PARAMEDIC ENTRANCE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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1.What part of the body should you lift with?: Legs
2.What is the purpose of QI?: Identify aspects of the system that could
be improved. Not meant as a disciplinary action
3.What are the five emotional stages of loss acceptance?: Denial, Anger,
Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
4.What is caused by a delayed stress reaction?: PTSD
5.What is caused by a cumulative stress reaction?: Burnout
6.What is the primary method used to protect yourself?: PPE
7.What is standard PPE used for every call?: Gloves
8.What are the signs of death?: Absence of a pulse, complete
unresponsiveness to any stimuli, no eye movement or pupil response,
Absence of blood pressure, no reflexes.
,9.What are the obvious signs of death?: Decapitation, rigor mortis,
decomposi- tion of the body, dependent lividity
10.How far away from your face should you hold the microphone?: 2 inches
11.What is the medical term for swayback?: Lordosis
12.What is the medical term for slouch or hunchback?: Kyphosis
13.Define posterior: Toward the back of the body (opposite of anterior)
14.Define anterior: toward the front of the body
15.What are the three types of joint mobility?: immovable, slightly movable,
freely movable
16.What are the different regions of the spine called?: Cervical, Thoracic, Lum-
bar, Sacrum, Coccyx
17.Which parts of the spine are fused together?: Sacrum and Coccyx
18.How many cervical vertebrae are there?: 7
19.How many thoracic vertebrae are there?: 12
20.How many lumbar vertebrae are there?: 5
21.How may vertebrae are there?: 33
22.How many sacral vertebrae are there?: 5 fused
23.How many vertebrae are in the Coccyx?: 4 fused
, 24.What are the three types of muscle?: skeletal, cardiac, smooth
25.Which type of muscle is voluntary?: skeletal muscle
26.Which type of muscle is found only in the heart?: cardiac muscle
27.Which type of muscle is found in the vessels and intestines?: Smooth
muscle
28.What structures make up the upper airway?: Nares (nostrils), Mouth and oral
cavity, Pharaynx, Larynx
29.What structures make up the lower airway?: Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles,
Alveoli
30.What structure marks the end of the upper airway and the beginning of the lower
airway?: Cricoid Cartilage
31.What is a thin layer of fluid that covers the alveoli?: Surfactant
32.What muscles are involved in inspiration?: diaphragm and external inter-
costals
33.What is the order of structures that blood circulates through?: Right atrium,
right ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary capillary, pulmonary vein,
left atrium, left ventricle, aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules,
veins, vena cava, right atrium.
/LATEST VERSION /COMPREHENSIVE
1.What part of the body should you lift with?: Legs
2.What is the purpose of QI?: Identify aspects of the system that could
be improved. Not meant as a disciplinary action
3.What are the five emotional stages of loss acceptance?: Denial, Anger,
Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
4.What is caused by a delayed stress reaction?: PTSD
5.What is caused by a cumulative stress reaction?: Burnout
6.What is the primary method used to protect yourself?: PPE
7.What is standard PPE used for every call?: Gloves
8.What are the signs of death?: Absence of a pulse, complete
unresponsiveness to any stimuli, no eye movement or pupil response,
Absence of blood pressure, no reflexes.
,9.What are the obvious signs of death?: Decapitation, rigor mortis,
decomposi- tion of the body, dependent lividity
10.How far away from your face should you hold the microphone?: 2 inches
11.What is the medical term for swayback?: Lordosis
12.What is the medical term for slouch or hunchback?: Kyphosis
13.Define posterior: Toward the back of the body (opposite of anterior)
14.Define anterior: toward the front of the body
15.What are the three types of joint mobility?: immovable, slightly movable,
freely movable
16.What are the different regions of the spine called?: Cervical, Thoracic, Lum-
bar, Sacrum, Coccyx
17.Which parts of the spine are fused together?: Sacrum and Coccyx
18.How many cervical vertebrae are there?: 7
19.How many thoracic vertebrae are there?: 12
20.How many lumbar vertebrae are there?: 5
21.How may vertebrae are there?: 33
22.How many sacral vertebrae are there?: 5 fused
23.How many vertebrae are in the Coccyx?: 4 fused
, 24.What are the three types of muscle?: skeletal, cardiac, smooth
25.Which type of muscle is voluntary?: skeletal muscle
26.Which type of muscle is found only in the heart?: cardiac muscle
27.Which type of muscle is found in the vessels and intestines?: Smooth
muscle
28.What structures make up the upper airway?: Nares (nostrils), Mouth and oral
cavity, Pharaynx, Larynx
29.What structures make up the lower airway?: Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles,
Alveoli
30.What structure marks the end of the upper airway and the beginning of the lower
airway?: Cricoid Cartilage
31.What is a thin layer of fluid that covers the alveoli?: Surfactant
32.What muscles are involved in inspiration?: diaphragm and external inter-
costals
33.What is the order of structures that blood circulates through?: Right atrium,
right ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary capillary, pulmonary vein,
left atrium, left ventricle, aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules,
veins, vena cava, right atrium.
