CCMA Certification study guide with correct answers

CCMA Certification study guide Chief complaint CC - correct answer The reason a patient called for help. Also, the patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?" History of present illness HPI - correct answer Explains the chief complaint. A chronological description of the development of the patient's present illness from the first sign or symptom or from the previous encounter to the present. Vital Signs - correct answer Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all ___________ ___________. Normal oral temperature - correct answer 97.6F - 99.6F intermittent fever - correct answer Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or subnormal body temperatures. Remittent fever - correct answer fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls to the normal level. Continuous fever - correct answer A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not fluctuate. 60-100 BPM - correct answer Normal pulse rate Respirations - correct answer Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when measuring what? Systole - correct answer contraction of the heart Diastole - correct answer relaxation of the heart Anthropometric measurements - correct answer Measurement of height, (length rather than height is used in infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body fat. Inspection - correct answer General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits, symmetry, pasture and gait, speech. palpation - correct answer to examine by touch Percussion - correct answer physical examination method of tapping over the body to elicit vibrations and sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content of a cavity such as the chest. Ausculation - correct answer the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment. OSHA - correct answer a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment cardiopulmonary resuscitation - correct answer an emergency procedure for life support consisting of artificial respiration and manual external cardiac compression SHOCK - correct answer This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the heart and in turn to the rest of the body. Symptoms of shock - correct answer Pale, cold, clammy skin rapid, weak pulse increased shallow breathing expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________ ___ _________. First aid for Shock - correct answer maintain open airway for the victim, call for assistance, keep victim lying down w/ head lower than rest of body; attempt to control bleeding or other cause of shock if known; keep victim warm until help arrives Portal of exit - correct answer Method in which a infectious agent leaves the reservoir. Ex: contact with body fluids such as blood or saliva. mode of transmission - correct answer contact, droplet, air