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NREMT EXAM, PRACTICE EXAM AND STUDY GUIDENEWEST 2024 COMPLETE COURSE 500 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
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Which of the following is an example of an unsafe scene for an EMT-Basic to enter?
A. Fifty-four-year old male with difficulty breathing
B. Twenty-three-year old female with abdominal pain
C. Eighteen-year old adolescent with a gunshot wound to the chest
D. Four-year old child with leg pain - ANSWER: C. Eighteen-year old adolescent with a
gunshot wound to the chest
Reason: Any dispatch to a call with violence involved, such as a gunshot wound, must
be secured by police prior to EMS involvement. The other calls do not give any
inidication of being unsafe.
The arterioles connect the _________ and the capillaries.
A. Veins
B. Venules
C. Arteries
D. Vena cavae - ANSWER: C. Arteries
Reason: The path of blood flow goes from the heart to the aorta to the arteries to
the arterioles to the capillaries to the venules to the veins to the vena cavae to the
heart.
Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for hypothermia?
A. Thirty-year old firefighter
B. Twelve-year old skier
C. Forty-five year old EMT
D. Seventy-year old librarian - ANSWER: D. Seventy-year old librarian
Reason: The very young and very old are greater rsk for hypothermia
The zygomatic bones are located in the
A. Chest
B. Lower leg
C. Back
D. Face - ANSWER: D. Face
,Reason: The zygomatic bones are the cheekbones
Which of the following federal laws was created to prevent "patients dumping" and
the practice of denying treatment to patients with no insurance?
A. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
B. The White Paper Act
C. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
D. The Medical Practice Act of 1988 - ANSWER: A. Emergency Medical Treatment and
Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
Reason: The EMTALA was enacted by Congress in 1986 to ensure public access to
emergency services regardless of their ability to pay. This act was also created to
prevent hospitals from dumping their patients on other hospitals because of the
patient's financial status. The White Paper (A) was not an act, but was a paper
published in 1966 addressing the inadequacy of pre-hospital emergency medical
care. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (C) was created
to protect the provacy of healthcare information. There is no such act as the Medical
Practice Act of 1988 (D).
When using air transport, the EMT-Basic should approach a helicopter
A. From the uphill side
B. From the rear
C. Only when instructed by a helicopter crew member
D. Under no circumstances, but instead allow the crew to come to them - ANSWER:
C. Only when instructed by a helicopter crew member
Reason: Helicopters are dangerous vechicles, and safety rules include never
approaching from the uphill side because of the danger of the rotors, or from the
rear because of the tail rotor. In addition, EMT-Basics should never approach until
instructed by a helicopter crew member so that the patient loading can be
coordinated safely. Not approaching the helicopter at all may be impractical due to
patient care concerns.
Which of the following should be noted as insignificant in conducting the patient
assessment?
A. Medication bottles
B. Comments of bystanders and family members
C. Physical condition of the patient
D. Patient's medical insurance - ANSWER: D. Patient's medical insurance
Reason: (A), (B), and (C) are all significant in conducting patient assessment. A
patient's medical insurance is not a consideration in treating emergency patients.
Which of the following is NOT a component of the Glasgow Coma Scale?
,A. Eye opening
B. Verbal response
C. Motor response
D. Tactile sensatory response - ANSWER: D. Tactile sensatory response
Reason: (A), (B), and (C) are all components of the Glasgow Coma Scale
You have an EMT student riding with you one day. The student is studying for an
upcoming test and cannot remember a legal term. The student knows that you must
have four elements in order to prove this type of claim. The student knows that the
four elements are duty, breach of duty, proximate cause, and harm caused. What
term is the EMT student studying?
A. Abandonment
B. Simple negligence
C. Gross negligence
D. Malpractice - ANSWER: B. Simple negligence
Reason: In order to prove simple (also called ordinary) negligence, there must be
four elements; duty, breach of duty, proximate cause, and harm caused
The head is _________ to the chest.
A. Inferior
B. Anterior
C. Superior
D. Posterior - ANSWER: C. Superior
Reason: Superior refers to an upper region, so the head is considered superior to the
chest, while the chest would be considered inferior to the head. Anterior is the front,
and posterior is the back
What does the "A" stand for in DCAP-BTLS
A. Anascoria
B. Arterial bleeding
C. Alert response
D. Abrasions - ANSWER: D. Abrasions
Reason: The "A" in DCAP-BTLS stands for abrasions
There are ________ vertebrae in the lumbar section
A. 5
B. 12
C. 14
, D. 19 - ANSWER: A. 5
Reason: The cervical section of the spine has 7 vertebrae, the thoracic 12, the lumber
5, the sacral 5, and the coccyx 4
Signs and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) include the following
EXCEPT
A. Loss of sexual desire
B. Loss of appetite
C. Loss of interest in work
D. Loss of spontaneity - ANSWER: D. Loss of spontaneity
Reason: Loss of spontaneity is not a characterisitc symptom of the post-traumatic
stress disorder. The other answers are all symptoms of PTSD, and if they last longer
than a few days, the EMT-Basic should be referred for professional help
The letter "G" in the APGAR score stands for
A. Grating
B. Grimace
C. Guarding
D. Gurgling - ANSWER: B. Grimace
Reason: The baby's ability to make facial expressions is indicative of its ability to
function in the outside world. Grating refers to rubbing of two organs together,
guarding is when one protects a portion of the body with one's hands, and gurgling is
the sound one makes when there is fluid in the oropharynx. None of these are
indicators in the APGAR score
You are dispatched to an auto accident on a local city street. You respond priority
and arrive on scene with suitable precautions. The police are on scene. There is one
victim, a woman seated in the car. Her car backed into another car as she was pulling
out of her driveway at low speed. As you approach the car, she advises you that she
is 36 weeks pregnant with her first child. She advises you that she has no injuries and
no hemorrhaging and is not in any pain; however, she wishes to be checked out at
the hospital. In what position should she be transported?
A. Trendelenburg
B. Fowler
C. Left lateral recumbent
D. Right lateral recumbent - ANSWER: C. Left lateral recumbent
Reason: Unless contraindicated by some other condition, women in their third
trimester of pregnancy should be transported on their left side to prevent the weight
of the child from compressing their vena cavae and causing circulatory problems,
which could lead to impairment of consciousness and other complications.
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