NREMT EMT Certification Essential Test Toolkit Exam
Questions and Approved with Distinction Marking
Scheme Latest 2024/2025
After a patient has a seizure, they will have a gradual state of awakening. This phase of
a seizure is called:
A. The tonic phase
B. The postictal phase
C. The clonic phase
D. An aura correct answer B
The process of losing heat through direct contact is called:
A. Radiation
B. Convection
C. Conduction
D. Evaporation correct answer C
You are called to assist s SCUBA diver who is having trouble breathing. The patient
states that it started approximately 15 minutes after she surfaced. She complains of
chest pain, dizziness, blurred vision and nausea and vomiting. The patient is most likely
suffering from:
A. Pneumothorax
B. Decompression sickness
C. Barotrauma
D. An air embolism correct answer D
(Any of these could be associated with dive incidents but these signs and symptoms are
indicative of an air embolism. Divers who suffer from decompression sickness, or the
bends, typically do not develop signs and symptoms of the bends for 12 to 24 hours
after their dive. Barotrauma usually occurs as the diver is ascending or descending.)
,You are called to the home of a 20-year-old male who is depressed. The patient states
he is going to kill himself. Your first step in treating this patient after the scene is safe is
to:
A. Restrain the patient to prevent him from hurting himself
B. Ask the patient why he wants to do something so stupid
C. Ask the patient how he plans t kill himself
D. Turn the scene over to law enforcement correct answer C
(At this point, the scene is safe and the patient does not appear to be a threat to
anyone. Restraining him would not be appropriate. No matter how you feel about what
the patient is going to do, it is inappropriate for you to say that the patient is going to do
something stupid. You should continue your treatment of the patient and not turn the
scene over to law enforcement.)
The patient is bleeding severely from the lower leg. You have applied direct pressure
and elevated the leg. Your next step is to:
A. Apply a tourniquet
B. Apply direct pressure
C. Apply pressure at the pressure point
D. Elevate the arm correct answer C
When treating an eye injury involving an impaled object, it is important to:
A. Cover both eyes and stabilize the object
B. Cover the affected eye and stabilize the object
C. Stabilize the object and do not cover either eye
D. Remove the object and cover both eyes correct answer A
You have successfully converted your cardiac arrest patient out of v-fib with your AED.
The patient has a pulse and respirations are 6 per minute. You should:
A. Continue CPR
B. Monitor patient
C. Administer 15 LPM via NRB
,D. Continue to assist the patient with ventilations via a BVM and oxygen correct
answer D
Which of the following arryhythmias should be shocked using an AED?
A. Asystole
B. Ventricular tachycardia
C. Pulseless electrial activity
D. Atrial fibrillation correct answer B
A soft-tissue injury that results in a flap of torn skin is referred to as:
A. An incision
B. An avulsion
C. An abrasion
D. A laceration correct answer B
When is it most appropriate to clamp and cut the umbilical cord?
A. As soon as the cord stops pulsating
B. After the placenta has completely delivered
C. Before the newborn has taken its first breath
D. Immediately following delivery of the newborn correct answer A
You are treating a patient with a fractured femur. The most appropriate splint to use for
this patient would be:
A. A ladder splint
B. The other leg
C. Two board splint
D. A traction splint correct answer D
(A traction splint is used for femur fractures. Ladder splints are used for angulated
fractures. Board splints are good to use for extremity fractures.)
, Albuterol is a medication administered by:
A. Injection
B. Inhalation
C. Absorption
D. Orally correct answer B
(Albuterol is a bronchodilator)
You arrive on the scene of a tanker truck carrying a hazardous material. You should
position your vehicle:
A. 2,000 feet from the tanker truck
B. Uphill
C. Upwind
D. All of the above correct answer D
You are treating a 35 year old conscious choking victim. The patient suddenly goes
unresponsive. Your next step is to:
A. Attempt to ventilate the patient
B. Perform CPR
C. Deliver 5 abdominal thrusts
D. Deliver 5 chest thrusts correct answer B
You are the triage officer at the scene of a mass casualty incident. Which of the
following patients should be treated first?
A. A 37-year-old female patient who is unresponsive
B. An 18-year-old male patient who is not breathing and has no pulse
C. A 29-year-old male patient with a femur fracture
D. An 8-year-old patient who is conscious but is having trouble breathing correct
answer A
Questions and Approved with Distinction Marking
Scheme Latest 2024/2025
After a patient has a seizure, they will have a gradual state of awakening. This phase of
a seizure is called:
A. The tonic phase
B. The postictal phase
C. The clonic phase
D. An aura correct answer B
The process of losing heat through direct contact is called:
A. Radiation
B. Convection
C. Conduction
D. Evaporation correct answer C
You are called to assist s SCUBA diver who is having trouble breathing. The patient
states that it started approximately 15 minutes after she surfaced. She complains of
chest pain, dizziness, blurred vision and nausea and vomiting. The patient is most likely
suffering from:
A. Pneumothorax
B. Decompression sickness
C. Barotrauma
D. An air embolism correct answer D
(Any of these could be associated with dive incidents but these signs and symptoms are
indicative of an air embolism. Divers who suffer from decompression sickness, or the
bends, typically do not develop signs and symptoms of the bends for 12 to 24 hours
after their dive. Barotrauma usually occurs as the diver is ascending or descending.)
,You are called to the home of a 20-year-old male who is depressed. The patient states
he is going to kill himself. Your first step in treating this patient after the scene is safe is
to:
A. Restrain the patient to prevent him from hurting himself
B. Ask the patient why he wants to do something so stupid
C. Ask the patient how he plans t kill himself
D. Turn the scene over to law enforcement correct answer C
(At this point, the scene is safe and the patient does not appear to be a threat to
anyone. Restraining him would not be appropriate. No matter how you feel about what
the patient is going to do, it is inappropriate for you to say that the patient is going to do
something stupid. You should continue your treatment of the patient and not turn the
scene over to law enforcement.)
The patient is bleeding severely from the lower leg. You have applied direct pressure
and elevated the leg. Your next step is to:
A. Apply a tourniquet
B. Apply direct pressure
C. Apply pressure at the pressure point
D. Elevate the arm correct answer C
When treating an eye injury involving an impaled object, it is important to:
A. Cover both eyes and stabilize the object
B. Cover the affected eye and stabilize the object
C. Stabilize the object and do not cover either eye
D. Remove the object and cover both eyes correct answer A
You have successfully converted your cardiac arrest patient out of v-fib with your AED.
The patient has a pulse and respirations are 6 per minute. You should:
A. Continue CPR
B. Monitor patient
C. Administer 15 LPM via NRB
,D. Continue to assist the patient with ventilations via a BVM and oxygen correct
answer D
Which of the following arryhythmias should be shocked using an AED?
A. Asystole
B. Ventricular tachycardia
C. Pulseless electrial activity
D. Atrial fibrillation correct answer B
A soft-tissue injury that results in a flap of torn skin is referred to as:
A. An incision
B. An avulsion
C. An abrasion
D. A laceration correct answer B
When is it most appropriate to clamp and cut the umbilical cord?
A. As soon as the cord stops pulsating
B. After the placenta has completely delivered
C. Before the newborn has taken its first breath
D. Immediately following delivery of the newborn correct answer A
You are treating a patient with a fractured femur. The most appropriate splint to use for
this patient would be:
A. A ladder splint
B. The other leg
C. Two board splint
D. A traction splint correct answer D
(A traction splint is used for femur fractures. Ladder splints are used for angulated
fractures. Board splints are good to use for extremity fractures.)
, Albuterol is a medication administered by:
A. Injection
B. Inhalation
C. Absorption
D. Orally correct answer B
(Albuterol is a bronchodilator)
You arrive on the scene of a tanker truck carrying a hazardous material. You should
position your vehicle:
A. 2,000 feet from the tanker truck
B. Uphill
C. Upwind
D. All of the above correct answer D
You are treating a 35 year old conscious choking victim. The patient suddenly goes
unresponsive. Your next step is to:
A. Attempt to ventilate the patient
B. Perform CPR
C. Deliver 5 abdominal thrusts
D. Deliver 5 chest thrusts correct answer B
You are the triage officer at the scene of a mass casualty incident. Which of the
following patients should be treated first?
A. A 37-year-old female patient who is unresponsive
B. An 18-year-old male patient who is not breathing and has no pulse
C. A 29-year-old male patient with a femur fracture
D. An 8-year-old patient who is conscious but is having trouble breathing correct
answer A
