Free NREMT EMT Practice Test

This free NREMT EMT practice test has 52 original, unofficial questions, including the multiple-response and ordering formats NREMT now uses. Answer each one, then check the explanation and its source—there's no signup.

Practice questions

Question 1

Scene Size-Up and Safety · Choose one answer · EMT-01

You're the first unit at a two-car crash on a dark highway shoulder. Traffic is still moving in the adjacent lane, and a driver is screaming for help. What should you do before approaching the vehicles?

• A. Begin a primary assessment of the screaming driver
• B. Call medical direction to decide who to treat first
• C. Apply cervical collars to each occupant
• D. Put on high-visibility, retroreflective apparel and assess traffic and other hazards

Question 2

Primary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-02

An adult man is unresponsive on the floor. He takes an occasional gasping breath. What is your next action?

• A. Check for a carotid pulse for no more than 10 seconds and start compressions if you don't definitely feel one
• B. Place him in the recovery position because he is breathing
• C. Give 2 rescue breaths, then check for a pulse
• D. Check for a pulse for a full 30 seconds to avoid compressing someone with a pulse

Question 3

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-03

A conscious adult at a restaurant can't speak or cough and is clutching her throat. Per the 2025 AHA guidelines, what should you do?

• A. Perform a finger sweep to find the object
• B. Give abdominal thrusts only until the object comes out
• C. Repeat cycles of 5 back blows followed by 5 abdominal thrusts until the object comes out or she becomes unresponsive
• D. Lay her down and begin chest compressions while she's still conscious

Question 4

Secondary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-04

A 70-year-old woman woke at 06:15 with right-sided weakness and slurred speech. Her husband says she was normal when they went to bed at 22:00. What time is her "last known well"?

• A. 06:15, when symptoms were found
• B. 22:00 the night before
• C. The time EMS arrived
• D. It can't be determined, so it isn't documented

Question 5

Secondary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-05

A patient with abdominal pain says it hurts more when the ambulance hits bumps. Which part of OPQRST does this answer?

• A. Onset
• B. Provocation
• C. Quality
• D. Radiation

Question 6

Primary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-06

An injured adult doesn't respond when you speak loudly. When you pinch the trapezius muscle, he moans and opens his eyes. How do you record his level of responsiveness on the AVPU scale?

• A. A — Alert
• B. V — Verbal
• C. P — Painful
• D. U — Unresponsive

Question 7

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose 2 answers · EMT-07

Direct pressure hasn't controlled bright-red bleeding from a deep wound in the middle of a patient's thigh, and you apply a tourniquet. Which two actions are correct?

• A. Place the tourniquet at least 2–3 inches above (proximal to) the wound
• B. Place it directly over the knee for a firmer anchor
• C. Loosen it every 10 minutes to let blood reach the leg
• D. Note and record the time it was applied
• E. Apply it over thick clothing even when bare skin is easy to reach

Question 8

Cross-domain practice — unofficial · Choose one answer · EMT-08

A 12-year-old at school has hives, wheezing and swollen lips. Staff can't reach either parent. No parent, legal guardian, or other legally authorized decision-maker is available, and care cannot safely wait. Under the National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines’ emergency-exception principle, what supports treatment and transport?

• A. You must wait until a parent gives consent
• B. She may consent for herself because she is over 10
• C. The school nurse can sign a refusal on the parents' behalf
• D. The emergency exception (implied consent), because her condition is an immediate threat and a parent is unavailable

Question 9

Scene Size-Up and Safety · Choose one answer · EMT-09

At a mass-casualty incident using START, an adult can't walk and is breathing 36 times a minute. Which category does she get?

• A. Minor (green)
• B. Delayed (yellow)
• C. Immediate (red)
• D. Expectant (black)

Question 10

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-10

A young adult is unresponsive with a syringe nearby. He isn't breathing, but you feel a strong carotid pulse. What is the best immediate care?

• A. Ventilate with a bag-valve mask at 1 breath every 6 seconds and give naloxone per protocol
• B. Start chest compressions at 30:2
• C. Give naloxone and wait for him to start breathing before ventilating
• D. Ventilate at 1 breath every 2–3 seconds

Question 11

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-11

A responsive 7-month-old is choking and can't cry or make any sound. What should you do?

• A. Give 5 abdominal thrusts, then 5 back blows
• B. Do a blind finger sweep, then give back blows
• C. Repeat cycles of 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts
• D. Hold the infant upside down by the ankles

Question 12

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-12

A motorcyclist is unresponsive after hitting a guardrail. You hear snoring respirations. How should you open the airway?

• A. Head tilt–chin lift
• B. Jaw thrust without head extension
• C. Insert a nasal airway without opening the airway first
• D. Turn the head to the side

Question 13

Primary Assessment · Choose 3 answers · EMT-13

You're screening an adult for stroke with the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale. Which three findings are positive signs on this scale?

• A. One side of the face droops when the patient smiles
• B. Unequal radial pulses
• C. One arm drifts down when both are held out with eyes closed
• D. Slurred or wrong words when repeating a simple sentence
• E. A headache that eased after resting
• F. An oxygen saturation of 95%

Question 14

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-14

A diabetic man is drowsy but awake, follows commands and can swallow. His blood glucose is 52 mg/dL. Your protocol includes oral glucose. What should you do?

• A. Place oral glucose between his cheek and gum even if he becomes unresponsive
• B. Withhold glucose until a hospital confirms the reading
• C. Ask him to take his own insulin
• D. Give oral glucose

Question 15

Scene Size-Up and Safety · Choose one answer · EMT-15

A 72-year-old fell in her kitchen. She's alert, pulse 88, blood pressure 104/70. Per the national field triage guideline, where should she go?

• A. The highest-level trauma center available within the geographic constraints of the regional trauma system, because her systolic BP is under 110 for her age
• B. The nearest emergency department, since her BP is above 90
• C. Transport is optional because the fall was from standing height
• D. Any hospital, because age doesn't change trauma triage

Question 16

Primary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-16

A 6-year-old hit by a car has a systolic blood pressure of 78 mm Hg. How should you interpret it?

• A. Normal, because it's above 70
• B. Only hypotensive below 90
• C. Hypotensive, because it's below 70 + (2 × 6) = 82
• D. Blood pressure can't be interpreted in children under 10

Question 17

Cross-domain practice — unofficial · Mark each row · EMT-17

For this question, your agency’s refusal workflow requires further assessment and medical-direction assistance when a patient has reported suicidal intent during this encounter or decision-making capacity is uncertain. For each person, choose Continue the informed-refusal process or Continue assessment and obtain medical-direction assistance.

Question 18

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-18

You're doing CPR on a 4-month-old. Which compression technique does the 2025 AHA guideline recommend?

• A. Two fingers in the center of the chest
• B. Heel of one hand on the sternum, or the 2-thumb–encircling hands technique
• C. Two hands stacked, as for an adult
• D. Compressions on the upper third of the sternum with the fingertips

Question 19

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-19

An unresponsive assault victim has bruising behind both ears and clear fluid draining from the nose. He has no gag reflex. Which airway adjunct is preferred?

• A. Nasopharyngeal airway
• B. Neither; adjuncts are never used in trauma
• C. Either; there's no difference
• D. Oropharyngeal airway

Question 20

Secondary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-20

A 24-year-old woman has lower abdominal pain and feels dizzy when she stands. During your history, which question is most important to add?

• A. "Could you be pregnant, and when was your last period?"
• B. "Have you ever had your appendix out?"
• C. "Do you have health insurance?"
• D. "What did you have for dinner last week?"

Question 21

Scene Size-Up and Safety · Choose one answer · EMT-21

During a winter power outage you're sent to an apartment for a "sick person." Three family members have headaches and nausea, and you start to feel lightheaded inside the doorway. Your crew has gloves and N95 respirators but no gas monitor or breathing apparatus. What should you do first?

• A. Put on N95 respirators and continue assessing everyone inside
• B. Take SAMPLE histories from each patient before moving anyone
• C. Leave, bring out patients who can move with you, and request fire department resources
• D. Open a window and continue your assessment inside

Question 22

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-22

An adult with shortness of breath has an SpO2 of 89% on room air. Under the National Model EMS Universal Care guideline, and with no condition requiring a different target, what oxygen saturation should you target?

• A. 100% for every patient
• B. 94–98%
• C. No oxygen until the saturation falls below 85%
• D. 88–92% for every patient

Question 23

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-23

A 60-year-old has crushing chest pain and sweating. Your protocol includes aspirin, and he has no aspirin allergy. He is alert, can chew and swallow safely, and has no other contraindication under your protocol. What should you give?

• A. Enteric-coated aspirin, swallowed whole
• B. Aspirin only if his pain is from a blow to the chest
• C. Nothing until a 12-lead confirms a STEMI
• D. Chewable, non-enteric-coated aspirin, 162–325 mg

Question 24

Primary Assessment · Put the steps in order · EMT-24

For a patient who isn't in cardiac arrest and has no massive bleeding, put the primary survey in order using the National Model EMS Universal Care guideline's ABCDE framework:

• A. Disability (responsiveness, glucose if altered)
• B. Breathing
• C. Expose and keep warm
• D. Airway
• E. Circulation

Question 25

Operations · Choose one answer · EMT-25

Which statement about using lights and siren matches national model EMS guidelines?

• A. Routine use isn't warranted, and even when used, speed must stay safe for the vehicle and road
• B. Use them on every transport to reduce transport time
• C. They let you drive at any speed
• D. Use them only on the way back to the station

Question 26

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-26

A 4-year-old has a pulse but is barely breathing. How often should you give breaths?

• A. 1 breath every 6 seconds
• B. 1 breath every 10 seconds
• C. 1 breath every 2–3 seconds
• D. 2 breaths every 30 compressions

Question 27

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-27

Which patient meets an indication for spinal motion restriction?

• A. A man with a stab wound to the neck and no neurologic deficits
• B. An alert, sober adult who fell from a ladder and has midline neck tenderness
• C. An alert, sober adult walking at the scene with no spinal pain or tenderness, a normal neuro exam and no distracting injury
• D. A patient with an isolated finger laceration

Question 28

Scene Size-Up and Safety · Choose 2 answers · EMT-28

Which two belong in scene size-up?

• A. Determine the number of patients
• B. Obtain a SAMPLE history
• C. Determine the mechanism of injury or nature of illness
• D. Check blood glucose
• E. Perform a detailed head-to-toe exam

Question 29

Primary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-29

On the Glasgow Coma Scale, an adult patient who does not follow commands reaches up and pushes your hand away when you apply pressure to the trapezius. What is the best motor score?

• A. 6
• B. 5
• C. 4
• D. 3

Question 30

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-30

A man with chest pain has a BP of 138/84. Your protocol lets you assist with his prescribed nitroglycerin. He mentions taking tadalafil (Cialis) yesterday afternoon, about 20 hours ago. What should you do?

• A. Assist with nitroglycerin now, because his systolic BP is over 100
• B. Give it only if his pain is severe
• C. Give half a dose to be safe
• D. Withhold nitroglycerin and report the tadalafil use to the receiving team

Question 31

Primary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-31

A 3-month-old has a heart rate of 50, is pale and limp, and has delayed capillary refill despite effective ventilation with oxygen. What should you do?

• A. Begin chest compressions
• B. Keep ventilating and recheck in 5 minutes
• C. Give oral glucose
• D. Place the infant in the recovery position

Question 32

Secondary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-32

An 18-month-old has had vomiting and diarrhea since yesterday. Her airway is clear, she's breathing without distress, and her color is good. You begin your focused history with her father. Which answer would most directly help you judge whether she's dehydrated?

• A. Whether she's received all of her routine vaccinations
• B. Her birth weight
• C. When her last wet diaper was, and whether she makes tears when she cries
• D. Whether she has started attending daycare

Question 33

Scene Size-Up and Safety · Choose one answer · EMT-33

You arrive alone in one ambulance at a van rollover with five injured occupants. The scene is safe. What should you do next?

• A. Start full care on the first patient you reach
• B. Request additional resources and consider declaring a mass-casualty incident
• C. Transport the most critical patient immediately and return for the rest
• D. Wait for a supervisor before doing anything

Question 34

Primary Assessment · Mark each row · EMT-34

Choose Start chest compressions now or Do not start compressions now.

Question 35

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-35

You and your partner are doing CPR on a 5-year-old without an advanced airway. What compression-to-ventilation ratio should you use?

• A. 30:2
• B. Continuous compressions with no breaths
• C. 5:1
• D. 15:2

Question 36

Operations · Choose one answer · EMT-36

At the ED, the nurse is ready to take your patient but your electronic report isn't finished. What's correct?

• A. Give a verbal report and an abbreviated written report now, then complete the full patient care report
• B. Leave without giving information; the report will arrive later
• C. A good verbal report means you don't need to finish a written report
• D. Keep the patient on your stretcher until the report is done

Question 37

Primary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-37

Approaching a sick toddler, you form a first impression from across the room using the pediatric assessment triangle. What are its three parts?

• A. Airway, breathing, circulation
• B. Pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate
• C. Appearance, work of breathing, circulation (to the skin)
• D. Alertness, verbal response, pain response

Question 38

Cross-domain practice — unofficial · Sort each item into a category · EMT-38

Using the 2019 National EMS Scope of Practice Model, sort each skill into Within the national EMT scope or Beyond EMT (AEMT/paramedic level):

• A. CPAP
• B. Nasopharyngeal airway
• C. Acquiring and transmitting a 12-lead ECG
• D. Inhaled bronchodilator for wheezing
• E. Intraosseous access
• F. Endotracheal intubation
• G. Starting a peripheral IV
• H. Interpreting a 12-lead ECG

Question 39

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-39

An adult is coughing forcefully after a bite of steak and can say a few words. What should you do?

• A. Begin back blows immediately
• B. Let him keep coughing while you watch for signs of severe obstruction
• C. Give abdominal thrusts
• D. Do a finger sweep

Question 40

Scene Size-Up and Safety · Choose one answer · EMT-40

On a call for "man down," the patient stands up and threatens your crew with a knife. What should you do?

• A. Try to take the knife away
• B. Restrain him with straps and continue care
• C. Continue the assessment while your partner talks to him
• D. Retreat to a safe location and request law enforcement

Question 41

Primary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-41

A patient has chest pressure and nausea. Your unit has a 12-lead monitor and your protocol lets EMTs acquire and transmit ECGs. What's the time goal for the 12-lead?

• A. Within 10 minutes of patient contact
• B. Within 30 minutes
• C. Only after arrival at the hospital
• D. Only if the pain gets worse

Question 42

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-42

Which describes high-quality chest compressions for an average adult?

• A. At least 3 inches deep, as fast as possible
• B. About 1.5 inches deep, 80–100 per minute
• C. At least 2 inches deep but not more than 2.4 inches, 100–120 per minute, full chest recoil
• D. 2 inches deep, 100–120 per minute, leaning on the chest between compressions

Question 43

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-43

Which patient is appropriate for an oropharyngeal airway?

• A. A responsive patient with a strong gag reflex
• B. An unresponsive patient with no cough or gag reflex
• C. A patient talking in full sentences
• D. A patient who keeps gagging when you try to insert it

Question 44

Secondary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-44

A patient with an ankle injury is stable for a 20-minute transport. Which reassessment plan matches national model guidelines?

• A. One set of vital signs is enough for any stable patient
• B. No vitals are needed for isolated extremity injuries
• C. Vital signs every minute
• D. At least two sets of vital signs, ideally one shortly before arrival

Question 45

Cross-domain practice — unofficial · Sort each item into a category · EMT-45

Sort each action into Scene size-up or Primary assessment:

• A. Evaluate for hazards
• B. Assess airway patency
• C. Determine the number of patients
• D. Identify life-threatening external bleeding
• E. Determine mechanism of injury
• F. Check responsiveness with AVPU

Question 46

Primary Assessment · Choose one answer · EMT-46

A confused man with diabetes has a blood glucose of 48 mg/dL. How should you interpret this?

• A. It's below 60 mg/dL, so treat him for hypoglycemia per protocol
• B. It's normal for someone with diabetes
• C. Treat only if it's below 30 mg/dL
• D. Assume a stroke and don't address the glucose

Question 47

Cross-domain practice — unofficial · Choose one answer · EMT-47

A patient says the accompanying dog is a service animal. The dog wears no vest, and its task is not obvious. Under the ADA, what may you ask to establish its status?

• A. For the dog's certification papers
• B. Nothing; you must leave the dog behind
• C. Only whether the dog is required because of a disability and what task it's trained to perform
• D. Whether the dog is an emotional support animal, so it can come along

Question 48

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-48

You find an adult in cardiac arrest on a living-room floor. There's enough room to work safely. Where should you start CPR?

• A. In the ambulance, after moving him
• B. Where he's found
• C. Outside, on the driveway
• D. On his bed, so he's more comfortable

Question 49

Patient Treatment and Transport · Put the steps in order · EMT-49

You're off duty in an office building with your phone when you find an adult who is unresponsive, only gasping, with no definite pulse. One bystander has run to get the building's AED, and no one else is with you. When the AED arrives, it advises a shock. Put your actions in order:

• A. Resume chest compressions immediately after the shock
• B. Begin chest compressions
• C. Attach the AED as soon as it arrives and deliver the advised shock, following its prompts
• D. Call 911 on speakerphone

Question 50

Scene Size-Up and Safety · Choose one answer · EMT-50

At an adult START triage scene, you tell everyone who can walk to move to a designated area. How are those patients initially categorized?

• A. Minor (green)
• B. Delayed (yellow)
• C. Immediate (red)
• D. Expectant (black)

Question 51

Patient Treatment and Transport · Choose one answer · EMT-51

A 58-year-old responds only to pain. His breathing is 6 per minute and shallow, SpO2 82%, with a strong radial pulse. What's the best immediate care?

• A. Nonrebreather mask at 15 L/min only
• B. Place him in the recovery position and monitor
• C. Nasal cannula at 4 L/min
• D. Assist ventilations with a bag-valve mask at 1 breath every 6 seconds with supplemental oxygen

Question 52

Operations · Choose one answer · EMT-52

While you're suctioning a trauma patient, blood splashes into your partner's eye. What should happen next?

• A. Flush the eye with water right away, then report the exposure so a medical evaluation can be arranged
• B. Wipe the eye with an alcohol prep pad and finish the shift before saying anything
• C. Report it at the end of the week if symptoms develop
• D. Clean around the eye with hand sanitizer and keep working

Answers follow the 2025 AHA CPR guidelines and national EMS guidance; your state and local protocols may differ.

Check your results

Give yourself one point only when an item is completely right. That means every required choice and no extras, the full order correct, and every row or entry in the right place. That's how NREMT scores its items too: no partial credit (EMT test plan, Item Types).

Write down your complete first response before opening an answer. If you peeked at an answer before choosing, count that item as studied, not scored.

Count your correct answers out of the items you checked without peeking, and keep the number studied separate. Only calculate a full-set percentage if you scored all 52 without seeing any answers first: correct ÷ 52 × 100. A retry is useful practice, but it does not change your first-attempt tally.

These are editorial study groups; the set does not reproduce the official examination weighting. Cross-domain practice is an unofficial study group, not a sixth exam domain.

Your score reflects these 52 questions only. It isn't a scaled NREMT score, it can't be converted to one, and it doesn't predict whether you'll pass. The Secondary Assessment and Operations rows have only a handful of items each, so treat a low result there as a reason to review that area, not a measurement of your ability.

Turn each miss into a study task

1. Reread the explanation for every miss and every lucky guess.
2. Name the one finding in the stem that decided the answer, like "definite pulse," "can't swallow," or "age 72."
3. Say why your choice didn't fit this patient. Most wrong answers on this set are real actions that belong to a different situation or a different certification level.
4. Open the linked source passage or the matching chapter in your course materials.
5. Come back the next day and redo only the questions you missed.

A simple log keeps this honest:

How this compares to the real NREMT EMT exam

The real exam adapts to you; this one doesn't. The table below separates official exam rules from this set's practice choices.

Sources: NREMT EMT test plan (Content Distribution, Examination Administration, Item Types), NREMT BLS examination page, EMT Candidate Handbook (Report of Candidate's Results), and EMT Certification Process (Application Fees).

The current domains took effect April 7, 2025, based on NREMT's 2023 practice analysis. If a study guide still presents Airway, Cardiology, Trauma, Medical/OB-GYN and Operations as the official EMT exam domains, it's describing the version that ended April 4, 2025. Those subjects are still tested. They're just organized differently now.

Why Primary Assessment is about 40% of the exam

The test plan groups questions by what you're doing on scene, not by body system. Primary Assessment covers your general impression, level of consciousness, airway, breathing, circulation, chief complaint and life threats, baseline vitals, and the call on rapid treatment or transport (EMT test plan, Content Outline). So a cardiac-arrest question might test recognizing arrest (Primary) or doing CPR well (Treatment). When you study a condition, ask two things: what do I check, and what does that finding change?

If your exam stopped at 70 questions

Seventy is the minimum. The exam ends as soon as it's 95% confident you're above or below the passing standard, or when you reach 120 items or the 2-hour limit (EMT test plan, Computerized Adaptive Testing). Stopping at 70 happens to people who pass and people who don't, so the length alone tells you nothing about your result.

2025 CPR and choking changes that change answers

In its October 27, 2025 notice, NREMT said it was reviewing live exam questions, would remove questions that conflict with the 2025 AHA guidelines, and expected new questions based on those guidelines to become operational within 12–15 months (NREMT notice). NREMT didn't announce a single switch date, so learn the 2025 versions, especially if your course used older materials.

Sources: AHA 2025 Adult Basic Life Support §8.3 and §10.1–10.3; AHA/AAP 2025 Pediatric Basic Life Support Top 10 messages, §6.2, §6.3 and §7.3.

The five question formats, and how they're scored

• Multiple choice: pick the one best answer of four.
• Multiple response: pick 2 of 5 or 3 of 6. There are always exactly 3 wrong options. Try Question 7, Question 13, Question 28.
• Options table: classify each row against the criteria in the question. Try Question 17, Question 34.
• Build list: put the steps in the order the question asks for. Try Question 24, Question 49.
• Drag-and-drop: sort each item into the right category. Try Question 38, Question 45.

Every format is all-or-nothing. Getting 2 of 3 right on a multiple-response item scores the same as getting none right. Read the instruction line before the answer choices, and count your selections before moving on (EMT test plan, Item Types).

NREMT's own sample items show the real screen layout, and its sample packet shows each format (see NREMT's official EMT sample items). A tutorial at the start of the real exam walks you through each item type, and you can reopen it with the Help function (EMT handbook, Examination Format; NREMT BLS examination page, Novel Item Classes).

What to do next

• Redo your misses after a day, using the log above.
• See the real format: NREMT's official EMT sample items and sample packet.
• Confirm exam rules: the EMT Candidate Handbook covers your Authorization to Test, scheduling and results. NREMT doesn't recommend any particular prep materials. It points candidates to their course materials, the current AHA guidelines, and the National EMS Education Standards.
• Retesting after an unsuccessful attempt? Check NREMT retake requirements.
• Taking the EMR exam instead? It has its own domain weights and length. See NREMT EMR exam prep.

Sources

Exam facts:

• NREMT, Updated EMR and EMT Certification Examinations — launch date, domains, item length, fee, sample items

• NREMT EMT Examination Specifications — content outline, adaptive testing, item types, scoring

• NREMT EMT Candidate Handbook, About the Examination — score scale, retesting, preparation

• NREMT, How the 2025 AHA Guidelines Impact National Registry Certification Examinations (October 27, 2025)

• NREMT, Certification & Licensure — certification and state authorization to practice

• NREMT EMT Candidate Handbook, Certification Process — Application Fees

Teaching sources:

• AHA 2025 Guidelines, Part 7: Adult Basic Life Support

• AHA/AAP 2025 Guidelines, Part 6: Pediatric Basic Life Support

• AHA 2025 Guidelines, Part 10: Special Circumstances of Resuscitation

• AHA and American Red Cross 2024 Guidelines for First Aid

• NASEMSO National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines, Version 3.0 (March 2022)

• National EMS Scope of Practice Model 2019

• Prehospital Hemorrhage Control and Treatment by Clinicians: A Joint Position Statement, Prehospital Emergency Care (2023)

• Spinal Motion Restriction in the Trauma Patient: A Joint Position Statement, Prehospital Emergency Care (2018)

• National Guideline for the Field Triage of Injured Patients (2021)

• HHS CHEMM, START Adult Triage

• NIOSH, Filtering Facepiece Respirators

• CDC, Clinical Guidance for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030

• NIDDK, Symptoms & Causes of Diarrhea

• Glasgow Coma Scale Assessment Aid

• DailyMed, Tadalafil prescribing information

• U.S. Department of Justice, Service Animals and the ADA FAQ

• 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for Acute Coronary Syndromes

Written by the Castleport Test Prep Editorial Team. Last verified October 20, 2026 (Asia/Manila): NREMT EMT exam specifications, format and fee, and the source passages cited in each explanation. Each answer was checked against its linked source. These questions have not been reviewed by a licensed clinician or statistically validated against the real examination.

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