NREMT STUDY GUIDE EXAM NUMBER 2
(NEWSTONE TEST PREP) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Are Critical incident management meetings supervised? Yes or No - ANSWER No
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Name an inappropriate method in helping someone with grief? -
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ANSWER Reassuring the families of the outcome of the patient
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Name a principle that is not appropriate in reporting the patient over the radio? -
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ANSWER Using the patient's first name
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Name preassignment operations - ANSWER . inspecting the hood of the ambulance.
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. inspecting the batteries in the AED.
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. Charging the portable suction equipment
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Which is unlikely to increase the risk of your ambulance crashing en route to the incident location? -
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ANSWER Using headlights
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You are going at an intersection and the traffic light changes from green to yellow. What is the most approp
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riate response? - ANSWER Slow down and stop if the light turns red.
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In which of the following cases is the use of escorts and multiple ambulances are acceptable? -
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EANSWER Unfamiliar routes. E E
To reduce the risk of crashes of escorts and multiple ambulances, which of the following guidelines is unne
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cessary - ANSWER using sirens
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Should albuterol be given as oral tablets? - ANSWER No, albuterol is given as a nebulizer solution.
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Which symptoms is epinephrine used for? -
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ANSWER It is used to treat bronchoconstriction, wheezing and hypotension in patient's with anaphylaxis.
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, What are the side effects of nitroglycerin? - ANSWER Syncope, headache, and urticaria.
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What are drugs an EMT is permitted to give? - ANSWER Activated charcoal, aspirin, and albuterol.
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You are attending to a man trapped in the driver's seat of a car. As firefighters attempt to extricate him fro
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m the vehicle you notice that the patient's respiratory rate is 10 cpm. Pulse rate is 120 bpm, fast and thread
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y. Which of the following interventions is most appropriate.? - ANSWER Give oxygen through a non-
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rebreather mask. E
You respond to a 32 year old female with a bleeding scalp injury following a physical assault by unidentified
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men. What is least likely feature that you will on examination? - ANSWER Decreased skull pressure.
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Name signs of skull fracture? - ANSWER signs of a skull fracture include:
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. Blood and CSF leakage from ear or nasal orifices.
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discoloration around the eyes. E E E E
Brusing around the mastoid process. E E E E
What are signs of the Cushing reflex? - ANSWER . increased blood pressure
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. decreased pulse rate.
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. irregular respiratory pattern
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. bradycardia.
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In the intensive care unit, you are briefed about a patient who is said to be unconscious and unresponsive,
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with dilated asymmetric pupils, decorticate posturing, and Cushing reflex. What might be likely the cause?
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- ANSWER Cerebral herniation
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_____________ is a serious medical condition that occurs when brain tissues move from one part of the br
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ain to another adjacent part of the brain. It is usually caused by swelling or pressure inside the brain due to
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brain swelling or bleeding from a head injury, stroke, or brain tumor. - ANSWER Cerebral herniation
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