NOLS WFR Practice Test Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Unusable athletic injuries are treated with: - ANS immobilization and evacuation
Certification as a wilderness medicine provider - ANS a. indicates you have completed
training
Wilderness medicine is different from urban medicine because wilderness medicine has: -
ANS Extended patient contact time, environmental challenges and improvised gear
The most common injuries consistently reported on wilderness expeditions are - ANS soft
tissue wounds
A patient in compensatory shock - ANS maintains adequate perfusion with vasoconstriction,
increased HR and RR.
Compartment syndrome is - ANS pressure in a muscle secondary to an injury.
A hypothermic patient - ANS can be treated with a hypothermia wrap
Your tent mate has accidentally swallowed a small amount of white gas. You recommend that
she - ANS Call poison control.
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, We guard against an allergic response to a medication by - ANS asking the patient if they
have taken a medication previously
Treatment principles for snowblindness include - ANS cool compresses over the eyes
A pneumothorax is - ANS air in the chest
Sunscreens - ANS hould be applied several times a day
Rapidly evacuate a patient with a headache if the headache - ANS is sudden, severe or is
associated with altered mental status
Urinary tract infections - ANS can be accompanied by fever and blood in the urine
Your 54 year old co-instructor wakes up with chest pain and a sensation of tightness in his
chest, shortness of breath, anxiety, nausea and pale cool, clammy skin. Your treatment plan
includes - ANS suggesting he take one adult aspirin.
Which of the following statements about exercise in hot conditions is false? - ANS over
hydration can prevent heat illness.
The head-to-toe physical exam - ANS is done on all patients
In the wilderness we can stop CPR if: - ANS the patient's pulse returns
Abandonment occurs when - ANS you turn over patient care to a person unable to manage
the patient.
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Questions and Answers
Unusable athletic injuries are treated with: - ANS immobilization and evacuation
Certification as a wilderness medicine provider - ANS a. indicates you have completed
training
Wilderness medicine is different from urban medicine because wilderness medicine has: -
ANS Extended patient contact time, environmental challenges and improvised gear
The most common injuries consistently reported on wilderness expeditions are - ANS soft
tissue wounds
A patient in compensatory shock - ANS maintains adequate perfusion with vasoconstriction,
increased HR and RR.
Compartment syndrome is - ANS pressure in a muscle secondary to an injury.
A hypothermic patient - ANS can be treated with a hypothermia wrap
Your tent mate has accidentally swallowed a small amount of white gas. You recommend that
she - ANS Call poison control.
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, We guard against an allergic response to a medication by - ANS asking the patient if they
have taken a medication previously
Treatment principles for snowblindness include - ANS cool compresses over the eyes
A pneumothorax is - ANS air in the chest
Sunscreens - ANS hould be applied several times a day
Rapidly evacuate a patient with a headache if the headache - ANS is sudden, severe or is
associated with altered mental status
Urinary tract infections - ANS can be accompanied by fever and blood in the urine
Your 54 year old co-instructor wakes up with chest pain and a sensation of tightness in his
chest, shortness of breath, anxiety, nausea and pale cool, clammy skin. Your treatment plan
includes - ANS suggesting he take one adult aspirin.
Which of the following statements about exercise in hot conditions is false? - ANS over
hydration can prevent heat illness.
The head-to-toe physical exam - ANS is done on all patients
In the wilderness we can stop CPR if: - ANS the patient's pulse returns
Abandonment occurs when - ANS you turn over patient care to a person unable to manage
the patient.
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