NREMT Online Practice Questions and Answers

Paradoxical motion of the chest during exhalation is often caused by what type of injury?

A. Larynx

B. Criciod Cartilage

C. Epiglottis

D. Diaphragm

Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood out to the body tissues?

A. Right atrium

B. Right ventricle

C. Left atrium

D. *Left ventricle

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

Please answer the following question. You are treating a 24-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the right side of the back. No exit wound is visible. She is awake but confused. Her skin is pale and diaphoretic with cyanosis noted to the oral mucosa. Breath sounds are clear and equal bilaterally. Jugular vein distention is present. Blood pressure is 90/78 mmHg, heart rate is 124 beats per minute, and respiratory rate is 28 per minute and labored. Sinus tachycardia is seen on the cardiac monitor. What condition do you think is most likely present with this patient?

A. Hemothorax

B. Tension pneumothorax

C. Pericardial tamponade

D. Lacerated aorta

Your 26-year-old female patient has been pulled out of a house fire. Her chest and arms have been burned. The area is charred and the patient states she has little pain in the burned area. What is the most likely classification of this patient's burns?

A. Full thickness

B. Superficial partial thickness burns

C. Deep partial thickness burns

D. Superficial

The physiological function of insulin is to promote utilization of glucose by the cells. What would happen to a patient with a low level of insulin?

A. Glucose would remain in the cell and would not be functional.

B. The level of insulin outside of the cell would be insufficient and would not break down the glucose.

C. The level of insulin inside the cell would be insufficient and would not break down the glucose.

D. Glucose would remain on the outside of the cell and would not be broken down.

You arrive to find the patient actively seizing. What is your primary concern with this patient?

A. What type of seizure is the patient having:

B. Past medical history

C. Last seizure

D. Airway

Which of the following routes of entry is the most common cause of anaphylactic reaction?

A. Contact

B. Ingestion

C. Inhalation

D. Injection

EMS will be set up in which zone during a HazMat incident?

A. Hot zone

B. Warm zone

C. Luke warm zone

D. Cold zone

Upon arrival at a local residence, you hear three possible gunshots in your vicinity. What should be your immediate next action?

A. Notify dispatch of the situation.

B. Notify the local law enforcement agency.

C. Proceed into the house since no shooter is visible.

D. Leave the scene until it can be secured by law enforcement.