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Question 1

The NREMT was founded to establish what?

Answer 1

National standards for EMS personnel

Question 2

Which hormone helps the body control stress, regulate metabolism, and influence an immune response?

Answer 2

Cortisol

Question 3

What is the preferred number of rescuers when using a stair chair?

Answer 3

Three: two lifting and one spotting

Question 4

Which type of move would you perform to get a bed-ridden patient to a hard sur face to perform chest compressions?

Answer 4

Emergency move

Question 5

The back of the right leg above the ankle is described medically as what?

Answer 5

The bite is located on the posterior aspect of the calf distal to the knee

Question 6

An artery is a blood vessel that only does what?

Answer 6

Carries blood away from the heart

Question 7

In what place is the femoral pulse palpitated?

Answer 7

In the crease between the abdomen and groin

Question 8

What is the larger bone of the leg?

Answer 8

Tibia

Question 9

The bone most commonly fracted with a broken hip is called what?

Answer 9

Femur

Question 10

The most vulnerable part of the cell is called the what?

Answer 10

Membrane

Question 11

Digestive disorders can seriously impact nutrient transfer and:

Answer 11

Hydration levels

Question 12

What is the correct order of air flow from the nose to the alveoli in the lungs?

Answer 12

Nose, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, alveoli

Question 13

The potential space between the lung and chest wall is called the what?

Answer 13

Pleural space

Question 14

What is a normal HR for a school age child?

Answer 14

65-120/mn

Question 15

What is the stage of development where there are several physiological and psychological changes, second only to those seen in infancy or adolescence?

Answer 15

Late adulthood

Question 16

What is the most effective way to clear the airway of a patient who begins to vomit pieces of large food who is in cardiac arrest?

Answer 16

Using a large bore suction tubing without a tip or catheter attached

Question 17

The process of air moving in and out of the chest is called what?

Answer 17

Ventilation

Question 18

What should you do first to a patient who is unresponsive to a painful stimulus and is breathing shallowly six to eight times a minute?

Answer 18

Use a BVM with supplemental oxygen

Question 19

What should you do to a patient who is 65 with a history of COPD and is sitting up complaining about shortness of breath?

Answer 19

Apply a non-breather mask giving 15 Imp of oxygen

Question 20

What should you do for a patient who is a 7mo female who is unresponsive, just had an asthma attack, her conjunctive is pale and moist, there are only faint wheezes in her upper chest, and her vitals are P 76 and R 18?

Answer 20

Assist her ventilation with a BVM

Question 21

An 8yo cannot be woken up. You do not hear any sounds when you auscultate her lower lungs and hear faint wheezes from her upper lungs. Her vital signs are P 60, R 26, BP 94/68, and SpO2 is 88% on room air. What should you expect?

Answer 21

Respiratory failure

Question 22

An unresponsive 4yo female is apneic but has a carotid pulse of 52. What should you do first?

Answer 22

Insert an oropharyngeal airway

Question 23

What could be a direct impact of positive pressure ventilation on perfusion when ventilating an infant?

Answer 23

Decreased preload

Question 24

What should you do for a patient who fell 10ft off a ladder and landed head first, and you hear irregular, gasping regulations, and palpate a carotid pulse?

Answer 24

Perform a jaw thrust maneuver

Question 25

How does positive pressure ventilation impact cardiac output?

Answer 25

It increases intrathoracic pressure which increases preload

Question 26

What prevents the over-inflation of the lungs during normal respiration?

Answer 26

Stretch receptors

Question 27

A 64yo male is having an asthma attack. Which class of medication can help improve his alveolar ventilation?

Answer 27

Beta2 antagonist

Question 28

What causes the prolonged expiratory phase of the respiratory cycle in a patient who is having an asthma attack?

Answer 28

Bronchiole restriction

Question 29

What is the impact on intrathoracic pressure when you squeeze the BVM while ventilating a patient?

Answer 29

It increases airway and intrathoracic pressures