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The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) EMT Basic Test can be nerve-wracking. Our EMT practice tests will accustom you to the same format that the NREMT exam follows. Using our program, you will learn everything you need to know. Also – included in our program is a NREMT test day simulator.

What We Cover:

• Preparatory
• Airway
• Patient assessment
• Common emergency types

• Trauma
• Infants and children
• Operations
• Medical Emergencies

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Automated External Defibrillation (AED)
• Splinting
• Immobilization

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1. Which of the following is a potential side effect of nitroglycerin?

 Decreased blood pressure

 Difficulty breathing

 Sudden increase in heart rate

 All of the above

2. Which of the following describes the mid-line of the body?

 An imaginary line dividing the body into a front and back portion

 An imaginary line dividing the body into equal right and left halves

 The intersection of two imaginary lines crossing at the umbilicus

 An imaginary line dividing the body into a top and bottom portion

3. How does aspirin actually reduce the chances that a patient suffering a myocardial infarction will die?

 It reduces the ability of the blood to form clots.

 It reduces the amount of pain in the heart.

 It prevents a deadly fever from developing.

 It reduces the inflammation in the heart.

4. When a person acts in a manner that is unacceptable to himself or those around him, this would be considered which of the following?

 Mental illness

 Psychosomatic reaction

 Behavioral emergency

 Psychotic episode

5. Which of the following medical conditions may be the underlying cause of an apparent behavioral emergency?

 Establish control of the situation by a show of force.

 Find out if the patient’s insurance covers psychiatric treatment.

 Calm and reassure the patient.

 Quickly perform a head-to-toe exam and transport without delay.

6. You are on the scene of a tanker truck versus passenger vehicle collision on a rural highway.  The vehicles are just beyond a curve in the roadway and there is a distinct odor of diesel fuel.  It is dark and there is little traffic.  Which of the following should be used to alert oncoming traffic to the situation?

 Reflective triangles

 Flares

 Yellow crime scene tape

 Orange traffic cones

7. You are on the scene of a 50-year-old male who lacerated his arm on a sheet of plate glass.  He is pale, diaphoretic, and mumbling incoherently.  You have controlled an arterial bleed with direct pressure.  His blood pressure is 76/p, pulse 120, and respiratory rate of 28.  Which of the following signs is the most concerning?

 The tachycardia

 The altered mental status

 The respiratory rate

 The blood pressure

8. You are called to a farmhouse on a sunny spring afternoon.  Upon arrival, a frantic mother tell you that her 4-year-old daughter was playing in the yard, stung repeatedly by several bees.  The patient is alert, screaming and crying, and can follow her mother’s commands.  Her arms and legs are swollen and show the marks of several stings.  Her body is covered in hives.  Her vital signs are blood pressure 90/40, pulse 110, respiratory rate 24, and oxygen saturation 99 percent.  Her lungs sounds are clear and equal bilaterally.  You decide to administer oxygen.  What is the best method?  

 Administer oxygen by nonrebreather mask.

 Administer oxygen by bag-valve mask.

 Administer oxygen by nasal cannula.

 Administer oxygen by blow-by.

9. You respond to a 75-year-old female who is complaining of epigastric pain that feels like heartburn and radiates to the right shoulder.  Her vital signs are stable and she has a previous history of an myocardial infarction.  She has prescription nitroglycerine tablets.  An ALS unit is en route.  After performing a physical examination and applying oxygen by nasal cannula, you should:

 apply the AED and prepare for imminent cardiac arrest from a myocardial infarction.

 transport the patient in the Trendelenburg position for shock.

 cancel the ALS unit: this is just gallstones and BLS can transport.

 contact medical control regarding the administration of the patient’s nitroglycerin.

10. During which stage of labor is the baby born?

 First

 Second

 Third

 Ninth

11. Which of the following is NOT typical of angina pectoris?

 Responds to nitroglycerin

 Often subsides with rest

 All of the above are typical findings of angina pectoris.

 Lasts 3 to 5 minutes

12. Which of the following BEST describes the events that occur during the first stage of labor?

 Thinning and dilation of the cervix

 Rupture of the amniotic sac

 Expulsion of the placenta

 Expulsion of the fetus through the birth canal

13. How many cervical vertebrae are there?

 4

 7

 5

 12

14. Which of the following is a characteristic of referred pain?

 It is only felt in hollow organs.

 It is usually described as “crampy” or “colicky.”

 It is felt in a location other then the organ causing it.

 It is caused by psychological stress.

15. Which of the following must be treated by the EMT if present in a patient with an apparent behavioral emergency?

 Acute alcohol intoxication

 Suicidal ideology

 Hypoglycemia

 Severe clinical depression

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