NREMT EMT Cognitive Final Exam
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A 72-year-old male is found unresponsive with slow, irregular breathing. What is your immediate
next step?
A. Begin chest compressions
✔✔ B. Open the airway and provide ventilations
C. Administer naloxone
D. Apply an oropharyngeal airway and walk away
A patient with chest pain is pale, diaphoretic, and reports pressure that radiates to the jaw. What
should you do first?
✔✔ A. Administer oxygen and prepare for transport
B. Ask the patient to take their own nitroglycerin
C. Administer oral glucose
D. Perform abdominal palpation
You arrive to find a child in respiratory distress. Which sign indicates impending failure?
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,A. Nasal flaring
B. Wheezing
✔✔ C. Bradycardia
D. Retractions
Which of the following best describes a contraindication to oral glucose administration?
A. Diabetic history
✔✔ B. Inability to swallow
C. Altered mental status
D. Age under 10
A trauma patient presents with pale skin, weak radial pulses, and altered mental status. What do
these signs suggest?
✔✔ A. Hypoperfusion
B. Stroke
C. Spinal shock
D. Hyperglycemia
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,You are assisting a patient with an epinephrine auto-injector. What is the correct route of
administration?
A. Subcutaneous
✔✔ B. Intramuscular
C. Intravenous
D. Inhalation
What should be done for a conscious adult with complete airway obstruction?
✔✔ A. Perform abdominal thrusts
B. Administer oxygen
C. Place them in recovery position
D. Begin CPR
A 55-year-old patient is having chest pain, and vital signs are stable. The patient denies taking
ED meds. What should you do next?
✔✔ A. Assist with nitroglycerin if prescribed
B. Begin CPR
C. Apply oral glucose
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, D. Apply a traction splint
A patient is having a seizure and becomes unresponsive. What is your priority during the
postictal phase?
✔✔ A. Manage the airway
B. Administer glucose
C. Restrain the patient
D. Begin chest compressions
Which of the following findings indicates a possible tension pneumothorax?
A. Equal chest rise
✔✔ B. Absent breath sounds on one side and tracheal deviation
C. Rapid pulse and sweating
D. Hypoglycemia
You find a newborn who is cyanotic, limp, and has a heart rate of 50 bpm after birth. What do
you do first?
✔✔ A. Begin positive pressure ventilation
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A 72-year-old male is found unresponsive with slow, irregular breathing. What is your immediate
next step?
A. Begin chest compressions
✔✔ B. Open the airway and provide ventilations
C. Administer naloxone
D. Apply an oropharyngeal airway and walk away
A patient with chest pain is pale, diaphoretic, and reports pressure that radiates to the jaw. What
should you do first?
✔✔ A. Administer oxygen and prepare for transport
B. Ask the patient to take their own nitroglycerin
C. Administer oral glucose
D. Perform abdominal palpation
You arrive to find a child in respiratory distress. Which sign indicates impending failure?
1
,A. Nasal flaring
B. Wheezing
✔✔ C. Bradycardia
D. Retractions
Which of the following best describes a contraindication to oral glucose administration?
A. Diabetic history
✔✔ B. Inability to swallow
C. Altered mental status
D. Age under 10
A trauma patient presents with pale skin, weak radial pulses, and altered mental status. What do
these signs suggest?
✔✔ A. Hypoperfusion
B. Stroke
C. Spinal shock
D. Hyperglycemia
2
,You are assisting a patient with an epinephrine auto-injector. What is the correct route of
administration?
A. Subcutaneous
✔✔ B. Intramuscular
C. Intravenous
D. Inhalation
What should be done for a conscious adult with complete airway obstruction?
✔✔ A. Perform abdominal thrusts
B. Administer oxygen
C. Place them in recovery position
D. Begin CPR
A 55-year-old patient is having chest pain, and vital signs are stable. The patient denies taking
ED meds. What should you do next?
✔✔ A. Assist with nitroglycerin if prescribed
B. Begin CPR
C. Apply oral glucose
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, D. Apply a traction splint
A patient is having a seizure and becomes unresponsive. What is your priority during the
postictal phase?
✔✔ A. Manage the airway
B. Administer glucose
C. Restrain the patient
D. Begin chest compressions
Which of the following findings indicates a possible tension pneumothorax?
A. Equal chest rise
✔✔ B. Absent breath sounds on one side and tracheal deviation
C. Rapid pulse and sweating
D. Hypoglycemia
You find a newborn who is cyanotic, limp, and has a heart rate of 50 bpm after birth. What do
you do first?
✔✔ A. Begin positive pressure ventilation
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