NREMT Paramedic Exam Prep Questions And Answers (202472025)
Crenation - ✔✔Shrinking of a cell due to osmosis.
Hemolysis - ✔✔Breaking of a cell.
Atrophy (of a cell) - ✔✔Also involves the shrinking of a cell, but is not due to an osmotic force,
and is usually due to tissue breakdown.
Hypertrophy (of a cell) - ✔✔Enlarging or thickening of a cell.
Class 1 research - ✔✔Most reliable and valid, it is the highest and best for citation, research and
policy development is derived from prospective, controlled, randomized, double-blind studies.
Class 2 research - ✔✔Biased, non-randomized, or retrospective studies with weaker evidence.
Class 3 research - ✔✔Case studies, medical opinions, or consensus documents.
Clinical research - ✔✔Focuses on improving pt outcomes.
Evidence-based research - ✔✔Aims to improve medical practices.
Descriptive statistics - ✔✔Describes a phenomenon.
Inferential statistics - ✔✔Can use information learned in the groups to make predictions about the
general public.
Pandemic disease - ✔✔Meets two criteria, number 1 is it affects many people across a large region,
and number 2, is the disease is infectious in nature.
, Trigeminal nerve - ✔✔5th cranial nerve, it is responsible for chewing and facial sensation.
Oculomotor nerve - ✔✔3rd cranial nerve, controls eye movement.
Olfactory nerve - ✔✔1st cranial nerve, controls sense of smell.
Where do you cric someone? - ✔✔Inferior to the thyroid cartilage, and superior to the cricoid
cartilage is the cricothyroid ligament (or membrane).
EMS systems do not rely on mobile phones only for long distance communication why? - ✔✔It
can be overwhelmed, esp in a MCI.
What is the drug name most health care workers use? - ✔✔Generic.
You have a neonate who is bradycardic at 48bpm, what should you do first? - ✔✔Begin
compressions.
What is the antidote for a tylenol OD? - ✔✔Mucomyst.
A pt who is in cardiac arrest and is intubated should get how many breaths per minute? - ✔✔10,
one breath every 6 seconds.
A pt has pinpoint pupils caused by a morphine OD, why does morphine cause that? - ✔✔Causes
parasympathetic simulation which constricts the eyes.
What shouldn't you do with transdermal patches? - ✔✔Never rub it into the skin.
Crenation - ✔✔Shrinking of a cell due to osmosis.
Hemolysis - ✔✔Breaking of a cell.
Atrophy (of a cell) - ✔✔Also involves the shrinking of a cell, but is not due to an osmotic force,
and is usually due to tissue breakdown.
Hypertrophy (of a cell) - ✔✔Enlarging or thickening of a cell.
Class 1 research - ✔✔Most reliable and valid, it is the highest and best for citation, research and
policy development is derived from prospective, controlled, randomized, double-blind studies.
Class 2 research - ✔✔Biased, non-randomized, or retrospective studies with weaker evidence.
Class 3 research - ✔✔Case studies, medical opinions, or consensus documents.
Clinical research - ✔✔Focuses on improving pt outcomes.
Evidence-based research - ✔✔Aims to improve medical practices.
Descriptive statistics - ✔✔Describes a phenomenon.
Inferential statistics - ✔✔Can use information learned in the groups to make predictions about the
general public.
Pandemic disease - ✔✔Meets two criteria, number 1 is it affects many people across a large region,
and number 2, is the disease is infectious in nature.
, Trigeminal nerve - ✔✔5th cranial nerve, it is responsible for chewing and facial sensation.
Oculomotor nerve - ✔✔3rd cranial nerve, controls eye movement.
Olfactory nerve - ✔✔1st cranial nerve, controls sense of smell.
Where do you cric someone? - ✔✔Inferior to the thyroid cartilage, and superior to the cricoid
cartilage is the cricothyroid ligament (or membrane).
EMS systems do not rely on mobile phones only for long distance communication why? - ✔✔It
can be overwhelmed, esp in a MCI.
What is the drug name most health care workers use? - ✔✔Generic.
You have a neonate who is bradycardic at 48bpm, what should you do first? - ✔✔Begin
compressions.
What is the antidote for a tylenol OD? - ✔✔Mucomyst.
A pt who is in cardiac arrest and is intubated should get how many breaths per minute? - ✔✔10,
one breath every 6 seconds.
A pt has pinpoint pupils caused by a morphine OD, why does morphine cause that? - ✔✔Causes
parasympathetic simulation which constricts the eyes.
What shouldn't you do with transdermal patches? - ✔✔Never rub it into the skin.
