NREMT Practice Exam Questions and
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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. (B) effective ventilation.
Most newborns respond favorably to warming, drying, suctioning, and stimulation.
All of the following are phases of the stress response EXCEPT:
(A) alarm reaction.
(B) resistance.
(C) exhaustion.
(D) acceptance. (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
,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. (C) include head-tilt/chin-lift
and jaw thrust.
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. (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.
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.
(D) the uterus pushing up on the diaphragm. (B) reduction of cardiac output due to
compression of the inferior vena cava.
The documentation of a baseline neurological status should NOT include which of the following:
(A) Pulse oximetry
(B) Response to sensory stimulation
(C) Pupillary reaction
(D) Motor function (A) Pulse oximetry
The chest wall is lined by a layer of smooth, glistening tissue called:
(A) visceral pleura.
(B) parietal pleura.
(C) visceral peritoneum.
(D) parietal peritoneum. (B) parietal pleura.
A dissecting aortic aneurysm may cause the following sign or symptom:
(A) a pain sensation on the neck and back of head
(B) pain in the lower back and lower quadrants
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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. (B) effective ventilation.
Most newborns respond favorably to warming, drying, suctioning, and stimulation.
All of the following are phases of the stress response EXCEPT:
(A) alarm reaction.
(B) resistance.
(C) exhaustion.
(D) acceptance. (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
,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. (C) include head-tilt/chin-lift
and jaw thrust.
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. (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.
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.
(D) the uterus pushing up on the diaphragm. (B) reduction of cardiac output due to
compression of the inferior vena cava.
The documentation of a baseline neurological status should NOT include which of the following:
(A) Pulse oximetry
(B) Response to sensory stimulation
(C) Pupillary reaction
(D) Motor function (A) Pulse oximetry
The chest wall is lined by a layer of smooth, glistening tissue called:
(A) visceral pleura.
(B) parietal pleura.
(C) visceral peritoneum.
(D) parietal peritoneum. (B) parietal pleura.
A dissecting aortic aneurysm may cause the following sign or symptom:
(A) a pain sensation on the neck and back of head
(B) pain in the lower back and lower quadrants
