NREMT FINAL PRACTICE EXAM 2 LATEST
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Which of the following is an C. Eighteen-year old adolescent with a gunshot wound
example of an unsafe scene to the chest
for an EMT-Basic to enter?
Reason: Any dispatch to a call with violence involved,
A. Fifty-four-year old male such as a gunshot wound, must be secured by police
with difficulty breathing prior to EMS involvement. The other calls do not give
B. Twenty-three-year old any inidication of being unsafe.
female with abdominal pain
C. Eighteen-year old
adolescent with a gunshot
wound to the chest
D. Four-year old child with
leg pain
The arterioles connect the C. Arteries
_________ and the capillaries.
Reason: The path of blood flow goes from the heart to
A. Veins the aorta to the arteries to the arterioles to the
B. Venules capillaries to the venules to the veins to the vena cavae
C. Arteries to the heart.
D. Vena cavae
,Which of the following D. Seventy-year old librarian
patients is at greatest risk
for hypothermia? Reason: The very young and very old are greater rsk for
hypothermia
A. Thirty-year old firefighter
B. Twelve-year old skier
C. Forty-five year old EMT
D. Seventy-year old
librarian
The zygomatic bones are D. Face
located in the
Reason: The zygomatic bones are the cheekbones
A. Chest
B. Lower leg
C. Back
D. Face
Which of the following A. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
federal laws was created to (EMTALA)
prevent "patients dumping"
and the practice of denying Reason: The EMTALA was enacted by Congress in 1986
treatment to patients with to ensure public access to emergency services
no insurance? regardless of their ability to pay. This act was also
created to prevent hospitals from dumping their patients
A. Emergency Medical on other hospitals because of the patient's financial
Treatment and Active Labor status. The White Paper (A) was not an act, but was a
Act (EMTALA) paper published in 1966 addressing the inadequacy of
B. The White Paper Act pre-hospital emergency medical care. The Health
C. Health Insurance Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (C)
Portability and was created to protect the provacy of healthcare
Accountability Act (HIPAA) information. There is no such act as the Medical Practice
D. The Medical Practice Act Act of 1988 (D).
of 1988
,When using air transport, C. Only when instructed by a helicopter crew member
the EMT-Basic should
approach a helicopter Reason: Helicopters are dangerous vechicles, and safety
rules include never approaching from the uphill side
A. From the uphill side because of the danger of the rotors, or from the rear
B. From the rear because of the tail rotor. In addition, EMT-Basics should
C. Only when instructed by never approach until instructed by a helicopter crew
a helicopter crew member member so that the patient loading can be coordinated
D. Under no circumstances, safely. Not approaching the helicopter at all may be
but instead allow the crew impractical due to patient care concerns.
to come to them
Which of the following D. Patient's medical insurance
should be noted as
insignificant in conducting Reason: (A), (B), and (C) are all significant in conducting
the patient assessment? patient assessment. A patient's medical insurance is not a
consideration in treating emergency patients.
A. Medication bottles
B. Comments of bystanders
and family members
C. Physical condition of the
patient
D. Patient's medical
insurance
Which of the following is D. Tactile sensatory response
NOT a component of the
Glasgow Coma Scale? Reason: (A), (B), and (C) are all components of the
Glasgow Coma Scale
A. Eye opening
B. Verbal response
C. Motor response
D. Tactile sensatory
response
, You have an EMT student B. Simple negligence
riding with you one day. The
student is studying for an Reason: In order to prove simple (also called ordinary)
upcoming test and cannot negligence, there must be four elements; duty, breach of
remember a legal term. The duty, proximate cause, and harm caused
student knows that you
must have four elements in
order to prove this type of
claim. The student knows
that the four elements are
duty, breach of duty,
proximate cause, and harm
caused. What term is the
EMT student studying?
A. Abandonment
B. Simple negligence
C. Gross negligence
D. Malpractice
The head is _________ to the C. Superior
chest.
Reason: Superior refers to an upper region, so the head
A. Inferior is considered superior to the chest, while the chest
B. Anterior would be considered inferior to the head. Anterior is the
C. Superior front, and posterior is the back
D. Posterior
What does the "A" stand for D. Abrasions
in DCAP-BTLS
Reason: The "A" in DCAP-BTLS stands for abrasions
A. Anascoria
B. Arterial bleeding
C. Alert response
D. Abrasions
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