NREMT FINAL PRACTICE EXAM 2 LATEST
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After the focused trauma B. Five min
assessment is completed on
a trauma patient, the Reason: Good patient assessment requires that vital
assessment should be signs and assessment observations be checked and
rechecked every tended every five min since patient condition can
change very rapidly.
A. Two min
B. Five min
C. Ten min
D. Fifteen min
B. Police response
All calls for behavioral
emergencies should also
Reason: While most behavioral calls are nonviolent, the
have a(n)
potential for violence exits and warrants police
presence. ALS units may have the ability to administer
A. ALS intercept
sedatives to violent patients, and might be included, but
B. Police response
police would still be necessary. A second rescue or the
C. Second rescue
fire department would only be necessary if more
D. Fire department
manpower was necessary to restrain the patient, if
response
indicated.
,Another term for heart A. Myocardial infarction
attack is
Reason: A heart attack occurs when a coronary artery is
A. Myocardial infarction blocked and in turn a portion of the heart muscle
B. Congestive heart failure becomes ischemic from lack of oxygen, or infarcts. The
C. Mitral valve defect other answers are all cardiac conditions, but not literally
D. Left bundle branch block a heart attack.
APGAR scores are taken at B. Five
one minute and _______
minutes postpartum. Reason: APGAR scores are taken at one and five minutes
postpartum.
A. Two
B. Five
C. Ten
D. Twenty
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
Aspirin in indicated for B. Chest pain
which of the following
conditions in EMS Reason: Aspirin is given for chest pain due to its anti-
protocols? clotting action and is listed in the most state protocols
following the American Heart Association guidelines.
A. Headache Aspirin is also indicated for headaches and other pain,
B. Chest pain but not usually in the emergency setting.
C. Abdominal pain
D. Leg and arm pain
,At the scene of a motor B. Protect the scene
vehicle accident, the
ambulance should be Reason: The ambulance should be used to protect the
parked so as to scene in order to avoid injury to the EMTs and the
patients
A. Be downhill and
downwind from the scene
B. Protect the scene
C. Be able to load the
patient into the back doors
D. Not obstruct the police
investigation
C. Third stage
At which stage of
hypothermia does loss of Reason: Unconsciousness usually occurs in the third
consciousness normally stage of hypothermia. First-stage hypothermia is marked
occur? by shivering as the body tries to raise its temperature.
The second stage is when consciousness and judgement
A. First stage begin to become impaired and there is a loss of motor
B. Second stage functions. In the third stage, unconsciousness sets in and
C. Third stage the extremities begin to freeze. The fourth stage of
D. Fourth stage hypothermia is marked by decreasing vital signs, and in
the fifth stage, death occurs.
The average human has B. Three to four
how many liters of blood in
his or her circulatory Reason: The average adult human has five to six liters of
system? blood.
A. Two to three
B. Three to four
C. Four to five
D. Five to six
, The beginning of C. Discharge of the cervical mucus plug
obstetrical labor is the
Reason: The first stage of labor begins when the mucus
A. Discharge of the plug is discharged from the cervix. Labor ends following
placenta the delivery of the placenta, or afterbirth. Fertilization of
B. Fertilization of the ovum the ovum is the beginning of gestation or pregnancy.
C. Discharge of the cervical The amniotic sac usually, but not always, ruptures during
mucus plug the first stage of labor after the mucus plug is
D. Rupture of the amniotic discharged.
sac
The blood component that B. Leukocytes
carries the antibodies the
body uses to fight infection Reason: Leukocytes, or white blood cells, are the body's
is (are) primary mechanism in combating infection and disease.
A. Hemoglobin
B. Leukocytes
C. Plasma
D. Platelets
A competent patient may D. All of the above
refuse which of the
following procedures? Reason: A competent and conscious patient may refuse
any medical procedure or transport
A. Cervical stabilization with
a cervical collar
B. Spinal immobilization
with a spine board
C. Intravenous fluid
administration
D. All of the above
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