NAEMT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026/2027 A+ GRADED 100%
VERIFIED
Endotracheal intubation
EMS is treating a 24-year-old soccer player who was kicked in the chest. Prehospital
providers note paradoxical movement of a portion of the patient's chest wall. The
patient;s respiratory rate is 16 and oxygen saturation is 94%. What is the most
appropriate action
A) Endotracheal intubation
B) Provide supplemental oxygen and transport to a trauma center
C) Place bulky dressing over the wound and tight wrap the chest
D) stabilize the segment with sandbags on the chest - ANS -Provide supplemental
oxygen and transport to a trauma center
Prehospital providers respond to a 17-year-old male who fell through a sliding glass door
and sustained a large laceration to his arm that is bleeding heavily. He is restless and
diaphoretic, with a weak, thready pulse. What is the most appropriate first action
A) Apply a Tourniquet
B) Pack the wound with a hemostatic dressing
C) Initiate intravenous access
D) Apply direct pressure - ANS -Apply direct pressure
When managing a pediatric patient, pre-hospital providers should do all of the following
EXCEPT
A) use appropriately sized equipment
B) frequently reassess the patient
C) preserve body heat
D) use half the adult dose or medication administration - ANS -Use half the adult dose or
medication administration
Which of the following is a Golden Principle of trauma care
A) ensure adequate airway and ventilation
B) complete a thorough head-to-toe survey before initiating treatment
C) rescuer safety is secondary to caring for the patient
D) use chilled intravenous fluids to promote hypothermia - ANS -Ensure adequate airway
and ventilation
, A 30-year-old male is injured in a terror bombing. He experiences traumatic amputation
of his left leg at at knee level. An improvised tourniquet was put in place by bystanders.
The victim is conscious and in severe pain. Your first action should be to do which of the
following?
A) Provide IV analgesia
B) put on pressure dressing
C) Confirm the tourniquet was properly applied
D) Check the airway - ANS -Confirm the tourniquet was properly applied
EMS responds to an adult barista with partial-thickness burns to the abdomen and right
leg, sustained form a cooking accident. Initial treatment of this injury wound include:
A) Apply antibiotic ointment
B) Run copious amounts of room temperature water over the burn
C) Cover burned area with dry sterile dressings
D) Cover burned area with moist sterile dressings - ANS -Cover burned area with dry
sterile dressings
Prehospital providers have treated a sucking chest wound with an occlusive dressing.
During transport to the hospital, the patient develops increasing respiratory distress with
increased respirations and absent lung sounds are noted on repeat auscultation. What is
the most appropriate next intervention
A) Release and reapply the occlusive dressing
B) Perform needle decompression
C) Provide positive-pressure ventilation
D) Perform endotracheal intubation - ANS -Release and reapply the occlusive dressing
EMS arrives on a scene and finds that emergency medical responders have attempted to
immobilize a pediatric patient onto a long backboard. They note that the patients head is
in a flexed position. Which of the following actions is the most appropriate
A) adjust the cervical collar
B) Logroll patient into a left lateral recumbent position
C) place padding under the patient's head and neck
D) place padding under the patient's torso - ANS -place padding under the patient's
torso
Falls are the most common cause of death in trauma patients over ______ years of age
A) 65
B) 75
C) 55
D) 69 - ANS -75
_____ is the earliest sign of deterioration in a patient with a flail chest
A) respiratory rate increase
B) oxygen saturation decrease
ANSWERS 2026/2027 A+ GRADED 100%
VERIFIED
Endotracheal intubation
EMS is treating a 24-year-old soccer player who was kicked in the chest. Prehospital
providers note paradoxical movement of a portion of the patient's chest wall. The
patient;s respiratory rate is 16 and oxygen saturation is 94%. What is the most
appropriate action
A) Endotracheal intubation
B) Provide supplemental oxygen and transport to a trauma center
C) Place bulky dressing over the wound and tight wrap the chest
D) stabilize the segment with sandbags on the chest - ANS -Provide supplemental
oxygen and transport to a trauma center
Prehospital providers respond to a 17-year-old male who fell through a sliding glass door
and sustained a large laceration to his arm that is bleeding heavily. He is restless and
diaphoretic, with a weak, thready pulse. What is the most appropriate first action
A) Apply a Tourniquet
B) Pack the wound with a hemostatic dressing
C) Initiate intravenous access
D) Apply direct pressure - ANS -Apply direct pressure
When managing a pediatric patient, pre-hospital providers should do all of the following
EXCEPT
A) use appropriately sized equipment
B) frequently reassess the patient
C) preserve body heat
D) use half the adult dose or medication administration - ANS -Use half the adult dose or
medication administration
Which of the following is a Golden Principle of trauma care
A) ensure adequate airway and ventilation
B) complete a thorough head-to-toe survey before initiating treatment
C) rescuer safety is secondary to caring for the patient
D) use chilled intravenous fluids to promote hypothermia - ANS -Ensure adequate airway
and ventilation
, A 30-year-old male is injured in a terror bombing. He experiences traumatic amputation
of his left leg at at knee level. An improvised tourniquet was put in place by bystanders.
The victim is conscious and in severe pain. Your first action should be to do which of the
following?
A) Provide IV analgesia
B) put on pressure dressing
C) Confirm the tourniquet was properly applied
D) Check the airway - ANS -Confirm the tourniquet was properly applied
EMS responds to an adult barista with partial-thickness burns to the abdomen and right
leg, sustained form a cooking accident. Initial treatment of this injury wound include:
A) Apply antibiotic ointment
B) Run copious amounts of room temperature water over the burn
C) Cover burned area with dry sterile dressings
D) Cover burned area with moist sterile dressings - ANS -Cover burned area with dry
sterile dressings
Prehospital providers have treated a sucking chest wound with an occlusive dressing.
During transport to the hospital, the patient develops increasing respiratory distress with
increased respirations and absent lung sounds are noted on repeat auscultation. What is
the most appropriate next intervention
A) Release and reapply the occlusive dressing
B) Perform needle decompression
C) Provide positive-pressure ventilation
D) Perform endotracheal intubation - ANS -Release and reapply the occlusive dressing
EMS arrives on a scene and finds that emergency medical responders have attempted to
immobilize a pediatric patient onto a long backboard. They note that the patients head is
in a flexed position. Which of the following actions is the most appropriate
A) adjust the cervical collar
B) Logroll patient into a left lateral recumbent position
C) place padding under the patient's head and neck
D) place padding under the patient's torso - ANS -place padding under the patient's
torso
Falls are the most common cause of death in trauma patients over ______ years of age
A) 65
B) 75
C) 55
D) 69 - ANS -75
_____ is the earliest sign of deterioration in a patient with a flail chest
A) respiratory rate increase
B) oxygen saturation decrease
