NREMT PARAMEDIC QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
What is Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) Accurate Answer -
Systemic and Pulmonary circulations are parallel rather than in a series
What is Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR) Accurate
Answer - Congenital heart defect in which 4 pulmonary veins that carry 02
rich blood back to the heart from the heart from the lungs are not properly
attached to the atrium
What causes Respiratory Alkalosis Accurate Answer -
Hyperventilation, anxiety, Pulmonary Embolism, fear, mechanical ventilation
What are symptoms of Respiratory Alkalosis Accurate Answer - Deep
rapid ventilation, hypokalemia, nausea and vomit, tachycardia,
lethargy/confusion, numbness and tingling, low or normal BP, light headed-
ness, raised PH level, Lowered PC02
What causes Respiratory Acidosis Accurate Answer - Hypoventilation,
overdose on sedatives, aspiration, atelectasis, pneumothorax, emphesema
What are symptoms of Respiratory Acidosis Accurate Answer - muscle
weakness, unconsciousness, headache, drowsiness, palpitations, dizziness,
ventricular fibrillation
What causes Metabolic Alkalosis Accurate Answer - severe vomiting,
excessive suctioning, diuretic use, excessive NaHC03
What are symptoms of Metabolic Alkalosis Accurate Answer -
restless/lethargy, confusion (lowered level of conscious, dizzy, irritable),
tachy dysrhythmias, nausea, vomit and diarrhea, tremors, muscle cramps,
hypokalemia
What causes Metabolic Acidosis Accurate Answer - Increases (H) acid
production, DKA, hypermetabolism, lowered H elimination (renal failure),
lowered HC03 production (dehydration, liver failure), raised HC03
elimination (diarrhea)
,What are symptoms of Metabolic Acidosis Accurate Answer -
headache, muscle twitch, lowered BP, vasodilation (warm, flushed skin),
hyperkalemia, nausea/vomit, decreased muscle tone, kussmaul respirations,
lowered reflexes
Official Name Accurate Answer - followed by the initials USP or NF,
most cases official name is the same as the generic name
What is Pharmacokinetics Accurate Answer - the study of how the
body handles a drug over a period of time
What is Pharmacodynamic Accurate Answer - the study of how drugs
act on a living organism
Cholinergic Drug Accurate Answer - Parasympathomimetic
Cholinergic Blocking Drug Accurate Answer - Parasympatholytic
Adrenic Drug Accurate Answer - Sympathomimetic
Adrenergic Blocking Drugs Accurate Answer - Sympatholytic
Parasympathomimetic Accurate Answer - mimic the actions of the
parasympathetic nervous system
Parasympatholytic Accurate Answer - block the actions of the
parasympathetic nervous system
Sympathomimetic Accurate Answer - mimics the actions of the
sympathetic nervous system
Sympatholytic Accurate Answer - blocks the actions of the sympathetic
nervous system
What are the signs/symptoms of Ruptured Ovarian Cyst Accurate
Answer - localized, one-sided lower abdominal pain.
Onset of pain associated with minimal abdominal trauma, sex or exercise
vaginal bleed or late/missed period at time of rupture
, What are the signs/symptoms of Ovarian Torsion Accurate Answer -
sudden onset of lower abdomen pain (usually right sided), may radiated to
back, pelvis or thigh
begins with exercise, sharp/stab pain with nausea or vomit
Cystitis Accurate Answer - (frequent urge to urinate, with little urine)
painful urination, fever, chills, lower abdominal pain, foul smell/blood
Endometritis Accurate Answer - inflammation of the uterine lining,
usually after child birth, or abortion (retained placental tissue) fever purulent
vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain
Endometriosis Accurate Answer - growth of endomitrial tissue outside
of the uterus
painful particularly dysmenorrhea
painful defecation
suprapubic soreness
vaginal spotting of blood before period
Position Paper on Trauma Center Designation Accurate Answer - US
Department of Health and Human Services 1980
Newton's Second Law of Motion Accurate Answer - Force= mass x
acceleration or deceleration
Battle's Sign Accurate Answer - bruising over the mastoid process
resulting from fracture to the temporal bone
Raccoon's Eyes Accurate Answer - black eyes caused from fracture to
the base of the sphenoid sinus
Hemotympanum Accurate Answer - blood behind the tympanic
membrane caused by fractures to the temporal bone
Depressed Skull Fracture Accurate Answer - caused by small object
strikes head at high speed, commonly associated with scalp lacerations,
hematoma and cerebral contusions
ANSWERS
What is Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) Accurate Answer -
Systemic and Pulmonary circulations are parallel rather than in a series
What is Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR) Accurate
Answer - Congenital heart defect in which 4 pulmonary veins that carry 02
rich blood back to the heart from the heart from the lungs are not properly
attached to the atrium
What causes Respiratory Alkalosis Accurate Answer -
Hyperventilation, anxiety, Pulmonary Embolism, fear, mechanical ventilation
What are symptoms of Respiratory Alkalosis Accurate Answer - Deep
rapid ventilation, hypokalemia, nausea and vomit, tachycardia,
lethargy/confusion, numbness and tingling, low or normal BP, light headed-
ness, raised PH level, Lowered PC02
What causes Respiratory Acidosis Accurate Answer - Hypoventilation,
overdose on sedatives, aspiration, atelectasis, pneumothorax, emphesema
What are symptoms of Respiratory Acidosis Accurate Answer - muscle
weakness, unconsciousness, headache, drowsiness, palpitations, dizziness,
ventricular fibrillation
What causes Metabolic Alkalosis Accurate Answer - severe vomiting,
excessive suctioning, diuretic use, excessive NaHC03
What are symptoms of Metabolic Alkalosis Accurate Answer -
restless/lethargy, confusion (lowered level of conscious, dizzy, irritable),
tachy dysrhythmias, nausea, vomit and diarrhea, tremors, muscle cramps,
hypokalemia
What causes Metabolic Acidosis Accurate Answer - Increases (H) acid
production, DKA, hypermetabolism, lowered H elimination (renal failure),
lowered HC03 production (dehydration, liver failure), raised HC03
elimination (diarrhea)
,What are symptoms of Metabolic Acidosis Accurate Answer -
headache, muscle twitch, lowered BP, vasodilation (warm, flushed skin),
hyperkalemia, nausea/vomit, decreased muscle tone, kussmaul respirations,
lowered reflexes
Official Name Accurate Answer - followed by the initials USP or NF,
most cases official name is the same as the generic name
What is Pharmacokinetics Accurate Answer - the study of how the
body handles a drug over a period of time
What is Pharmacodynamic Accurate Answer - the study of how drugs
act on a living organism
Cholinergic Drug Accurate Answer - Parasympathomimetic
Cholinergic Blocking Drug Accurate Answer - Parasympatholytic
Adrenic Drug Accurate Answer - Sympathomimetic
Adrenergic Blocking Drugs Accurate Answer - Sympatholytic
Parasympathomimetic Accurate Answer - mimic the actions of the
parasympathetic nervous system
Parasympatholytic Accurate Answer - block the actions of the
parasympathetic nervous system
Sympathomimetic Accurate Answer - mimics the actions of the
sympathetic nervous system
Sympatholytic Accurate Answer - blocks the actions of the sympathetic
nervous system
What are the signs/symptoms of Ruptured Ovarian Cyst Accurate
Answer - localized, one-sided lower abdominal pain.
Onset of pain associated with minimal abdominal trauma, sex or exercise
vaginal bleed or late/missed period at time of rupture
, What are the signs/symptoms of Ovarian Torsion Accurate Answer -
sudden onset of lower abdomen pain (usually right sided), may radiated to
back, pelvis or thigh
begins with exercise, sharp/stab pain with nausea or vomit
Cystitis Accurate Answer - (frequent urge to urinate, with little urine)
painful urination, fever, chills, lower abdominal pain, foul smell/blood
Endometritis Accurate Answer - inflammation of the uterine lining,
usually after child birth, or abortion (retained placental tissue) fever purulent
vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain
Endometriosis Accurate Answer - growth of endomitrial tissue outside
of the uterus
painful particularly dysmenorrhea
painful defecation
suprapubic soreness
vaginal spotting of blood before period
Position Paper on Trauma Center Designation Accurate Answer - US
Department of Health and Human Services 1980
Newton's Second Law of Motion Accurate Answer - Force= mass x
acceleration or deceleration
Battle's Sign Accurate Answer - bruising over the mastoid process
resulting from fracture to the temporal bone
Raccoon's Eyes Accurate Answer - black eyes caused from fracture to
the base of the sphenoid sinus
Hemotympanum Accurate Answer - blood behind the tympanic
membrane caused by fractures to the temporal bone
Depressed Skull Fracture Accurate Answer - caused by small object
strikes head at high speed, commonly associated with scalp lacerations,
hematoma and cerebral contusions
