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critical care/flight paramedic exam Questions and Answers babinski reflex - ANSWER-extension and spreading of toes when bottom of foot is stroked. sign of nervous system lesion battles sign - ANSWER-bruise behind ear, basilar skull fracture becks triad - ANSWER-jvd, muffled heart tones, hypote...

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critical care/flight paramedic exam

Questions and Answers


babinski reflex - ANSWER✔✔-extension and spreading of toes when bottom of foot is stroked. sign of

nervous system lesion


battles sign - ANSWER✔✔-bruise behind ear, basilar skull fracture


becks triad - ANSWER✔✔-jvd, muffled heart tones, hypotension. from cardiac tamponade


brudzinski sign - ANSWER✔✔-flexion of the neck results in flexion of the hip. meningitis


coopernails sign - ANSWER✔✔-ecchymosis on perineum, labia, scrotum. sign of pelvis fracture


cullens sign - ANSWER✔✔-bruising around umbilicus. Sign of pancreatitis or ectopic pregnancy


grey turners sign - ANSWER✔✔-discoloration of skin around flank. sign of pancreatitis


hammans sign - ANSWER✔✔-crunching sound of heart with asynchronous heart beat. sign of

mediastinal emphysema/tracheobronchial disruption


kehrs sign - ANSWER✔✔-left shoulder pain associated with splenic rupture



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kernigs sign - ANSWER✔✔-pain to knee extension when hip is at 90 degrees. sign of meningitis


levines sign - ANSWER✔✔-pain with clutched fist over midline of chest. sign of cardiac chest pain


mcburneys sign - ANSWER✔✔-tenderness 2/3 the distance between umbilicus and ileum. sign of

appendicitis


muphys sign - ANSWER✔✔-pt unable to take deep breath on inspiration with deep palpation beneath

right coastal margins. sign of gall bladder issues


S2 "dub" heart tones - ANSWER✔✔-aortic and pulmonary valve closure


s1 "lub" sound - ANSWER✔✔-bicuspic/tricuspid valve closure


stroke volume is affected by - ANSWER✔✔-preload, afterload, contractility


s4 heart tone - ANSWER✔✔-indicative of stiff or noncompliant ventricle, like with an old MI


s3 heart tone - ANSWER✔✔-ventricle stretch due to fluid overload


right coronary artery is typically repaired by using - ANSWER✔✔-saphenous vein


dresslers sign - ANSWER✔✔-pericarditis from recent MI or cardiac surgery


alpha 1 stimulation results in - ANSWER✔✔-increased SVR/vasoconstriction




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beta 1 stimulation results in - ANSWER✔✔-increased HR, contractility


janeway lesions and osler nodes are indicative of - ANSWER✔✔-endocarditis


elevated BNP signals - ANSWER✔✔-increased stretching of ventricles. found in CHF


where should a cardiac transducer be placed? - ANSWER✔✔-phlebostatic axis (4th intercostal space

midaxillary)


what does the dicrotic notch symbolize? - ANSWER✔✔-aortic valve closing


saline from ART line should infuse at what rate - ANSWER✔✔-3ml/hr


normal central venous pressure (CVP) - ANSWER✔✔-2-6


when utilizing a swan ganz catheter, never exceed ____mL of air in distal balloon - ANSWER✔✔-1.5


coronary perfusion pressure calculation - ANSWER✔✔-PAWP-DBP (should be 50-60)


PAWP range - ANSWER✔✔-8-12


PVR range - ANSWER✔✔-50-250


PA pressure - ANSWER✔✔-15-25 systolic, 8-15 diastolic


SVR range - ANSWER✔✔-800-1200


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