NREMT Practice Exam Test Final
Questions and Answers 2025/2026
Which of the following is an example of an unsafe scene for an EMT-Basic to enter?
A. Fifty-four-year old male with difficulty breathing
B. Twenty-three-year old female with abdominal pain
C. Eighteen-year old adolescent with a gunshot wound to the chest
D. Four-year old child with leg pain - DETAILED ANSWER-C. Eighteen-year old adolescent with a
gunshot wound to the chest
Reason: Any dispatch to a call with violence involved, such as a gunshot wound, must be secured by
police prior to EMS involvement. The other calls do not give any inidication of being unsafe.
You respond to a 18-year old male patient who is threatening suicide. The fire department states that
before you arrived, the patient told them that he wanted to kill himself. Now, the patient is telling you
,that he does not want to hurt himself and he just wants to be left alone. Which of the following is the
most appropriate treatment?
A. Explain the risks of staying at home with suicidal thoughts, and then have the patient sign a
refusal form if he appears mentally competent.
B. Inform the patient that because he told the fire department that he wants to hurt himself that
he will have to go to the hospital. Have the police department assist you with ensuring that the patient is
transported to the hospital.
C. Find out if the patient can make an appointment with his personal doctor, and then confirm that
he has does have an appointment before you clear the scene and return to the station.
D. Since the patient did - DETAILED ANSWER-B. Inform the patient that because he told the fire
department that he wants to hurt himself that he will have to go to the hospital. Have the police
department assist you with ensuring that the patient is transported to the hospital.
Reason: Because the patient has already expressed the desire to harm himself to a public safety official,
the patient must be evaluated by a physician. If the patient refuses to go with you, the police may have
to place the patient in protective custody to have him transported to the hospital
You respond to call for a female acting strangely. You respond nonpriority and are met by the police, who
request you transport the patient to a hospital for a psychological evaluation. The patient is a twenty-
year old female who is ballet dancing in the supermarket, bowling, and throwing kisses to an imaginary
dancing partner, Rudolf Nureyev. You should next
A. Pretend to shake Mr. Nureyev's hand
B. Wrap your arms around the patient and force her to the stretcher
C. Gently explain to her that there is no Mr. Nureyev dancing with her
D. Tackle the patient and assist the police in handcuffing her hands behind her back - CORRECT
ANSWER-C. Gently explain to her that there is no Mr. Nureyev dancing with her
Reason: The patient is not exhibiting a behavior that requires you to respond with overly aggressive
technique, such as tackling her or wrestling her to the stretcher. She is having delusions, and it is not
wise to give these delusions credence by acknowledging them, such as by shaking Mr. Nureyev's hand.
She might protest when you tell her that Mr. Nureyev is not right there dancing with her, but your
confidence and gently demeanor will more often than not win her over to doing what you would like her
to do
,A neonate will normally have ______ pulse rates and respiratory rates than an infant
A. Higher
B. Lower
C. More irregular
D. Less irregular - DETAILED ANSWER-A. Higher
Reason: Neonates have higher pulse rates and respiratory rates than infants. There is no change in
regularity between neonates and infants
Most EMTs are injured at which of the following types of calls?
A. Domestic violence calls
B. Motor vehicle accidents
C. Workplace injury calls
D. In-station accidents - DETAILED ANSWER-B. Motor vehicle accidents
Reason: Most EMT's are injured while treating injured patients at motor vehicle accidents and thus
should be more alert to the dangers posed by being on the streets and highways. The other situations
also present dangers of which the EMT must be aware, but the MVA is the leading cause of injury .
Veins are blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood ______ the heart
A. Into
B. Away from
C. Toward
D. From the lungs to - DETAILED ANSWER-C. Toward
, Reason: Veins carry blood toward the heart. The vessels that carry blood away from the heart are the
arteries
The arterioles connect the _________ and the capillaries.
A. Veins
B. Venules
C. Arteries
D. Vena cavae - DETAILED ANSWER-C. Arteries
Reason: The path of blood flow goes from the heart to the aorta to the arteries to the arterioles to the
capillaries to the venules to the veins to the vena cavae to the heart.
Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for hypothermia?
A. Thirty-year old firefighter
B. Twelve-year old skier
C. Forty-five year old EMT
D. Seventy-year old librarian - DETAILED ANSWER-D. Seventy-year old librarian
Reason: The very young and very old are greater rsk for hypothermia
The zygomatic bones are located in the
A. Chest
B. Lower leg
C. Back
D. Face - DETAILED ANSWER-D. Face
Questions and Answers 2025/2026
Which of the following is an example of an unsafe scene for an EMT-Basic to enter?
A. Fifty-four-year old male with difficulty breathing
B. Twenty-three-year old female with abdominal pain
C. Eighteen-year old adolescent with a gunshot wound to the chest
D. Four-year old child with leg pain - DETAILED ANSWER-C. Eighteen-year old adolescent with a
gunshot wound to the chest
Reason: Any dispatch to a call with violence involved, such as a gunshot wound, must be secured by
police prior to EMS involvement. The other calls do not give any inidication of being unsafe.
You respond to a 18-year old male patient who is threatening suicide. The fire department states that
before you arrived, the patient told them that he wanted to kill himself. Now, the patient is telling you
,that he does not want to hurt himself and he just wants to be left alone. Which of the following is the
most appropriate treatment?
A. Explain the risks of staying at home with suicidal thoughts, and then have the patient sign a
refusal form if he appears mentally competent.
B. Inform the patient that because he told the fire department that he wants to hurt himself that
he will have to go to the hospital. Have the police department assist you with ensuring that the patient is
transported to the hospital.
C. Find out if the patient can make an appointment with his personal doctor, and then confirm that
he has does have an appointment before you clear the scene and return to the station.
D. Since the patient did - DETAILED ANSWER-B. Inform the patient that because he told the fire
department that he wants to hurt himself that he will have to go to the hospital. Have the police
department assist you with ensuring that the patient is transported to the hospital.
Reason: Because the patient has already expressed the desire to harm himself to a public safety official,
the patient must be evaluated by a physician. If the patient refuses to go with you, the police may have
to place the patient in protective custody to have him transported to the hospital
You respond to call for a female acting strangely. You respond nonpriority and are met by the police, who
request you transport the patient to a hospital for a psychological evaluation. The patient is a twenty-
year old female who is ballet dancing in the supermarket, bowling, and throwing kisses to an imaginary
dancing partner, Rudolf Nureyev. You should next
A. Pretend to shake Mr. Nureyev's hand
B. Wrap your arms around the patient and force her to the stretcher
C. Gently explain to her that there is no Mr. Nureyev dancing with her
D. Tackle the patient and assist the police in handcuffing her hands behind her back - CORRECT
ANSWER-C. Gently explain to her that there is no Mr. Nureyev dancing with her
Reason: The patient is not exhibiting a behavior that requires you to respond with overly aggressive
technique, such as tackling her or wrestling her to the stretcher. She is having delusions, and it is not
wise to give these delusions credence by acknowledging them, such as by shaking Mr. Nureyev's hand.
She might protest when you tell her that Mr. Nureyev is not right there dancing with her, but your
confidence and gently demeanor will more often than not win her over to doing what you would like her
to do
,A neonate will normally have ______ pulse rates and respiratory rates than an infant
A. Higher
B. Lower
C. More irregular
D. Less irregular - DETAILED ANSWER-A. Higher
Reason: Neonates have higher pulse rates and respiratory rates than infants. There is no change in
regularity between neonates and infants
Most EMTs are injured at which of the following types of calls?
A. Domestic violence calls
B. Motor vehicle accidents
C. Workplace injury calls
D. In-station accidents - DETAILED ANSWER-B. Motor vehicle accidents
Reason: Most EMT's are injured while treating injured patients at motor vehicle accidents and thus
should be more alert to the dangers posed by being on the streets and highways. The other situations
also present dangers of which the EMT must be aware, but the MVA is the leading cause of injury .
Veins are blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood ______ the heart
A. Into
B. Away from
C. Toward
D. From the lungs to - DETAILED ANSWER-C. Toward
, Reason: Veins carry blood toward the heart. The vessels that carry blood away from the heart are the
arteries
The arterioles connect the _________ and the capillaries.
A. Veins
B. Venules
C. Arteries
D. Vena cavae - DETAILED ANSWER-C. Arteries
Reason: The path of blood flow goes from the heart to the aorta to the arteries to the arterioles to the
capillaries to the venules to the veins to the vena cavae to the heart.
Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for hypothermia?
A. Thirty-year old firefighter
B. Twelve-year old skier
C. Forty-five year old EMT
D. Seventy-year old librarian - DETAILED ANSWER-D. Seventy-year old librarian
Reason: The very young and very old are greater rsk for hypothermia
The zygomatic bones are located in the
A. Chest
B. Lower leg
C. Back
D. Face - DETAILED ANSWER-D. Face
