NREMT Practice Test 1 | Free Practice Questions

The following 40 questions will help test your knowledge and test-taking skills while providing detailed explanations to ensure you know why each answer is correct or incorrect. This NREMT practice test is the first of our six free tests that will help you earn your EMT certification.

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1. Question

You’re dispatched to a park where a 15-year-old male has a severe, life-threatening injury to his leg. His friends called 9-1-1 after they could not reach his parents. What form of consent gives you the ability to begin treating this patient?

2. Question

You arrive on scene to a patient who has fallen off of a roof. During your primary assessment you discover the patient needs to be treated for apnea. What is the proper way to open the patient’s airway?

3. Question

A patient has left-sided heart failure. What kind of edema would the patient have?

4. Question

What causes the fruity or acetone breath often seen in type 1 diabetes?

5. Question

If there is a major open wound to the neck, what kind of dressing should be applied?

6. Question

When the buttocks of a baby present first during birth, this is called:

7. Question

Which of the following is the division point between the upper and lower airway?

8. Question

There are several dysrhythmias that can occur in the heart. Of the following, which is the most likely to lead to death?

9. Question

A 32-year-old male patient was riding a motorcycle when he collided with a car. He is found conscious, 10 yards from the motorcycle, and has a bleeding laceration on his torso. When you assess his mental status, you find that he is A/O x1. This is a finding consistent with:

10. Question

What is the first step to controlling an arterial bleed caused by a laceration to the hand?

11. Question

A 36-year-old pregnant female is experiencing unusually painful cramps when you arrive. She tells you she has 2 kids, has had 3 miscarriages, and is 6 months pregnant. What is her GPA?

12. Question

You respond to a call for a psychologically disturbed patient in the middle of a mall parking lot. What is the best way to establish rapport with the patient?

13. Question

In the mnemonic “CBRNE,” the letter “R” stands for “radiological”, as in a radiological terrorist attack. Under which of the remaining types of terrorist attacks would an anthrax poisoning fall?

14. Question

What is coronary blood flow, and why is it important?

15. Question

A condition characterized by high blood pressure and high protein count in the urine that usually occurs after the 20th week of pregnancy is:

16. Question

Describe agonal respirations or breaths:

17. Question

You arrive on scene of a single-vehicle car crash. The car is on fire, there is a patient in the car, and the fire department is on scene. What is the first thing you should do?

18. Question

Which of the following is the least commonly seen sign or symptom of a spinal injury?

19. Question

Dispatch has notified you that the patient has tuberculosis. What precautions should you take?

20. Question

With asthma, patients can suffer from:

21. Question

All of the following are rules that pertain to suctioning an adult patient’s airway EXCEPT:

22. Question

You are managing an elderly female patient with a heart rate of 55 beats per minute (BPM). The most appropriate way to describe her heart rate is:

23. Question

You have just been hired as an EMT on an ambulance where your partner is a paramedic. He decides to quiz you on the acronym “DCAP-BTLS.” What does the “C” stand for?

24. Question

You arrive on scene where a 50-year-old male patient is sitting on a park bench. He complains of dyspnea, chest pain, and abdominal pain but mentions that the chest pain is bothering him the most. Which of these symptoms would you consider as this patient’s chief complaint?

25. Question

Which of the following is NOT part of the primary assessment for a patient who has been in a traumatic car accident?

26. Question

A patient with either type of diabetes has an issue with what organ secreting what hormone?

27. Question

An EMT who attended to a patient who died at the hospital after being in a motor vehicle collision is being sued. What must the family of the deceased individual prove in order to show that the EMT was at fault?

28. Question

What is the order in which delivering a baby occurs?

29. Question

What is a GCS, and what score indicates severe cognitive dysfunction?

30. Question

When analyzing the abdomen, what are the general signs you are looking for?

31. Question

What is the final stage of hyperthermia?

32. Question

What is the primary concern if a patient inhales a harmful chemical/toxin?

33. Question

Which side of the heart is larger and why?

34. Question

What is the normal heart rate range for infants?

35. Question

When receiving orders from Medical Direction (a physician) over the radio, what should you do after receiving the orders?

36. Question

The practice of protecting yourself from the patient’s body fluids or bacteria is called:

37. Question

A 50-year-old female patient is found lying unconscious on the floor of her home. After manually opening the patient’s airway, you use an oropharyngeal airway (OPA) to maintain the patient’s airway. You decide on which size of OPA to use by measuring from the patient’s ______ to their ______.

38. Question

A 50-year-old female patient is found lying unconscious on the floor of her home. After manually opening the patient’s airway, you use an oropharyngeal airway (OPA) to maintain the patient’s airway. You decide on which size of OPA to use by measuring from the patient’s to their .