NREMT Cognitive Exam Prep
NREMT Cognitive Exam Prep Containing
309 Questions with Verified Solutions
2024-2025.
(Dark Back Ground for better Visibility and eye Care)
Where does the modern EMS system have its origin? - Answer: The modern EMS
system has its origins in funeral homes, which often operated ambulances.
However, funeral home operators were often serving competing business interests
and patients received little trained care until the hospital.
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What is considered the "birth" of EMS? - Answer: In 1966, a paper titled
"Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society" is
published by the National Academy of Sciences. This paper is widely known in the
EMS profession as the White Paper. The White Paper is widely considered the
birth of modern EMS. It spotlighted inadequacies of prehospital care in the United
States, particularly related to trauma.
Who developed the first EMT National Standard Curriculum? - Answer: Early in
the 1970s, the US Department of Transportation developed the first EMT National
Standard Curriculum.
What are the levels of EMS training? - Answer: Emergency Medical Responder
(EMR): provides basic, immediate care including bleeding control, CPR, AED and
emergency childbirth.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT): includes all EMR skills, advanced oxygen
and ventilation skills, pulse oximetry, noninvasive blood pressure monitoring, and
administration of certain medications.
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT): includes all EMT skills,
advanced airway devices, intravenous and intraosseous access, blood glucose
monitoring, and administration of additional medications.
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Paramedic: includes all preceding training levels, advanced assessment and
management skills, various invasive skills, and extensive pharmacology
interventions. This is the highest level of prehospital care outlined in the National
EMS Education Standards.
What are EMT roles and responsibilities? - Answer: Equipment preparedness
Emergency vehicle operations
Establish, maintain scene safety
Patient assessment and treatment
Lifting and moving
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Patient advocacy
Professional development
Quality improvement
Illness and injury prevention
Maintain certification/licensure
What is the role of the medical director? - Answer: The medical director is a
physician responsible for providing medical oversight. The medical director
oversees quality improvement.
What are the two types of medical direction? - Answer: Online medical direction:
direct contact between the physician and EMT via or radio.
Offline medical direction: written guidelines and protocols.
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What is an EMT's first priority? - Answer: The EMT's first priority is always his or
her own safety. Scene safety is always the top priority!
The EMT's safety priorities after personal safety are for his/her partner(s), patients
and bystanders.
What are the types of stress? - Answer: Acute stress: an immediate physiological
and psychological reaction to a specific event.
Delayed stress: a stress reaction that develops after the stressful event. It does not
interfere with the EMT's ability to perform during the stressful event. PTSD is an
example of delayed stress.
Cumulative stress: the result of exposure to stressful situations over a prolonged
period of time.
What are the stages of grief? - Answer: Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
How can you prevent the risk of infection? - Answer: Immediately report
exposures to the designated infection control officer.
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NREMT Cognitive Exam Prep Containing
309 Questions with Verified Solutions
2024-2025.
(Dark Back Ground for better Visibility and eye Care)
Where does the modern EMS system have its origin? - Answer: The modern EMS
system has its origins in funeral homes, which often operated ambulances.
However, funeral home operators were often serving competing business interests
and patients received little trained care until the hospital.
1
, NREMT Cognitive Exam Prep
What is considered the "birth" of EMS? - Answer: In 1966, a paper titled
"Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society" is
published by the National Academy of Sciences. This paper is widely known in the
EMS profession as the White Paper. The White Paper is widely considered the
birth of modern EMS. It spotlighted inadequacies of prehospital care in the United
States, particularly related to trauma.
Who developed the first EMT National Standard Curriculum? - Answer: Early in
the 1970s, the US Department of Transportation developed the first EMT National
Standard Curriculum.
What are the levels of EMS training? - Answer: Emergency Medical Responder
(EMR): provides basic, immediate care including bleeding control, CPR, AED and
emergency childbirth.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT): includes all EMR skills, advanced oxygen
and ventilation skills, pulse oximetry, noninvasive blood pressure monitoring, and
administration of certain medications.
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT): includes all EMT skills,
advanced airway devices, intravenous and intraosseous access, blood glucose
monitoring, and administration of additional medications.
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Paramedic: includes all preceding training levels, advanced assessment and
management skills, various invasive skills, and extensive pharmacology
interventions. This is the highest level of prehospital care outlined in the National
EMS Education Standards.
What are EMT roles and responsibilities? - Answer: Equipment preparedness
Emergency vehicle operations
Establish, maintain scene safety
Patient assessment and treatment
Lifting and moving
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Patient advocacy
Professional development
Quality improvement
Illness and injury prevention
Maintain certification/licensure
What is the role of the medical director? - Answer: The medical director is a
physician responsible for providing medical oversight. The medical director
oversees quality improvement.
What are the two types of medical direction? - Answer: Online medical direction:
direct contact between the physician and EMT via or radio.
Offline medical direction: written guidelines and protocols.
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, NREMT Cognitive Exam Prep
What is an EMT's first priority? - Answer: The EMT's first priority is always his or
her own safety. Scene safety is always the top priority!
The EMT's safety priorities after personal safety are for his/her partner(s), patients
and bystanders.
What are the types of stress? - Answer: Acute stress: an immediate physiological
and psychological reaction to a specific event.
Delayed stress: a stress reaction that develops after the stressful event. It does not
interfere with the EMT's ability to perform during the stressful event. PTSD is an
example of delayed stress.
Cumulative stress: the result of exposure to stressful situations over a prolonged
period of time.
What are the stages of grief? - Answer: Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
How can you prevent the risk of infection? - Answer: Immediately report
exposures to the designated infection control officer.
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