NREMT - Medical Emergencies EXAM Questions AND Correct Answers
Angioedema - ✔✔A puffiness of face, lips, and neck due to swelling
underneath the skin; common in allergic reactions
Aura - ✔✔the state of mind just before the onset of a seizure; strange
feeling, some may experience visions
Describe when someone can refuse care - ✔✔18+, Can make informed
decisions, not under the influence, understand the risks associated
with refusing care, sign a release form
Diabetes type-I - ✔✔Juvenile diabetes requires daily insulin injection
Diabetes type-II - ✔✔Adult onset diabetes, can be controlled by diet,
exercise, and weight loss
Dysarthria - ✔✔Slurred speech
Expressive aphasia - ✔✔Loss of speech
Heat exhaustion is common in.... - ✔✔Seniors
Hemorrhagic stroke - ✔✔Rupture of a blood vessel in the brain
, How can poisons enter the body? - ✔✔Injection, Ingestion, Inhalation,
Absoprtion
How can you detect ketone production? - ✔✔Fruit Odor Breath
How do you treat genital injuries? - ✔✔The same as abdominal or soft
tissue injury
How do you treat someone with hyperthermia? - ✔✔Take them out
of heat and provide fluids
How long is a TIA? - ✔✔Few minutes to a few hours
How many EMT's should be in charge of one situation? - ✔✔1
Hyperglycemia - ✔✔high blood sugar
Hypoglycemia - ✔✔low blood sugar
If poison is through contact what do you do? - ✔✔Flush thoroughly
Angioedema - ✔✔A puffiness of face, lips, and neck due to swelling
underneath the skin; common in allergic reactions
Aura - ✔✔the state of mind just before the onset of a seizure; strange
feeling, some may experience visions
Describe when someone can refuse care - ✔✔18+, Can make informed
decisions, not under the influence, understand the risks associated
with refusing care, sign a release form
Diabetes type-I - ✔✔Juvenile diabetes requires daily insulin injection
Diabetes type-II - ✔✔Adult onset diabetes, can be controlled by diet,
exercise, and weight loss
Dysarthria - ✔✔Slurred speech
Expressive aphasia - ✔✔Loss of speech
Heat exhaustion is common in.... - ✔✔Seniors
Hemorrhagic stroke - ✔✔Rupture of a blood vessel in the brain
, How can poisons enter the body? - ✔✔Injection, Ingestion, Inhalation,
Absoprtion
How can you detect ketone production? - ✔✔Fruit Odor Breath
How do you treat genital injuries? - ✔✔The same as abdominal or soft
tissue injury
How do you treat someone with hyperthermia? - ✔✔Take them out
of heat and provide fluids
How long is a TIA? - ✔✔Few minutes to a few hours
How many EMT's should be in charge of one situation? - ✔✔1
Hyperglycemia - ✔✔high blood sugar
Hypoglycemia - ✔✔low blood sugar
If poison is through contact what do you do? - ✔✔Flush thoroughly
