NREMT - Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician
NREMT AIRWAY, RESPIRATION AND VENTILATION TEST GUIDE
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QUESTION: Which law protects an EMT if the EMT acts in good faith, is not negligent, acts within the
scope of practice, and does not accept payment for service?
(A) implied consent laws.
(B) Good Samaritan laws.
(C) malfeasance laws.
(D) absolute immunity laws. ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) Good Samaritan laws
QUESTION: You arrive at a two car accident and the driver of the 1st car is unconscious. Consent for
this patient would be?
(A) informed.
(B) implied.
(C) expressed.
(D) involuntary. ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) implied
QUESTION: Organ responsible for insulin production.
(A) adrenal
(B) pancreas
(C) thyroid
(D) thymus ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) pancreas
QUESTION: Which federal agency regulates telecommunications in the United States?
(A) FBI.
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,(B) FDIC.
(C) FCC.
(D) FACEP. ✓✓Correct Answer: (C) FCC.
QUESTION: What is the rate of chest compressions for a two-year-old in cardiac arrest?
(A) 80/minute.
(B) 100/minute.
(C) 110/minute.
(D) 120/minute. ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) 100/minute.
QUESTION: A BVM with a reservoir and oxygen source (at least 15 LPM) delivers an oxygen
concentration of
(A) 21%.
(B) 40% to 60%.
(C) 80%.
(D) 100%. ✓✓Correct Answer: (D) 100%.
QUESTION: Beck's triad (associated with pericardial tamponade) includes: distant heart tones, JVD,
and...
(A) pulse deviation.
(B) narrowing pulse pressure.
(C) wheezing.
(D) delayed capillary refill. ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) narrowing pulse pressure.
QUESTION: What happens during inspiration?
(A) the diaphragm contracts and the intercostal muscles relax.
(B) the diaphragm relaxes and the intercostal muscles contract.
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,(C) the diaphragm relaxes and the intercostal muscles relax.
(D) the diaphragm contracts and the intercostal muscles contract. ✓✓Correct Answer: (D) the
diaphragm contracts and the intercostal muscles contract.
QUESTION: When caring for a child in respiratory distress, you hear a harsh high-pitched sound with
each breath. What do you suspect?
(A) stridor.
(B) wheezing.
(C) crackles.
(D) rhonchi. ✓✓Correct Answer: (A) stridor.
QUESTION: Cushing's reflex includes increased blood pressure, bradycardia, and:
(A) irregular respirations.
(B) irregular pulse.
(C) increased respirations.
(D) pupil dilation. ✓✓Correct Answer: (A) irregular respirations. Cushing's reflex is indicative of a
head injury with increased intracranial pressure (ICP).
QUESTION: You delivered a full-term baby in the back of your ambulance and the initial APGAR
score is 5. What treatment should you do?
(A) CPR.
(B) effective ventilation.
(C) vascular access.
(D) administration of epinephrine. ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) effective ventilation.
Most newborns respond favorably to warming, drying, suctioning, and stimulation.
QUESTION: All of the following are phases of the stress response EXCEPT:
(A) alarm reaction.
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, (B) resistance.
(C) exhaustion.
(D) acceptance. ✓✓Correct Answer: (D) acceptance.
The 3 phases of the body's response to stress:
(1) alarm reaction (fight-or-flight response)
(2) resistance: the level of resistance to stress raises
(3) exhaustion-as stress continues, coping mechanisms begin to fail
QUESTION: Manual maneuvers used to open a patient's airway
(A) are contraindicated in most patients.
(B) are difficult to perform.
(C) include head-tilt/chin-lift and jaw thrust.
(D) do not usually work without more extensive intervention. ✓✓Correct Answer: (C) include head-
tilt/chin-lift and jaw thrust.
QUESTION: A patient was struck in the head by a large tree branch while trimming a tree. The next
day, he complains of dizziness and vomiting. You suspect?
(A) an epidural hematoma.
(B) a subdural hematoma.
(C) a concussion.
(D) a contusion. ✓✓Correct Answer: (a) subdural hematoma.
A subdural hematoma is usually due to rupture of small venous vessels. This type of bleeding is slow
and the onset of symptoms may take several hours to develop after the injury.
QUESTION: Supine hypotensive syndrome occurs from?
(A) reduction of cardiac output due to compression of the aorta.
(B) reduction of cardiac output due to compression of the inferior vena cava.
(C) reduction of cardiac output due to compression of the superior vena cava.
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NREMT AIRWAY, RESPIRATION AND VENTILATION TEST GUIDE
Q & A 100% VERIFIED | GUARANTEED A+
QUESTION: Which law protects an EMT if the EMT acts in good faith, is not negligent, acts within the
scope of practice, and does not accept payment for service?
(A) implied consent laws.
(B) Good Samaritan laws.
(C) malfeasance laws.
(D) absolute immunity laws. ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) Good Samaritan laws
QUESTION: You arrive at a two car accident and the driver of the 1st car is unconscious. Consent for
this patient would be?
(A) informed.
(B) implied.
(C) expressed.
(D) involuntary. ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) implied
QUESTION: Organ responsible for insulin production.
(A) adrenal
(B) pancreas
(C) thyroid
(D) thymus ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) pancreas
QUESTION: Which federal agency regulates telecommunications in the United States?
(A) FBI.
1|Page
,(B) FDIC.
(C) FCC.
(D) FACEP. ✓✓Correct Answer: (C) FCC.
QUESTION: What is the rate of chest compressions for a two-year-old in cardiac arrest?
(A) 80/minute.
(B) 100/minute.
(C) 110/minute.
(D) 120/minute. ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) 100/minute.
QUESTION: A BVM with a reservoir and oxygen source (at least 15 LPM) delivers an oxygen
concentration of
(A) 21%.
(B) 40% to 60%.
(C) 80%.
(D) 100%. ✓✓Correct Answer: (D) 100%.
QUESTION: Beck's triad (associated with pericardial tamponade) includes: distant heart tones, JVD,
and...
(A) pulse deviation.
(B) narrowing pulse pressure.
(C) wheezing.
(D) delayed capillary refill. ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) narrowing pulse pressure.
QUESTION: What happens during inspiration?
(A) the diaphragm contracts and the intercostal muscles relax.
(B) the diaphragm relaxes and the intercostal muscles contract.
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,(C) the diaphragm relaxes and the intercostal muscles relax.
(D) the diaphragm contracts and the intercostal muscles contract. ✓✓Correct Answer: (D) the
diaphragm contracts and the intercostal muscles contract.
QUESTION: When caring for a child in respiratory distress, you hear a harsh high-pitched sound with
each breath. What do you suspect?
(A) stridor.
(B) wheezing.
(C) crackles.
(D) rhonchi. ✓✓Correct Answer: (A) stridor.
QUESTION: Cushing's reflex includes increased blood pressure, bradycardia, and:
(A) irregular respirations.
(B) irregular pulse.
(C) increased respirations.
(D) pupil dilation. ✓✓Correct Answer: (A) irregular respirations. Cushing's reflex is indicative of a
head injury with increased intracranial pressure (ICP).
QUESTION: You delivered a full-term baby in the back of your ambulance and the initial APGAR
score is 5. What treatment should you do?
(A) CPR.
(B) effective ventilation.
(C) vascular access.
(D) administration of epinephrine. ✓✓Correct Answer: (B) effective ventilation.
Most newborns respond favorably to warming, drying, suctioning, and stimulation.
QUESTION: All of the following are phases of the stress response EXCEPT:
(A) alarm reaction.
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, (B) resistance.
(C) exhaustion.
(D) acceptance. ✓✓Correct Answer: (D) acceptance.
The 3 phases of the body's response to stress:
(1) alarm reaction (fight-or-flight response)
(2) resistance: the level of resistance to stress raises
(3) exhaustion-as stress continues, coping mechanisms begin to fail
QUESTION: Manual maneuvers used to open a patient's airway
(A) are contraindicated in most patients.
(B) are difficult to perform.
(C) include head-tilt/chin-lift and jaw thrust.
(D) do not usually work without more extensive intervention. ✓✓Correct Answer: (C) include head-
tilt/chin-lift and jaw thrust.
QUESTION: A patient was struck in the head by a large tree branch while trimming a tree. The next
day, he complains of dizziness and vomiting. You suspect?
(A) an epidural hematoma.
(B) a subdural hematoma.
(C) a concussion.
(D) a contusion. ✓✓Correct Answer: (a) subdural hematoma.
A subdural hematoma is usually due to rupture of small venous vessels. This type of bleeding is slow
and the onset of symptoms may take several hours to develop after the injury.
QUESTION: Supine hypotensive syndrome occurs from?
(A) reduction of cardiac output due to compression of the aorta.
(B) reduction of cardiac output due to compression of the inferior vena cava.
(C) reduction of cardiac output due to compression of the superior vena cava.
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