Medical Tests NREMT Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Medical Tests NREMT Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  After releasing care of a possible child abuse victim over to the emergency department staff, you are having a discussion with another ambulance crew who was not present at the incident. As you are describing your suspicion that the child's mother is the perpetrator of child abuse, you are overheard by one of the child's family members.

  What legal violation have you possibly committed?

  A. Libel
  B. Malfeasance
  C. Negligence
  D. Slander
  D. Slander

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Slander is the act of injuring a person s character, name, or reputation by making a false or malicious statement with malicious intent or reckless disregard for the falsity of the statement. If you had put the statement into writing, that would constitute possible Libel. Negligence is a deviation from accepted standards of care. Malfeasance is a form of negligence involving the performance of a wrongful or unlawful act.

• Question 2:

  Kids and poisonous ingestions usually occur _____.

  A. Accidentally
  B. Forced upon them
  C. Purposeful self-inflection
  D. Abuse\neglect
  A. Accidentally

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Most child poisonous ingestions occur accidentally, they explore with their mouths, once they find something new they usually place it in their mouths to taste.

• Question 3:

  What is per minute breath-rate of an adult?

  A. 8-16
  B. 12-20
  C. 10-18
  D. 15-25
  B. 12-20

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• Question 4:

  Your patient has a laceration to the right leg which has intersected the femoral artery.

  You have applied direct pressure to the wound, but it continues to soak through the bandages.

  What should you do next?

  A. Apply a tourniquet
  B. Elevate the Leg
  C. Remove the old bandage and apply new ones
  D. Apply pressure to the pressure point just above the injury
  B. Elevate the Leg

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Elevating the leg above the heart can help control bleeding. IF that fails the next step would be to use a pressure point. When applying bandages you should not remove the old ones, just apply the new ones over the old ones.

• Question 5:

  Which of the following patients encountered would the paramedic most likely benefit from critical incident stress management?

  A. Death of a 4-year-old male patient from a fall.
  B. Death of a 30-year-old male who was intoxicated while driving.
  C. Death of a 43-year-old female from an explosion.
  D. Death of an 82-year-old female from a suicide.
  A. Death of a 4-year-old male patient from a fall.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Death of a child is often a reason for a paramedic to need CISM. In addition a death of a coworker, an extreme threat to the paramedic, or any other significant incident may also be reasons for CISM. What is most important however, is that the recognition of stress and poor coping on the part of the provider is more important that assuming the use of CISM's should be guided by the nature of the call.

• Question 6:

  A patient you are treating has just lost consciousness. What is the first thing you should do?

  A. Open the patient's airway.
  B. Assess the patient's breathing.
  C. Do a physical exam.
  D. Obtain the patient's vitals.
  A. Open the patient's airway.

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• Question 7:

  The Sellick's maneuver is designed to:

  A. Reduce the risk of vomiting
  B. Move the vallecula into view
  C. Move the carina into view
  D. Collapse the trachea
  A. Reduce the risk of vomiting

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  Explanation/Reference:

  The Sellick's maneuver is designed to reduce the risk of vomiting during intubation by directly collapsing the esophagus, in addition it can also help bring the vocal cords into view.

• Question 8:

  What kind of injury is evident when the skin is intact and bruised?

  A. abrasion
  B. avulsion
  C. contusion
  D. impaled wound
  C. contusion

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• Question 9:

  Upon arriving on any scene what is the most important action an EMT should do?

  A. Position him/herself to get out of the squad quickly.
  B. Position the squad for easy access.
  C. Position the squad to protect the scene.
  D. Position the squad a block away and walk up to the scene.
  C. Position the squad to protect the scene.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Scene safety should the number one concern for any emergency responder to any scene. By positioning the squad in a way to block the scene from traffic which might not be paying attention then all responders can work with in the scene safely. Ease of access to the vehicle is of concern but not at the risk of not making a scene safer.

• Question 10:

  Vital signs should be assessed at least every ____ minutes for a patient in unstable condition.

  A. 5
  B. 10
  C. 2
  D. 8
  A. 5

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