NEW NREMT EXAM WITH QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALL VERIFIED
2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE
emergency moves - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>when scene is dangerous
and
patient must be moved before care; armpit-forearm drag, shirt drag,
blanket drag
urgent move - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>when patient has potentially life-
threatening injuries/illness and must be moved quickly; rapid
extrication is an urgent move used for patients in a motor vehicle
non-urgent moves - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>direct ground lift,
extremity lift, direct carry method, draw sheet method
log roll technique - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>to place patient on
backboard or assess posterior; at least 3 trained personnel
Who establishes the scope of practice for EMS providers? -
CORRECT
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,ANSWER>>>>states; NEMSES aligns scope of practice throughout
US
Who establishes standard of care? - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>NEMSES,
state, med direction, EMS agency, textbooks, care considered
acceptable by similarly trained providers in same community
Good Samaritan laws - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>protect someone who
renders care as long as not being compensated and gross negligence
not committed; vary bw states
assault vs. battery - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>assault = perceived threat
of immediate bodily harm
battery = physically touching w/o consent
most common reason EMS providers are sued civilly? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>negligence
what must plaintiff prove in civil lawsuit for negligence? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>duty to act, breech of duty, damage, causation
(proximate cause)
what 4 things does competency require? -
✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>person, place, time, event
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,how to reduce liability on patient refusal? -
✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>ensure patient is absolutely competent, provide
excellent care and convince patient to accept transport, ensure patient
is fully informed, contact med control, document well
What paper is considered the birth of modern EMS? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected
Disease of Modern Society (1966); the "White Paper"
What group developed the first EMT National Standard Curriculum
(NSC)? - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT) in the 1970s
What group wrote the EMS Agenda for the Future document? -
CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
(NHTSA)
What is NEMSES? - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>National EMS Education
Standards identified by NHTSA; universal knowledge and skills
replacing the NSC
Components of the EMS System - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>Public
access,
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, clinical care, medical direction, integrated health systems,
prevention, research, communications, HR, legislation and
regulation, evaluation, finance, public education, education systems
EMR - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>basic, immediate care including
bleeding control, CPR, AED, emergency childbirth
EMT - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>all EMR skills, advanced oxygen and
ventilation skills, pulse oximetry, noninvasive BP monitoring, admin
of certain meds
AEMT - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>all EMT skills, advanced airway
devices, IV and IO access, blood glucose monitoring, admin of
additional meds
Paramedic - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>all AEMT skills, advanced
assessment and management skills, various invasive skills,
extensive pharmacology interventions
EMT's top priority - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>personal safety (then
partners, patients, bystanders)
CISM - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>critical incident stress management;
defusing sessions within 4 hrs of incident, debriefing sessions 24-72
hrs after
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AND ANSWERS ALL VERIFIED
2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE
emergency moves - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>when scene is dangerous
and
patient must be moved before care; armpit-forearm drag, shirt drag,
blanket drag
urgent move - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>when patient has potentially life-
threatening injuries/illness and must be moved quickly; rapid
extrication is an urgent move used for patients in a motor vehicle
non-urgent moves - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>direct ground lift,
extremity lift, direct carry method, draw sheet method
log roll technique - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>to place patient on
backboard or assess posterior; at least 3 trained personnel
Who establishes the scope of practice for EMS providers? -
CORRECT
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,ANSWER>>>>states; NEMSES aligns scope of practice throughout
US
Who establishes standard of care? - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>NEMSES,
state, med direction, EMS agency, textbooks, care considered
acceptable by similarly trained providers in same community
Good Samaritan laws - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>protect someone who
renders care as long as not being compensated and gross negligence
not committed; vary bw states
assault vs. battery - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>assault = perceived threat
of immediate bodily harm
battery = physically touching w/o consent
most common reason EMS providers are sued civilly? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>negligence
what must plaintiff prove in civil lawsuit for negligence? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>duty to act, breech of duty, damage, causation
(proximate cause)
what 4 things does competency require? -
✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>person, place, time, event
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,how to reduce liability on patient refusal? -
✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>ensure patient is absolutely competent, provide
excellent care and convince patient to accept transport, ensure patient
is fully informed, contact med control, document well
What paper is considered the birth of modern EMS? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected
Disease of Modern Society (1966); the "White Paper"
What group developed the first EMT National Standard Curriculum
(NSC)? - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT) in the 1970s
What group wrote the EMS Agenda for the Future document? -
CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
(NHTSA)
What is NEMSES? - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>National EMS Education
Standards identified by NHTSA; universal knowledge and skills
replacing the NSC
Components of the EMS System - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>Public
access,
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, clinical care, medical direction, integrated health systems,
prevention, research, communications, HR, legislation and
regulation, evaluation, finance, public education, education systems
EMR - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>basic, immediate care including
bleeding control, CPR, AED, emergency childbirth
EMT - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>all EMR skills, advanced oxygen and
ventilation skills, pulse oximetry, noninvasive BP monitoring, admin
of certain meds
AEMT - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>all EMT skills, advanced airway
devices, IV and IO access, blood glucose monitoring, admin of
additional meds
Paramedic - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>all AEMT skills, advanced
assessment and management skills, various invasive skills,
extensive pharmacology interventions
EMT's top priority - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>personal safety (then
partners, patients, bystanders)
CISM - ✔✔✔ANSWER>>>>critical incident stress management;
defusing sessions within 4 hrs of incident, debriefing sessions 24-72
hrs after
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