NREMT EMT Certification Home Study Exam
Questions and Complete Answers Updated 2024/2025
The focused history for patients with altered mental status should include questions
about a history of trauma, diabetes, seizures and which of the following?
A. heart disease
B. pregnancy
C. fever
D. stress - correct answer C
All of the following may be signs of an allergic reaction except:
A. headache and dizziness
B. rapid, labored breathing
C. decreased blood pressure
D. decreased heart rate - correct answer D
Under medical direction, the EMT-Basic may administer epinephrine to a patient with
respiratory distress or hypoperfusion resulting from an allergic reaction if the:
A. patient has no history of heart disease
B. patient is in severe respiratory distress or arrest
C. medication has been prescribed for this patient
D. medication has been stored in the refrigerator - correct answer C
Ethics is best described as:
A. the principles of conduct, concerns for what is right or wrong, good or bad
B. a code of conduct put forward by a society or some other group such as religion
C. the principle of doing good for the patient
D. the obligation to treat all patients fairly - correct answer A
,A sign of generalized cold emergency, or hypothermia, is cool skin on the
A. feet or hands
B. ears
C. face
D. abdomen - correct answer D
Which of the following indicates that a patient with hyperthermia is in serious danger?
A. hot skin
B. moist skin
C. muscles cramps
D. dizziness - correct answer A
Your patient has been stung by a bee, and the stinger is present in the wound. You
should attempt to remove it by:
A. grabbing it with sterile tweezers
B. cutting around it with a knife
C. scraping it away with a rigid object
D. grabbing it with your fingers - correct answer C
In legal terms, a tort is a(n)
A. civil wrong committed by one individual against another
B. criminal wrongdoing
C. action by an employee for a workers' compensation claim
D. breach of contract - correct answer A
Which of the following are signs of early respiratory distress in children and infants?
A. breathing rate of less than ten per minute, limp muscle tone, slow or absent heart
rate, weak or absent distal pulses
,B. increased rate of breathing, nasal flaring, intercostal or supraclavicular retractions,
mottled skin color, abdominal muscle tone
C. altered mental status, respiratory rate of over 60 or under 20 breaths per minute,
severe retractions, severe use of accessory muscles
D. inability to cough, crying with tears but no sounds, cyanosis, abdominal or chest-wall
movements with absent breath sounds - correct answer B
Your patient is an 8-year-old female who had a single, brief seizure at school. Her
mother arrives at the same time you do and reports that her daughter has seizures often
and is under medical treatment. What should you do?
A. request advanced life support (ALS) and law enforcement backup so you can
transport your child
B. administer a dose of the child's prescribed seizure-control medication
C. maintain ABCs, monitor vital signs and transport the patient immediately
D. ensure a patent airway and request medical direction regarding transport - correct
answer D
All of the following are signs of possible child abuse except:
a. the presence of multiple bruises in various stages of healing
B. a single, severe traumatic event that occurred for no reason
C. injuries inconsistent with the mechanism described
D. conflicting histories of the injury from the guardians/parents - correct answer B
The head of a newborn infant has just been delivered. You should
A. suction the baby's mouth and nostrils with a bulb syringe
B. push down on the baby's upper shoulder to facilitate the rest of the delivery
C. push up on the baby's lower shoulder to facilitate the rest of the delivery
D. ventilate the baby with a pediatric bag-valve mask and high-flow oxygen - correct
answer A
, Emergency care for a responsive 7 year old child with a foreign body airway obstruction
includes
A. holding the child on your knee and performing back blows
B. standing behind the child and performing sub-diaphragmatic thrusts
C. placing the child supine on the floor and attempting to see the obstruction
D. placing the child supine on the floor and performing abdominal thrusts - correct
answer B
A 2 year old male is in respiratory failure when he has
A. altered mental status and breathing rate of 68 per minute
B. limp muscle tone and weak or absent distal pulses
C. nasal flaring and mottled skin color
D. breathing rate of 6 per minute and heart rate of 50 per minute - correct answer A
A sign or symptom of a predelivery emergency is:
A. the mother's skin is dry
B. profuse vaginal bleeding
C. the presence of a bloody show
D. a contraction every 20 minutes - correct answer B
Select the correct-sized oral airway for a small child by measuring from the corner of the
patient's mouth to what structure:
A. pinnea of the ear
B. angle of the jaw
C. corner of the mouth
D. mastoid process - correct answer B
Vitreous humor is found:
A. behind the lens of the eye
Questions and Complete Answers Updated 2024/2025
The focused history for patients with altered mental status should include questions
about a history of trauma, diabetes, seizures and which of the following?
A. heart disease
B. pregnancy
C. fever
D. stress - correct answer C
All of the following may be signs of an allergic reaction except:
A. headache and dizziness
B. rapid, labored breathing
C. decreased blood pressure
D. decreased heart rate - correct answer D
Under medical direction, the EMT-Basic may administer epinephrine to a patient with
respiratory distress or hypoperfusion resulting from an allergic reaction if the:
A. patient has no history of heart disease
B. patient is in severe respiratory distress or arrest
C. medication has been prescribed for this patient
D. medication has been stored in the refrigerator - correct answer C
Ethics is best described as:
A. the principles of conduct, concerns for what is right or wrong, good or bad
B. a code of conduct put forward by a society or some other group such as religion
C. the principle of doing good for the patient
D. the obligation to treat all patients fairly - correct answer A
,A sign of generalized cold emergency, or hypothermia, is cool skin on the
A. feet or hands
B. ears
C. face
D. abdomen - correct answer D
Which of the following indicates that a patient with hyperthermia is in serious danger?
A. hot skin
B. moist skin
C. muscles cramps
D. dizziness - correct answer A
Your patient has been stung by a bee, and the stinger is present in the wound. You
should attempt to remove it by:
A. grabbing it with sterile tweezers
B. cutting around it with a knife
C. scraping it away with a rigid object
D. grabbing it with your fingers - correct answer C
In legal terms, a tort is a(n)
A. civil wrong committed by one individual against another
B. criminal wrongdoing
C. action by an employee for a workers' compensation claim
D. breach of contract - correct answer A
Which of the following are signs of early respiratory distress in children and infants?
A. breathing rate of less than ten per minute, limp muscle tone, slow or absent heart
rate, weak or absent distal pulses
,B. increased rate of breathing, nasal flaring, intercostal or supraclavicular retractions,
mottled skin color, abdominal muscle tone
C. altered mental status, respiratory rate of over 60 or under 20 breaths per minute,
severe retractions, severe use of accessory muscles
D. inability to cough, crying with tears but no sounds, cyanosis, abdominal or chest-wall
movements with absent breath sounds - correct answer B
Your patient is an 8-year-old female who had a single, brief seizure at school. Her
mother arrives at the same time you do and reports that her daughter has seizures often
and is under medical treatment. What should you do?
A. request advanced life support (ALS) and law enforcement backup so you can
transport your child
B. administer a dose of the child's prescribed seizure-control medication
C. maintain ABCs, monitor vital signs and transport the patient immediately
D. ensure a patent airway and request medical direction regarding transport - correct
answer D
All of the following are signs of possible child abuse except:
a. the presence of multiple bruises in various stages of healing
B. a single, severe traumatic event that occurred for no reason
C. injuries inconsistent with the mechanism described
D. conflicting histories of the injury from the guardians/parents - correct answer B
The head of a newborn infant has just been delivered. You should
A. suction the baby's mouth and nostrils with a bulb syringe
B. push down on the baby's upper shoulder to facilitate the rest of the delivery
C. push up on the baby's lower shoulder to facilitate the rest of the delivery
D. ventilate the baby with a pediatric bag-valve mask and high-flow oxygen - correct
answer A
, Emergency care for a responsive 7 year old child with a foreign body airway obstruction
includes
A. holding the child on your knee and performing back blows
B. standing behind the child and performing sub-diaphragmatic thrusts
C. placing the child supine on the floor and attempting to see the obstruction
D. placing the child supine on the floor and performing abdominal thrusts - correct
answer B
A 2 year old male is in respiratory failure when he has
A. altered mental status and breathing rate of 68 per minute
B. limp muscle tone and weak or absent distal pulses
C. nasal flaring and mottled skin color
D. breathing rate of 6 per minute and heart rate of 50 per minute - correct answer A
A sign or symptom of a predelivery emergency is:
A. the mother's skin is dry
B. profuse vaginal bleeding
C. the presence of a bloody show
D. a contraction every 20 minutes - correct answer B
Select the correct-sized oral airway for a small child by measuring from the corner of the
patient's mouth to what structure:
A. pinnea of the ear
B. angle of the jaw
C. corner of the mouth
D. mastoid process - correct answer B
Vitreous humor is found:
A. behind the lens of the eye
