Paramedic National Registry Review
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Stridor -
correct answer ✅harsh, high-pitched sound, swelling, FB in upper
airway
Snoring -
correct answer ✅tongue blocking airway
Gurgling -
correct answer ✅indicates presence of fluid in the upper airway,
need for suctioning
Decorticate posturing -
correct answer ✅characterized by upper extremities flexed at the
elbows and held closely to the body and lower extremities that are
externally rotated and extended. occurs when the brainstem is not
inhibited by the motor function of the cerebral cortex.
Decerebrate posturing -
correct answer ✅(worse) extended and internally rotated elbows
and legs, teeth clenched, legs stiff and feet extended
,Paramedic National Registry Review
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Babinski response -
correct answer ✅big toe moves upward and other toes fan out
when stroking bottom of foot, means CNS problem
Dilated pupils -
correct answer ✅Mydriasis
cardiac arrest, shock, cereal hypoxia, cocaine, epinephrine,
amphetamines
Small/constricted pupils -
correct answer ✅-Miosis
narcotics, central nervous system disorder, glaucoma medication,
bright light
Unequal pupils -
correct answer ✅-Anisocoria
,Paramedic National Registry Review
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
brain injury, brain tumor, stroke, artificial eye, some eye
medications, eye injury or disease, ICP
Nystagmus -
correct answer ✅rapid involuntary movements of the eyes
Causes of distended neck veins (JVD) -
correct answer ✅-Tension penumothorax
-Cardiac tamponade
-Right heart failure
-Traumatic asphyxia
-Pulmonary embolus
-Emphysema
-Chronic bronchitis
-best seen at a 45 degree angle
Flat neck viens -
correct answer ✅-Hemothorax
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Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
-Dehydration
-Shock
-best seen with patient supine
Apenustic -
correct answer ✅long, deep breaths that are stopped during
inspirations then periods of apnea
Causes of apneustic breath sounds -
correct answer ✅CNS injury or stroke
Biot (ataxic) respirations -
correct answer ✅Irregular pattern, rate, and depth of respirations
with intermittent periods of apnea; result from increased
intracranial pressure.
Cheyne-Stokes respiration -
correct answer ✅Increasing in rate and depth, decreasing in rate
and depth with period of apnea, results from a neurological
condition
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Stridor -
correct answer ✅harsh, high-pitched sound, swelling, FB in upper
airway
Snoring -
correct answer ✅tongue blocking airway
Gurgling -
correct answer ✅indicates presence of fluid in the upper airway,
need for suctioning
Decorticate posturing -
correct answer ✅characterized by upper extremities flexed at the
elbows and held closely to the body and lower extremities that are
externally rotated and extended. occurs when the brainstem is not
inhibited by the motor function of the cerebral cortex.
Decerebrate posturing -
correct answer ✅(worse) extended and internally rotated elbows
and legs, teeth clenched, legs stiff and feet extended
,Paramedic National Registry Review
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Babinski response -
correct answer ✅big toe moves upward and other toes fan out
when stroking bottom of foot, means CNS problem
Dilated pupils -
correct answer ✅Mydriasis
cardiac arrest, shock, cereal hypoxia, cocaine, epinephrine,
amphetamines
Small/constricted pupils -
correct answer ✅-Miosis
narcotics, central nervous system disorder, glaucoma medication,
bright light
Unequal pupils -
correct answer ✅-Anisocoria
,Paramedic National Registry Review
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
brain injury, brain tumor, stroke, artificial eye, some eye
medications, eye injury or disease, ICP
Nystagmus -
correct answer ✅rapid involuntary movements of the eyes
Causes of distended neck veins (JVD) -
correct answer ✅-Tension penumothorax
-Cardiac tamponade
-Right heart failure
-Traumatic asphyxia
-Pulmonary embolus
-Emphysema
-Chronic bronchitis
-best seen at a 45 degree angle
Flat neck viens -
correct answer ✅-Hemothorax
, Paramedic National Registry Review
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
-Dehydration
-Shock
-best seen with patient supine
Apenustic -
correct answer ✅long, deep breaths that are stopped during
inspirations then periods of apnea
Causes of apneustic breath sounds -
correct answer ✅CNS injury or stroke
Biot (ataxic) respirations -
correct answer ✅Irregular pattern, rate, and depth of respirations
with intermittent periods of apnea; result from increased
intracranial pressure.
Cheyne-Stokes respiration -
correct answer ✅Increasing in rate and depth, decreasing in rate
and depth with period of apnea, results from a neurological
condition
