NREMT Practice Test 8

Strengthen your NREMT test prep with our eighth free practice test. Apply your knowledge to a variety of EMT questions covering cardiac emergencies, respiratory care, trauma assessment, and EMS operations. Review essential concepts and sharpen your ability to recognize medical conditions and make appropriate patient care decisions.

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NREMT Practice Test 8

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1. Question

What is the function of a heart valve?

2. Question

You arrive on scene, where a man is unresponsive, apneic, and has no heart rate. You begin CPR. The consent given by the patient is an example of:

3. Question

You arrive on scene where a 3-year-old male patient is experiencing shortness of breath with a high-pitched crowing sound. The patient does not have a fever, has not been ill for several months, and has no history of asthma. What is the most likely cause of this patient’s symptoms?

4. Question

What move should be used when transferring a stable patient who is unable to walk from a hospital bed to a gurney?

5. Question

A conscious patient with a history of COPD is experiencing respiratory distress on room air. Patients with COPD will use a backup system to control breathing, otherwise known as a secondary control of breathing. What is this theory of secondary control of breathing called?

6. Question

Which of the following adjectives is NOT acceptable when documenting a patient’s chest pain?

7. Question

While attending to an unresponsive, apneic, and pulseless 70-year-old female, the AED shows, “No shock advised.” What should you do?

8. Question

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of overexposure to a high concentration of oxygen?

9. Question

You respond to a call for an adult male complaining of chest pain. What is the minimum personal protective equipment necessary to wear before providing patient care?

10. Question

You are attending to a female patient who was in the passenger seat when a car collided with her vehicle head-on. She has a GCS of 14, a systolic BP of 80, and a respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute. What is this patient’s revised trauma score?

11. Question

What does CHF stand for, and what is it?

12. Question

You arrive on scene of a possible drug overdose and find an unconscious, unresponsive patient lying on the floor of the bathroom. What is the first step you take after assuring the scene is safe and donning the appropriate PPE?

13. Question

A patient with localized severe burns states that he feels no pain at all. How is this possible?

14. Question

Why should an EMT check all the equipment in the ambulance and complete an official checklist given by the company?

15. Question

Respiration is the process of exchanging what two gases?

16. Question

Hypothermia is defined as a core temperature below ____.

17. Question

You arrive at a trauma scene and begin your primary assessment. As you assess the patient, you notice a tracheal deviation to the left side. What does this generally indicate?

18. Question

You are dispatched to a HazMat incident. How should you approach the scene?

19. Question

Why is it important for COPD patients to receive a controlled concentration of oxygen? What device allows for this to happen?

20. Question

What is the Apgar score?

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