NREMT Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest update (Rated 100%)
Cervical Spine - Answers C1-C7 (Neck)
Thoracic Spine - Answers T1-T12 (Upper Back)
Lumbar Spine - Answers L1-L5 (Lower Back)
Sacral Spine - Answers S1-S5 (Back Wall of Pelvis)
Indication of adequate ventilations being delivered - Answers Improved skin color and temperature
Anahalaxys - Answers Serious allergic reaction- feeling of impending doom
Where does the upper airway end? - Answers Vocal Cords
What can be said about patients with COPD? - Answers They trap air in their lungs and have more
trouble breathing out than in
What is the band of smooth muscle that adjusts blood flow into each capillary? - Answers Pre-capillary
Sphincter
Malfeasance - Answers Intentionally doing something illegal, or that you have no right to do.
Malpractice - Answers Treatment falls below the expected standard.
If you are doing CPR, and someone brings the DNR, what do you do? - Answers Continue CPR until
medical direction gives you permission to stop
Three P's of untreated hyperglycemia - Answers Polydipsia, Polyuria, Polyphagia
Critical burns? - Answers Full thickness- 10%, Partial thickness- 30%
Lobes in Lungs - Answers Right lung- 3, Left lung- 2
Inhalation - Answers Diaphragm contracts and flattens, increasing the size of the internal chest cavity
Exhalation - Answers Diaphragm relaxes, decreasing the size of the thoracic cavity
Ataxic breathing pattern - Answers Completely irregular breathing pattern with irregular pauses, and
unpredictable periods of apnea
Kussmaul breathing pattern - Answers Labored hyperventilations- deep and rapid respiratory pattern
Cheyne-Stokes breathing pattern - Answers Tidal volume starts low, and increadingly gets deeper, and
then back to shallow
Biots breathing pattern - Answers Clusters of rapid ventilations
, Palpable radial pulse - Answers Systolic at least 80 mmHg
Child OPA difference - Answers Inserted with no rotation
Gastric Distension from CPR - Answers Delivery of too much tidal volume
Ectopic pregnancy - Answers Egg is placed somewhere, not the uterus
Stacked counter shock - Answers Three shocks delivered in succession with no pause for a pulse check
Quality Improvment - Answers EMT problem is identified, a plan is conceived and implemented to
reduce further occurrences.
Amount of time patient has after start of stroke to receive fibrinolytic therapy - Answers 3 hours
1 Pounds=in Kilogram - Answers .45 Kilogram
1Kilogram = in pound - Answers 2.2 pounds
Dependent lividity - Answers Purplish color at the lowest part of a recently deceased body
epitaxis - Answers Bloody nose
Right ventricle - Answers Pumps blood into the lungs to receive oxygen
Right atrium - Answers Receives oxygen-poor blood from body and pumps into right ventricle
Left ventricle - Answers Pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body
Left Atrium - Answers Receives oxygen-rich blood from body and pumps it to the left ventricle
What does pulse oximetry measure - Answers Oxygen saturation levels in blood
Three conditions that give false pulse oximetry reading - Answers Excessive movement, nail polish,
carbon monoxide, poor perfusion
Measure OPA in adult - Answers Front teeth to angle of jaw
Measure OPA in child - Answers Central incisor teeth to angle of child's jaw
Normal respiratory rate in child (6-10) - Answers 12-20
Normal respiratory rate in adult (11+) - Answers 15-30
Normal respiratory rate infant (5-0) - Answers 25-50
Simple pneumothorax - Answers Collapsed lung
Tension pneumothorax - Answers Air enters pleural cavity and is trapped. Pressure builds and rips chest
wall
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