NOLS WFR Practice Test UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Unusable athletic injuries are treated with: - CORRECT ANSWER - immobilization and
evacuation
Certification as a wilderness medicine provider - CORRECT ANSWER - a. indicates you
have completed training
Wilderness medicine is different from urban medicine because wilderness medicine has: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Extended patient contact time, environmental challenges and
improvised gear
The most common injuries consistently reported on wilderness expeditions are - CORRECT
ANSWER - soft tissue wounds
A patient in compensatory shock - CORRECT ANSWER - maintains adequate perfusion
with vasoconstriction, increased HR and RR.
Compartment syndrome is - CORRECT ANSWER - pressure in a muscle secondary to an
injury.
A hypothermic patient - CORRECT ANSWER - can be treated with a hypothermia wrap
Your tent mate has accidentally swallowed a small amount of white gas. You recommend that
she - CORRECT ANSWER - Call poison control.
We guard against an allergic response to a medication by - CORRECT ANSWER - asking
the patient if they have taken a medication previously
, Treatment principles for snowblindness include - CORRECT ANSWER - cool compresses
over the eyes
A pneumothorax is - CORRECT ANSWER - air in the chest
Sunscreens - CORRECT ANSWER - hould be applied several times a day
Rapidly evacuate a patient with a headache if the headache - CORRECT ANSWER - is
sudden, severe or is associated with altered mental status
Urinary tract infections - CORRECT ANSWER - can be accompanied by fever and blood
in the urine
Your 54 year old co-instructor wakes up with chest pain and a sensation of tightness in his
chest, shortness of breath, anxiety, nausea and pale cool, clammy skin. Your treatment plan
includes - CORRECT ANSWER - suggesting he take one adult aspirin.
Which of the following statements about exercise in hot conditions is false? - CORRECT
ANSWER - over hydration can prevent heat illness.
The head-to-toe physical exam - CORRECT ANSWER - is done on all patients
In the wilderness we can stop CPR if: - CORRECT ANSWER - the patient's pulse returns
Abandonment occurs when - CORRECT ANSWER - you turn over patient care to a
person unable to manage the patient.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Unusable athletic injuries are treated with: - CORRECT ANSWER - immobilization and
evacuation
Certification as a wilderness medicine provider - CORRECT ANSWER - a. indicates you
have completed training
Wilderness medicine is different from urban medicine because wilderness medicine has: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Extended patient contact time, environmental challenges and
improvised gear
The most common injuries consistently reported on wilderness expeditions are - CORRECT
ANSWER - soft tissue wounds
A patient in compensatory shock - CORRECT ANSWER - maintains adequate perfusion
with vasoconstriction, increased HR and RR.
Compartment syndrome is - CORRECT ANSWER - pressure in a muscle secondary to an
injury.
A hypothermic patient - CORRECT ANSWER - can be treated with a hypothermia wrap
Your tent mate has accidentally swallowed a small amount of white gas. You recommend that
she - CORRECT ANSWER - Call poison control.
We guard against an allergic response to a medication by - CORRECT ANSWER - asking
the patient if they have taken a medication previously
, Treatment principles for snowblindness include - CORRECT ANSWER - cool compresses
over the eyes
A pneumothorax is - CORRECT ANSWER - air in the chest
Sunscreens - CORRECT ANSWER - hould be applied several times a day
Rapidly evacuate a patient with a headache if the headache - CORRECT ANSWER - is
sudden, severe or is associated with altered mental status
Urinary tract infections - CORRECT ANSWER - can be accompanied by fever and blood
in the urine
Your 54 year old co-instructor wakes up with chest pain and a sensation of tightness in his
chest, shortness of breath, anxiety, nausea and pale cool, clammy skin. Your treatment plan
includes - CORRECT ANSWER - suggesting he take one adult aspirin.
Which of the following statements about exercise in hot conditions is false? - CORRECT
ANSWER - over hydration can prevent heat illness.
The head-to-toe physical exam - CORRECT ANSWER - is done on all patients
In the wilderness we can stop CPR if: - CORRECT ANSWER - the patient's pulse returns
Abandonment occurs when - CORRECT ANSWER - you turn over patient care to a
person unable to manage the patient.
