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Paramedic Entrance Exam Study Guide Questions AndAccurate Answers 2024/2025
Which part of your body should you lift with? Legs
What is QI for? Identify aspects of the system that could be improved. Not meant as a
disciplinary action
Name the five emotional stages of accepting loss. Denial, Anger, Bargaining,
Depression, Acceptance
What does a delayed stress reaction cause? PTSD
What does a cumulative stress reaction cause? Burnout
What is the most common way to protect yourself? Answer PPE
What is basic PPE that you would wear for any call? Answer Gloves
What are the signs of death? Answer Absence of a pulse, absolute unresponsiveness to
any stimuli, no eye movement or pupil response, Absence of blood pressure, no
reflexes.
What are the obvious signs of death? Answer Decapitation, rigor mortis, decomposition
of the body, dependent lividity
How much distance must you keep the microphone away from your face? - 2 inches
,What is the medical term for swayback? - Lordosis
What is the medical term for slouch or hunchback? - Kyphosis
Define posterior - Toward the back of the body (opposite of anterior)
Define anterior - toward the front of the body
What are the three types of joint mobility? -Answer immovable, slightly movable, freely
movable
What are the different regions of the spine called? -Answer Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar,
Sacrum, Coccyx
Which parts of the spine are fused together? -Answer Sacrum and Coccyx
How many cervical vertebrae are there? -Answer 7
How many thoracic vertebrae are there? -Answer 12
How many lumbar vertebrae are there? -Answer 5
How many vertebrae are there? - Answer 33
How many sacral vertebrae are there? - Answer 5 fused
How many vertebrae are in the Coccyx? - Answer 4 fused
, What are the three types of muscle? - Answer skeletal, cardiac, smooth
Which type of muscle is voluntary? - Answer skeletal muscle
Which type of muscle is found only in the heart? - Answer cardiac muscle
Which of the following types of muscle can be found within the vessels and intestines?
-Answer Smooth muscle
Which of the following is considered to be the upper airway? -Answer Nares, (nostrils),
Mouth and oral cavity, Pharaynx, Larynx
Which of the following is considered to be the lower airway? -Answer Trachea, Bronchi,
Bronchioles, Alveoli
Which of the following best describes the end of the upper airway and the start of the
lower airway? -Answer Cricoid Cartilage
Name a thin layer of fluid coating the alveoli. - Answer Surfactant
What muscles are involved in the process of inspiration? - Answer diaphragm and
external intercostals
Describe the circuit of circulation that blood flows through. - Answer Right atrium, right
ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary capillary, pulmonary vein, left atrium, left
ventricle, aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins, vena cava, right atrium.
What structure is found in the vein that prevents the backflow of blood? - Anwer valves
What makes up the CNS? - Anwer brain and spinal cord
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