NHS 111 LATEST 2026 CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔When assessing someone who has fallen on their arm the system will ask questions
about whether their arm is cold, pale in colour, or blue to the area beyond the injury.
What is this question trying to exclude? - ✔✔Wether there is damage to the blood
vessels, which could damage or cut supply.
✔✔True or false? The pain of a heart attack is never felt in the abdomen. - ✔✔False
✔✔Two words or phrases a person might use to describe the sensation of palpitations?
- ✔✔1 - Fluttering
2- Skips a beat
✔✔What is the most common cause of a mouth ulcer? - ✔✔Biting the at the cheeks.
✔✔What is sepsis and what causes it? - ✔✔Blood poisoning, caused by the body's
overreaction to an infection.
✔✔List 4 symptoms of sinusitis - ✔✔1 - Facial Pain
2 - Headache
3 - Fever
4 - Bad Breath
✔✔List 2 factors associated with a head injury that would require ED treatment? - ✔✔1 -
Any loss of consciousness since injury
2 - Any vomiting since injury
✔✔How might unconsciousness affect a persons airway? - ✔✔Tongue may fall back
into the throat and restrict the airway.
✔✔What is a rigor? - ✔✔Violent shivering due to a high fever
✔✔What is shock? - ✔✔Failure of the cardiovascular system to keep blood circulating
to the organs.
✔✔List 5 potentially life threatening injuries. - ✔✔1 - Major Wounds - Gunshot, Stabbing
2 - RTA ( Road Traffic Accident )
3 - Fall From A Height
4 - Near Drowning
5 - Suicide Attempts
✔✔State one problem with the overuse of antibiotics? - ✔✔Bacteria become resistant
and immune to the antibiotic and may become ineffective.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔When assessing someone who has fallen on their arm the system will ask questions
about whether their arm is cold, pale in colour, or blue to the area beyond the injury.
What is this question trying to exclude? - ✔✔Wether there is damage to the blood
vessels, which could damage or cut supply.
✔✔True or false? The pain of a heart attack is never felt in the abdomen. - ✔✔False
✔✔Two words or phrases a person might use to describe the sensation of palpitations?
- ✔✔1 - Fluttering
2- Skips a beat
✔✔What is the most common cause of a mouth ulcer? - ✔✔Biting the at the cheeks.
✔✔What is sepsis and what causes it? - ✔✔Blood poisoning, caused by the body's
overreaction to an infection.
✔✔List 4 symptoms of sinusitis - ✔✔1 - Facial Pain
2 - Headache
3 - Fever
4 - Bad Breath
✔✔List 2 factors associated with a head injury that would require ED treatment? - ✔✔1 -
Any loss of consciousness since injury
2 - Any vomiting since injury
✔✔How might unconsciousness affect a persons airway? - ✔✔Tongue may fall back
into the throat and restrict the airway.
✔✔What is a rigor? - ✔✔Violent shivering due to a high fever
✔✔What is shock? - ✔✔Failure of the cardiovascular system to keep blood circulating
to the organs.
✔✔List 5 potentially life threatening injuries. - ✔✔1 - Major Wounds - Gunshot, Stabbing
2 - RTA ( Road Traffic Accident )
3 - Fall From A Height
4 - Near Drowning
5 - Suicide Attempts
✔✔State one problem with the overuse of antibiotics? - ✔✔Bacteria become resistant
and immune to the antibiotic and may become ineffective.
