Paramedic School Entry Exam
Study Guide and Practice
Questions and Answers Latest
2026 Sure Pass!!!
Abandonment
Correct Answer: Leaving a pt w/o having turned pt care
over to medical professional at or above your level of care
Negligence
Correct Answer: Harm that befell the pt due to a mistake
you made.
Assault
Correct Answer: "I'm gonna beat your ass". Verbal
Battery
Correct Answer: "I beat you with a bat" physical
Medial
Correct Answer: Towards inner core
Lateral
Correct Answer: Away from sides
Anterior
Correct Answer: Front
Posterior
Correct Answer: Back
Proximal
1
,Correct Answer: Towards core, or specific site
Distal
Correct Answer: Away from core, or specific site
Basic tenets of HIPAA and pt privacy
Correct Answer: There is nothing you can't tell forward
lines of caregivers. i.e. the RN you are turning pt care over
to.
Mechanics for breathing and muscles used
Correct Answer: Lung expansion - pleura: two thin,
smooth layers of tissue with thin film of fluid in between
allow frictionless movement across one another.
Inhalation: Chest expands, creates negative pressure in
thoracic cavity, parietal pleura pulls the visceral, which pull
the lungs.
Exhalation: Diagphragm/intercostals relax, thoracic cage
contracts, pressure in cavity rises, air is expelled. Normally
passive. No energy required. Exhaled air contains 16% o2.
Diaphragm: primary muscle for respiration. Usually
involuntary but can be controlled voluntarily. Esophagus
and great vessels pass through the diaphragm. Dome
shaped until contraction during inhalation; moves down
and expands the size of the thoracic cavity.
Intercostal muscles.
Alveoli
Correct Answer: All airway structures serve to get air to
this point. Only place where o2 and co2 are exchanged.
Contact w/ pulmonary capillaries. Pulmonary capillaries
diffuse cabon dioxide from the body to the alveoli. Alveloi
diffuse o2 from respiratory system to the body. Surfactant
is: a substance that helps keep the alveoli from collapsing.
What each number in BP represent
2
, Correct Answer: Systolic: the pressure exerted during
contracted of the left ventricle.
Diastolic: the pressure between contractions. The resting
phase. This is constant.
Characteristics and differences of types of muscle tissue
Correct Answer: Smooth: involuntary located within the
blood vessels and digestive tract.
Skeletal: voluntary that attaches to the skeleton.
Cardiac: heart
Diaphragm and intercostals are involuntary but are can
also be voluntary.
Locations/function of liver
Correct Answer: Think filter. Remember antifreeze OD and
whiskey. RUQ. Helps break down fats, filters toxins,
prodcues cholesterol.
Location/function of spleen
Correct Answer: LUQ. Filters the blood and helps repair
damaged blood platelets.
Location/function of pancreas
Correct Answer: Aids in digestion, produces insulin, helps
regulate CBG levels. Epigastric region.
Location/function of esophagus
Correct Answer: Collapsible structure running from mouth
to stomach. Posterior to the trachea.
Location/function of stomach
Correct Answer: Hollow LUQ. Receives food, begins
breaking it down, sends it to small intestine.
Location/function of small intestine
Correct Answer: Hollow, both lower quadrants. Food from
stomach is mixed w/ digestive enzymes to digest fat. Most
3
Study Guide and Practice
Questions and Answers Latest
2026 Sure Pass!!!
Abandonment
Correct Answer: Leaving a pt w/o having turned pt care
over to medical professional at or above your level of care
Negligence
Correct Answer: Harm that befell the pt due to a mistake
you made.
Assault
Correct Answer: "I'm gonna beat your ass". Verbal
Battery
Correct Answer: "I beat you with a bat" physical
Medial
Correct Answer: Towards inner core
Lateral
Correct Answer: Away from sides
Anterior
Correct Answer: Front
Posterior
Correct Answer: Back
Proximal
1
,Correct Answer: Towards core, or specific site
Distal
Correct Answer: Away from core, or specific site
Basic tenets of HIPAA and pt privacy
Correct Answer: There is nothing you can't tell forward
lines of caregivers. i.e. the RN you are turning pt care over
to.
Mechanics for breathing and muscles used
Correct Answer: Lung expansion - pleura: two thin,
smooth layers of tissue with thin film of fluid in between
allow frictionless movement across one another.
Inhalation: Chest expands, creates negative pressure in
thoracic cavity, parietal pleura pulls the visceral, which pull
the lungs.
Exhalation: Diagphragm/intercostals relax, thoracic cage
contracts, pressure in cavity rises, air is expelled. Normally
passive. No energy required. Exhaled air contains 16% o2.
Diaphragm: primary muscle for respiration. Usually
involuntary but can be controlled voluntarily. Esophagus
and great vessels pass through the diaphragm. Dome
shaped until contraction during inhalation; moves down
and expands the size of the thoracic cavity.
Intercostal muscles.
Alveoli
Correct Answer: All airway structures serve to get air to
this point. Only place where o2 and co2 are exchanged.
Contact w/ pulmonary capillaries. Pulmonary capillaries
diffuse cabon dioxide from the body to the alveoli. Alveloi
diffuse o2 from respiratory system to the body. Surfactant
is: a substance that helps keep the alveoli from collapsing.
What each number in BP represent
2
, Correct Answer: Systolic: the pressure exerted during
contracted of the left ventricle.
Diastolic: the pressure between contractions. The resting
phase. This is constant.
Characteristics and differences of types of muscle tissue
Correct Answer: Smooth: involuntary located within the
blood vessels and digestive tract.
Skeletal: voluntary that attaches to the skeleton.
Cardiac: heart
Diaphragm and intercostals are involuntary but are can
also be voluntary.
Locations/function of liver
Correct Answer: Think filter. Remember antifreeze OD and
whiskey. RUQ. Helps break down fats, filters toxins,
prodcues cholesterol.
Location/function of spleen
Correct Answer: LUQ. Filters the blood and helps repair
damaged blood platelets.
Location/function of pancreas
Correct Answer: Aids in digestion, produces insulin, helps
regulate CBG levels. Epigastric region.
Location/function of esophagus
Correct Answer: Collapsible structure running from mouth
to stomach. Posterior to the trachea.
Location/function of stomach
Correct Answer: Hollow LUQ. Receives food, begins
breaking it down, sends it to small intestine.
Location/function of small intestine
Correct Answer: Hollow, both lower quadrants. Food from
stomach is mixed w/ digestive enzymes to digest fat. Most
3
