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NREMT AEMT PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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NREMT AEMT PREP QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
M.O.I. - ANSWER Mechanism of Injury, vehicles, falls etc.
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what do you generally set oxygen to? - ANSWER 15L/M
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How to open airway for a trauma victim? - ANSWER chin lift/jaw thrust
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apneic - ANSWER not breathing
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N.O.I - ANSWER nature of illness
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AVPU - ANSWER Alert, verbal/vocal, pain, unconscious
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skin CTC - ANSWER color,temperature, condition (normal is warm,pink and dry)
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hypoperfusion - ANSWER Shock.... decreased delivery of oxygen and nutrients to cells)
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OPQRST - G
ANSWER for conditions occuring right now (medical) Onset, Provocation, quality,radiation, severity, time
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Onset - G
GANSWER What were you doing when this happened? did it happen suddenly or gradually? could ...... ha
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ve caused this?
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Provocation - ANSWER What makes your pain feel better or worse? does it hurt when you do .........?
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quality - ANSWER How would you describe your pain? what does your pain feel like?
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,radiation - G
GANSWER Where does it hurt the most? is it staying in one spot? where was it when the pain started
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severity - ANSWER on scale of 1 to 10 how bad is your pain?
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time - ANSWER how long has it been since the pain started?
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signs versus symptoms - ANSWER signs: something you see
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symptoms: something they tell you
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nitroglycerin - ANSWER vasodilation of coronary arteries
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What is first priority after personal safety? - ANSWER patient care
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brady (root) - ANSWER below normal, slow
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tachy (root) - ANSWER above normal, rapid
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tachypnea - ANSWER rapid breathing
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plegia - ANSWER paralysis of the limbs quadraplegia (four limbs) quad=4
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bilateral - ANSWER both sides
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dorsal/ventral - ANSWER dorsal: back of body
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ventral: front of body
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palmar/plantar - ANSWER palmar: palm of the hand
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plantar: sole of the foot
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,where to place stethescope for lung sounds? - ANSWER mid-clavicular lines
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fowler position - ANSWER sitting up
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integumentary system - G G
GANSWER forms protective barrier and aids in temperature regulation (skin, hair, nails and sweat glands)
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zygomatic - ANSWER bones that form the structure of the cheeks
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proximate cause - ANSWER when what you did caused further harm.
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why would you use an emergency move? -
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GANSWER scene is unsafe, you must get to other patients, care of life threatening injuries requires reposit
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ioning
when to use a urgent move? -
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ANSWER when patients condition is declining: backboarding, removing from a car etc.
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what side should you roll recovery position? - ANSWER left side
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malleolus - ANSWER ankle bone
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c1 and c2 - ANSWER atlas and axis
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How many total vertebrae? - ANSWER 33
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portions of skull - ANSWER frontal, occipital, temporal, parietal (sides)
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calcaneous - ANSWER heel bone G G G G
, normal respiratory rate for children and infants - ANSWER c: 15-30 I: 25-50
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two major bones of the pelvis - ANSWER ilium (superior and widest) and ischium
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epiglottis - ANSWER structure that prevents foreign matter from entering the trachea
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larynx - ANSWER voice box
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bronchi - ANSWER two large branches that come off the trachea
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diaphragm - ANSWER muscular structure that divides the chest from the abdomen
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ventalation vs respiration - G G G
GANSWER ventilation is moving gases between inhaled air and blood, respiration is the moving of oxygen
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between blood and cells
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what is the muscle of the heart? - ANSWER myocardium
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what is the pacemaker of the heart - ANSWER sinoatrial node (SA node)
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exceptions to the veins= oxygen poor and arteries= oxygen rich rule -
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ANSWER the pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins
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liver - ANSWER produces bile, detoxifying
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gallbladder - ANSWER stores bile from the liver
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kidney - ANSWER filters blood and produces urine
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