PARAMEDIC MIDYEAR EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
What part of the body should you lift with? - Legs
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 emotional stages of loss acceptance? - Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression,
Acceptance
What is caused by a delayed stress reaction? - PTSD
What is caused by a cumulative stress reaction? - Burnout
What is the primary method used to protect yourself? - PPE
What is standard PPE used for every call? - Gloves
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 of death? - Decapitation, rigor mortis, decomposition of the body,
dependent lividity
How far away from your face should you hold the microphone? - 2 inches
What is the medical term for swayback? - Lordosis
What is the medical term for slouch or hunchback? - Kyphosis
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 joint mobility? - immovable, slightly movable, freely movable
What are the different regions of the spine called? - Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx
Which parts of the spine are fused together? - Sacrum and Coccyx
How many cervical vertebrae are there? - 7
How many thoracic vertebrae are there? - 12
How many lumbar vertebrae are there? - 5
How may vertebrae are there? - 33
How many sacral vertebrae are there? - 5 fused
How many vertebrae are in the Coccyx? - 4 fused
What are the three types of muscle? - skeletal, cardiac, smooth
Which type of muscle is voluntary? - skeletal muscle
Which type of muscle is found only in the heart? - cardiac muscle
Which type of muscle is found in the vessels and intestines? - Smooth muscle
What structures make up the upper airway? - Nares (nostrils), Mouth and oral cavity, Pharaynx,
Larynx
ANSWERS GRADED A+
What part of the body should you lift with? - Legs
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 emotional stages of loss acceptance? - Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression,
Acceptance
What is caused by a delayed stress reaction? - PTSD
What is caused by a cumulative stress reaction? - Burnout
What is the primary method used to protect yourself? - PPE
What is standard PPE used for every call? - Gloves
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 of death? - Decapitation, rigor mortis, decomposition of the body,
dependent lividity
How far away from your face should you hold the microphone? - 2 inches
What is the medical term for swayback? - Lordosis
What is the medical term for slouch or hunchback? - Kyphosis
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 joint mobility? - immovable, slightly movable, freely movable
What are the different regions of the spine called? - Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx
Which parts of the spine are fused together? - Sacrum and Coccyx
How many cervical vertebrae are there? - 7
How many thoracic vertebrae are there? - 12
How many lumbar vertebrae are there? - 5
How may vertebrae are there? - 33
How many sacral vertebrae are there? - 5 fused
How many vertebrae are in the Coccyx? - 4 fused
What are the three types of muscle? - skeletal, cardiac, smooth
Which type of muscle is voluntary? - skeletal muscle
Which type of muscle is found only in the heart? - cardiac muscle
Which type of muscle is found in the vessels and intestines? - Smooth muscle
What structures make up the upper airway? - Nares (nostrils), Mouth and oral cavity, Pharaynx,
Larynx
