Medical Tests NREMT Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Medical Tests NREMT Online Questions & Answers

• Question 321:

  What is the first thing you should do before inserting a nasopharyngeal airway?

  A. Select the correct size.
  B. Make sure the patient does not have a gag reflex.
  C. Tilt the head back, lube the airway, and insert it into the nostril.
  D. Look up the nose to make sure the nostrils are large enough for a nasopharyngeal airway.
  A. Select the correct size.

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• Question 322:

  You are dispatched to a residence for a 46-year-old female patient complaining of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramping. She states that the onset occurred shortly after eating some cheesecake. Her only medical history is lactose intolerance. Her blood pressure is 136/88 mm Hg. Her radial pulse is 94 beats per minute and her respiratory rate is 18 breaths per minute. She vomited two times prior to your arrival. From what condition is this patient most likely suffering?

  A. Gastrointestinal reflux disease
  B. Diverticulitis
  C. Peptic ulcer disease
  D. Acute gastroenteritis
  D. Acute gastroenteritis

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Acute gastroenteritis may be caused by bacterial or viral ingestion, toxic ingestion, or ingestion of lactose in a lactose intolerant patient. Signs and symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramping

• Question 323:

  Identify the sequential links of the chain of survival for cardiac emergencies.

  A. Identify early warning signs and activate EMS, CPR, AED use, basic and advanced EMS, ALS post care.
  B. Activate EMS and basic and advanced EMS, identify early warning signs, CPR, and AED use.
  C. Identify early warning signs and activate EMS, CPR, basic and advanced EMS, ALS post care.
  D. Activate EMS and identify early warning signs, AED use, basic and advanced EMS, ALS post care.
  A. Identify early warning signs and activate EMS, CPR, AED use, basic and advanced EMS, ALS post care.

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• Question 324:

  Where do you begin a detailed physical examination?

  A. The patient's head.
  B. The patient's chest.
  C. The patient's neck.
  A. The patient's head.

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• Question 325:

  If your patient has taken an overdose of opiates, his/her pupils will get constricted.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True

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• Question 326:

  Select the best technique or device to use if extremity bleeding does not stop with pressure.

  A. tourniquet with limb elevation
  B. tourniquet
  C. limb elevation with pressure dressing
  D. occlusive dressing over a pressure dressing with limb elevation
  B. tourniquet

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• Question 327:

  The first step in treating a patent who may be experiencing a cardiac arrest is to take his or her baseline vital signs.

  A. True
  B. False
  B. False

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• Question 328:

  EMT's must wear high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) respirators while coming in contact with patients who are suffering with which of the following?

  A. Tuberculosis (TB)
  B. Hepatitis B
  C. HIV/AIDS
  D. Open Wounds
  A. Tuberculosis (TB)

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• Question 329:

  A medical condition where the patient sometimes suffers convulsions or seizure activity?

  A. Postictal state
  B. Tonic-clonic
  C. Focal motor
  D. Epilepsy
  D. Epilepsy

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Epilepsy is medical conditon where the patient often suffers seizures. Tonic-clonic and focal motor are types of seizure activity and a postictal state is the period of time after a seizure where the patient is slow to respond and is possibly unresponsive where the brain is resetting and resting.

• Question 330:

  Cool, pale and moist skin will indicate:

  A. Normal circulation
  B. Inadequate perfusion
  C. Hypertension
  D. Febrile seizures are imminent
  B. Inadequate perfusion

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