NREMT Questions
NREMT Practice Exam Containing 1,120
Questions with Verified Answers/ A+
Score Solutions 2024-2025.
The cardiac muscle cells have a unique characteristic that is not found in any other
types of muscle cells. What is this unique characteristic called?
-Automaticity
-Elasticity
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-Spontaneity
-Impulsivity - Answer: Automaticity
You are called to an 87-year-old female who fell while getting out of bed and hit
her head on her bedside table. The patient is conscious, alert, and oriented when
you arrive, with a hematoma and a 2" laceration to her forehead. While assessing
her pupils, you notice they are uneven. Her family states that she was born with
unequal pupils and that is normal for her.
What is the medical term for someone who was born with unequal pupils?
-Glaucoma
-Anisocoria
-Cataracts
-Astigmatism - Answer: Anisocoria
Asystole and pulseless electrical activity (PEA) are two rhythms that are not
shockable when analyzed by an automated external defibrillator (AED).
How is pulseless electrical activity defined?
-The patient is in cardiac arrest, and there is no electrical activity remaining in the
heart.
-The patient is in cardiac arrest, and the rhythm is flatline.
-The patient is in cardiac arrest, but there is still an organized electrical complex. -
Answer: The patient is in cardiac arrest, but there is still an organized electrical
complex.
Which arteries supply the head and brain with blood?
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Select the 2 answer options which are correct.
-The left subclavian artery
-The left carotid artery
-The right subclavian artery
-The right carotid artery - Answer: 1)The left carotid artery
2)The right carotid artery
There are many transmission methods for being exposed to an infectious disease.
Which method of infectious disease is transmitted from an infected patient
through an inanimate object?
-Direct contact
-Indirect contact
-Airborne transmission
-Foodborne transmission - Answer: Indirect contact
There are three concepts of energy associated with traumatic injuries. Which of
the following is not one of the concepts of energy?
-Potential energy
-Energy of work
-Kinetic energy
-Partial energy - Answer: Partical energy
You are called to an obstetrician's office to transport a pregnant patient who had a
seizure during her exam. She is awake and disoriented with a patent airway when
you arrive.
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Which position do you want to place your patient on the gurney for transport?
-In the supine position
-On her right side
-On her left side
-In the high-Fowler's position - Answer: On her left side
What is one contraindication to inserting a nasopharyngeal airway?
-Severe head injury with blood draining from the nose
-Unconscious patient with a gag reflex
-Semiconscious patient with a gag reflex
-Unconscious patient with blood coming from the mouth - Answer: Severe head
injury with blood draining from the nose
Hyperventilation is defined as overbreathing to the point that the level of arterial
carbon dioxide falls below normal. Which of the following illnesses could cause a
patient to hyperventilate?
Select the 2 answer options which are correct.
-Epilepsy
-Diabetes
-Sepsis
-Anaphylaxis - Answer: 1)Diabetes
2)Sepsis
CPR is not recommended in certain situations where there are definitive signs of
death, one being if a patient has rigor mortis.
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NREMT Practice Exam Containing 1,120
Questions with Verified Answers/ A+
Score Solutions 2024-2025.
The cardiac muscle cells have a unique characteristic that is not found in any other
types of muscle cells. What is this unique characteristic called?
-Automaticity
-Elasticity
1|Page
, NREMT Questions
-Spontaneity
-Impulsivity - Answer: Automaticity
You are called to an 87-year-old female who fell while getting out of bed and hit
her head on her bedside table. The patient is conscious, alert, and oriented when
you arrive, with a hematoma and a 2" laceration to her forehead. While assessing
her pupils, you notice they are uneven. Her family states that she was born with
unequal pupils and that is normal for her.
What is the medical term for someone who was born with unequal pupils?
-Glaucoma
-Anisocoria
-Cataracts
-Astigmatism - Answer: Anisocoria
Asystole and pulseless electrical activity (PEA) are two rhythms that are not
shockable when analyzed by an automated external defibrillator (AED).
How is pulseless electrical activity defined?
-The patient is in cardiac arrest, and there is no electrical activity remaining in the
heart.
-The patient is in cardiac arrest, and the rhythm is flatline.
-The patient is in cardiac arrest, but there is still an organized electrical complex. -
Answer: The patient is in cardiac arrest, but there is still an organized electrical
complex.
Which arteries supply the head and brain with blood?
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Select the 2 answer options which are correct.
-The left subclavian artery
-The left carotid artery
-The right subclavian artery
-The right carotid artery - Answer: 1)The left carotid artery
2)The right carotid artery
There are many transmission methods for being exposed to an infectious disease.
Which method of infectious disease is transmitted from an infected patient
through an inanimate object?
-Direct contact
-Indirect contact
-Airborne transmission
-Foodborne transmission - Answer: Indirect contact
There are three concepts of energy associated with traumatic injuries. Which of
the following is not one of the concepts of energy?
-Potential energy
-Energy of work
-Kinetic energy
-Partial energy - Answer: Partical energy
You are called to an obstetrician's office to transport a pregnant patient who had a
seizure during her exam. She is awake and disoriented with a patent airway when
you arrive.
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Which position do you want to place your patient on the gurney for transport?
-In the supine position
-On her right side
-On her left side
-In the high-Fowler's position - Answer: On her left side
What is one contraindication to inserting a nasopharyngeal airway?
-Severe head injury with blood draining from the nose
-Unconscious patient with a gag reflex
-Semiconscious patient with a gag reflex
-Unconscious patient with blood coming from the mouth - Answer: Severe head
injury with blood draining from the nose
Hyperventilation is defined as overbreathing to the point that the level of arterial
carbon dioxide falls below normal. Which of the following illnesses could cause a
patient to hyperventilate?
Select the 2 answer options which are correct.
-Epilepsy
-Diabetes
-Sepsis
-Anaphylaxis - Answer: 1)Diabetes
2)Sepsis
CPR is not recommended in certain situations where there are definitive signs of
death, one being if a patient has rigor mortis.
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