NREMT AEMT Daily Question
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Question 1 · Primary AssessmentYou applied a tourniquet high on the thigh of a 42-year-old with a severe lower-leg injury from machinery. You tightened it until the bleeding slowed, but bright red blood is still flowing and a pulse can be felt in the foot.
What should you do next?
- A. Tighten the tourniquet further until the bleeding stops and the distal pulse is gone.
- B. Loosen the tourniquet slightly to protect the circulation to the foot below the wound.
- C. Remove the tourniquet and go back to direct pressure on the wound.
- D. Leave it as it is and cover the wound with a bulky pressure dressing.
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A. Tighten the tourniquet further until the bleeding stops and the distal pulse is gone.A tourniquet must be tightened until bleeding stops and the distal pulse is absent. A loose tourniquet can block venous return while arterial flow continues, which increases bleeding. If it cannot be tightened enough, a second tourniquet is placed just above the first.
A 70-year-old with chest pain becomes unresponsive and pulseless while you are obtaining vital signs.
What is the immediate recognition and action priority?
- A. Cardiac arrest; begin high-quality CPR.
- B. Continue vital signs to complete the set.
- C. Administer aspirin first.
- D. Obtain a 12-lead ECG before any other action.
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A. Cardiac arrest; begin high-quality CPR.Sudden pulseless unresponsiveness is cardiac arrest and requires immediate CPR.
A 2-year-old was playing on the floor with a bowl of peanuts and small toys when the child began coughing and gagging suddenly. Now the child is breathing fast with wheezing heard only on the right side. There is no fever and no history of asthma.
What respiratory emergency should you suspect?
- A. An aspirated foreign body lodged in a lower airway
- B. A first asthma attack triggered by dust on the floor
- C. Croup from a viral infection of the upper airway
- D. Anaphylaxis from eating one of the peanuts in the bowl
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A. An aspirated foreign body lodged in a lower airwaySudden coughing while playing with small objects, followed by one-sided wheezing in a toddler with no fever or asthma history, points to a foreign body in a bronchus.
A 28-year-old cut the forearm on a broken window. Dark red blood is flowing steadily from the wound, with no spurting.
What is the first method of bleeding control you should use?
- A. Apply a tourniquet immediately proximal to the wound.
- B. Elevate the arm and apply ice.
- C. Apply direct pressure with a gloved hand and dressing.
- D. Pack the wound with hemostatic gauze as the initial step.
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C. Apply direct pressure with a gloved hand and dressing.Direct pressure with a gloved hand and a dressing is the first method for controlling steady external bleeding that is not immediately life-threatening.
Arriving at a highway crash involving a tanker truck, you see an orange placard with a four-digit number on the tank. A liquid is leaking onto the road. You have staged upwind and uphill at a distance.
What resource should you use to identify the material and initial safe distances?
- A. The emergency response guidebook, looked up by the placard number
- B. The tanker driver's logbook, retrieved by walking up to the cab
- C. A bystander's description of the smell coming from the leak
- D. The ambulance's patient care report template and drug guide
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A. The emergency response guidebook, looked up by the placard numberThe four-digit identification number on a placard can be looked up in the emergency response guidebook carried on the ambulance to identify the material, its hazards and recommended isolation distances.
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