What is the "best" answer?

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I understand that this is a very context sensitive question, but in general- what is considered the "best" answer for a question? I have heard that it is not always the simplest answer, but the most simple answer in context to the question (i.e. a NC is the SIMPLEST answer, but a NRB is the simple answer opposed to intubation or PPV).
 
PatheticUnMedic said:
I understand that this is a very context sensitive question, but in general- what is considered the "best" answer for a question? I have heard that it is not always the simplest answer, but the most simple answer in context to the question (i.e. a NC is the SIMPLEST answer, but a NRB is the simple answer opposed to intubation or PPV).
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I've always been told that the "best" answer is not just the correct answer, but the first thing you'd do. For example:

You're dispatched to a 40 y/o male with chest pain. Upon arriving on scene, you see a man clutching his fist over his heart. What do you do?

A) 15L NRB
B) Obtain baseline vitals
C) Obtain a history

It's no NREMT question, sorry. Point is, all 3 questions are correct and will be done at some point, but A is the "right" answer because you will do it first.
 
Eliminate obviously wrong answers then choose from the others. Put a little tick or dot next to the number of questionable ones. If a later question lends light to it, go back, but not otherwise.
 
mycrofft said:
Eliminate obviously wrong answers then choose from the others. Put a little tick or dot next to the number of questionable ones. If a later question lends light to it, go back, but not otherwise.
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I may be wrong but I think there is no going back. Once you answer and confirm you cant go back. The exam is adaptive ... going back and changing answer s would throw the algorithm off.
 
PatheticUnMedic said:
I understand that this is a very context sensitive question, but in general- what is considered the "best" answer for a question? I have heard that it is not always the simplest answer, but the most simple answer in context to the question (i.e. a NC is the SIMPLEST answer, but a NRB is the simple answer opposed to intubation or PPV).
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From talking to others who have failed multiple times... their biggest issue was understanding what the question was truely asking. Is it a what comes first? General knowledge? Etc. Once you know what the question is truely asking , you can most likely eliminate 1-2 answers.

When I did my nr exam a few years ago.... if the answers all looked right or similar I made sure to reread and not answer until I knew what the question was really asking.
 
think of it as ABCs being FIRST
and don't "assume" anything
 
Medic Tim said:
I may be wrong but I think there is no going back. Once you answer and confirm you cant go back. The exam is adaptive ... going back and changing answer s would throw the algorithm off.
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You are correct. If the NREMT test was still on paper you could do it but not now since it's computer based and adaptive.
 
OK, but my answer was good twenty years ago.
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I walked almost a quarter mile in the snow in Nebraska for first semester nursing college.
But I got to use the buckboard for EMT school.

The Indians had left by then.
 
I have always been under the assumption that when looking at a question asking for the "best" answer- you have to find the one detail that seperates one right answer from the next. Make no mistake, there will be 2 correct answers, but one is slightly more correct, for example:

"The incident commander is..."

A) wrong
B) wrong
C) The highest ranking member on the first arriving unit.
D) Identified by a reflective vest or some identifying marker making them easily visible by all.

Obviously we are all taught that C is correct, but D is slightly better. A person may be IC, but what happens if you can not identify that individual when needed? Hope this helps!
 
If you understand "why" then the "what" and the "how" will always make sense. And that's when you will know the best answer.
 
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