AEMT NREMT Exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
What are schedule I drugs?
Heroin, marijuana, peyote, MDMA, LSD
All have no approved medical use
What are schedule II drugs?
Hydromorphone, methadone, meperidine, oxycode, fentanyl, methylphenidate, codeine,
hydrocodone
What are schedule III drugs?
Codeine mixed products (acetaminophen with codeine), dronabinol, buprenorphine,
ketamine, anabolic steroids
What are schedule IV drugs?
Zolpidem, Librium, fenfluramine, darvon, benzodiazepines (alprazolam, clonazepam)
What are schedule V drugs?
Pregabalin, ezogabine, cough preparations with less than 200mg/200mL of codeine
what is the grey-turner sign and what is it a sign of?
bruising of the flanks and low abdominal region, indicates retroperitoneal hemorrhage and is
a bluish color
What is the Cullen sign? What is it associated with?
Ecchymosis in the umbilical region, sign of retroperitoneal hemorrhage usually shows up 12-
24 hours post injury
,What is Kehr's sign, and what does it indicate?
Referred left shoulder pain due to subdiaphragmatic irritation or splenic rupture
What does grand multipara mean?
A woman who has delivered 5 or more viable infant s
What does multipara mean?
A woman who has delivered 2 or more viable infants
What does gravida mean?
Number of times pregnant including current pregnancy; primigravida = first pregnancy
What does multigravid mean?
A woman has been pregnant more than once
What is ecclampsia?
Seizures resulting from severe htn in pregnancy
What is preeclampsia?
new onset of hypertension PLUS proteinuria after 20 weeks gestation
What is hyperemesis gravidarum?
Persistent nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
What is myoclonus?
A condition of hyperactive reflexes, occurs during severe preeclampsia
What are critical injuries?
, According to MSK grading system, include multiple open fractures of the limbs and
suspected pelvic fracture with hemodynamic instability
What are severe injuries?
Multiple closed fractures of long bones
What are serious injuries?
An open long bone fracture (like femur)
What are moderate/ serious injuries?
Hemodynamically stable patients with a suspected pelvic fracture
What is alveolar minute volume?
amount of gas the reaches the alveoli for gas exchange in one minute, less dead space
multiply tidal volume less dead space by RR
What is alveolar ventilation?
Volume of air that reaches the alveoli, calculated by subtracting dead space from tidal
volume
What is tidal volume?
volume of air moved in and out of the lungs in a single breath
What is minute volume?
Amount of air moved into and out of lungs per minute (tidal volume times RR )
What is the best reason to request a police escort?
To prevent you from becoming lost
Answers
What are schedule I drugs?
Heroin, marijuana, peyote, MDMA, LSD
All have no approved medical use
What are schedule II drugs?
Hydromorphone, methadone, meperidine, oxycode, fentanyl, methylphenidate, codeine,
hydrocodone
What are schedule III drugs?
Codeine mixed products (acetaminophen with codeine), dronabinol, buprenorphine,
ketamine, anabolic steroids
What are schedule IV drugs?
Zolpidem, Librium, fenfluramine, darvon, benzodiazepines (alprazolam, clonazepam)
What are schedule V drugs?
Pregabalin, ezogabine, cough preparations with less than 200mg/200mL of codeine
what is the grey-turner sign and what is it a sign of?
bruising of the flanks and low abdominal region, indicates retroperitoneal hemorrhage and is
a bluish color
What is the Cullen sign? What is it associated with?
Ecchymosis in the umbilical region, sign of retroperitoneal hemorrhage usually shows up 12-
24 hours post injury
,What is Kehr's sign, and what does it indicate?
Referred left shoulder pain due to subdiaphragmatic irritation or splenic rupture
What does grand multipara mean?
A woman who has delivered 5 or more viable infant s
What does multipara mean?
A woman who has delivered 2 or more viable infants
What does gravida mean?
Number of times pregnant including current pregnancy; primigravida = first pregnancy
What does multigravid mean?
A woman has been pregnant more than once
What is ecclampsia?
Seizures resulting from severe htn in pregnancy
What is preeclampsia?
new onset of hypertension PLUS proteinuria after 20 weeks gestation
What is hyperemesis gravidarum?
Persistent nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
What is myoclonus?
A condition of hyperactive reflexes, occurs during severe preeclampsia
What are critical injuries?
, According to MSK grading system, include multiple open fractures of the limbs and
suspected pelvic fracture with hemodynamic instability
What are severe injuries?
Multiple closed fractures of long bones
What are serious injuries?
An open long bone fracture (like femur)
What are moderate/ serious injuries?
Hemodynamically stable patients with a suspected pelvic fracture
What is alveolar minute volume?
amount of gas the reaches the alveoli for gas exchange in one minute, less dead space
multiply tidal volume less dead space by RR
What is alveolar ventilation?
Volume of air that reaches the alveoli, calculated by subtracting dead space from tidal
volume
What is tidal volume?
volume of air moved in and out of the lungs in a single breath
What is minute volume?
Amount of air moved into and out of lungs per minute (tidal volume times RR )
What is the best reason to request a police escort?
To prevent you from becoming lost
