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NREMT EMT Cognitive Final Exam Questions and Answers When assessing a conscious patient with an MOI that suggests spinal injury, you should: - Answer-determine if the strength in all extremities is equal. During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask hi...

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NREMT EMT Cognitive Final Exam
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When assessing a conscious patient with an MOI that suggests spinal injury, you

should: - Answer✔✔-determine if the strength in all extremities is equal.


During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you

ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer your question immediately.

You should: - Answer✔✔-allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.

While at the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you determine that there are two critically

injured patients and that another ambulance is needed. You attempt to contact the

dispatcher with your portable radio but are unsuccessful. You should: - Answer✔✔-

use the mobile radio in the ambulance to contact dispatch.

The MOST prominent symptom of decompression sickness is: - Answer✔✔-

abdominal or joint pain.

A severe risk of terrorist attacks is indicated by the color _____ by the Department of

Homeland Security Security Advisory System. - Answer✔✔-red

When enlisting the help of an interpreter who signs, it is important for you to ask the

interpreter to: - Answer✔✔-report exactly what the patient signs and not to add any

commentary.

Which of the following statements regarding striated muscle is correct? - Answer✔✔-

It forms the major muscle mass of the body and usually crosses at least one joint.



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A mother who is pregnant with her first baby is typically in the first stage of labor for

approximately: - Answer✔✔-16 hours

You respond to the residence of a 70-year-old male who complains of weakness and

severe shortness of breath. His wife tells you that he is a dialysis patient, but has

missed his last two treatments. After applying high-flow oxygen, you auscultate his

lungs and hear diffuse rhonchi. The patient is conscious, but appears confused. His

blood pressure is 98/54 mm Hg, his pulse rate is 120 beats/min and irregular, and his

respirations are 24 breaths/min and labored. You should: - Answer✔✔-leave him in a

sitting position, keep him warm, and prepare for immediate transport.

You are transporting a stable patient with a possible pneumothorax. The patient is

receiving 100% oxygen and has an oxygen saturation of 95%. During your

reassessment, you find that the patient is now confused, hypotensive, and profusely

diaphoretic. What is MOST likely causing this patient's deterioration? - Answer✔✔-

compression of the aorta and vena cava

A 60-year-old male is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should: -

Answer✔✔-begin CPR until an AED is available.

Equipment and supplies that are carried on an ambulance should be stored: -

Answer✔✔-according to the urgency and frequency of their use.

Upon arriving at the scene of a law enforcement tactical situation, you should ensure

your own safety and then: - Answer✔✔-report to the incident commander for

instructions.




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Which of the following statements regarding the scoop stretcher is NOT correct? -

Answer✔✔-A scoop stretcher will provide adequate immobilization of a patient's

spinal column.

The exocrine gland of the pancreas secretes: - Answer✔✔-pancreatic juice

In order to evaluate hazards present at the scene and determine the number of patients,

you should: - Answer✔✔-perform a 360° walk-around of the scene

You are caring for a semiconscious man with left-sided paralysis. His airway is patent

and his respirations are 14 breaths/min with adequate tidal volume. Treatment for this

patient should include: - Answer✔✔-oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask, left lateral

recumbent position, and transport.

A patient who cannot remember the events that preceded his or her head injury is

experiencing: - Answer✔✔-retrograde amnesia

A 50-year-old male was splashed in the eyes with radiator fluid when he was working on

his car. During your assessment, he tells you that he wears soft contact lenses. You

should: - Answer✔✔-carefully remove the contact lenses and then irrigate his eyes

with saline.

You are ventilating an apneic woman with a bag-mask device. She has dentures, which

are tight-fitting. Adequate chest rise is present with each ventilation, and the patient's

oxygen saturation reads 96%. When you reassess the patency of her airway, you note

that her dentures are now loose, although your ventilations are still producing adequate

chest rise. You should: - Answer✔✔-remove her dentures, resume ventilations, and

assess for adequate chest rise.


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