NREMT AEMT PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
M.O.I. - Correct Answers -Mechanism of Injury, vehicles, falls etc.
what do you generally set oxygen to? - Correct Answers -15L/M
How to open airway for a trauma victim? - Correct Answers -chin lift/jaw thrust
apneic - Correct Answers -not breathing
N.O.I - Correct Answers -nature of illness
AVPU - Correct Answers -Alert, verbal/vocal, pain, unconscious
skin CTC - Correct Answers -color,temperature, condition (normal is warm,pink and dry)
hypoperfusion - Correct Answers -Shock.... decreased delivery of oxygen and nutrients
to cells)
OPQRST - Correct Answers -for conditions occuring right now (medical) Onset,
Provocation, quality,radiation, severity, time
osteogenesis imperfecta - Correct Answers -brittle bone syndrome
para and gravita - Correct Answers -how many times have you given birth?
how many times have you been pregnant?
nallipara - Correct Answers -never given birth
prolapsed chord treatment - Correct Answers -place mother on all fours and tell her not
to push
where to take glucose on a ped? - Correct Answers -on the heel
bronchiolitis vs asthma - Correct Answers -bronchiolitis occurs in younger children (less
than 24 months)
blood loss requirements for shock for peds vs adults - Correct Answers -peds > 25%
adults > 30-40%
,Onset - Correct Answers -What were you doing when this happened? did it happen
suddenly or gradually? could ...... have caused this?
Provocation - Correct Answers -What makes your pain feel better or worse? does it hurt
when you do .........?
quality - Correct Answers -How would you describe your pain? what does your pain feel
like?
radiation - Correct Answers -Where does it hurt the most? is it staying in one spot?
where was it when the pain started
severity - Correct Answers -on scale of 1 to 10 how bad is your pain?
time - Correct Answers -how long has it been since the pain started?
signs versus symptoms - Correct Answers -signs: something you see
symptoms: something they tell you
nitroglycerin - Correct Answers -vasodilation of coronary arteries
What is first priority after personal safety? - Correct Answers -patient care
brady (root) - Correct Answers -below normal, slow
tachy (root) - Correct Answers -above normal, rapid
tachypnea - Correct Answers -rapid breathing
plegia - Correct Answers -paralysis of the limbs quadraplegia (four limbs) quad=4
bilateral - Correct Answers -both sides
dorsal/ventral - Correct Answers -dorsal: back of body
ventral: front of body
palmar/plantar - Correct Answers -palmar: palm of the hand
plantar: sole of the foot
where to place stethescope for lung sounds? - Correct Answers -mid-clavicular lines
fowler position - Correct Answers -sitting up
integumentary system - Correct Answers -forms protective barrier and aids in
temperature regulation (skin, hair, nails and sweat glands)
, zygomatic - Correct Answers -bones that form the structure of the cheeks
proximate cause - Correct Answers -when what you did caused further harm.
why would you use an emergency move? - Correct Answers -scene is unsafe, you must
get to other patients, care of life threatening injuries requires repositioning
when to use a urgent move? - Correct Answers -when patients condition is declining:
backboarding, removing from a car etc.
what side should you roll recovery position? - Correct Answers -left side
malleolus - Correct Answers -ankle bone
c1 and c2 - Correct Answers -atlas and axis
How many total vertebrae? - Correct Answers -33
portions of skull - Correct Answers -frontal, occipital, temporal, parietal (sides)
calcaneous - Correct Answers -heel bone
normal respiratory rate for children and infants - Correct Answers -c: 15-30 I: 25-50
two major bones of the pelvis - Correct Answers -ilium (superior and widest) and
ischium
epiglottis - Correct Answers -structure that prevents foreign matter from entering the
trachea
larynx - Correct Answers -voice box
bronchi - Correct Answers -two large branches that come off the trachea
diaphragm - Correct Answers -muscular structure that divides the chest from the
abdomen
ventalation vs respiration - Correct Answers -ventilation is moving gases between
inhaled air and blood, respiration is the moving of oxygen between blood and cells
what is the muscle of the heart? - Correct Answers -myocardium
what is the pacemaker of the heart - Correct Answers -sinoatrial node (SA node)
exceptions to the veins= oxygen poor and arteries= oxygen rich rule - Correct Answers -
the pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins
ANSWERS
M.O.I. - Correct Answers -Mechanism of Injury, vehicles, falls etc.
what do you generally set oxygen to? - Correct Answers -15L/M
How to open airway for a trauma victim? - Correct Answers -chin lift/jaw thrust
apneic - Correct Answers -not breathing
N.O.I - Correct Answers -nature of illness
AVPU - Correct Answers -Alert, verbal/vocal, pain, unconscious
skin CTC - Correct Answers -color,temperature, condition (normal is warm,pink and dry)
hypoperfusion - Correct Answers -Shock.... decreased delivery of oxygen and nutrients
to cells)
OPQRST - Correct Answers -for conditions occuring right now (medical) Onset,
Provocation, quality,radiation, severity, time
osteogenesis imperfecta - Correct Answers -brittle bone syndrome
para and gravita - Correct Answers -how many times have you given birth?
how many times have you been pregnant?
nallipara - Correct Answers -never given birth
prolapsed chord treatment - Correct Answers -place mother on all fours and tell her not
to push
where to take glucose on a ped? - Correct Answers -on the heel
bronchiolitis vs asthma - Correct Answers -bronchiolitis occurs in younger children (less
than 24 months)
blood loss requirements for shock for peds vs adults - Correct Answers -peds > 25%
adults > 30-40%
,Onset - Correct Answers -What were you doing when this happened? did it happen
suddenly or gradually? could ...... have caused this?
Provocation - Correct Answers -What makes your pain feel better or worse? does it hurt
when you do .........?
quality - Correct Answers -How would you describe your pain? what does your pain feel
like?
radiation - Correct Answers -Where does it hurt the most? is it staying in one spot?
where was it when the pain started
severity - Correct Answers -on scale of 1 to 10 how bad is your pain?
time - Correct Answers -how long has it been since the pain started?
signs versus symptoms - Correct Answers -signs: something you see
symptoms: something they tell you
nitroglycerin - Correct Answers -vasodilation of coronary arteries
What is first priority after personal safety? - Correct Answers -patient care
brady (root) - Correct Answers -below normal, slow
tachy (root) - Correct Answers -above normal, rapid
tachypnea - Correct Answers -rapid breathing
plegia - Correct Answers -paralysis of the limbs quadraplegia (four limbs) quad=4
bilateral - Correct Answers -both sides
dorsal/ventral - Correct Answers -dorsal: back of body
ventral: front of body
palmar/plantar - Correct Answers -palmar: palm of the hand
plantar: sole of the foot
where to place stethescope for lung sounds? - Correct Answers -mid-clavicular lines
fowler position - Correct Answers -sitting up
integumentary system - Correct Answers -forms protective barrier and aids in
temperature regulation (skin, hair, nails and sweat glands)
, zygomatic - Correct Answers -bones that form the structure of the cheeks
proximate cause - Correct Answers -when what you did caused further harm.
why would you use an emergency move? - Correct Answers -scene is unsafe, you must
get to other patients, care of life threatening injuries requires repositioning
when to use a urgent move? - Correct Answers -when patients condition is declining:
backboarding, removing from a car etc.
what side should you roll recovery position? - Correct Answers -left side
malleolus - Correct Answers -ankle bone
c1 and c2 - Correct Answers -atlas and axis
How many total vertebrae? - Correct Answers -33
portions of skull - Correct Answers -frontal, occipital, temporal, parietal (sides)
calcaneous - Correct Answers -heel bone
normal respiratory rate for children and infants - Correct Answers -c: 15-30 I: 25-50
two major bones of the pelvis - Correct Answers -ilium (superior and widest) and
ischium
epiglottis - Correct Answers -structure that prevents foreign matter from entering the
trachea
larynx - Correct Answers -voice box
bronchi - Correct Answers -two large branches that come off the trachea
diaphragm - Correct Answers -muscular structure that divides the chest from the
abdomen
ventalation vs respiration - Correct Answers -ventilation is moving gases between
inhaled air and blood, respiration is the moving of oxygen between blood and cells
what is the muscle of the heart? - Correct Answers -myocardium
what is the pacemaker of the heart - Correct Answers -sinoatrial node (SA node)
exceptions to the veins= oxygen poor and arteries= oxygen rich rule - Correct Answers -
the pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins
