EMSTA FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Tendons, Ligaments, and Cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Tendons: muscle to bone
Ligaments: bone to bone
Cartilage: Covers ends of bones at mobile joints
Vital Signs in Different Ages - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Birth: 90-180 bpm, 30-60 breaths pm
1-6: 80-150 bpm, 20-30 bths, BP: 80-100
6-18: 60-120 bpm, 12-20 bths, 80-110
19-40: 60-100 bpm, 12-20 bths, 90-140
Causes of Altered mental status - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅AEIOU TIPS
Alcohol
Epilepsy, Endocrine, Electrolytes
Insulin
Opiates
Uremia (kidney failure)
Trauma, Temperature
Infection
Poisoning, Psychogenic Causes
Shock, Stroke, Seizure, Syncope, space occupying lesion, Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Stroke Secondary Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Slow pulse
Erratic Respiration
High BP
Tendons, Ligaments, and Cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Tendons: muscle to bone
Ligaments: bone to bone
Cartilage: Covers ends of bones at mobile joints
Vital Signs in Different Ages - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Birth: 90-180 bpm, 30-60 breaths pm
1-6: 80-150 bpm, 20-30 bths, BP: 80-100
6-18: 60-120 bpm, 12-20 bths, 80-110
19-40: 60-100 bpm, 12-20 bths, 90-140
Causes of Altered mental status - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅AEIOU TIPS
Alcohol
Epilepsy, Endocrine, Electrolytes
Insulin
Opiates
Uremia (kidney failure)
Trauma, Temperature
Infection
Poisoning, Psychogenic Causes
Shock, Stroke, Seizure, Syncope, space occupying lesion, Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Stroke Secondary Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Slow pulse
Erratic Respiration
High BP
