NREMT Exam 1 Questions and Answers
Severe pain - Correct Answers -You are dispatched to an unknown medical emergency.
Upon arrival, you find a 64-year-old male with a history of sickle cell disease. What is
the most common chief complaint in patients with sickle cell disease?
Anisocoria - Correct Answers -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?
Angina pectoris, Acute myocardial infarction - Correct Answers -Several conditions are
associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Which of the following is associated
with ACS?
Automaticity - Correct Answers -The cardiac muscle cells have a unique characteristic
that is not found in any other type of muscle cells. What is this unique characteristic
called?
Heart, Blood vessels, Blood - Correct Answers -If one part of the perfusion triangle is
not working, a patient will go into shock. What parts make up the cardiovascular system
and are referred to as the perfusion triangle?
Damages, Breach of duty, Duty - Correct Answers -Before being found guilty of
negligence as an EMT, the determination of negligence is based on four factors. Which
of the following are some of the factors in determining negligence?
Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) - Correct Answers -You are called by the bouncer of
a nightclub who has a 24-year-old female complaining of drowsiness, nausea, and
vomiting after taking liquid ecstasy. While you are assessing the patient, her friend tells
you that the patient took liquid ecstasy one hour ago and has consumed five cocktails in
the same time frame. What drug is commonly known as liquid ecstasy?
The spleen - Correct Answers -You are assessing a 56-year-old-male with a chief
complaint of abdominal pain. He states that he has been having some digestive issues
for one week, combined with flu-like symptoms. What organ located in the stomach
does not aid in digestion?
, Anxiety and Tachycardia - Correct Answers -Your patient is a 74-year-old female
complaining of difficulty breathing with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD). What are the early signs of hypoxia?
Abdominal distention - Correct Answers -Your unit is called to transport a 65-year-old
male with abdominal pain from a private physician's office to the emergency
department. The patient is found on the exam table with his knees drawn up to his chest
(guarding), and he's moaning in pain. The physician suspects the patient has peritonitis
and needs him evaluated at the hospital. Besides guarding, what is a common sign in
patients with peritonitis?
Traumatic rupture of the aorta - Correct Answers -Almost one-third of people who are
killed immediately in a vehicle accident die from what type of chest injury?
Use a scoop stretcher with pillows - Correct Answers -You are preparing to package
and transport a 78-year-old female complaining of left hip pain after she tripped and fell
over her dog, landing on a concrete sidewalk. Upon assessment, you find shortening
and rotation of her left leg and pain and tenderness upon palpation. What is the
preferred method to immobilize the patient's hip for transport?
Assess the newborn continuously, Keep the newborn warm, Transport the newborn with
the mother - Correct Answers -You are dispatched to the side of the freeway where a
patrol officer has stopped a couple for speeding. The officer reports assisting the mother
with delivering her baby in the front seat of the car and requesting EMS. Upon your
arrival, the mother seems to be doing fine, so you take the newborn from her to perform
your assessment. How would you proceed if the newborn's heart rate was greater than
100 beats per minute (BPM)?
Changes in blood vessel size at the base of the brain - Correct Answers -You are
dispatched to a parking garage for an unknown age female with a headache. When you
arrive, the patient tells you that she feels a migraine coming on and needs to go to the
hospital because she is unable to drive. What causes migraines?
Cover the injury with a dry, sterile dressing. Remove jewelry from the injured part. Splint
the frostbitten extremity - Correct Answers -You are called by search and rescue to
transport a patient who was found after a two-day search in blizzard conditions. The
patient had been camping and had a sleeping bag and warm clothes but still sustained
frostbite to his nose and all his fingers and toes. How would you treat the frostbitten
areas?
Through the vena cava - Correct Answers -How does deoxygenated blood from the
body enter the right atrium of the heart?
Longer than four hours - Correct Answers -Crush syndrome can develop when an area
of the body is trapped for some time, compromising arterial blood flow. How long does
the area of the body need to be trapped for crush syndrome to develop?
Severe pain - Correct Answers -You are dispatched to an unknown medical emergency.
Upon arrival, you find a 64-year-old male with a history of sickle cell disease. What is
the most common chief complaint in patients with sickle cell disease?
Anisocoria - Correct Answers -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?
Angina pectoris, Acute myocardial infarction - Correct Answers -Several conditions are
associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Which of the following is associated
with ACS?
Automaticity - Correct Answers -The cardiac muscle cells have a unique characteristic
that is not found in any other type of muscle cells. What is this unique characteristic
called?
Heart, Blood vessels, Blood - Correct Answers -If one part of the perfusion triangle is
not working, a patient will go into shock. What parts make up the cardiovascular system
and are referred to as the perfusion triangle?
Damages, Breach of duty, Duty - Correct Answers -Before being found guilty of
negligence as an EMT, the determination of negligence is based on four factors. Which
of the following are some of the factors in determining negligence?
Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) - Correct Answers -You are called by the bouncer of
a nightclub who has a 24-year-old female complaining of drowsiness, nausea, and
vomiting after taking liquid ecstasy. While you are assessing the patient, her friend tells
you that the patient took liquid ecstasy one hour ago and has consumed five cocktails in
the same time frame. What drug is commonly known as liquid ecstasy?
The spleen - Correct Answers -You are assessing a 56-year-old-male with a chief
complaint of abdominal pain. He states that he has been having some digestive issues
for one week, combined with flu-like symptoms. What organ located in the stomach
does not aid in digestion?
, Anxiety and Tachycardia - Correct Answers -Your patient is a 74-year-old female
complaining of difficulty breathing with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD). What are the early signs of hypoxia?
Abdominal distention - Correct Answers -Your unit is called to transport a 65-year-old
male with abdominal pain from a private physician's office to the emergency
department. The patient is found on the exam table with his knees drawn up to his chest
(guarding), and he's moaning in pain. The physician suspects the patient has peritonitis
and needs him evaluated at the hospital. Besides guarding, what is a common sign in
patients with peritonitis?
Traumatic rupture of the aorta - Correct Answers -Almost one-third of people who are
killed immediately in a vehicle accident die from what type of chest injury?
Use a scoop stretcher with pillows - Correct Answers -You are preparing to package
and transport a 78-year-old female complaining of left hip pain after she tripped and fell
over her dog, landing on a concrete sidewalk. Upon assessment, you find shortening
and rotation of her left leg and pain and tenderness upon palpation. What is the
preferred method to immobilize the patient's hip for transport?
Assess the newborn continuously, Keep the newborn warm, Transport the newborn with
the mother - Correct Answers -You are dispatched to the side of the freeway where a
patrol officer has stopped a couple for speeding. The officer reports assisting the mother
with delivering her baby in the front seat of the car and requesting EMS. Upon your
arrival, the mother seems to be doing fine, so you take the newborn from her to perform
your assessment. How would you proceed if the newborn's heart rate was greater than
100 beats per minute (BPM)?
Changes in blood vessel size at the base of the brain - Correct Answers -You are
dispatched to a parking garage for an unknown age female with a headache. When you
arrive, the patient tells you that she feels a migraine coming on and needs to go to the
hospital because she is unable to drive. What causes migraines?
Cover the injury with a dry, sterile dressing. Remove jewelry from the injured part. Splint
the frostbitten extremity - Correct Answers -You are called by search and rescue to
transport a patient who was found after a two-day search in blizzard conditions. The
patient had been camping and had a sleeping bag and warm clothes but still sustained
frostbite to his nose and all his fingers and toes. How would you treat the frostbitten
areas?
Through the vena cava - Correct Answers -How does deoxygenated blood from the
body enter the right atrium of the heart?
Longer than four hours - Correct Answers -Crush syndrome can develop when an area
of the body is trapped for some time, compromising arterial blood flow. How long does
the area of the body need to be trapped for crush syndrome to develop?
