NREMT 2024 Questions With Verified Correct Answers | Updated

NREMT 2024 Questions With Verified Correct Answers | Updated Most severe dysrhythmia of the heart - ANSWER- Asystole Asystole - ANSWER- indicates no electrical activity in the heart PEA - ANSWER- indicates some residual electrical activity within the heart, but not enough for a pulse Ventricular fibrillation - ANSWER- shockable rhythm, heart rhythm problem that occurs when the heart beats with rapid, erratic electrical impulses. This causes pumping chambers in your heart (the ventricles) to quiver uselessly, instead of pumping blood. Ventricular tachycardia - ANSWER- shockable rhythm, in which the lower chambers of your heart (ventricles) beat very quickly because of a problem in your heart's electrical system. your heart may not be able to pump enough blood to your body and lungs because the chambers are beating so fast that they don't have time to properly fill. Cushing's triad - ANSWER- Sing of increased intracranial pressure 3 sings 1. Brachicardia 2. hypertension 3. Altered respirations After your paramedic partner has intubated an adult cardiac arrest patient, you are providing ventilations as a firefighter performs chest compressions. When ventilating the patient, you should? - ANSWER- Deliver each breathe over 1 second at a rate of 8 to 10 breathes per minute When an advanced airway is in place, there is no pause in chest compressions to deliver breaths. An airway that is not completely obstructed - ANSWER- encourage to cough, heimlich is only performed on complete obstructions