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HOSA EMT Exam Questions and Answers: Comprehensive Guide for 2025/2026, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive set of questions and answers for the hosa emt exam, covering a wide range of topics relevant to emergency medical technicians. It includes questions on various medical conditions, procedures, and protocols, along with verified solutions. This resource can be valuable for students preparing for the hosa emt exam, helping them to reinforce their knowledge and understand key concepts.

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HOSA
HOSA EMT
HOSA EMT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
100% PASS 2025/2026
What is Thrombotic stroke? - ANS Arthrosclerosis, occurs at night and alter
mental status when awaken
What is Haemorrhage stroke? - ANS Rupture of a small vessel of a high BP
patient sudden onset
What is Leopold Manoeuvre? - ANS ID of position of foetus prior to delivery
What is deficiency of vitamin C? - ANS Scurvy
What is retinal artery occlusion? - ANS sudden loss of vision in eye and
painless
What is diffusion? - ANS movement of a solution from area of higher
concentration to area of lower
What is osmosis? - ANS movement of solution from lower concentration to
higher
How to mange Eviscerated bowl? - ANS wet, sterile occlusive dressing
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HOSA

HOSA EMT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH

CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

100% PASS 2025/2 026

What is Thrombotic stroke? - ANS ✓Arthrosclerosis, occurs at night and alter mental status when awaken What is Haemorrhage stroke? - ANS ✓Rupture of a small vessel of a high BP patient sudden onset What is Leopold Manoeuvre? - ANS ✓ID of position of foetus prior to delivery What is deficiency of vitamin C? - ANS ✓Scurvy What is retinal artery occlusion? - ANS ✓sudden loss of vision in eye and painless What is diffusion? - ANS ✓movement of a solution from area of higher concentration to area of lower What is osmosis? - ANS ✓movement of solution from lower concentration to higher How to mange Eviscerated bowl? - ANS ✓wet, sterile occlusive dressing

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What does Wright Meter measure? - ANS ✓peak expiratory flow What separate upper/lower airway? - ANS ✓hyoid What is the movement of white blood vessels to a point of infection? - ANS ✓chemotaxis What is Henry law? - ANS ✓ascent injury to diver with nitrogen bubbling out of blood What is increased pressure in the pulmonary artery? - ANS ✓Cor Pulmonale How to treat hydrofluoric acid? - ANS ✓cation What law does Medic get sued? - ANS ✓Torte law What is bruising of the flank? - ANS ✓Grey Turner sign What is degenerated disorder of spinal cord? - ANS ✓Spondylosis What is slander? - ANS ✓spoken word What is Libel - ANS ✓written What is Borrowed servant doctrine? - ANS ✓Paramedic on scene has responsibility for action with less medical cert What is to make and store energy? - ANS ✓Mitochondria

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What is controlled by the hypothalamus? - ANS ✓Master Endocrine gland and pituitary gland What is a Grand Mal seizure? - ANS ✓Tonic/Colonic seizure What is Petit Mal seizure? - ANS ✓ 10 - 30 sec of seizure with episode of loss motor control What is Status Epilepticus? - ANS ✓last for longer 4-5mins or 2 or more seizure back to back What is Aura? - ANS ✓sensation the patient gets before a seizure What is Post seizure? - ANS ✓major muscle relax and eyes roll back What is the function of Cerebellum? - ANS ✓control balance and fine motor control What is high fever 106, delirium, coma, high heart rate, high bp, vomiting and diarrhoea? - ANS ✓Thyrotoxic Crisis What does tendon attach too? - ANS ✓Muscle What is universal donor? - ANS ✓Type O- What is the universal recipient? - ANS ✓AB+ What does Histamine release? - ANS ✓Mast cell

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What artery carry non-oxygenated blood? - ANS ✓Pulmonary artery What is Fick principle? - ANS ✓how oxygen transported through the body What is the main respiratory control? - ANS ✓medulla Patient with productive cough and pitting edema and ascites? - ANS ✓chronic bronchitis copd patient Where does the miller blade go? - ANS ✓under the epiglottis How to treat Aspirin OD? - ANS ✓Sodium Bi What is Brudzinski sign of? - ANS ✓Meningitis What do telemetry transmit? - ANS ✓uhf 450mhz How much blood need to lose to change blood pressure to drop? - ANS ✓20% How much for narrow pulse pressure? - ANS ✓15% Patient with flank pain and occurs 6-12 weeks from implantation? - ANS ✓Ectopic pregnancy What is the first stage of labour? - ANS ✓complete dilation of cervix and end with effacement

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What is Res ipsa Loquitur? - ANS ✓applies to torte law and replaces reasonable doubt What is Scope of Practice? - ANS ✓what state permits a paramedic to practice under it's license What control metabolism? - ANS ✓hypothalamus What is nonfeasance? - ANS ✓failure to perform an act what is misfeasance? - ANS ✓PERFORM A ACTION ILLEGAL MANNER WHAT IS MALFEASANCE? - ANS ✓WRONG DOING OR MISCONDUCT What does T10 control - ANS ✓umbilical cord What control diaphragm? - ANS ✓Phrenic nerve What control vision? - ANS ✓Occipital lobe What are cation? - ANS ✓positive potassium what are anions? - ANS ✓Negative Hepatitis viral or bacterial? - ANS ✓viral What are beta blockers? - ANS ✓control heart rhythm reduce heart rate - ANS ✓

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block norepinephrine and epinephrine - ANS ✓ What is Cushing Triade? - ANS ✓Increase in intracranial pressure ICP increase bp - ANS ✓ low hr - ANS ✓ low respiration - ANS ✓ What is Colle's Fracture - ANS ✓fracture of the wrist How much blood does the body holds? - ANS ✓6L What's difference between subdural and Epidural hematoma? - ANS ✓Subdural-slow relapse into coma Epidural- occurs rapidly - ANS ✓ What is Brown-Sequard Syndrome? - ANS ✓condition with penetrating trauma with spinal cord-complete damage to all spinal tract side

  • loss of movement on the same side as cord damage - ANS ✓
  • loss of pain,temp and sensation on opposite side - ANS ✓ What is Verapamil used for? - ANS ✓Calcium channel blocker

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decrease bp - ANS ✓ Sign/Symptom abdominal discomfort and tearing pain in upper quadrant, Melena(black tarry stool)? - ANS ✓Upper Gi bleed What is the line between upper/lower GI system? - ANS ✓Ligament of Treitz What is penetrating chest trauma, sucking chest wound and frothy blood at wound site? - ANS ✓sucking chest wound how to treat sucking chest wound - ANS ✓high flow occlusive dressing on 3 sides - ANS ✓ What is high fever 6yrs and younger with temp for 2 days? - ANS ✓meningitis Is meningitis bacterial or viral? - ANS ✓both bacterial more lethal - ANS ✓ What disease state cause a decrease in core temp? - ANS ✓Myxedema- hypothroidism What is a intolerance of cold? - ANS ✓Myxedema-hypothroidism What is tolerant to heat? - ANS ✓Myxedema-hypothroidism

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What is Hypoadrenalism? - ANS ✓to much cortisol example moon face, buffalo hump - ANS ✓ What is poor heat tolerance? - ANS ✓grave disease-hyperthyroidism What is epiglottis? viral or bacterial - ANS ✓bacterial What is boit respiration? - ANS ✓head injury with icp- period of apnea and rapid breath aka ataxic - ANS ✓ what does boit look like? - ANS ✓v-fib What does cheyne stokes look like - ANS ✓torsades What percentage is infant head front/back? - ANS ✓front- 9 back- 9 - ANS ✓ What percentage is infant chest front/back - ANS ✓front 9 back 9 lower 9 back 9 - ANS ✓ What percentage is infant arms? - ANS ✓4.5 front 4.5 back What percentage is infant legs? - ANS ✓7 front 7 back

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vitals - ANS ✓ IV tko - ANS ✓ .5mg atropine - ANS ✓ consider pacing - ANS ✓ dopamine 2-10mcg/kg/min - ANS ✓ How to treat Congestive heart failure? - ANS ✓airway, monitor, IV nitro .4mg - ANS ✓ Lasix 40mg - ANS ✓ morphine 2-4mg total 10 - ANS ✓ What is Zofran used for? and dosage? - ANS ✓Nausing and vomiting dosage 4mg - ANS ✓ How to treat Wide Complex Tachy with pulse(unstable)? - ANS ✓ABC monitor, iv, o2 - ANS ✓ consider versed 2-4mg - ANS ✓

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cardioversion 100j, 200j,300j,360j - ANS ✓ How to treat Wide Complex Tachy with pulse stable? - ANS ✓abc, monitor, iv o Amiodarone 150 mg - ANS ✓ repeat 3-5 min over 10 mins - ANS ✓ How to treat narrow Complex Tachy with pulse stable? greater 150? - ANS ✓ABC, monitor, iv 02 vagal - ANS ✓ 6,12,12 adenosine with flush - ANS ✓ How to treat narrow complex tachy with unstable pulse? - ANS ✓abc, monitor, iv, 02 consider versed 2-4mg - ANS ✓ cardiovert 50j, 100,200,300,360 - ANS ✓ How to treat V-Fib? - ANS ✓CPR 30:2, 2mins shock 360j - ANS ✓ resume cpr, airway, iv - ANS ✓

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How to treat Seizure? - ANS ✓ABC vitals, monitor, iv check glucose - ANS ✓ check for overdose (narcan 2mg) - ANS ✓ seizing versed 2-4 mg up to 8mg - ANS ✓ What is considered true hypothermia? - ANS ✓95 degrees or 35 C What is considered mild hypothermia? - ANS ✓ 86 - 93 degrees What is considered severe hypothermia? - ANS ✓less than 86 Sign/Symptom left side heart failure? - ANS ✓tachycardia, cyanosis,labored breathing, rales, coughing ,blood-tinged sputum, pulmonary edema Respiratory acidosis is caused by? - ANS ✓hypoxia and apneac (increase c decrease PH) Respiratory alkalosis is caused by? - ANS ✓HYPERVENTILATION ( c02 down ph up) Metabolic acidosis is caused by? - ANS ✓build up of lactic acids(normal c02, ph down) Metabolic alkalosis is caused by? - ANS ✓excessive diarrhea and vomiting (increased ph)

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PID? - ANS ✓shuffle gait, pain with intercourse What is - ANS ✓ Decorticate Posturing - ANS ✓Arms flexed, fist clenched and legs extended Decerebrate Posture - ANS ✓stiff and extended extremities and retracted head What is Cullen Sign? - ANS ✓ecchymosis in the periumbilical area What is McBurney Point? - ANS ✓one to two inches above the anterior iliac crest in direct line with the umbilicus What is Systole? - ANS ✓contraction What is Diastole? - ANS ✓Relaxation Which stroke Sign/Symptom increase BP sudden onset? - ANS ✓Haemorrhagic stroke Which stroke blocks the cerebral artery? - ANS ✓Occlusive stroke What stroke sudden onset with serve headache? - ANS ✓Embolic stroke Which occurs at night and alter mental status when awaken? - ANS ✓Thrombotic stroke

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Nasal cannula - ANS ✓ 22 - 45% Simple face mask - ANS ✓ 35 - 60%(O2 5-10lpm) Nonrebreather - ANS ✓ 60 - 80% Oral airway measurement - ANS ✓Corner of mouth to tip of earlobe Miller blade - ANS ✓Blade lifts the epiglottis out of way to expose glottis opening Polarization - ANS ✓Ready state Depolarization - ANS ✓Stimulation Repolarization - ANS ✓Recovery Absolute refractory period - ANS ✓The cell will not respond to further stimulation within itself Correspond with the onset of the qrs complex to the peak T wave - ANS ✓ interventricular septum - ANS ✓leads V1 and V Anterior wall of left ventricles - ANS ✓V3 and V low lateral wall of left ventricle - ANS ✓V5 and V

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high lateral wall of left ventricle - ANS ✓lead 1 and AVL inferior wall of left ventricle - ANS ✓II and III AVF right ventricle - ANS ✓V4 R third degree heart block - ANS ✓ventricular rate 40-50, wide QRS - ANS ✓ more P waves than QRS - ANS ✓ Regular - ANS ✓ first degree heart block - ANS ✓regular P waves greater .20 sec (5 small boxes) - ANS ✓ Second degree type I - ANS ✓P-R interval that progressively lengthen until P wave is blocked(not followed by QRS irregular rhythm - ANS ✓ Second degree type 2 - ANS ✓regular or irregular more P waves than QRS - ANS ✓ Epinephrine - ANS ✓alpha and beta receptors