NREMT Practice Exam Questions and

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NREMT Practice Exam Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified

A 4-year-old child is choking and cannot cough or speak. What should you do?

• Perform back blows only
• Encourage coughing

✔✔ C. Perform abdominal thrusts

• Start rescue breathing

A patient complains of chest pain, is alert, and has a blood pressure of 120/80. You should:

• Give oral glucose
• Provide high-flow oxygen and transport without treatment

✔✔ C. Assist with the patient’s prescribed nitroglycerin

• Perform CPR

What is the correct dose of epinephrine via auto-injector for an adult with anaphylaxis?

• 0.15 mg

✔✔ B. 0.3 mg 1 / 4

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• 1.0 mg
• 5.0 mg

A patient was stung by a bee and now has hives, wheezing, and facial swelling. What is the most important treatment?

• Oral antihistamines

✔✔ B. Epinephrine via auto-injector

• Albuterol
• Transport only

Your trauma patient is pale, diaphoretic, with a fast pulse and low blood pressure. What type of shock is most likely?

• Cardiogenic
• Distributive

✔✔ C. Hypovolemic

• Psychogenic

Which of the following is a sign of compensated shock? 2 / 4

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✔✔ A. Rapid pulse

• Low blood pressure
• Decreased respiratory rate
• Cyanosis

You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle crash. The patient is unconscious with gurgling sounds. What is your first action?

• Insert a nasopharyngeal airway

✔✔ B. Suction the airway

• Start chest compressions
• Provide oxygen via BVM

A 55-year-old male is having a stroke. What is the most important aspect of treatment?

• Checking for bleeding

✔✔ B. Rapid transport to a stroke center

• Giving oral glucose
• Administering aspirin
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Which of the following patients should receive high-flow oxygen via non-rebreather?

• A patient with mild shortness of breath and SpO₂ of 96%

✔✔ B. A patient with signs of shock and SpO₂ of 88%

• A patient with chest pain and stable vitals
• A hyperventilating patient

You find an unresponsive child with a pulse but no breathing. What do you do first?✔✔ A. Provide rescue breathing

• Begin chest compressions
• Administer oxygen via NRB
• Apply an AED

Which of the following is a contraindication for nitroglycerin?

• A patient complaining of nausea

✔✔ B. Systolic BP below 100 mmHg

• A pulse rate below 100 bpm
• A history of asthma
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