NREMT Practice 2025 – Complete Study
Guide & Sample Questions
The primary assessment of an adult with chest pain includes:
A. Identifying the specific cause of the patient's pain.B. Ensuring the scene is safe.C. Determine the
transwerport priority.D. Reassessing vital signs. - ANSWER ✨✔---C. Determine the transwerport
priority.
Your 5-year-old patient is unresponsive. A carotid pulse is present at 40 beats per minute. Breaths are
shallow at six per minute. You should immediately:
A. Apply a nonrebreather mask.B. Begin artificial ventilations.C. Place the patient in the recovery
position.D. Begin chest compressions. - ANSWER ✨✔---D. Begin chest compressions.
Your patient is unresponsive following blunt trauma to the head. Which of the following is the EMT's
first priority for an unresponsive patient?
A. Assess respiratory rate.B. Open the airway.C. Perform a SAMPLE history.D. Determine if CPR is
indicated - ANSWER ✨✔---D. Determine if CPR is indicated
Which of the following is true during inhalation of a spontaneously breathing patient?
A. There is a drop in pressure within the thorax.B. There is an increase in pressure within the thorax.C.
Air is being pushed into the lungs.D. The diaphragm and intercostal muscles are relaxed. -
ANSWER ✨✔---A. There is a drop in pressure within the thorax.
Carbon monoxide exposure is dangerous because it:
A. collapses red blood cells.B. causes pulmonary edema.C. stimulates bronchial constriction.D. reduces
delivery of oxygen. - ANSWER ✨✔---D. reduces delivery of oxygen.
, You are caring for an apneic patient with a suspected overdose. You have loaded the patient into the
ambulance and entered the patient compartment. You should first:
A. put on your seat belt.B. reassess vital signs.C. assess the patient's SaO2.D. contact medical direction. -
ANSWER ✨✔---A. put on your seat belt.
Which of the following signs of hypoxia is more commonly found in pediatric patients?
A. seesaw respirationsB. cyanosisC. tachypneaD. altered level of consciousness - ANSWER ✨✔---A.
seesaw respirations
You are treating a patient with respiratory distress. He has a history of multiple myocardial infarctions.
Lung sounds indicate pulmonary edema. You note the patient does NOT have any JVD or pedal edema.
The patient is most likely experiencing:
A. angina.B. left heart failure.C. right heart failure.D. asthma. - ANSWER ✨✔---B. left heart failure.
Your patient has been exposed to a chemical that over-stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system.
You would expect this patient to exhibit:
A. dilated pupils.B. dry mouth.C. hypertension.D. vomiting. - ANSWER ✨✔---D. vomiting.
Nerve agents and choking agents are examples of:
A. chemical agents.B. nuclear weapons.C. biological agents.D. radiological weapons -
ANSWER ✨✔---A. chemical agents
Which of the following describes the purpose of administering aspirin to a suspected myocardial
infarction patient?
A. Aspirin dilates the coronary arteries.B. Aspirin will eliminate cardiac related chest pain.C. Aspirin
reduces platelet aggregation in the coronary arteries.D. Aspirin reduces the risk of metabolic acidosis. -
ANSWER ✨✔---C. Aspirin reduces platelet aggregation in the coronary arteries.
You are dispatched to a soccer game for a 12-year-old female with signs and symptoms of an allergic
reaction. Upon arrival, the patient's mother hands you an epinephrine auto-injector. You should:
Guide & Sample Questions
The primary assessment of an adult with chest pain includes:
A. Identifying the specific cause of the patient's pain.B. Ensuring the scene is safe.C. Determine the
transwerport priority.D. Reassessing vital signs. - ANSWER ✨✔---C. Determine the transwerport
priority.
Your 5-year-old patient is unresponsive. A carotid pulse is present at 40 beats per minute. Breaths are
shallow at six per minute. You should immediately:
A. Apply a nonrebreather mask.B. Begin artificial ventilations.C. Place the patient in the recovery
position.D. Begin chest compressions. - ANSWER ✨✔---D. Begin chest compressions.
Your patient is unresponsive following blunt trauma to the head. Which of the following is the EMT's
first priority for an unresponsive patient?
A. Assess respiratory rate.B. Open the airway.C. Perform a SAMPLE history.D. Determine if CPR is
indicated - ANSWER ✨✔---D. Determine if CPR is indicated
Which of the following is true during inhalation of a spontaneously breathing patient?
A. There is a drop in pressure within the thorax.B. There is an increase in pressure within the thorax.C.
Air is being pushed into the lungs.D. The diaphragm and intercostal muscles are relaxed. -
ANSWER ✨✔---A. There is a drop in pressure within the thorax.
Carbon monoxide exposure is dangerous because it:
A. collapses red blood cells.B. causes pulmonary edema.C. stimulates bronchial constriction.D. reduces
delivery of oxygen. - ANSWER ✨✔---D. reduces delivery of oxygen.
, You are caring for an apneic patient with a suspected overdose. You have loaded the patient into the
ambulance and entered the patient compartment. You should first:
A. put on your seat belt.B. reassess vital signs.C. assess the patient's SaO2.D. contact medical direction. -
ANSWER ✨✔---A. put on your seat belt.
Which of the following signs of hypoxia is more commonly found in pediatric patients?
A. seesaw respirationsB. cyanosisC. tachypneaD. altered level of consciousness - ANSWER ✨✔---A.
seesaw respirations
You are treating a patient with respiratory distress. He has a history of multiple myocardial infarctions.
Lung sounds indicate pulmonary edema. You note the patient does NOT have any JVD or pedal edema.
The patient is most likely experiencing:
A. angina.B. left heart failure.C. right heart failure.D. asthma. - ANSWER ✨✔---B. left heart failure.
Your patient has been exposed to a chemical that over-stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system.
You would expect this patient to exhibit:
A. dilated pupils.B. dry mouth.C. hypertension.D. vomiting. - ANSWER ✨✔---D. vomiting.
Nerve agents and choking agents are examples of:
A. chemical agents.B. nuclear weapons.C. biological agents.D. radiological weapons -
ANSWER ✨✔---A. chemical agents
Which of the following describes the purpose of administering aspirin to a suspected myocardial
infarction patient?
A. Aspirin dilates the coronary arteries.B. Aspirin will eliminate cardiac related chest pain.C. Aspirin
reduces platelet aggregation in the coronary arteries.D. Aspirin reduces the risk of metabolic acidosis. -
ANSWER ✨✔---C. Aspirin reduces platelet aggregation in the coronary arteries.
You are dispatched to a soccer game for a 12-year-old female with signs and symptoms of an allergic
reaction. Upon arrival, the patient's mother hands you an epinephrine auto-injector. You should:
