NREMT (AIRWAY, RESPIRATION
& VENTILATION ) QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST GUIDE 2024/2025
GRADED A+.
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, 1. Respirations in a newborn would be considered normal between
.: between 40 and 60 breaths per minute.
(this drops to 30 - 40 after the first few minutes of life)
2. Your patient is an 18 month old boy who, as reported by his mother, is "acting strange". You arrive to find the
child reclined in his mother's arms. "I don't know what's wrong with him," she says. "I came out of the bathroom
and he started making odd sounds and had spit running out of his mouth." What is the first thing you should do?:
Get a general impression of the child by visually assessing the quality of his respirations, his skin color, and his
appearance.
3. You and your partner Bob have just arrived at a residence for a "slip and fall". When you enter the home a
panicked father tells you that his 3 year old son has fallen down a flight of approximately 20 stairs and onto
the
basement floor. He has the child in his arms and hands him to you. The boy is unconscious with a slow, irregular
breathing pattern and a pulse of 98 beats per minute.You and Bob gently place the child on the floor with manual c-
spine stabilization and then:: Insert an oropharyngeal airway and assist ventilations with a BVM while transporting
rapidly.
4. Your 34 year old patient is breathing on their own at a rate of 18 per minute and an approximate tidal volume of
150 mL. What should you do?: Give positive pressure ventilations with high flow O2
5. You and your partner Mike arrive on scene to find a man standing outside a softball park who has suffered a
blunt trauma to the chest. The patient states he was hit in the chest with a bat when a player lost her grip while
swinging. He is having problems breathing and lung sounds are absent on the left side. You should suspect..?:
Pneumothorax
6. Pulmonary ventilation includes all of the following :: External respiration, internal respiration, cellular
respiration, and metabolism.
7. No breath sounds on one side is characteristic of a :: pneumothorax or collapsed lung.
8. You and your partner Amy arrive on scene to find a woman with hives over much of her body. She is wheezing
and complaining of difficulty breathing. Her husband says she was stung by a hornet and has no prior history of
allergies. What would be the best course of action?: High flow O2 and rapid transportation if the patient appears to be
going into anaphylaxis.
9. School-Age Children (6 to 12)
Vital signs a. Normal heart rate is between :: 70 and 110 beats per minute
10. A 73 year old female was in her backyard gardening when she collapsed to the ground. Her husband told 911
that "she is breathing very fast and will not
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& VENTILATION ) QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST GUIDE 2024/2025
GRADED A+.
1/5
, 1. Respirations in a newborn would be considered normal between
.: between 40 and 60 breaths per minute.
(this drops to 30 - 40 after the first few minutes of life)
2. Your patient is an 18 month old boy who, as reported by his mother, is "acting strange". You arrive to find the
child reclined in his mother's arms. "I don't know what's wrong with him," she says. "I came out of the bathroom
and he started making odd sounds and had spit running out of his mouth." What is the first thing you should do?:
Get a general impression of the child by visually assessing the quality of his respirations, his skin color, and his
appearance.
3. You and your partner Bob have just arrived at a residence for a "slip and fall". When you enter the home a
panicked father tells you that his 3 year old son has fallen down a flight of approximately 20 stairs and onto
the
basement floor. He has the child in his arms and hands him to you. The boy is unconscious with a slow, irregular
breathing pattern and a pulse of 98 beats per minute.You and Bob gently place the child on the floor with manual c-
spine stabilization and then:: Insert an oropharyngeal airway and assist ventilations with a BVM while transporting
rapidly.
4. Your 34 year old patient is breathing on their own at a rate of 18 per minute and an approximate tidal volume of
150 mL. What should you do?: Give positive pressure ventilations with high flow O2
5. You and your partner Mike arrive on scene to find a man standing outside a softball park who has suffered a
blunt trauma to the chest. The patient states he was hit in the chest with a bat when a player lost her grip while
swinging. He is having problems breathing and lung sounds are absent on the left side. You should suspect..?:
Pneumothorax
6. Pulmonary ventilation includes all of the following :: External respiration, internal respiration, cellular
respiration, and metabolism.
7. No breath sounds on one side is characteristic of a :: pneumothorax or collapsed lung.
8. You and your partner Amy arrive on scene to find a woman with hives over much of her body. She is wheezing
and complaining of difficulty breathing. Her husband says she was stung by a hornet and has no prior history of
allergies. What would be the best course of action?: High flow O2 and rapid transportation if the patient appears to be
going into anaphylaxis.
9. School-Age Children (6 to 12)
Vital signs a. Normal heart rate is between :: 70 and 110 beats per minute
10. A 73 year old female was in her backyard gardening when she collapsed to the ground. Her husband told 911
that "she is breathing very fast and will not
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