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What part of the body Legs
should you lift with?
What is the purpose of QI? Identify aspects of the system that could be improved. Not
meant as a disciplinary action
What are the five Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
emotional stages of loss
acceptance?
What is caused by a PTSD
delayed stress reaction?
What is caused by a Burnout
cumulative stress
reaction?
PPE
What is the primary
method used to protect
yourself?
,What is standard PPE used Gloves
for every call?
What are the signs of death? Absence of a pulse, complete unresponsiveness to any
stimuli, no eye movement or pupil response, Absence of
blood pressure, no reflexes.
What are the obvious signs Decapitation, rigor mortis, decomposition of the body,
of death? dependent lividity
How far away from your 2 inches
face should you hold the
microphone?
What is the medical term for Lordosis
swayback?
What is the medical term for Kyphosis
slouch or hunchback?
Define posterior Toward the back of the body (opposite of anterior)
Define anterior toward the front of the body
What are the three types of immovable, slightly movable, freely movable
joint mobility?
What are the different Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx
regions of the spine called?
Which parts of the spine are Sacrum and Coccyx
fused together?
How many cervical vertebrae 7
are there?
How many thoracic vertebrae 12
are there?
How many lumbar vertebrae 5
are there?
, How may vertebrae are 33
there?
How many sacral vertebrae 5 fused
are there?
How many vertebrae are in 4 fused
the Coccyx?
What are the three types of skeletal, cardiac, smooth
muscle?
Which type of muscle is skeletal muscle
voluntary?
Which type of muscle is cardiac muscle
found only in the heart?
Which type of muscle is Smooth muscle
found in the vessels and
intestines?
What structures make up the Nares (nostrils), Mouth and oral cavity, Pharaynx,
upper airway? Larynx
What structures make up the Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles, Alveoli
lower airway?
What structure marks the Cricoid Cartilage
end of the upper airway
and the beginning of the
lower airway?
What is a thin layer of fluid Surfactant
that covers the alveoli?
What muscles are involved in diaphragm and external intercostals
inspiration?
Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery,
What is the order of
pulmonary capillary, pulmonary vein, left atrium, left
structures that blood
ventricle, aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules,
circulates through?
veins, vena cava, right atrium.
200 Real Exam Qs & Certified Ans/ 2025
Practice questions for this set
Learn
Studied terms
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Continue studying in Learn
Terms in this set (200)
What part of the body Legs
should you lift with?
What is the purpose of QI? Identify aspects of the system that could be improved. Not
meant as a disciplinary action
What are the five Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
emotional stages of loss
acceptance?
What is caused by a PTSD
delayed stress reaction?
What is caused by a Burnout
cumulative stress
reaction?
PPE
What is the primary
method used to protect
yourself?
,What is standard PPE used Gloves
for every call?
What are the signs of death? Absence of a pulse, complete unresponsiveness to any
stimuli, no eye movement or pupil response, Absence of
blood pressure, no reflexes.
What are the obvious signs Decapitation, rigor mortis, decomposition of the body,
of death? dependent lividity
How far away from your 2 inches
face should you hold the
microphone?
What is the medical term for Lordosis
swayback?
What is the medical term for Kyphosis
slouch or hunchback?
Define posterior Toward the back of the body (opposite of anterior)
Define anterior toward the front of the body
What are the three types of immovable, slightly movable, freely movable
joint mobility?
What are the different Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx
regions of the spine called?
Which parts of the spine are Sacrum and Coccyx
fused together?
How many cervical vertebrae 7
are there?
How many thoracic vertebrae 12
are there?
How many lumbar vertebrae 5
are there?
, How may vertebrae are 33
there?
How many sacral vertebrae 5 fused
are there?
How many vertebrae are in 4 fused
the Coccyx?
What are the three types of skeletal, cardiac, smooth
muscle?
Which type of muscle is skeletal muscle
voluntary?
Which type of muscle is cardiac muscle
found only in the heart?
Which type of muscle is Smooth muscle
found in the vessels and
intestines?
What structures make up the Nares (nostrils), Mouth and oral cavity, Pharaynx,
upper airway? Larynx
What structures make up the Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles, Alveoli
lower airway?
What structure marks the Cricoid Cartilage
end of the upper airway
and the beginning of the
lower airway?
What is a thin layer of fluid Surfactant
that covers the alveoli?
What muscles are involved in diaphragm and external intercostals
inspiration?
Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery,
What is the order of
pulmonary capillary, pulmonary vein, left atrium, left
structures that blood
ventricle, aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules,
circulates through?
veins, vena cava, right atrium.
