2019-2020 NREMT Exam, Answered
Once you have the endotracheal tube in place, and as you perform auscultation, you
realize the patients right side has sounds from the lungs but the left does not, or they
are minimal. What should be your next move?
A) Extract the tube and try intubation again
B) Abandon it and initiate respirations
C) Ensure the cuff is deflated, then pull the tube three to four centimeters
D) Gently pull the tube three to four inches out, ensuring cuff is inflated - C) Ensure
the cuff is deflated, then pull the tube three to four centimeters
You reach the site where a woman of advanced age has fallen and injured her ribs,
and when you assess, you find she is breathing rapidly and shallowly, the rate being
40, how can you confirm this emergency is life-threatening?
A) There is the risk of her volume per minute being excessive
B) There is the risk of her volume per minute diminishing
C) Her limit for the air referred to as "dead space" has been reached
D) You can see her inhaling excessive oxygen - B) There is the risk of her volume
per minute diminishing
(In the prevailing state, it is possible the patient is not mobilizing sufficient air to
penetrate the tissues)
Sellicks maneuver is meant for:
A) Reducing vomiting risk
B) Making the carina visible
C) Making the vallecular visible
D) Collapsing the patients trachea - A) Reducing vomiting risk
, (Sellicks maneuver decreases the chances of vomiting as intubation continues, and
this is accomplished when the esophagus is. directly collapsed. The maneuver also
helps in making the patients vocal cords clearly visible.)
You have been instructed by medical control to help a patient who has a metered
dose inhaler. What must you ensure before you can begin to help the patient?
A) The patient is not choking
B) The medication is right for the patient
C) The inhaler does not have a leak
D) There is more of the medication in stock at the hospital - B) The medication is
right for the patient
What is a spontaneous pneumothorax?
A) Its cause is an impact to the chest, penetrating the patients lung
B)It only applies to patients with COPD
C) It's a sudden build up of air within the patients pleural space
D) It is more prevalent in men than women - C) It's a sudden buildup of air within the
patient's pleural space
What would you consider a suitable intervention to treat an apnea person?
A) Oropharyngeal airway
B) Intubation
C) BVM mask
D) All of the above - D) All of the above
What kind of injury leads to paradoxical motion affecting a person's chest?
A) Clavicle break
Once you have the endotracheal tube in place, and as you perform auscultation, you
realize the patients right side has sounds from the lungs but the left does not, or they
are minimal. What should be your next move?
A) Extract the tube and try intubation again
B) Abandon it and initiate respirations
C) Ensure the cuff is deflated, then pull the tube three to four centimeters
D) Gently pull the tube three to four inches out, ensuring cuff is inflated - C) Ensure
the cuff is deflated, then pull the tube three to four centimeters
You reach the site where a woman of advanced age has fallen and injured her ribs,
and when you assess, you find she is breathing rapidly and shallowly, the rate being
40, how can you confirm this emergency is life-threatening?
A) There is the risk of her volume per minute being excessive
B) There is the risk of her volume per minute diminishing
C) Her limit for the air referred to as "dead space" has been reached
D) You can see her inhaling excessive oxygen - B) There is the risk of her volume
per minute diminishing
(In the prevailing state, it is possible the patient is not mobilizing sufficient air to
penetrate the tissues)
Sellicks maneuver is meant for:
A) Reducing vomiting risk
B) Making the carina visible
C) Making the vallecular visible
D) Collapsing the patients trachea - A) Reducing vomiting risk
, (Sellicks maneuver decreases the chances of vomiting as intubation continues, and
this is accomplished when the esophagus is. directly collapsed. The maneuver also
helps in making the patients vocal cords clearly visible.)
You have been instructed by medical control to help a patient who has a metered
dose inhaler. What must you ensure before you can begin to help the patient?
A) The patient is not choking
B) The medication is right for the patient
C) The inhaler does not have a leak
D) There is more of the medication in stock at the hospital - B) The medication is
right for the patient
What is a spontaneous pneumothorax?
A) Its cause is an impact to the chest, penetrating the patients lung
B)It only applies to patients with COPD
C) It's a sudden build up of air within the patients pleural space
D) It is more prevalent in men than women - C) It's a sudden buildup of air within the
patient's pleural space
What would you consider a suitable intervention to treat an apnea person?
A) Oropharyngeal airway
B) Intubation
C) BVM mask
D) All of the above - D) All of the above
What kind of injury leads to paradoxical motion affecting a person's chest?
A) Clavicle break
