correctly answered to pass 2025/2026
the passageway by which air enters and leaves the body - correct answer ✔✔airway
a prehospital assessment that is the first step in the total assessment of the patient - correct
answer ✔✔primary assessment
a prehospital assessment that is a rapid assessment of the head, chest, abdomen, pelvis,
extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and symptoms of an injury - correct
answer ✔✔rapid trauma assessment
procedure for detecting changes in a patients condition - correct answer ✔✔reassessment
assessment done after the scene safety and primary assessment that includes pt hx, review of
systems, physical exam and vital signs - correct answer ✔✔secondary assessment
injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin or other body tissues - correct answer
✔✔blunt force trauma
in medicine the reason for a call to EMS - correct answer ✔✔chief complaint
the course of the blood from the heart through the arteries, caps, and veins back again to the
heart - correct answer ✔✔circulation
a condition of being stretched, inflated, or larger than normal - correct answer ✔✔distension
, impression of the patients condition that is formed on first approaching the patient based on
patients environment, c/c, and appearance - correct answer ✔✔general impression
a patient with one or more medical diseases or conditions - correct answer ✔✔medical patient
what pulse divides the medial malleolus and heel into the lateral and medial plantar arteries -
correct answer ✔✔posterior tibial
what pain involves the many factors that influence the patients report of pain (psychiatric
conditions) - correct answer ✔✔psychogenic pain
what pulse runs along the line between the first and second toe, and its pulse point is felt in the
mid foot - correct answer ✔✔doralis pedis
what type of pain is the alteration of central nervous system processing of sensation, leading to
amplification of pain signals - correct answer ✔✔central sensitization
what is used in conjunction with the stethoscope to allow you to accurately obtain the patients
bp - correct answer ✔✔sphygmomanometer
what is an electronic device for determining the amount of o2 carried in the blood - correct
answer ✔✔pulse oximeter
what is an electronic temp measurement tool capable of taking oral, axillary, or rectal temp -
correct answer ✔✔thermometer
what do you call watching the rise and fall of he chest cavity in the most accurate way to visually
take note of the patients respirations - correct answer ✔✔respiratory rate