CCMA Certification study guide ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Chief complaint CC The reason a patient called for help. Also, the patient's response to questions such
as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
, History of present illness HPI Explains the chief complaint. A chronological description of the development of
the patient's present illness from the first sign or symptom or from the previous
encounter to the present.
Vital Signs Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all ______________ _.
Normal oral temperature 97.6F - 99.6F
intermittent fever Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or subnormal body
temperatures.
Remittent fever fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls to the normal level.
Continuous fever A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not fluctuate.
60-100 BPM Normal pulse rate
Respirations Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when measuring what?
Systole contraction of the heart
Diastole relaxation of the heart
Anthropometric measurements Measurement of height, (length rather than height is used in infants because they
cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body
fat.
Inspection General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits, symmetry, pasture and gait,
speech.
palpation to examine by touch
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Chief complaint CC The reason a patient called for help. Also, the patient's response to questions such
as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
, History of present illness HPI Explains the chief complaint. A chronological description of the development of
the patient's present illness from the first sign or symptom or from the previous
encounter to the present.
Vital Signs Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all ______________ _.
Normal oral temperature 97.6F - 99.6F
intermittent fever Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or subnormal body
temperatures.
Remittent fever fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls to the normal level.
Continuous fever A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not fluctuate.
60-100 BPM Normal pulse rate
Respirations Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when measuring what?
Systole contraction of the heart
Diastole relaxation of the heart
Anthropometric measurements Measurement of height, (length rather than height is used in infants because they
cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body
fat.
Inspection General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits, symmetry, pasture and gait,
speech.
palpation to examine by touch
