WEST COAST EMT BLOCK EXAM 1
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◉ What is the name of the response in infants when you touch
their lips and they attempt to suck?
Answer: Sucking Reflex
◉ What is it called when an infant flexes their body when
startled?
Answer: Moro Reflex
◉ When an infant turns towards a cheek when you touch it.
Answer: Rooting Reflex
◉ What is the name for the parts of the skull that have yet to
develop (in those under 18 months)?
Answer: Fontanelles
◉ What is it called when an infant grasps an object?
Answer: Palmar Grasp
◉ When encountering a patient with depressed fontanelles, what
symptom should you expect?
,Answer: Dehydration
◉ At what age is a person considered to be a toddler?
Answer: 1-3 Years
◉ What is the standard BPS for a toddler?
Answer: 90-150
◉ At what age is a person considered to be a preschooler?
Answer: 3-6 Years
◉ What is the standard BPS for a preschooler?
Answer: 80-140
◉ At what age is a person considered to be school age?
Answer: 6-12 years
◉ What is the standard BPS for a school age person?
Answer: 70-120
◉ At what age is a person considered to be an adolescent?
Answer: 12-18 years
, ◉ What is the standard BPS for an adolescent?
Answer: 60-100
◉ At what age is a person considered an early adult?
Answer: 19-40 years
◉ What is the standard BPS for all adults, although this may
change based on health in late adults?
Answer: 60-100
◉ At what age is a person considered a middle adult?
Answer: 41-60 years
◉ At what age is a person considered a late adult?
Answer: 61 and older
◉ What is it called when the mind deteriorates during the last 5
years of life?
Answer: Terminal Drop Hypothesis
◉ What is cholesterol build up in the blood vessels that leads to
plaque and constricts blood flow called?
Answer: Atherosclerosis
SCRIPT COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◉ What is the name of the response in infants when you touch
their lips and they attempt to suck?
Answer: Sucking Reflex
◉ What is it called when an infant flexes their body when
startled?
Answer: Moro Reflex
◉ When an infant turns towards a cheek when you touch it.
Answer: Rooting Reflex
◉ What is the name for the parts of the skull that have yet to
develop (in those under 18 months)?
Answer: Fontanelles
◉ What is it called when an infant grasps an object?
Answer: Palmar Grasp
◉ When encountering a patient with depressed fontanelles, what
symptom should you expect?
,Answer: Dehydration
◉ At what age is a person considered to be a toddler?
Answer: 1-3 Years
◉ What is the standard BPS for a toddler?
Answer: 90-150
◉ At what age is a person considered to be a preschooler?
Answer: 3-6 Years
◉ What is the standard BPS for a preschooler?
Answer: 80-140
◉ At what age is a person considered to be school age?
Answer: 6-12 years
◉ What is the standard BPS for a school age person?
Answer: 70-120
◉ At what age is a person considered to be an adolescent?
Answer: 12-18 years
, ◉ What is the standard BPS for an adolescent?
Answer: 60-100
◉ At what age is a person considered an early adult?
Answer: 19-40 years
◉ What is the standard BPS for all adults, although this may
change based on health in late adults?
Answer: 60-100
◉ At what age is a person considered a middle adult?
Answer: 41-60 years
◉ At what age is a person considered a late adult?
Answer: 61 and older
◉ What is it called when the mind deteriorates during the last 5
years of life?
Answer: Terminal Drop Hypothesis
◉ What is cholesterol build up in the blood vessels that leads to
plaque and constricts blood flow called?
Answer: Atherosclerosis
