions
- Thinking under pressure — 57 questions
- Pattern recognition and experience — 55 questions
- Working with ambiguous and critical patients — 57 questions
- Team decision making — 55 questions
- Evaluating your decisions — 53 questions
Chapter 13: Principles of Pharmacology
- Drug names, sources, and regulation — 73 questions
- Pharmacokinetics — 80 questions
- Pharmacodynamics — 78 questions
- Autonomic pharmacology — 82 questions
- Drug classifications — 85 questions
- Adverse effects and interactions — 77 questions
- Special populations — 72 questions
- Legal and safety aspects — 70 questions
Chapter 14: Medication Administration
- The rights of medication administration — 69 questions
- Medical math — 139 questions
- Routes of administration — 74 questions
- Aseptic technique and equipment — 74 questions
- Injections and enteral administration — 73 questions
- IV access and fluids — 83 questions
- Intraosseous access — 65 questions
- Documentation, disposal, and errors — 70 questions
Chapter 15: Emergency Medications
- Cardiac arrest medications — 74 questions
- Dysrhythmia medications — 79 questions
- Acute coronary syndrome — 73 questions
- Respiratory medications — 78 questions
- Neurologic and behavioral medications — 81 questions
- Analgesia, sedation, and nausea — 76 questions
- Metabolic, toxicologic, and other agents — 87 questions
- High-alert cautions — 79 questions
Chapter 16: Airway Management
- Airway anatomy and physiology — 32 questions
- Airway assessment — 31 questions
- Basic airway maneuvers and adjuncts — 30 questions
- Oxygen delivery and ventilation — 31 questions
- Suctioning and foreign body obstruction — 30 questions
- Supraglottic airways — 30 questions
- Endotracheal intubation — 31 questions
- Drug-assisted and rapid sequence intubation — 30 questions
- Surgical and rescue airways — 30 questions
- Special populations and the difficult airway — 30 questions
Chapter 17: Respiratory Emergencies
- Respiratory assessment — 30 questions
- Upper airway disorders — 30 questions
- Asthma — 30 questions
- COPD — 30 questions
- Pneumonia and respiratory infections — 30 questions
- Pulmonary embolism — 30 questions
- Pulmonary edema and ARDS — 30 questions
- Pneumothorax and pleural disorders — 30 questions
- Hyperventilation and other causes of dyspnea — 30 questions
- CPAP, capnography, and ventilatory support — 30 questions
Chapter 18: Cardiovascular Emergencies
- Cardiac anatomy and physiology review — 31 questions
- Cardiovascular assessment — 30 questions
- ECG basics and lead placement — 32 questions
- Rhythm interpretation — 31 questions
- 12-lead ECG and STEMI recognition — 31 questions
- Acute coronary syndrome — 30 questions
- Heart failure and cardiogenic shock — 30 questions
- Cardiac arrest and resuscitation — 31 questions
- Defibrillation, cardioversion, and pacing — 30 questions
- Vascular and hypertensive emergencies — 30 questions
- Implanted devices and special considerations — 30 questions
Chapter 19: Neurologic Emergencies
- Neurologic anatomy review — 30 questions
- Neurologic assessment — 30 questions
- Stroke and TIA — 30 questions
- Seizures — 30 questions
- Altered mental status and coma — 30 questions
- Headache — 30 questions
- Syncope — 30 questions
- Dementia and delirium — 30 questions
- Neuromuscular and degenerative disorders — 30 questions
- Infections, tumors, and other neurologic conditions — 30 questions
Chapter 20: Diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
- Eye anatomy and assessment — 30 questions
- Eye emergencies and injuries — 30 questions
- Ear anatomy and emergencies — 30 questions
- Nose and epistaxis — 30 questions
- Throat and neck infections — 30 questions
- Mouth and dental emergencies — 30 questions
- Facial and airway-threatening conditions — 30 questions
- Assessment and management principles — 30 questions
Chapter 21: Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Emergencies
- GI anatomy and physiology review — 25 questions
- Types of abdominal pain — 25 questions
- Assessment and management of the acute abdomen — 25 questions
- Upper GI bleeding and peptic ulcer disease — 25 questions
- Lower GI bleeding and bowel disorders — 25 questions
- Esophageal and gastric disorders — 25 questions
- Liver, gallbladder, and pancreas — 25 questions
- Appendicitis, bowel obstruction, and hernias — 25 questions
- Vascular emergencies, peritonitis, and mimics — 25 questions
- Special populations, ostomies, and feeding tubes — 25 questions
Chapter 22: Genitourinary and Renal Emergencies
- Renal and urinary anatomy and physiology — 25 questions
- Urinary tract infections and pyelonephritis — 25 questions
- Kidney stones and urinary retention — 25 questions
- Acute kidney injury — 25 questions
- Chronic kidney disease and dialysis — 25 questions
- Hyperkalemia and electrolyte emergencies in kidney failure — 25 questions
- Male genitourinary emergencies — 25 questions
- Urinary catheters, devices, and special populations — 25 questions
Chapter 23: Gynecologic Emergencies
- Female reproductive anatomy and physiology — 25 questions
- Assessment of the gynecologic patient — 25 questions
- Vaginal bleeding and ectopic pregnancy — 25 questions
- Pelvic inflammatory disease and STIs — 25 questions
- Ovarian cysts, torsion, and other causes of pelvic pain — 25 questions
- Sexual assault — 25 questions
- Gynecologic trauma, toxic shock, and other emergencies — 25 questions
Chapter 24: Endocrine Emergencies
- Endocrine anatomy and physiology — 25 questions
- Diabetes mellitus overview — 25 questions
- Hypoglycemia — 25 questions
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) — 25 questions
- Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state and diabetic complications — 25 questions
- Thyroid emergencies — 25 questions
- Adrenal emergencies — 25 questions
- Pituitary, parathyroid, and other endocrine disorders — 25 questions
Chapter 25: Hematologic Emergencies
- Blood anatomy and physiology — 25 questions
- Hemostasis and coagulation — 25 questions
- Assessment of the hematologic patient — 25 questions
- Anemia and red cell disorders — 25 questions
- Sickle cell disease — 25 questions
- White cell disorders and blood cancers — 25 questions
- Bleeding disorders — 25 questions
- Thrombosis, anticoagulants, and transfusion — 25 questions
Chapter 26: Immunologic Emergencies
- The immune system — 25 questions
- Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis: pathophysiology — 25 questions
- Assessment of allergic reactions — 25 questions
- Epinephrine and initial management — 25 questions
- Adjunct medications and special situations — 25 questions
- Common triggers of allergic reactions — 25 questions
- Angioedema — 25 questions
- Autoimmune disease, immunodeficiency, and transplants — 25 questions
Chapter 27: Infectious Diseases
- Microbiology and the chain of infection — 25 questions
- Infection control, PPE, and exposures — 25 questions
- Bloodborne diseases: HIV and hepatitis — 25 questions
- Respiratory infections — 25 questions
- Vaccine-preventable and childhood diseases — 25 questions
- Meningitis and nervous system infections — 25 questions
- Sepsis — 25 questions
- Skin, GI, sexually transmitted, and vector-borne infections — 25 questions
Chapter 28: Toxicology
- Toxicology principles, exposure routes, and history — 25 questions
- Toxidromes — 25 questions
- General management, decontamination, and antidotes — 25 questions
- Opioids, sedative-hypnotics, and alcohol — 25 questions
- Stimulants, hallucinogens, and cannabis — 25 questions
- Over-the-counter and prescription drug overdoses — 25 questions
- Toxic gases, chemicals, and toxic alcohols — 25 questions
- Bites, stings, envenomation, and plant and mushroom poisoning — 25 questions
Chapter 29: Psychiatric Emergencies
- Behavioral emergencies: scene safety and assessment — 25 questions
- Communication and verbal de-escalation — 25 questions
- Anxiety, panic, trauma-related, and somatic disorders — 25 questions
- Mood disorders: depression and bipolar disorder — 25 questions
- Suicide risk assessment and self-harm — 25 questions
- Psychosis, schizophrenia, delirium, and dementia — 25 questions
- Agitated patients, restraint, and chemical sedation — 25 questions
- Substance use, special syndromes, legal issues, and special populations — 25 questions
Chapter 30: Trauma Systems and Mechanism of Injury
- Trauma systems, field triage, and the golden period — 25 questions
- Energy, kinematics, and the three collisions — 25 questions
- Motor vehicle collisions, restraints, and airbags — 25 questions
- Motorcycle, ATV, bicycle, and pedestrian injuries — 25 questions
- Falls and other blunt trauma, including geriatric falls — 25 questions
- Penetrating trauma: velocity, cavitation, gunshot and stab wounds — 25 questions
- Blast injuries — 25 questions
- Trauma assessment, scene time, and transport decisions — 25 questions
Chapter 31: Bleeding
- Circulatory anatomy, physiology, and perfusion — 25 questions
- External hemorrhage: types and assessment — 25 questions
- External hemorrhage control and Stop the Bleed — 25 questions
- Tourniquets — 25 questions
- Internal hemorrhage and the classes of hemorrhage — 25 questions
- Hemorrhagic shock: physiology, compensation, and shock index — 25 questions
- Managing hemorrhagic shock: permissive hypotension, blood, and TXA — 25 questions
- Special situations: epistaxis, anticoagulants, pregnancy, children, and older adults — 25 questions
Chapter 32: Soft-Tissue Trauma
- Skin anatomy, physiology, and wound healing — 25 questions
- Closed injuries: contusions, hematomas, crush injury, and compartment syndrome — 25 questions
- Open injuries: abrasions, lacerations, avulsions, amputations, punctures, and impaled objects — 25 questions
- Assessment of soft-tissue injuries — 25 questions
- Wound management: dressings, bandaging, irrigation, and closure — 25 questions
- Special wounds: bites, high-pressure injection, degloving, and amputated parts — 25 questions
- Infection and complications: tetanus, gangrene, necrotizing fasciitis, and risk factors — 25 questions
- Special areas and populations: face, neck, chest, abdomen, genitals, and age — 25 questions
Chapter 33: Burns
- Skin anatomy and burn pathophysiology — 25 questions
- Burn depth classification and assessment — 25 questions
- Estimating burn size: rule of nines, palms, and Lund-Browder — 25 questions
- Burn severity, triage, and burn center referral — 25 questions
- Thermal burn management and fluid resuscitation — 25 questions
- Inhalation injury and smoke exposure — 25 questions
- Chemical, electrical, lightning, and radiation burns — 25 questions
- Circumferential burns, special populations, abuse, and transport — 25 questions
Chapter 34: Face and Neck Trauma
- Anatomy of the face, neck, eye, ear, and oral cavity — 25 questions
- Airway compromise in face and neck trauma — 25 questions
- Facial fractures: Le Fort, mandible, zygoma, orbit, and nose — 25 questions
- Eye injuries — 25 questions
- Ear, nose, and dental injuries — 25 questions
- Soft-tissue injuries of the face and scalp — 25 questions
- Neck injuries: penetrating trauma, vessels, airway, and strangulation — 25 questions
- Assessment and management priorities and special populations — 25 questions
Chapter 35: Head and Spine Trauma
- Anatomy and physiology of the head, brain, and spine — 25 questions
- Scalp and skull injuries — 25 questions
- Traumatic brain injury: concussion, hematomas, contusion, and diffuse axonal injury — 25 questions
- Increased intracranial pressure and brain herniation — 25 questions
- TBI assessment and management: GCS, oxygenation, perfusion, ventilation, and airway — 25 questions
- Spinal cord injury: cord syndromes, neurogenic and spinal shock, and dermatomes — 25 questions
- Spinal motion restriction: indications, devices, helmets, and children — 25 questions
- Special populations and complications: older adults, children, athletes, autonomic dysreflexia, and penetrating spine injury — 25 questions
Chapter 36: Chest Trauma
- Thoracic anatomy and the physiology of ventilation and oxygenation — 25 questions
- Chest wall injuries: rib fractures, flail chest, sternal fracture, and pulmonary contusion — 25 questions
- Pneumothorax: simple, open (sucking chest wound and vented chest seals), and tension — 25 questions
- Needle decompression: indications, sites, needle length, and complications — 25 questions
- Hemothorax and massive hemothorax — 25 questions
- Cardiac and great vessel injuries: tamponade, blunt cardiac injury, commotio cordis, and aortic disruption — 25 questions
- Tracheobronchial, diaphragmatic, and esophageal injuries and traumatic asphyxia — 25 questions
- Assessment and management priorities: eFAST, positive-pressure ventilation, traumatic arrest, and special populations — 25 questions
Chapter 37: Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
- Abdominal anatomy: solid and hollow organs, quadrants, peritoneum, and retroperitoneum — 25 questions
- Mechanisms and patterns of abdominal injury: blunt and penetrating — 25 questions
- Solid organ injury: liver, spleen, pancreas, and kidneys — 25 questions
- Hollow organ injury: stomach, bowel, peritonitis, and delayed presentation — 25 questions
- Assessment: physical exam limits, serial reassessment, distracting injuries, and FAST/POCUS — 25 questions
- Management: hemorrhage control, permissive hypotension, eviscerations, impaled objects, and transport — 25 questions
- Genitourinary trauma: kidneys, bladder, urethra, external genitalia, and sexual assault — 25 questions
- Special populations: pregnancy, children, older adults, and pelvic fractures — 25 questions
Chapter 38: Orthopaedic Trauma
- Musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology: bone, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscle — 25 questions
- Mechanisms and types of injury: fractures, dislocations, sprains, and strains — 25 questions
- Assessment: life threats versus limb threats, DCAP-BTLS, the six Ps, and distal PMS — 25 questions
- Splinting principles and devices: rigid, formable, vacuum, and traction splints and positions of function — 25 questions
- Pelvic and femur fractures: hemorrhage, pelvic binders, and traction splints — 25 questions
- Specific upper and lower extremity injuries: shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, and ankle — 25 questions
- Complications: compartment syndrome, crush syndrome, fat embolism, neurovascular compromise, infection, and DVT — 25 questions
- Pain management and special populations: analgesia, older adults, children, and sports injuries — 25 questions
Chapter 39: Environmental Emergencies
- Thermoregulation, fluid balance, and risk factors for environmental illness — 25 questions
- Heat illness: heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and cooling — 25 questions
- Local cold injuries: frostnip, frostbite, trench foot, and chilblains — 25 questions
- Hypothermia: staging, physiology, ECG changes, rewarming, and cardiac arrest — 25 questions
- Drowning: terminology, pathophysiology, rescue, resuscitation, and delayed deterioration — 25 questions
- Diving and pressure injuries: gas laws, barotrauma, arterial gas embolism, and decompression sickness — 25 questions
- Altitude illness: acute mountain sickness, HACE, HAPE, prevention, and treatment — 25 questions
- Lightning hazards, wilderness scene safety, and special populations in environmental emergencies — 25 questions
Chapter 40: Responding to the Field Code
- Sudden cardiac arrest, the chain of survival, and bystander and dispatcher CPR — 25 questions
- High-quality CPR, mechanical CPR, and pit-crew teamwork — 25 questions
- Airway management, ventilation, and capnography during cardiac arrest — 25 questions
- Shockable rhythms: VF and pulseless VT, defibrillation, and antiarrhythmics — 25 questions
- Nonshockable rhythms: PEA, asystole, epinephrine, and reversible causes — 25 questions
- Special arrest circumstances: pregnancy, drowning, opioids, hypothermia, trauma, and children — 25 questions
- Post-cardiac arrest care after ROSC — 25 questions
- Termination of resuscitation, DNR and POLST orders, family presence, ethics, and debriefing — 25 questions
Chapter 41: Management and Resuscitation of the Critical Patient
- Recognizing the critical patient: sick vs not sick, early warning signs, and compensation — 25 questions
- Pathophysiology of poor perfusion: oxygen delivery, cellular metabolism, and lactate — 25 questions
- Types of shock: hypovolemic, distributive, cardiogenic, and obstructive — 25 questions
- Fluid resuscitation and blood products in the critical patient — 25 questions
- Vasopressors and inotropes: push-dose epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, and dobutamine — 25 questions
- Critical airway decisions and the physiologically difficult airway — 25 questions
- Multisystem trauma and team-based resuscitation: priorities, leadership, and communication — 25 questions
- Ongoing monitoring, reassessment, and transport of the critical patient — 25 questions
Chapter 42: Obstetrics
- Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy: fetal development, placenta, and maternal changes — 25 questions
- Assessment of the pregnant patient: G/P terminology, gestational age, fundal height, and supine hypotensive syndrome — 25 questions
- Complications of pregnancy: ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, placenta previa, abruption, and uterine rupture — 25 questions
- Hypertensive disorders and medical conditions in pregnancy: preeclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP, diabetes, and hyperemesis — 25 questions
- Normal labor and delivery: stages of labor, imminent delivery, delivery steps, and cord care — 25 questions
- Abnormal deliveries: breech, limb presentation, prolapsed cord, shoulder dystocia, nuchal cord, and multiple births — 25 questions
- Postpartum complications: hemorrhage, uterine inversion, embolism, postpartum preeclampsia, and cardiomyopathy — 25 questions
- Cardiac arrest and trauma in pregnancy, preterm labor, and special considerations — 25 questions
Chapter 43: Neonatal Care
- Transition from fetal to neonatal circulation, and newborn anatomy and physiology — 25 questions
- Initial newborn assessment and care: the first questions, warm-dry-stimulate, Apgar, and thermoregulation — 25 questions
- Neonatal resuscitation: the inverted pyramid, the golden minute, positive-pressure ventilation, and MR SOPA — 25 questions
- Advanced newborn resuscitation: compressions, heart rate thresholds, epinephrine, volume, and airway devices — 25 questions
- Meconium, preterm and low-birth-weight infants, and prevention of hypothermia — 25 questions
- Neonatal emergencies: apnea, bradycardia, respiratory distress, airway anomalies, diaphragmatic hernia, pneumothorax, and congenital heart disease — 25 questions
- Metabolic and other neonatal emergencies: hypoglycemia, seizures, jaundice, sepsis and fever, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, and neonatal abstinence — 25 questions
- Birth injuries, newborn transport, family considerations, ending resuscitation, and SIDS and BRUE — 25 questions
Chapter 44: Pediatric Emergencies
- Pediatric anatomy, physiology, growth and development, and normal vital signs — 25 questions
- Pediatric assessment: the Pediatric Assessment Triangle, primary survey, weight estimation, and family-centered care — 25 questions
- Respiratory emergencies: croup, epiglottitis, bronchiolitis, asthma, foreign bodies, and distress vs failure — 25 questions
- Pediatric airway management and resuscitation: BVM, intubation, cardiac arrest, bradycardia, and tachycardia — 25 questions
- Shock, dehydration, sepsis, vascular access, and diabetic ketoacidosis in children — 25 questions
- Seizures, meningitis, hypoglycemia, poisoning, and children with special health care needs — 25 questions
- Pediatric trauma: injury patterns, head injury, spinal motion restriction, burns, drowning, and field triage — 25 questions
- Child abuse and neglect, SUID and SIDS, BRUE, and the death of a child — 25 questions
Chapter 45: Geriatric Emergencies
- Demographics, ageism, and the physiologic changes of aging — 25 questions
- Assessment of the older adult: communication, atypical presentations, and the GEMS diamond — 25 questions
- Polypharmacy, adverse drug events, and medication-related emergencies — 25 questions
- Cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurologic emergencies: MI, heart failure, pneumonia, stroke, syncope, and delirium — 25 questions
- GI, GU, endocrine, infectious, and environmental emergencies — 25 questions
- Trauma in older adults: falls, undertriage, and the limits of normal vital signs — 25 questions
- Elder abuse and neglect: recognition, reporting, and documentation — 25 questions
- End-of-life care, advance directives, hospice, long-term care facilities, and transitions of care — 25 questions
Chapter 46: Patients With Special Challenges
- Intimate partner violence and sexual assault: recognition, safety, documentation, and reporting — 25 questions
- Sensory impairments: hearing loss, deafness, and visual impairment — 25 questions
- Speech impairments, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and Down syndrome — 25 questions
- Physical disabilities and neuromuscular conditions: cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, MS, myasthenia gravis, and paralysis — 25 questions
- Bariatric patients: physiology, airway and ventilation, equipment, lifting, and medication dosing — 25 questions
- Technology-dependent patients: home ventilators, tracheostomies, vascular access, LVADs, pumps, dialysis, and feeding tubes — 25 questions
- Terminal illness and hospice, poverty and health care disparities, homelessness, and cultural and language barriers — 25 questions
- Mental illness, substance use history, sexual and gender minority patients, and unbiased care — 25 questions
Chapter 47: Transport Operations
- Ambulance design, standards, and specialized vehicles — 25 questions
- Vehicle readiness: inspection, cleaning, staffing, and stocking — 25 questions
- Phases of an ambulance call — 25 questions
- Emergency vehicle operation and lights-and-siren use — 25 questions
- Crew safety: crashes, restraint, fatigue, backing, and highway scenes — 25 questions
- Loading and securing patients, destination choice, and interfacility transfer — 25 questions
- Air medical transport — 25 questions
- Escorts, multiple-unit responses, weather, and post-crash procedures — 25 questions
Chapter 48: Incident Management and Mass-Casualty Incidents
- NIMS and ICS foundations — 25 questions
- Command structure and command staff — 25 questions
- General staff and the EMS branch — 25 questions
- MCI recognition and initial actions — 25 questions
- Triage systems: START, JumpSTART, SALT, and MASS — 25 questions
- Treatment areas, transport, and communications — 25 questions
- Active shooter/hostile events and MCIs involving children — 25 questions
- Demobilization, after-action review, and responder well-being — 25 questions
Chapter 49: Vehicle Extrication and Special Rescue
- Rescue principles, phases, and PPE — 25 questions
- Vehicle hazards, stabilization, and access — 25 questions
- Patient care during extrication — 25 questions
- Confined space and trench rescue — 25 questions
- Water and ice rescue — 25 questions
- Rope rescue, wilderness, and search — 25 questions
- Structural collapse, farm, and industrial rescue — 25 questions
- Utility and fire hazards, and prolonged entrapment — 25 questions
Chapter 50: Hazardous Materials
- Hazmat regulations, training levels, and the paramedic's role — 25 questions
- Recognition and identification: placards, NFPA 704, SDS, shipping papers, and the ERG — 25 questions
- Scene management: approach, isolation, control zones, and command — 25 questions
- Chemical and physical properties, exposure limits, and routes of exposure — 25 questions
- PPE levels A to D and medical monitoring of entry teams — 25 questions
- Decontamination: emergency, gross, technical, and mass decon — 25 questions
- Toxicologic management of specific hazmat agents — 25 questions
- Special considerations: radiation, clandestine drug labs, transport, and notification — 25 questions
Chapter 51: Terrorism Response
- Terrorism concepts, types of terrorists, and the paramedic's role — 25 questions
- Recognizing a terrorist event, threat advisories, and scene safety — 25 questions
- Chemical agents: nerve agents and their antidotes — 25 questions
- Chemical agents: vesicants, choking agents, metabolic agents, and riot-control agents — 25 questions
- Biological agents: anthrax, smallpox, plague, toxins, and surveillance — 25 questions
- Radiological and nuclear terrorism — 25 questions
- Explosive and incendiary devices and hostile mass-casualty attacks — 25 questions
- Terrorism operations: command, evidence, hospital surge, and mental health — 25 questions
Chapter 52: Disaster Response
- Disaster definitions, classification, and the disaster cycle — 25 questions
- The national framework: NRF, ESF-8, Stafford Act, NDMS, EMAC, and the SNS — 25 questions
- EMS system preparedness: continuity, personal readiness, surge, and crisis standards — 25 questions
- Natural disasters and their injury and illness patterns — 25 questions
- Public health in disasters: shelters, water and food, disease, and chronic illness — 25 questions
- Pandemic response: PPE conservation, crew protection, and workforce — 25 questions
- Disaster field operations: evacuation, rescue coordination, communications, fatalities, and reunification — 25 questions
- Responder well-being and community recovery — 25 questions
Chapter 53: Crime Scene Awareness
- Scene safety at violent scenes: dispatch, approach, cover, and retreat — 25 questions
- Specific dangerous scenes: roadways, residences, domestic disputes, crowds, and gangs — 25 questions
- Clandestine drug labs and drug-related hazards on scene — 25 questions
- Weapons, body armor, and personal safety with violent people — 25 questions
- Tactical EMS, working with law enforcement, and patients in custody — 25 questions
- Preserving evidence at a crime scene — 25 questions
- Documentation, reporting, and legal issues at crime scenes — 25 questions
- Special crime scenes: sexual assault, abuse, death and suicide scenes, human trafficking, and self-care — 25 questions