NREMT Pocket Prep (2023 NREMT PARAMEDIC EXAM) Questions With Complete Solutions What are the late signs of hemorrhagic shock? - Correct Answers ✅Rapid breathing, cool clammy skin, dull slightly dilated pupils Is carbon monoxide an internal factor or external factor for respiration? - Correct Answers ✅External Name 3 of the AHA reccomended managment principles for ROSC patients. - Correct Answers ✅Initiate Targeted Temperature Management if patient is comatose, Administer colloid/vasopressor to a goal blood pressure of <90 systolic or MAP <65mmHg, and obtain 12-lead. (THINK TAKE PT TO THE
MOVIES)
According to the NREMT, what is the dose of NARCAN for a patient with suspected opiod overdose? - Correct Answers ✅Narcan 2mg IN (1mg per nare) Name 3 WMD chemical agent exposures that a paramedic can see symptoms of on scene? - Correct Answers ✅Pulmonary agents, nerve agents, and vesicant agents.(Vesicant agents include mustard gas and primarily affect DNA to cause cellular damage) 1 / 3
NREMT Pocket Prep (2023 NREMT PARAMEDIC EXAM) Questions With Complete Solutions Why is an uncuffed ET tube appropriate for a 6 year old child?
- Correct Answers ✅Pediatrics of this age range have a
narrowing of the trachea at the level of the cricoid cartilage.Name the major signs of hypothermia. - Correct Answers ✅Lack of coordination, confusion and memory loss, lack of shivering, weak pulses, slowed speech, drowsiness and very low energy, and slow shallow breathing.In dislocations and fractures, splinting is normally done in the position it is found. If circulation is comprimised, a paramedic may attempt to manipulate the injury one time to regain circulation. What is the one anatomical location that is the exception to this rule and therefore contraindicated in the prehospital setting? - Correct Answers ✅Elbow dislocations and fractures, due to the anatomical position of these injuries.Name 3 common SSRI medications. - Correct Answers ✅Zoloft (Sertaline), Prozac (Fluoxetine), and Paxil (Paroxetine) Define how to calculate the rate of an irregular rhythm and how and why it should be used. - Correct Answers ✅The range of an irregular heart rate can be determined by calculating the heart rate of the QRS complexes closest 2 / 3
NREMT Pocket Prep (2023 NREMT PARAMEDIC EXAM) Questions With Complete Solutions together and the QRS complexes furthest apart. The two rates can be calculated using the block or memory method.Regarding irregular heart rates, how do you perform the 6 second method? How do you perform the 10 second method?
*NOTE, NREMT DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS METHOD EXISTS,
BUT IT IS GOOD TO KNOW ANYWAY - Correct Answers ✅Viewing the rhythm strip, on a 6-second strip count the number of QRS complexes and multiply by 10. For a 10 second strip, count the number of QRS complexes and multiply by 6.Why is cystic fibrosis not considered a lower airway infection?
- Correct Answers ✅Cystic fibrosis is caused by genetic
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factors, not an infection.What three factors effect stroke volume? - Correct Answers ✅Contractility, afterload, and preload.What is cardiac elasticity? - Correct Answers ✅Elasticity is the factor that defines how "springy" the cardiac muscle is. It DOES NOT effect stroke volume.Name 3 factors that contraindicate endotracheal intubation.Name 2 things that do not effect indication of intubation. - Correct Answers ✅Inability to open the patient's mouth,