NREMT practice test Exam Prep Questions And Answers (202472025)
patient with chest injuries often present with: - ✔✔tachypnea
Most common symptom associated with cardiac related chest pain - ✔✔jaw pain
- After a traumatic head injury, patient had a loss of consciousness. She then returns
consciousness but then loses consciousness again. This is a _____ bleed. -
✔✔Subdural
as the epidural bleeding increases, so does the - ✔✔intercerebral pressure
the most reliable type of evidence-based medical research. - ✔✔Randomized
controlled trials
examples of Maintaining competency as an EMT - ✔✔renewing your BLS cert.
Public Health Activities - ✔✔installing car seat
"stop the bleed" programs
1. When approaching a helicopter with its main rotor turning you should: - ✔✔- You
should follow the instructions of the crew.
- You should not approach from the tail, rotor, uphill side, or walk upright.
When you arrive on the scene of a potential MCI, you first: - ✔✔establish command
1. When triaging during an explosion at an outside concert you should: - ✔✔- look
for secondary devices that are meant to target emergency responders.
,- When triaging you do not have time to preserve evidence, apply pressure dressings,
or ventilate patients.
Woman was shot in chest. Complains of pain and difficulty breathing. Skin is pale
and diaphoretic. You should: - ✔✔- You should always avoid cutting thru bullet
holes in shirt.
- Don't need c-spine at this time bc it's a penetrating trauma.
- She is showing signs of shock and respiratory distress so assessing vitals would
delay transport, you can do that en route.
- Placing removed clothing in a plastic bag would degrade evidence.
704 Diamond RED: - ✔✔Flammability
704 Diamond BLUE: - ✔✔Health
704 Diamond YELLOW: - ✔✔Instability
704 Diamond WHITE: - ✔✔Special; OX, SA, W
We dont want toxins to reach the: - ✔✔small bowel
Drooling is a sign that: - ✔✔throat is too swollen for swallowing
preserving evidence is best placed in: - ✔✔a brown bag
LEave ______ in ambulance during an MCI - ✔✔defibrillator
, What causes and increased HR in compensated shock? - ✔✔a decreased pressure
sensed by baroreceptors.
Best location for incident command: - ✔✔close to the scene but outside the area of
operation
What is the greatest concern when the alveoli are filled with fluid? - ✔✔gas
exchange cannot occur
What is crucial when immobilizing a pediatric patient? - ✔✔place padding under
shoulders
Could be a upper or lower GI bleed: - ✔✔melena
Only lower GI bleed: - ✔✔hematochezia
Patients in decompensated shock: - ✔✔Weak pulse indicating drop in BP
Patients in compensated shock often have - ✔✔anxiety and increased respirations
This organ is most likely to be injured in a penetrating trauma: - ✔✔liver
what issues and EMS licensure - ✔✔the state
most definitive sign of a fractured extremity: - ✔✔mid-shaft angulation
patient with chest injuries often present with: - ✔✔tachypnea
Most common symptom associated with cardiac related chest pain - ✔✔jaw pain
- After a traumatic head injury, patient had a loss of consciousness. She then returns
consciousness but then loses consciousness again. This is a _____ bleed. -
✔✔Subdural
as the epidural bleeding increases, so does the - ✔✔intercerebral pressure
the most reliable type of evidence-based medical research. - ✔✔Randomized
controlled trials
examples of Maintaining competency as an EMT - ✔✔renewing your BLS cert.
Public Health Activities - ✔✔installing car seat
"stop the bleed" programs
1. When approaching a helicopter with its main rotor turning you should: - ✔✔- You
should follow the instructions of the crew.
- You should not approach from the tail, rotor, uphill side, or walk upright.
When you arrive on the scene of a potential MCI, you first: - ✔✔establish command
1. When triaging during an explosion at an outside concert you should: - ✔✔- look
for secondary devices that are meant to target emergency responders.
,- When triaging you do not have time to preserve evidence, apply pressure dressings,
or ventilate patients.
Woman was shot in chest. Complains of pain and difficulty breathing. Skin is pale
and diaphoretic. You should: - ✔✔- You should always avoid cutting thru bullet
holes in shirt.
- Don't need c-spine at this time bc it's a penetrating trauma.
- She is showing signs of shock and respiratory distress so assessing vitals would
delay transport, you can do that en route.
- Placing removed clothing in a plastic bag would degrade evidence.
704 Diamond RED: - ✔✔Flammability
704 Diamond BLUE: - ✔✔Health
704 Diamond YELLOW: - ✔✔Instability
704 Diamond WHITE: - ✔✔Special; OX, SA, W
We dont want toxins to reach the: - ✔✔small bowel
Drooling is a sign that: - ✔✔throat is too swollen for swallowing
preserving evidence is best placed in: - ✔✔a brown bag
LEave ______ in ambulance during an MCI - ✔✔defibrillator
, What causes and increased HR in compensated shock? - ✔✔a decreased pressure
sensed by baroreceptors.
Best location for incident command: - ✔✔close to the scene but outside the area of
operation
What is the greatest concern when the alveoli are filled with fluid? - ✔✔gas
exchange cannot occur
What is crucial when immobilizing a pediatric patient? - ✔✔place padding under
shoulders
Could be a upper or lower GI bleed: - ✔✔melena
Only lower GI bleed: - ✔✔hematochezia
Patients in decompensated shock: - ✔✔Weak pulse indicating drop in BP
Patients in compensated shock often have - ✔✔anxiety and increased respirations
This organ is most likely to be injured in a penetrating trauma: - ✔✔liver
what issues and EMS licensure - ✔✔the state
most definitive sign of a fractured extremity: - ✔✔mid-shaft angulation
