Practice Test 1 - NREMT AEMT Level
20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.
- Which potential hazard represents the most immediate and critical threat to crew safety during the scene size-up?
- A 27-year-old trauma patient is drowsy, has a gag reflex, and intermittently obstructs with snoring. Vitals: RR 10, HR 112, BP 108/68, SpO2 83% on room air. You suction and choose a nasopharyngeal airway due to limited mouth opening, then place a supraglottic device when BVM is ineffective. What complication should be monitored for when using a supraglottic airway device during transport?
- What is the AEMT's most appropriate immediate action?
- Home: 35M asthma with wheezing, accessory muscle use; BP 130/82, HR 122, RR 34, SpO2 87%. He becomes drowsy during assessment. How should the AEMT manage the patient's airway given the current symptoms?
- This presentation is most characteristic of which gastrointestinal condition?
- An AEMT administers 0.5 mg of IM epinephrine to a 200-lb male in anaphylactic shock. What is the most important parameter to reassess within five minutes of administration?
- What is the most appropriate next step for gaining vascular access?
- The patient's systemic signs of tachycardia, hypotension, and confusion are most likely the result of which condition?
- What is the most likely cause of this change?
- Which of the following represents the correct medication and dose to administer for this patient?
- Cholecystitis suspected; patient rates pain 9/10, BP 136/84; which intervention is most appropriate?
- How should you document his motor response, and what does it signify?
- These findings should lead the AEMT to have a high index of suspicion for what injury?
- GI bleed patient becomes pale and confused after standing; what is the priority action for the AEMT?
- While providing care, the AEMT must maintain a high index of suspicion for which life-threatening emergency?
- Assisted living: 78F CHF, dyspnea worse lying flat; BP 172/94, HR 112, RR 28, SpO2 87%. Crackles, JVD, pitting edema. Meds: furosemide. Which intervention should be prioritized for this patient?
- When evaluating a patient with chest discomfort, the 'S' in the OPQRST mnemonic prompts the AEMT to ask about what aspect of the symptom?
- A 24-year-old female is found unconscious. Her friend states she complained of worsening left-sided abdominal pain for two days before collapsing. Assessment reveals a rapid, weak carotid pulse, shallow respirations at 28/min, and pale, clammy skin. BP is 70/40 mmHg. What is the immediate treatment priority?
- Hospital hallway: 52M sudden dyspnea after walking, pleuritic pain; BP 126/78, HR 124, RR 30, SpO2 90%. Recent long flight and calf tenderness. Lungs clear. What is the most likely condition based on the patient's presentation?
- A 45-year-old is found unresponsive with suspected opioid overdose: snoring, cyanotic lips, RR 4, SpO2 78% on room air, HR 48, BP 90/56. After suctioning and jaw-thrust, you insert an oropharyngeal airway due to absent gag reflex and begin BVM ventilation. You then place a supraglottic device when mask ventilation remains ineffective. What complication should be monitored for when using a supraglottic airway device?