Medical Tests NREMT Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Medical Tests NREMT Online Questions & Answers

• Question 401:

  Which of the following situations illustrates implied consent?

  A. You splint the broken arm and leg of a 6-year-old girl with her mother's permission.
  B. You care for a cardiac patient who asks you to help him take a dose of nitroglycerin.
  C. You arrive at the scene of a car crash, and the injured driver says, "Please help my child first."
  D. You provide life support to a man who was found unconscious by bystanders who called EMS.
  D. You provide life support to a man who was found unconscious by bystanders who called EMS.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Implied consent means that, because your adult patient cannot give consent to treatment, you act without it.

• Question 402:

  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
  D. Amputation

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Loss a partial or entire extremity is classified as an amputation and loss of tissue from any area is considered as an avulsion. Any lost tissue must be protected with moist dressings and then placed in cold saline.

• Question 403:

  You arrive on scene of a patient who fell from a ladder.

  Which of the following information is NOT an important factor in care of the patient?

  A. Height of the ladder
  B. Distance the patient fell from
  C. Surface the patient landed on
  D. What part of the body hit first
  A. Height of the ladder

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  Explanation/Reference:

  The height of the ladder is unimportant in your assessment may not have been at the top of the ladder when he fell.

• Question 404:

  When you arrive at a scene, you should be careful to NOT enter it with your emergency vehicle.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True

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• Question 405:

  You have responded for a 43-year-old male who was involved in an altercation.

  The patient was reportedly beaten about the face and head with a baseball bat. The patient is unresponsive. Evaluation of the patient's face reveals instability from the orbits to the mandible.

  Based on this information, how would you definitively manage this patient's airway?

  A. Immediately assist ventilations with a Bag-Valve-Mask.
  B. Orally intubate the patient and assist ventilations with a Bag-Valve-Mask.
  C. Insert an oral airway and assist ventilations with a Bag-Valve-Mask.
  D. Insert a nasal airway and assist ventilations with a Bag-Valve-Mask.
  B. Orally intubate the patient and assist ventilations with a Bag-Valve-Mask.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  This patient has an unstable face and an unstable airway. Ultimately, this patient needs to have his airway protected as quickly as possible with an endotracheal tube. With facial instability, it is imperative that an adjunct be placed to ensure that the airway is not occluded by the pressure on the jaw created with the application of the Bag-Valve-Mask.

• Question 406:

  If you are trying to stop the bleed from a knife wound, what is the best method for it?

  A. Longitudinal pressure
  B. Indirect pressure
  C. Direct pressure
  D. Tourniquet
  C. Direct pressure

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• Question 407:

  A spontaneous pneumothorax is ?

  A. More common is women than men
  B. Caused by an impact to the chest that penetrates the lung
  C. A sudden accumulation of air in the pleural space
  D. Only seen in people with COPD
  C. A sudden accumulation of air in the pleural space

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Spontaneous pneumothorax is commonly seen in COPD Patients, but can also be caused by a rupture of certain types of blisters in the lung.

• Question 408:

  The administration of nitroglycerin by an EMT requires direction from medical control or a standing order, but which of these should you immediately note as a contraindication for the administration of this drug?

  A. patient reports burning sensation under the tongue with previous administrations
  B. patient diagnosed with angina
  C. patient with systolic blood pressure over 100
  D. patient taking medication for erectile dysfunction
  D. patient taking medication for erectile dysfunction

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• Question 409:

  You have a patient that has suffered frostbite to his fingers. How should you prepare the patient's fingers for transport?

  A. Message the fingers and hands in an effort to restore circulation.
  B. Wrap the fingers individually.
  C. Place a heat pack in the palm of the patient's hands.
  D. Submerge the fingers in warm water.
  B. Wrap the fingers individually.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  When a patient has suffered frostbite to his fingers, the digits should be wrapped individually to prevent the digits from freezing together and producing more damage. The digits may be submerged in room temperature water if there is no risk of them refreezing. The fingers should never be massaged. This causes the very sharp ice crystals to pierce the cells and cause cellular death.

• Question 410:

  The best method to care for a non-traumatic nosebleed is to put the ____.

  A. patient in an upright sitting position, head tilted slightly back, and pinch nostrils.
  B. patient in a sidelying position and pinch nostrils.
  C. patient in an upright sitting position, head backward, and ice pack to the forehead.
  D. patient in an upright sitting position, head forward, and pinch nostrils.
  D. patient in an upright sitting position, head forward, and pinch nostrils.

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