National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)
Exam Coverage
Exam coverage for the NREMT Practice Exam includes the
knowledge and clinical decision-making competencies assessed on
the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)
cognitive examination. The exam evaluates a candidate's ability to
apply EMS principles in realistic patient-care scenarios, emphasizing
clinical judgment, patient assessment, and evidence-based
prehospital care across a wide range of medical and traumatic
emergencies.
,When dealing with an emotionally disturbed patient, you should be
MOST concerned with:
• A:gathering all of the patient's medications.
• B:safely transporting to the hospital.
• C:whether the patient could harm you.
• D:obtaining a complete medical history.
You selected C; This is correct!
Reason: When managing any patient with an emotional or
psychiatric crisis, your primary concern is your own safety. Safely
transporting the patient to the hospital is your ultimate goal. If
possible, you should attempt to obtain a medical history and should
take any of the patient's prescribed medications to the hospital.
,However, this should not supercede your own safety or interfere
with safely transporting the patient.
, You are at the scene where a man panicked while swimming in a
small lake. Your initial attempt to rescue him should include:
• A:rowing a small raft to the victim.
• B:reaching for the victim with a long stick.
• C:throwing a rope to the victim.
• D:swimming to the victim to rescue him.
You selected B; This is correct!
Reason: General rules to follow when attempting to rescue a patient
from the water include "reach, throw, row, and then go." In this case,
you should attempt to reach the victim by having him grab hold of a
large stick or similar object. If this is unsuccessful, throw the victim a
rope or flotation device (if available). If these are not available, row
to the patient in a small raft (if available). Going into the water to
Exam Coverage
Exam coverage for the NREMT Practice Exam includes the
knowledge and clinical decision-making competencies assessed on
the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)
cognitive examination. The exam evaluates a candidate's ability to
apply EMS principles in realistic patient-care scenarios, emphasizing
clinical judgment, patient assessment, and evidence-based
prehospital care across a wide range of medical and traumatic
emergencies.
,When dealing with an emotionally disturbed patient, you should be
MOST concerned with:
• A:gathering all of the patient's medications.
• B:safely transporting to the hospital.
• C:whether the patient could harm you.
• D:obtaining a complete medical history.
You selected C; This is correct!
Reason: When managing any patient with an emotional or
psychiatric crisis, your primary concern is your own safety. Safely
transporting the patient to the hospital is your ultimate goal. If
possible, you should attempt to obtain a medical history and should
take any of the patient's prescribed medications to the hospital.
,However, this should not supercede your own safety or interfere
with safely transporting the patient.
, You are at the scene where a man panicked while swimming in a
small lake. Your initial attempt to rescue him should include:
• A:rowing a small raft to the victim.
• B:reaching for the victim with a long stick.
• C:throwing a rope to the victim.
• D:swimming to the victim to rescue him.
You selected B; This is correct!
Reason: General rules to follow when attempting to rescue a patient
from the water include "reach, throw, row, and then go." In this case,
you should attempt to reach the victim by having him grab hold of a
large stick or similar object. If this is unsuccessful, throw the victim a
rope or flotation device (if available). If these are not available, row
to the patient in a small raft (if available). Going into the water to
