150 NREMT EXAMINATION TEST BANK SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS

150 NREMT EXAMINATION TEST BANK
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS

●● Croup
Answer: Barking cough + stridor + pediatric patient.


●● Foreign Body Airway Obstruction
Answer: Sudden choking + inability to speak/cough.


●● Anaphylaxis
Answer: Airway swelling + wheezing + hypotension + hives.


●● Asthma
Answer: Diffuse wheezing + prolonged expiration + history of asthma.


●● Status Asthmaticus
Answer: Silent chest + fatigue + altered mental status.


●● COPD
Answer: Smoker + barrel chest + prolonged expiration + diminished
sounds.

, ●● Pulmonary Edema
Answer: Crackles + pink frothy sputum + orthopnea.


●● Pulmonary Embolism
Answer: Sudden dyspnea + pleuritic chest pain + clear lungs.


●● Pneumothorax
Answer: Sudden chest pain + unilateral absent breath sounds.


●● Tension Pneumothorax
Answer: Absent unilateral breath sounds + JVD + hypotension.


●● Hemothorax
Answer: Trauma + decreased breath sounds + shock.


●● ARDS
Answer: Severe hypoxia + bilateral lung findings + non-cardiac cause.


●● Respiratory Failure
Answer: Altered mental status + fatigue + abnormal breathing.