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