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NREMT EMT flashcards

6 decks · 460 cards · built into Willys · free samples below

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Written against: National EMS Education Standards and NREMT EMT cognitive exam; 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC (resuscitation cards fact-checked 2026-10-11 against summaries of the 2025 text). Updated 2026-10-10.

What's in it

Every deck follows the course outline, with tags you can study or suspend topic by topic. Open a deck to study its free sample right here.

Learn · 4 decks · 310 cards

Concepts, mechanisms and the questions a course or exam asks about them.

Patient Assessment, Anatomy & Medications Field-scenario cards on anatomy and perfusion, lifting and moving, vital signs by age, pulse oximetry, capnography and glucose checks, SAMPLE and OPQRST, secondary assessment and reassessment, AVPU and GCS, EMT medications, and PCR and radio reports. 10 free · 74 cards in the app Airway, Respiration, Ventilation & Cardiology Field-scenario cards on opening and managing the airway, oxygen and BVM ventilation, respiratory emergencies and CPAP, high-quality CPR and AED use, chest pain, nitroglycerin and aspirin assist, and stroke recognition. 10 free · 79 cards in the app Trauma Field-scenario cards on scene size-up, X-ABCDE, bleeding control and tourniquets, shock, head and spine, chest and abdominal trauma, splinting, burns, environmental emergencies and trauma triage. 10 free · 78 cards in the app Medical, OB/Peds & Operations Field-scenario cards on altered mental status, diabetic, seizure, allergic and toxic emergencies, behavioral and abdominal calls, childbirth and newborn care, pediatric and geriatric patients, MCI triage, ICS, hazmat and medical-legal duties. 10 free · 79 cards in the app

Practice · 2 decks · 150 questions

Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, with the reasoning.

Practice Questions, Part 1 Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on airway, respiration and ventilation, CPR and AED use, cardiac and stroke emergencies, bleeding, shock, head and spine, and other trauma. 6 free · 75 questions in the app Practice Questions, Part 2 Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on medical emergencies, OB/newborn and pediatric care, operations and triage, patient assessment, anatomy and EMT medications. 6 free · 75 questions in the app

Study guide

Topics covered

The decks follow the order of the course outline. Numbers are cards per topic.

  • Anatomy & Physiology 14
  • Lifting & Moving 13
  • Vital Signs & History 18
  • Patient Assessment 18
  • EMT Medications 17
  • Documentation & Communication 13
  • Airway 23
  • Oxygen & Ventilation 16
  • Respiratory Emergencies 20
  • CPR 19
  • Defibrillation & ROSC 13
  • Cardiac Emergencies 15
  • Stroke & Hypertension 11
  • Scene Size-Up & Primary Survey 12
  • Bleeding Control 15
  • Shock 15
  • Head & Spine 19
  • Chest & Abdominal Trauma 14
  • Musculoskeletal 11
  • Burns 12
  • Environmental 11
  • Trauma Triage & Transport 6
  • Altered Mental Status 5
  • Diabetic Emergencies 10
  • Seizures & Syncope 10
  • Anaphylaxis 12
  • Toxicology 12
  • Behavioral & Abdominal 11
  • Obstetrics 17
  • Newborn Care 10
  • Pediatrics 16
  • Geriatrics 5
  • Operations 13
  • Medical-Legal 14

A study plan

  • 17 new cards a day covers everything in a month, leaving the last weeks for review.
  • 9 new cards a day covers everything in two months, leaving the last weeks for review.
  • 6 new cards a day covers everything in three months, leaving the last weeks for review.

Willys schedules reviews for you (FSRS spaced repetition), so the daily number above is only for new cards; reviews of what you have learned come back on their own. Study a topic's cards right after you meet it in class, suspend topics you have not reached yet, and use the app's quiz mode in the final two weeks.

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  3. Study. The exam comes in as its own collapsible folder, every card scheduled by FSRS spaced repetition. Nothing you already have is changed.

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About these cards

Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.

Checked against:

  • Checked against the National EMS Education Standards (NHTSA, 2021; US government work) and the National EMS Scope of Practice Model (NHTSA, 2019, including Change Notices 1.0 and 2.0, republished 2021; US government work).
  • Pediatric vital-sign ranges cross-checked against state EMS pediatric assessment references, which differ by source; pulse-oximetry limits against the FDA safety communication on pulse oximeter accuracy (2021) and FDA draft guidance on pulse oximeters (2025) (US government work); hypoglycemia thresholds against the American Diabetes Association Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026, Section 6; naloxone end point against the NASEMSO Model EMS Protocol for naloxone administration (reference only; no text copied).
  • Checked against the National EMS Education Standards (NHTSA, 2021; US government work) and the National EMS Scope of Practice Model (NHTSA, 2019; US government work).
  • CPR and AED content aligned conceptually with the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (published October 2025); the compression, ventilation and pad-placement cards were checked against its Part 6: Pediatric Basic Life Support and Part 7: Adult Basic Life Support, with the adult BLS algorithm for health care professionals (reference only; no text copied).
  • Pad placement also checked against the AHA 2025 Interim Training Materials: BLS Provider Manual Changes and ILCOR's 2025 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations, Adult Basic Life Support chapter (reference only; no text copied).
  • Hand and body position also checked against the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, CPR - adult and child after onset of puberty (US National Library of Medicine; reference only; no text copied).
  • Compressor fatigue checked against Hightower et al. (Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1995) and Ochoa et al. (Resuscitation, 1998) (reference only; no text copied).
  • Oxygen in suspected ACS checked against the 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes (Circulation, 2025; reference only; no text copied).
  • Bleeding control aligned conceptually with Stop the Bleed principles; spinal motion restriction and field triage aligned conceptually with the 2018 ACS-COT / ACEP / NAEMSP joint position statement on spinal motion restriction and the 2021 National Guideline for the Field Triage of Injured Patients (reference only; no text copied).
  • Drowning resuscitation checked against the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, Part 10: Adult and Pediatric Special Circumstances of Resuscitation (Circulation, 2025), and the Wilderness Medical Society's published summary of its Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Drowning: 2024 Update (reference only; no text copied).
  • Checked against the National EMS Education Standards (NHTSA, 2021; US government work), the National EMS Scope of Practice Model (NHTSA, 2019; US government work), the National Incident Management System (FEMA, 3rd edition 2017; US government work) and the Emergency Response Guidebook 2024 (PHMSA; US government work).
  • Newborn resuscitation checked against the 2025 AHA/AAP Guidelines for CPR and ECC, Part 5: Neonatal Resuscitation (Circulation, October 2025); START and JumpSTART triage criteria as published by their developers (reference only; no text copied).
  • CPR and AED content aligned conceptually with the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (published October 2025); bleeding control with Stop the Bleed principles; spinal motion restriction and field triage with published ACS-COT / NAEMSP / ACEP consensus statements and the 2021 National Guideline for the Field Triage of Injured Patients (reference only; no text copied).
  • Checked against the National EMS Education Standards (NHTSA, 2021; US government work), the National EMS Scope of Practice Model (NHTSA, 2019; US government work) and the National Incident Management System (FEMA; US government work).
  • Newborn resuscitation checked against the 2025 AHA/AAP Guidelines for CPR and ECC (Part 5: Neonatal Resuscitation); START and JumpSTART triage criteria as published by their developers; APGAR criteria and the nitroglycerin–PDE-5 inhibitor contraindication cross-checked against published EMS protocols and clinical references (reference only; no text copied).

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