PARAMEDIC NATIONAL REGISTRY COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Child with bark-like cough, runny nose - ✔✔Laryngotracheobronchitis (Croup)
✔✔Why do you hyperventilate? - ✔✔Decrease CO2 levels
✔✔Child with croup has low o2 stats., what is the appropriate treatment? (Look at all
doses given) - ✔✔Racemic Epi 2.5-5.0 mg SVN
✔✔FF is pulled out of a burning bldg- pt is unconscious with hot, dry skin. V/S- 80 sys
pulse 120 s/r, 36 rapid.
What condition does FF have? - ✔✔Heat stroke
✔✔Reflex hypothermia - ✔✔Rapid overcooling
✔✔Motorcycle rider in MVA with 2" crack in helmet with visor. What is the initial action?
- ✔✔Hold and maintain C-Spine
✔✔Child with parent c/o respiratory distress. How do you approach pt for eval? -
✔✔Nose to Toes
✔✔Child with respiratory distress how do you give O2 therapy? - ✔✔5 LPM blow by
✔✔ Which critters have neurotoxins? - ✔✔Pit Vipers (Coral Snakes)
✔✔How do you treat a 1 year old in SVT? - ✔✔Ice to the face
✔✔What do you use to treat a Beta Blocker OD? - ✔✔Glucagon
✔✔More then .04 mg/kg of Atropine can cause what? - ✔✔Reflex Bradycardia
✔✔Which disease has an increased risk to a baby/fetus/neonate - ✔✔Rhubella
✔✔If a patient is in shock long enough, what will the develop? - ✔✔Renal Failure
✔✔What do adrenergic drugs do? - ✔✔Increase Afterload
✔✔How do you stimulate a neonate to breathe? - ✔✔Rub back, message back
✔✔What is the neurotransmitter for the sympathetic nervous system? -
✔✔Norepinephrine
, ✔✔What is the first question you should ask a pregnant woman with abdominal pain? -
✔✔Do you have an urge to push?
✔✔What is reflex guarding from? - ✔✔Pain to parietal peritoneum (also known as
somatic pain)
✔✔If you have abnormal movement from chest wall, what is your first action? - ✔✔High
flow O2
✔✔Paediatric patient fell down the stairs c/o leg pain; and is now altered. What is the
main concern? - ✔✔Head Injury
✔✔What does the vertical axis on the ECG reading represent? - ✔✔Voltage
✔✔More then .04 mg/kg of Atropine can cause what? - ✔✔Reflex Bradycardia
✔✔Which disease has an increased risk to a baby/fetus/neonate - ✔✔Rhubella
✔✔If a patient is in shock long enough, what will the develop? - ✔✔Renal Failure
✔✔What do adrenergic drugs do? - ✔✔Increase Afterload
✔✔How do you stimulate a neonate to breathe? - ✔✔Rub back, message back
✔✔What is the neurotransmitter for the sympathetic nervous system? -
✔✔Norepinephrine
✔✔What is the first question you should ask a pregnant woman with abdominal pain? -
✔✔Do you have an urge to push?
✔✔What is reflex guarding from? - ✔✔Pain to parietal peritoneum (also known as
somatic pain)
✔✔If you have abnormal movement from chest wall, what is your first action? - ✔✔High
flow O2
✔✔What does the vertical axis on the ECG represent? - ✔✔Voltage
✔✔What is an example of a mobile data terminal? - ✔✔Vehicle Mounted Computer
✔✔What are your best methods of checking tube placement? - ✔✔Visualize, bilateral
chest rise, no epigastric sounds, L-Lung, then R-Lung
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Child with bark-like cough, runny nose - ✔✔Laryngotracheobronchitis (Croup)
✔✔Why do you hyperventilate? - ✔✔Decrease CO2 levels
✔✔Child with croup has low o2 stats., what is the appropriate treatment? (Look at all
doses given) - ✔✔Racemic Epi 2.5-5.0 mg SVN
✔✔FF is pulled out of a burning bldg- pt is unconscious with hot, dry skin. V/S- 80 sys
pulse 120 s/r, 36 rapid.
What condition does FF have? - ✔✔Heat stroke
✔✔Reflex hypothermia - ✔✔Rapid overcooling
✔✔Motorcycle rider in MVA with 2" crack in helmet with visor. What is the initial action?
- ✔✔Hold and maintain C-Spine
✔✔Child with parent c/o respiratory distress. How do you approach pt for eval? -
✔✔Nose to Toes
✔✔Child with respiratory distress how do you give O2 therapy? - ✔✔5 LPM blow by
✔✔ Which critters have neurotoxins? - ✔✔Pit Vipers (Coral Snakes)
✔✔How do you treat a 1 year old in SVT? - ✔✔Ice to the face
✔✔What do you use to treat a Beta Blocker OD? - ✔✔Glucagon
✔✔More then .04 mg/kg of Atropine can cause what? - ✔✔Reflex Bradycardia
✔✔Which disease has an increased risk to a baby/fetus/neonate - ✔✔Rhubella
✔✔If a patient is in shock long enough, what will the develop? - ✔✔Renal Failure
✔✔What do adrenergic drugs do? - ✔✔Increase Afterload
✔✔How do you stimulate a neonate to breathe? - ✔✔Rub back, message back
✔✔What is the neurotransmitter for the sympathetic nervous system? -
✔✔Norepinephrine
, ✔✔What is the first question you should ask a pregnant woman with abdominal pain? -
✔✔Do you have an urge to push?
✔✔What is reflex guarding from? - ✔✔Pain to parietal peritoneum (also known as
somatic pain)
✔✔If you have abnormal movement from chest wall, what is your first action? - ✔✔High
flow O2
✔✔Paediatric patient fell down the stairs c/o leg pain; and is now altered. What is the
main concern? - ✔✔Head Injury
✔✔What does the vertical axis on the ECG reading represent? - ✔✔Voltage
✔✔More then .04 mg/kg of Atropine can cause what? - ✔✔Reflex Bradycardia
✔✔Which disease has an increased risk to a baby/fetus/neonate - ✔✔Rhubella
✔✔If a patient is in shock long enough, what will the develop? - ✔✔Renal Failure
✔✔What do adrenergic drugs do? - ✔✔Increase Afterload
✔✔How do you stimulate a neonate to breathe? - ✔✔Rub back, message back
✔✔What is the neurotransmitter for the sympathetic nervous system? -
✔✔Norepinephrine
✔✔What is the first question you should ask a pregnant woman with abdominal pain? -
✔✔Do you have an urge to push?
✔✔What is reflex guarding from? - ✔✔Pain to parietal peritoneum (also known as
somatic pain)
✔✔If you have abnormal movement from chest wall, what is your first action? - ✔✔High
flow O2
✔✔What does the vertical axis on the ECG represent? - ✔✔Voltage
✔✔What is an example of a mobile data terminal? - ✔✔Vehicle Mounted Computer
✔✔What are your best methods of checking tube placement? - ✔✔Visualize, bilateral
chest rise, no epigastric sounds, L-Lung, then R-Lung
