NREMT

NREMT practice questions, page 8 of 9, with answer review and explanations.

Question 36

A danger of using a rigid suction catheter with infants and young children is that stimulating the back of the throat can:

  1. Cause changes in the heart rhythm.
  2. Be ineffective in suctioning.
  3. Lead to immediate vomiting.
  4. Cause the tongue to fall into the airway.

Question 37

Your patient is a 35-year-old trauma victim who is not breathing. You are unable to open the airway by means of the jaw thrust and suctioning. You should:

  1. Attempt a mouth-to-mask ventilation.
  2. Use the head-tilt/chin-lift technique.
  3. Ventilate with a bag-valve-mask unit.
  4. Insert an airway through a tracheostomy.

Question 38

Which statement about inadequate breathing is correct?

  1. A breathing rate that is either too fast or too slow may indicate inadequate breathing.
  2. Inadequate breathing is much less common in small children than in older adults.
  3. Increased effort of breathing is often a normal sign and is not associated with inadequate breathing.
  4. A patient breathing very deeply or very shallowly is compensating for an abnormal respiratory rate.

Question 39

Your patient is a 52-year old male complaining of dull, achy chest pains. He is alert & oriented but upon assessment, you notice his skin is pale, cool and clammy. What is your next step?

  1. Obtain SAMPLE History
  2. Apply an AED
  3. Administer Supplemental Oxygen
  4. Assist the patient with his wife’s nitroglycerin.

Question 40

Cardiac Compromise is:

  1. Angina
  2. A heart attack
  3. A period of time when the heart stops
  4. Any type of heart problem