NREMT PREP QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
At a scene where hazardous materials are present, the "safe zone" should be located
where? - ANSWERupwind and on the same level
If you are splinting a severely deformed extremity, or distal circulation is compromised
or absent, you should: - ANSWERalign to anatomic position using gentle traction.
The type of consent based on the idea that an unconscious patient would consent to
life-saving treatment if he or she were conscious is: - ANSWERimplied consent
While treating a patient for headache, nausea, and weakness, your eyes begin to water
and you begin to feel nauseous. Your partner is feeling the same. What should you do?
- ANSWEREvacuate all people from the area/building.
How would you accurately evaluate the skin color of a dark-skinned patient? -
ANSWERlook at color of lips and nail beds
not the feet and palms
In a behavioral emergency, if a patient denies treatment, who is the best person(s) to
give you advice on providing care against that patient's will if you believe he may harm
himself or others? - ANSWERThe best source of information for any area that is
uncertain for EMT-Bs is their medical director. If the behavioral emergency involved any
sort of crime or damage to property or another person, law enforcement would also be
involved, but would have little or no say in whether or not you could treat the patient
against his will.
expressed consent - conscious and agreed
informed consent - agrees to a treatment knowing all the details
Your ambulance responds to a call for a 23-year-old female with extreme difficulty
breathing. You are told by a family member that she is allergic to peanuts, and she just
finished a meal at a local restaurant. She is pale, sitting in a tripod position, and is
beginning to panic. She has an EpiPen, but it is not with her. A bystander happens to be
allergic to bees, and is carrying her EpiPen. What should you do? - ANSWERCall for
ALS and try to meet them en route to the hospital.
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
At a scene where hazardous materials are present, the "safe zone" should be located
where? - ANSWERupwind and on the same level
If you are splinting a severely deformed extremity, or distal circulation is compromised
or absent, you should: - ANSWERalign to anatomic position using gentle traction.
The type of consent based on the idea that an unconscious patient would consent to
life-saving treatment if he or she were conscious is: - ANSWERimplied consent
While treating a patient for headache, nausea, and weakness, your eyes begin to water
and you begin to feel nauseous. Your partner is feeling the same. What should you do?
- ANSWEREvacuate all people from the area/building.
How would you accurately evaluate the skin color of a dark-skinned patient? -
ANSWERlook at color of lips and nail beds
not the feet and palms
In a behavioral emergency, if a patient denies treatment, who is the best person(s) to
give you advice on providing care against that patient's will if you believe he may harm
himself or others? - ANSWERThe best source of information for any area that is
uncertain for EMT-Bs is their medical director. If the behavioral emergency involved any
sort of crime or damage to property or another person, law enforcement would also be
involved, but would have little or no say in whether or not you could treat the patient
against his will.
expressed consent - conscious and agreed
informed consent - agrees to a treatment knowing all the details
Your ambulance responds to a call for a 23-year-old female with extreme difficulty
breathing. You are told by a family member that she is allergic to peanuts, and she just
finished a meal at a local restaurant. She is pale, sitting in a tripod position, and is
beginning to panic. She has an EpiPen, but it is not with her. A bystander happens to be
allergic to bees, and is carrying her EpiPen. What should you do? - ANSWERCall for
ALS and try to meet them en route to the hospital.
