NREMT EMT Basic Practice Exam 2025 – Practice Questions with
Answers for Emergency Medical Technician Certification
This document contains a complete set of practice questions and detailed answers for the
2025 NREMT EMT Basic certification exam. It covers all key content areas, including
airway management, trauma, cardiology, medical emergencies, obstetrics, EMS
operations, and patient assessment. Designed to simulate the actual National Registry of
Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) exam format, this resource helps ensure
thorough preparation and a confident pass.
1. Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
-Definition
-Signs/Symptoms
-Risk factors
-How to treat
-How to remember: -Def: Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot
-S/S: Chest pain, Tachycardia, Swollen leg/feet (pedal edema)
-Risk Factors: Long rides, Bed rest, Birth control, recent surgery, cancer
-How to treat: Oxygen and rapid transport
-How to remember: Embolism = ball (clot).
Sit down too long and your feet will swell, a clot will cause chest pain, and your
heart will beat faster to get rid of it.
2. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
,-Definition
-Signs/Symptoms
-Risk factors
-How to treat
-How to remember: -Def: A group of diseases that cause airflow blockage and
breathing-related problems (i.e. chronic bronchitis & emphysema)
- S/S: Pursed lips, Barrel Chest, Chronic Cough, Shortness of Breath, Chest Pain
-Risk Factors: Working in mines or shipyards, Smoking.
-How to treat: Albuterol
-How to remember: Pirates have barrel chests and pursed lips because of
the amount of smoking they've done at shipyards.
3. Chronic Bronchitis: Inflammation of the airway
4. Emphesyma: Air sacs of the lungs (aleoli) are damaged and enlarged,
causing gas exchange to decrease
5. Heart Blood Flow Pathway: 1. Superior vena cava/Inferior vena cava
2.Right atrium
3. Tricuspid valve (Three cupids have no O2)
4. Right ventricle
5. Pulmonary valve
6. Pulmonary artery to lungs
7. Pulmonary veins from lungs
8. Left atrium
9. Mitral valve (My trails have O2)
10. Left ventricle
11. Aortic valve (A! O! We're almost out!)
12. Aorta
6. Stable angina
-When does it happen?
-How to treat: -Chest pain that occurs when a person is active or under severe
stress
, -Can be relieved with rest
7. Unstable angina -When does it happen?
-How to treat: -Chest pain that continues after being active or stress even with
rest
-Aspirin & transport\
8. Myocardial Infarction (MI)
-Definition
-Signs/Symptoms
-Sneaky S/S
-How to treat
-How to remember: -Def: Heart attack; death of myocardial tissue (infarction)
caused by ischemia (loss of blood flow) as a result of an occlusion (plugging) of a
coronary artery; usually caused by atherosclerosis (deposits of plaque in artery)
-S/S: Pain in the chest or upper body (shoulders, neck, and jaw), shortness of
breath, diaphoresis (sweating), and nausea
---Sneaky S/S: Elderly females, diabetic, back pain between shoulder blades,
abdominal pain, nauseous
-How to treat: Aspirin (324 mg)
-How to remember: My cardiac (heart) is in fact clogged with plaque and cannot
receive blood
9. Atherosclerosis: Condition in which fatty deposits called plaque build up on
the inner walls of the arteries
10. Ischemia: Lack of blood supply to an area
11. -When to give nitroglycerin? -Why do we give nitroglycerin?
-What is nitroglycerin?
Answers for Emergency Medical Technician Certification
This document contains a complete set of practice questions and detailed answers for the
2025 NREMT EMT Basic certification exam. It covers all key content areas, including
airway management, trauma, cardiology, medical emergencies, obstetrics, EMS
operations, and patient assessment. Designed to simulate the actual National Registry of
Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) exam format, this resource helps ensure
thorough preparation and a confident pass.
1. Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
-Definition
-Signs/Symptoms
-Risk factors
-How to treat
-How to remember: -Def: Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot
-S/S: Chest pain, Tachycardia, Swollen leg/feet (pedal edema)
-Risk Factors: Long rides, Bed rest, Birth control, recent surgery, cancer
-How to treat: Oxygen and rapid transport
-How to remember: Embolism = ball (clot).
Sit down too long and your feet will swell, a clot will cause chest pain, and your
heart will beat faster to get rid of it.
2. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
,-Definition
-Signs/Symptoms
-Risk factors
-How to treat
-How to remember: -Def: A group of diseases that cause airflow blockage and
breathing-related problems (i.e. chronic bronchitis & emphysema)
- S/S: Pursed lips, Barrel Chest, Chronic Cough, Shortness of Breath, Chest Pain
-Risk Factors: Working in mines or shipyards, Smoking.
-How to treat: Albuterol
-How to remember: Pirates have barrel chests and pursed lips because of
the amount of smoking they've done at shipyards.
3. Chronic Bronchitis: Inflammation of the airway
4. Emphesyma: Air sacs of the lungs (aleoli) are damaged and enlarged,
causing gas exchange to decrease
5. Heart Blood Flow Pathway: 1. Superior vena cava/Inferior vena cava
2.Right atrium
3. Tricuspid valve (Three cupids have no O2)
4. Right ventricle
5. Pulmonary valve
6. Pulmonary artery to lungs
7. Pulmonary veins from lungs
8. Left atrium
9. Mitral valve (My trails have O2)
10. Left ventricle
11. Aortic valve (A! O! We're almost out!)
12. Aorta
6. Stable angina
-When does it happen?
-How to treat: -Chest pain that occurs when a person is active or under severe
stress
, -Can be relieved with rest
7. Unstable angina -When does it happen?
-How to treat: -Chest pain that continues after being active or stress even with
rest
-Aspirin & transport\
8. Myocardial Infarction (MI)
-Definition
-Signs/Symptoms
-Sneaky S/S
-How to treat
-How to remember: -Def: Heart attack; death of myocardial tissue (infarction)
caused by ischemia (loss of blood flow) as a result of an occlusion (plugging) of a
coronary artery; usually caused by atherosclerosis (deposits of plaque in artery)
-S/S: Pain in the chest or upper body (shoulders, neck, and jaw), shortness of
breath, diaphoresis (sweating), and nausea
---Sneaky S/S: Elderly females, diabetic, back pain between shoulder blades,
abdominal pain, nauseous
-How to treat: Aspirin (324 mg)
-How to remember: My cardiac (heart) is in fact clogged with plaque and cannot
receive blood
9. Atherosclerosis: Condition in which fatty deposits called plaque build up on
the inner walls of the arteries
10. Ischemia: Lack of blood supply to an area
11. -When to give nitroglycerin? -Why do we give nitroglycerin?
-What is nitroglycerin?
