CCMA Certification study guide
1. Chief complaint CC: The reason a patient called for help. Also, the
patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
2. History of present illness HPI: Explains the chief complaint. A chronological
description of the development of the patient's present illness from the first sign or
symptom or from the previous encounter to the present.
3. Vital Signs: Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all
___________ ___________.
4. Normal oral temperature: 97.6F - 99.6F
5. intermittent fever: Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or
subnormal body temperatures.
6. Remittent fever: fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls to the
normal level.
7. Continuous fever: A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not
fluctuate.
8. 60-100 BPM: Normal pulse rate
9. Respirations: Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when measuring what?
10. Systole: contraction of the heart
11. Diastole: relaxation of the heart
12. Anthropometric measurements: Measurement of height, (length rather than
height is used in infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head circumference
in infants, waist to hip, % of body fat. 13. Inspection: General appearance, state of
nutrition, body habits, symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
14. palpation: to examine by touch
15. Percussion: physical examination method of tapping over the body to elicit
vibrations and sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content of a cavity such as
the chest.
16. Ausculation: the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs or
heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
17. OSHA: a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and
healthy work environment
, 18. cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an emergency procedure for life support consisting of
artificial respiration and manual external cardiac compression
19. SHOCK: This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the heart and in turn to
the rest of the body.
20. Symptoms of shock: Pale, cold, clammy skin
rapid, weak pulse increased shallow breathing
expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________
___ _________.
21. First aid for Shock: maintain open airway for the victim, call for assistance, keep victim
lying down w/ head lower than rest of body; attempt to control bleeding or other cause of
shock if known; keep victim warm until help arrives
22 Portal of exit: Method in which a infectious agent leaves the reservoir. Ex: contact with
body fluids such as blood or saliva.
23. mode of transmission: contact, droplet, air, vehicles, or vectorborne
24. Portal of entry: A pathway by which the causative agent enters the host. The area in
which a microorganism enters the body. They may be cuts, lesions, injection sites, or
natural body orifices.
25. Susceptible host: An individual who has little resistance to an infectious agent.
26. Disinfection: Process used to destroy microorganisms; destroys all pathogenic
organisms except spores, can only be used on inanimate objects. Will not be used for
invasive procedures, and will not be inserted into body orifices nor be used in sterile
procedure.
27. Chemical sterilization: Uses the same chemical used for disinfection, but exposure
time is longer.
28. Steam sterilization (Autoclave): uses steam under pressure to obtain higher
temperature (250-254F) with exposure time of 20-40 minutes depending on item being
sterilized.
29. hand washing: What is the most important means of preventing the spread of
infection?
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1. Chief complaint CC: The reason a patient called for help. Also, the
patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
2. History of present illness HPI: Explains the chief complaint. A chronological
description of the development of the patient's present illness from the first sign or
symptom or from the previous encounter to the present.
3. Vital Signs: Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all
___________ ___________.
4. Normal oral temperature: 97.6F - 99.6F
5. intermittent fever: Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or
subnormal body temperatures.
6. Remittent fever: fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls to the
normal level.
7. Continuous fever: A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not
fluctuate.
8. 60-100 BPM: Normal pulse rate
9. Respirations: Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when measuring what?
10. Systole: contraction of the heart
11. Diastole: relaxation of the heart
12. Anthropometric measurements: Measurement of height, (length rather than
height is used in infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head circumference
in infants, waist to hip, % of body fat. 13. Inspection: General appearance, state of
nutrition, body habits, symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
14. palpation: to examine by touch
15. Percussion: physical examination method of tapping over the body to elicit
vibrations and sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content of a cavity such as
the chest.
16. Ausculation: the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs or
heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
17. OSHA: a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and
healthy work environment
, 18. cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an emergency procedure for life support consisting of
artificial respiration and manual external cardiac compression
19. SHOCK: This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the heart and in turn to
the rest of the body.
20. Symptoms of shock: Pale, cold, clammy skin
rapid, weak pulse increased shallow breathing
expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________
___ _________.
21. First aid for Shock: maintain open airway for the victim, call for assistance, keep victim
lying down w/ head lower than rest of body; attempt to control bleeding or other cause of
shock if known; keep victim warm until help arrives
22 Portal of exit: Method in which a infectious agent leaves the reservoir. Ex: contact with
body fluids such as blood or saliva.
23. mode of transmission: contact, droplet, air, vehicles, or vectorborne
24. Portal of entry: A pathway by which the causative agent enters the host. The area in
which a microorganism enters the body. They may be cuts, lesions, injection sites, or
natural body orifices.
25. Susceptible host: An individual who has little resistance to an infectious agent.
26. Disinfection: Process used to destroy microorganisms; destroys all pathogenic
organisms except spores, can only be used on inanimate objects. Will not be used for
invasive procedures, and will not be inserted into body orifices nor be used in sterile
procedure.
27. Chemical sterilization: Uses the same chemical used for disinfection, but exposure
time is longer.
28. Steam sterilization (Autoclave): uses steam under pressure to obtain higher
temperature (250-254F) with exposure time of 20-40 minutes depending on item being
sterilized.
29. hand washing: What is the most important means of preventing the spread of
infection?
.
.
.
