NREMT Online Practice Questions and Answers

You are performing rescue breaths using an Ambu bag attached to 100% O2, after several breaths you notice the patients O2 saturation has dropped significantly. What should you do next?

A. Increase the rate of respirations

B. Reposition the patients head

C. Change the seal on the mask

D. Remove the oral airway from the patients mouth

You arrive at the scene of en elderly women who has fallen and injured her ribs. She is breathing very rapidly at a rate of 40 and shallow. How is this a serious life threat.

A. She is inhaling to much oxygen

B. Her minute volume may be diminished

C. Her minute volume may is excessive

D. She has exceeded her dead space

Patients commonly describe heart attack pain as which of the following characteristic?

A. Like "pins and needles"

B. Crushing or squeezing

C. Intermittent (comes and goes)

D. Less severe than indigestion

"You are dispatched to a 53-year old female patient who has extreme chest pain. Upon gaining medical direction to administer nitroglycerin, you administer one tablet. What action should you now perform? "

A. Have the patient stand up

B. Take blood pressure

C. Have the patient lay supine

D. Administer another dose of nitroglycerin

A large collection of blood under the skin is known as?

A. Contusion

B. Abrasion

C. Hematoma

D. Bruise

Loss of tissue in a traumatic event can either be just soft tissue, a portion of or an entire extremity. Loss of tissue or a flap type laceration is called an avulsion, if your patient has lost the distal 1/3 of a lower extremity what would that injury be called?

A. Amplitude

B. Avulsion

C. Extremity exodus

D. Amputation

Food poisoning may be difficult in the field to diagnose due to its broad range of symptoms and time it takes to make the patient ill. All of the following are types of food borne illness except?

A. Salmonella

B. Champylobacter

C. Encephalitis

D. Escherichia coli (E. coli)

If a patient refuses treatment and an EMT treats the patient anyway what crime and the EMT be charged with

A. Medical Malpractice

B. Battery

C. Slander

D. Kidnapping

Why is it critical that the paramedic complete an equipment checklist at the beginning of each shift?

A. Most medical insurance agencies require a copy of the checklist for ongoing liability coverage

B. Completion reduces the risk of liability associated with providing prehospital medical services.

C. Checklists are required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

D. Completion is mandated by the US Department of Health and Human.

Which statement about disposable gloves is correct?

A. You should remove gloves by grasping the ends of the fingers and pulling them off right side out.

B. It is not necessary to wear gloves when suctioning or ventilating a patient with a bag-valve-mask device.

C. Gloves protect both you and the patient from the transmission of infectious diseases.

D. One pair of gloves is sufficient for any call, no matter how many patients there are.