NREMT AEMT case studies
NREMT AEMT · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) certification is a National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians credential for EMS clinicians who provide basic and limited advanced emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients. According to the National Registry, the AEMT possesses the basic knowledge and skills necessary for patient care and transport, functions as part of a comprehensive EMS response under medical oversight, performs interventions with the basic and advanced equipment typically found on an ambulance, and serves as the link from the scene to the emergency health care system. The NREMT AEMT case studies are 5 cases and about 2,627 words.
1The Quiet Chest: COPD Exacerbation and Ventilatory Failure
Dispatched at 02:10 to a 68-year-old man with a long history of COPD (2 packs/day, home oxygen 2 L/min) in severe respiratory distress. He is tripod-positioned, using accessory muscles, and speaking in three-word sentences.
467 words, about 2 min2Inferior STEMI with Hypotension and Bradycardia
62-year-old man with 45 minutes of crushing substernal pressure radiating to both jaws, nausea, and diaphoresis. He is pale and clammy.
498 words, about 2 min3Motorcycle Versus Car: Pelvic Fracture with a Deformed Femur
34-year-old motorcyclist struck by a car at roughly 45 mph. He is supine on the roadway, groaning, GCS 14 (E3 V4 M6).
547 words, about 3 min4Anaphylaxis in a Patient on a Beta-Blocker
45-year-old woman stung by a hornet while gardening. Within 5 minutes she developed hives, lip swelling, and a hoarse voice.
492 words, about 2 min5Six Patients, Two Ambulances: Night Highway MCI
You are the first AEMT on scene of a six-car pileup on a rural two-lane highway at night. Your ambulance is on scene with a second ambulance 12 minutes out; the nearest helicopter is 25 minutes out.
623 words, about 3 min