NREMT EMT-Basic Readiness Test

10 questions, balanced across the exam's topics. Answer each one, then submit for your practice readiness estimate and per-topic breakdown. This is a practice estimate — not a prediction or guarantee of your official exam result.

Question 1

Explain NOI.

scene safety nature of illness: the type of medical problem the patient's main problem in their own words deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures, burns, tenderness, lacerations, swelling

Question 2

What does the most common airway obstruction refer to?

the tongue falling back in the unresponsive patient 10 seconds measure from the corner of the mouth to the earlobe measure from the tip of the nose to the earlobe

Question 3

What does poison control refer to?

1-800-222-1222 pinpoint pupils, slow breathing; assist ventilations, naloxone per protocol the container, label, or MSDS sheet headache and drowsiness; move to fresh air, high-flow oxygen

Question 4

A diabetic man with shortness of breath and no chest pain. BEST next step? What should you do FIRST?

give antacids and observe treat as a possible cardiac event: assess, oxygen per protocol, aspirin per protocol, rapid transport reassure; without chest pain it is not cardiac send home to rest

Question 5

Identify the term: "cool with water; stop active burning"

burn cooling the adult rule of nines: anterior trunk the adult rule of nines: each arm the adult rule of nines: head

Question 6

Which term is described here: "slip it over the shoulder; if tight, double-clamp and cut between clamps"?

suctioning the newborn the placenta crowning a nuchal cord

Question 7

What does reassessment of unstable patients refer to?

your first 30-second assessment of severity mechanism of injury: how the trauma occurred at least every 15 minutes at least every 5 minutes

Question 8

You find an unresponsive trauma patient. Assessment: no pulse, not breathing. BEST next step?

begin high-quality CPR and apply the AED give oral glucose immediately rescue breathing only leave to get the stretcher first

Question 9

Which term is described here: "assist the patient's prescribed device into the outer thigh, per protocol"?

anaphylaxis signs a biphasic reaction mild allergic reaction the epi auto-injector

Question 10

Explain agonal gasps.

MI pain is not relieved by rest or nitroglycerin; angina usually is recognition, CPR, defibrillation, advanced care, post-arrest care not normal breathing; start CPR position of comfort, usually sitting upright

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