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