150 NREMT EXAM QUESTIONS

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150 NREMT EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Which of the following is an example of an

unsafe scene for an EMT-Basic to enter?

• Fifty-four-year old male with difficulty breathing
• Twenty-three-year old female with abdominal pain
• Eighteen-year old adolescent with a gunshot wound to

the chest

• Four-year old child with leg pain

CORRECT ANSWER: C. Eighteen-year old adolescent

with a gunshot wound to the chest

Reason: Any dispatch to a call with violence involved,

such as a gunshot wound, must be secured by police prior to EMS involvement. The other calls do not give any indication of being unsafe.

Question 2: The arterioles connect the and the capillaries.

• Veins
• Venules

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• Arteries
• Vena cavae

CORRECT ANSWER: C. Arteries

Reason: The path of blood flow goes from the heart to the

aorta to the arteries to the arterioles to the capillaries to the venules to the veins to the vena cavae to the heart.

Question 3: Which of the following patients is at greatest

risk for hypothermia?

• Thirty-year old firefighter
• Twelve-year old skier
• Forty-five year old EMT
• Seventy-year old librarian

CORRECT ANSWER: D. Seventy-year old librarian

Reason: The very young and very old are greater risk for

hypothermia.

Question 4: The zygomatic bones are located in the

• Chest

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• Lower leg
• Back
• Face

CORRECT ANSWER: D. Face

Reason: The zygomatic bones are the cheekbones.

Question 5: Which of the following federal laws was

created to prevent "patients dumping" and the practice of denying treatment to patients with no insurance?

• Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act

(EMTALA)

• The White Paper Act
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

(HIPAA)

• The Medical Practice Act of 1988

CORRECT ANSWER: A. Emergency Medical

Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)

Reason: The EMTALA was enacted by Congress in 1986

to ensure public access to emergency services regardless of their ability to pay. This act was also created to prevent

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hospitals from dumping their patients on other hospitals because of the patient's financial status. The White Paper (A) was not an act, but was a paper published in 1966 addressing the inadequacy of pre-hospital emergency medical care. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (C) was created to protect the privacy of healthcare information. There is no such act as the Medical Practice Act of 1988 (D).

Question 6: When using air transport, the EMT-Basic

should approach a helicopter

• From the uphill side
• From the rear
• Only when instructed by a helicopter crew member
• Under no circumstances, but instead allow the crew to

come to them

CORRECT ANSWER: C. Only when instructed by a

helicopter crew member

Reason: Helicopters are dangerous vehicles, and safety

rules include never approaching from the uphill side because of the danger of the rotors, or from the rear