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Perfect Prep Time

• 5-7 weeks

• 3-4 days/week (2-3 hrs.)

• No more than 2 categories per day

NCLEX Study Techniques

Activated Charcoal

• Used for poisonings and medication OD

• The ingestion must have been within 60 minutes

• They must be awake and alert

• Do NOT give when actively vomiting

• Do NOT use for caustic or acidic substances (Acid, Bleach, Drain Cleaner)

Areas of Weakness

CNS-Central Nervous System

• Brain

• Spinal Cord

Neurogenic Shock

• Occurs in SCI above the level of T-6

Collapsed Lungs

• Pneumothorax (Simple or Closed)

• Open Pneumothorax=Sucking Chest Wound

• Tension Pneumothorax

• Hemothorax

Tension Pneumothorax

Prioritization questions

1. Determine the Differential Diagnosis

2. Treat immediate life threats=STOP any external bleeding

3. Airway

4. Breathing/Oxygenation

5. Circulation

P-Wave

• Atrial depolarization (Contraction)

QRS Complex

• Ventricular Depolarization

T-wave

• Ventricular Repolarization

Management of care

• Prioritization

• Delegation

• Assignment

Pediatrics

• Kawasaki's disease

What do these conditions all have in common?

• Shock

• Renal Failure

• Hyperkalemia

• Diarrhea

• Crush Injury

Topics to Study

• SIGNS (Murphy's sign, McBurney's sign, Psoas Sign, Rovsing's Sign, Cullen's Sign, Grey Turner's sign)

• Metabolic acidosis & Alkalosis

• Toxidromes (Stimulant OD-Cocaine/Meth, TCAs ODs, Serotonin Syndrome, Beta Blockers, Cholinergic vs Anticholinergics)

Actual questions from the NREMTP Exam (May 2026)

1. You have been dispatched to a 65-year-old male who is unresponsive at a local park. Upon arrival you find law enforcement on scene performing CPR and they state that the patient was found by bystanders in cardiac arrest. What is you and your crew's priority action upon arrival?