ABMDI SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM
PREPARATION TEST BANK WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● List some chemicals that decrease seizures
Answer: carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, valporic acid
●● Locate the Costal Margin on the body
Answer: Lowest portion of the anterior ribs, at the level of the L3 and L4
vertebrae.
●● What is a half-life?
Answer: It is the time it takes for half of a drug's concentration to
metabolize.
●● What are the 'Rule of 9's'?
Answer: for burn victims. The age plus the % of body is equal to the
victim's chances of death.
●● When can body bloating and purge be seen in a decedent?
Answer: 60-72 hours after death
,●● When does dehydration of tissues occur in decedents?
Answer: days-weeks
●● QD
Answer: Once Daily
●● QOD
Answer: Once every other day
●● BID
Answer: twice daily
●● TID
Answer: three times daily
●● QID
Answer: four times daily
●● HS
Answer: at bedtime
●● PRN
, Answer: as needed
●● resuscitative trauma examples
Answer: defib burns, abraded skin from electrodes, contusions and
broken ribs from CPR, vascular cut downs
●● pneumothorax
Answer: presence of free air in the pleural cavity
●● pyelonephritis
Answer: kidney infection caused by a bacterial infection
●● hematemisis
Answer: vomiting blood
●● atelectasis
Answer: collapse of a lung
●● insula lobes
Answer: part of the cerebral cortex in both brain hemispheres. Formulate
the body's desires, cravings, and addictions
●● size of the heart
PREPARATION TEST BANK WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● List some chemicals that decrease seizures
Answer: carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, valporic acid
●● Locate the Costal Margin on the body
Answer: Lowest portion of the anterior ribs, at the level of the L3 and L4
vertebrae.
●● What is a half-life?
Answer: It is the time it takes for half of a drug's concentration to
metabolize.
●● What are the 'Rule of 9's'?
Answer: for burn victims. The age plus the % of body is equal to the
victim's chances of death.
●● When can body bloating and purge be seen in a decedent?
Answer: 60-72 hours after death
,●● When does dehydration of tissues occur in decedents?
Answer: days-weeks
●● QD
Answer: Once Daily
●● QOD
Answer: Once every other day
●● BID
Answer: twice daily
●● TID
Answer: three times daily
●● QID
Answer: four times daily
●● HS
Answer: at bedtime
●● PRN
, Answer: as needed
●● resuscitative trauma examples
Answer: defib burns, abraded skin from electrodes, contusions and
broken ribs from CPR, vascular cut downs
●● pneumothorax
Answer: presence of free air in the pleural cavity
●● pyelonephritis
Answer: kidney infection caused by a bacterial infection
●● hematemisis
Answer: vomiting blood
●● atelectasis
Answer: collapse of a lung
●● insula lobes
Answer: part of the cerebral cortex in both brain hemispheres. Formulate
the body's desires, cravings, and addictions
●● size of the heart
