NREMT Practice Questions And Verified
Answers All Graded A+
When you listen to the lungs of an asthma patient you would expect to
hear:
A. wheezes
B. rales
C. stridor
D. rhonchi - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers ✔✔->>A
Tidal volume is best defined as the:
A. volume of air inhaled on a single breath
B. volume of air that remains in the upper airway
C. total volume of air that the lungs are capable of holding
D. volume of air moved in and out of the lungs each minute -
,✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers ✔✔->>A
(average is 500 ml)
During transport of a patient with a head injury, what assessment
factor will provide you with the most information regarding the
patient's condition?
A. pupil size
B. heart rate
C. mental status
D. blood pressure - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers ✔✔-
>>C
Which of the following would findings would be most significant during
an assessment of a patient with a severe headache?
A. pain in both legs
B. chest discomfort
C. unilateral weakness
D. abdominal tenderness - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers
✔✔->>C
Seizures in children most often are the result of:
A. a life threatening infection
B. a temperature greater than 102 F
,C. an abrupt rise in body temperature
D. an inflammatory process in the brain - ✔✔Resolution Result
Verified Answers ✔✔->>C
A 34-year-old woman, who is 36 weeks pregnant, is having a seizure.
After you protect her airway and ensure adequate ventilation, you
should transport her: A. on her left side
B. in the prone position
C. in the supine position
D. in a semisitting position - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers
✔✔->>A
Snoring respirations are most rapidly managed by
A. suctioning the oropharynx
B. initiating assisted ventilations
C. correctly positioning the head
D. inserting an oropharyngeal airway - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified
Answers ✔✔->>C
The scene size-up includes all of the following components, except:
A. determining scene safety
B. applying personal protective gear
C. assessing the need for assistance
, D. evaluating the mechanism of injury - ✔✔Resolution Result
Verified Answers ✔✔->>B Which of the following actions should
be carried out during the initial assessment?
A. assessing the skin
B. palpating the cranium
C. auscultating the lungs
D. obtaining a blood pressure - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified
Answers ✔✔->>A
Firefighters have rescued a man from his burning house. He is conscious
and in considerably respiratory distress. He has a brassy cough and
singed nasal hairs. The most immediate threat to this patient's life is:
A. hypothermia
B. severe burns
C. severe infection
D. closure of the airway - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers
✔✔->>D
(Because of the signs and symptoms that this patient is exhibiting, you
must be immediately concerned with the potential for closure of the
airway and be prepared to assist ventilations. Signs of airway burns
include respiratory distress, singed nasal hairs, a brassy cough, difficulty
breathing and coughing up soot sputum. Infection, the burns
themselves and hypothermia should concern you; however, airway
problems are the greatest threat to human life.)
Answers All Graded A+
When you listen to the lungs of an asthma patient you would expect to
hear:
A. wheezes
B. rales
C. stridor
D. rhonchi - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers ✔✔->>A
Tidal volume is best defined as the:
A. volume of air inhaled on a single breath
B. volume of air that remains in the upper airway
C. total volume of air that the lungs are capable of holding
D. volume of air moved in and out of the lungs each minute -
,✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers ✔✔->>A
(average is 500 ml)
During transport of a patient with a head injury, what assessment
factor will provide you with the most information regarding the
patient's condition?
A. pupil size
B. heart rate
C. mental status
D. blood pressure - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers ✔✔-
>>C
Which of the following would findings would be most significant during
an assessment of a patient with a severe headache?
A. pain in both legs
B. chest discomfort
C. unilateral weakness
D. abdominal tenderness - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers
✔✔->>C
Seizures in children most often are the result of:
A. a life threatening infection
B. a temperature greater than 102 F
,C. an abrupt rise in body temperature
D. an inflammatory process in the brain - ✔✔Resolution Result
Verified Answers ✔✔->>C
A 34-year-old woman, who is 36 weeks pregnant, is having a seizure.
After you protect her airway and ensure adequate ventilation, you
should transport her: A. on her left side
B. in the prone position
C. in the supine position
D. in a semisitting position - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers
✔✔->>A
Snoring respirations are most rapidly managed by
A. suctioning the oropharynx
B. initiating assisted ventilations
C. correctly positioning the head
D. inserting an oropharyngeal airway - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified
Answers ✔✔->>C
The scene size-up includes all of the following components, except:
A. determining scene safety
B. applying personal protective gear
C. assessing the need for assistance
, D. evaluating the mechanism of injury - ✔✔Resolution Result
Verified Answers ✔✔->>B Which of the following actions should
be carried out during the initial assessment?
A. assessing the skin
B. palpating the cranium
C. auscultating the lungs
D. obtaining a blood pressure - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified
Answers ✔✔->>A
Firefighters have rescued a man from his burning house. He is conscious
and in considerably respiratory distress. He has a brassy cough and
singed nasal hairs. The most immediate threat to this patient's life is:
A. hypothermia
B. severe burns
C. severe infection
D. closure of the airway - ✔✔Resolution Result Verified Answers
✔✔->>D
(Because of the signs and symptoms that this patient is exhibiting, you
must be immediately concerned with the potential for closure of the
airway and be prepared to assist ventilations. Signs of airway burns
include respiratory distress, singed nasal hairs, a brassy cough, difficulty
breathing and coughing up soot sputum. Infection, the burns
themselves and hypothermia should concern you; however, airway
problems are the greatest threat to human life.)
