EMT BASIC AAOS CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION PRACTICE SOLUTION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
REVIEW COLLECTION
●● auscultate
Answer: To listen to sounds within an organ with a stethoscope.
●● AVPU scale
Answer: A method of assessing the level of consciousness by
determining whether the patient is awake and alert, responsive to verbal
stimuli or pain, or unresponsive; used principally early in the assessment
process.
●● blood pressure
Answer: The pressure of circulating blood against the walls of the
arteries.
●● bradycardia
Answer: A slow heart rate, less than 60 beats/min.
●● breath sounds
, Answer: An indication of air movement in the lungs, usually assessed
with a stethoscope.
●● capillary refill
Answer: A test that evaluates distal circulatory system function by
squeezing (blanching) blood from an area such as a nail bed and
watching the speed of its return after releasing the pressure.
●● capnography
Answer: A noninvasive method that can quickly and efficiently provide
information on a patient's ventilatory status, circulation, and metabolism.
●● capnometry
Answer: The use of a capnometer, a device that measures the amount of
expired carbon dixoide.
●● carbon dioxide
Answer: A component of air that typically makes up 0.3% of air at sea
level; also a waste product exhaled during expiration by the respiratory
system.
●● chief complaint
Answer: The reason a patient called for help; also, the patient's response
to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
EVALUATION PRACTICE SOLUTION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
REVIEW COLLECTION
●● auscultate
Answer: To listen to sounds within an organ with a stethoscope.
●● AVPU scale
Answer: A method of assessing the level of consciousness by
determining whether the patient is awake and alert, responsive to verbal
stimuli or pain, or unresponsive; used principally early in the assessment
process.
●● blood pressure
Answer: The pressure of circulating blood against the walls of the
arteries.
●● bradycardia
Answer: A slow heart rate, less than 60 beats/min.
●● breath sounds
, Answer: An indication of air movement in the lungs, usually assessed
with a stethoscope.
●● capillary refill
Answer: A test that evaluates distal circulatory system function by
squeezing (blanching) blood from an area such as a nail bed and
watching the speed of its return after releasing the pressure.
●● capnography
Answer: A noninvasive method that can quickly and efficiently provide
information on a patient's ventilatory status, circulation, and metabolism.
●● capnometry
Answer: The use of a capnometer, a device that measures the amount of
expired carbon dixoide.
●● carbon dioxide
Answer: A component of air that typically makes up 0.3% of air at sea
level; also a waste product exhaled during expiration by the respiratory
system.
●● chief complaint
Answer: The reason a patient called for help; also, the patient's response
to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
