EMR / National Registry terms | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated
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Distal - Nearer to free end of an extremity
Proximal - Closer to trunk
Which muscular organ holds and nourishes the fetus? - Uterus
Life support for FETUS? - Placenta
What holds a fertilized egg as it develops? - Uterus
Bag an adult if they have less than ? breaths per minute. - 10 breaths per munute
Bag an infant if they have less than ? breaths per minute. - 20 breaths per minute
List the 3 causes of burns. - Heat
chemicals
electricity
What is a 3rd degree burn? - Damages all layers of skin - full thickness burn
What is a 2nd degree burn? - Partial thickness burn
3 types of splints? - Rigid
Soft
Traction splints
,3 types of pipes?(blood vessels) - Arteries
Veins
Capillaries
Sign or symptom of FLAIL CHEST? - One side of chest rises and falls when respirating and other doesnt.
What can Flail chest cause? - Hypoxia: less oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged in the lungs
How to treat Flail chest? - Place a pillow on top of the side with the damaged ribs to help brace them as
you continue to respirate.
How long can you leave a tourniquet on a patient? - 2 hours
How to treat a STROKE? - 1) airway
2) emotional support
A mother in labor is having trouble breathing; what do you do? - Lay on left side in the Recovery Position
What is active labor? - Contractions (starting at the beginning of the first contraction to the beginning of
the second contraction) 2 minutes apart for 10 minutes. ??????????????????????????
Book says 3 minutes apart or less, baby is coming
Where do you clamp the cord after baby is born? - Clamp cord 6" away from baby and then a second
clamp another 6" away from the first clamp
How soon does the placenta deliver? - 30 minutes
What is an Ectopic Pregnancy? - Fertilized egg becomes implanted in Fallopian tune rather than in the
uterus.
, Signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy? - Sudden pain
Shock
internal bleeding
Difference between living will and DNR? - Do not resuscitate tells us what the patient doesn't want
(CPR). The Living Will tells you what they do want.
What makes a DNR legal? - ??? Must have an attorney's signature. Can't take families word.
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How long do you have to call EMS for an infant or children? - 2 minutes
Where are the pressure points? - 1) brachial (upper arm under armpit)
2) femoral ( in the groin area)
What do tendons do? - Attach muscle-to-bone
How long should it take to get a pulse before beginning CPR? - 10 seconds
How long do you Suction an infant? - Remember 5, 10, 15.
Suction 5 seconds for an infant, 10 for a child and 15 seconds for an adult
What are ligaments? - Fibrous bands that connect bone-to-bone
How far do you stop your vehicle before the accident scene? - 50 to 100 feet - ensure safety of patients
and partner
How do you care for a patient with a pulse but poor breathing? - Rescue breathing 1 breath every 5
seconds.
2024/2025 Comprehensive Questions A+ Graded Answers | 100% Pass
Distal - Nearer to free end of an extremity
Proximal - Closer to trunk
Which muscular organ holds and nourishes the fetus? - Uterus
Life support for FETUS? - Placenta
What holds a fertilized egg as it develops? - Uterus
Bag an adult if they have less than ? breaths per minute. - 10 breaths per munute
Bag an infant if they have less than ? breaths per minute. - 20 breaths per minute
List the 3 causes of burns. - Heat
chemicals
electricity
What is a 3rd degree burn? - Damages all layers of skin - full thickness burn
What is a 2nd degree burn? - Partial thickness burn
3 types of splints? - Rigid
Soft
Traction splints
,3 types of pipes?(blood vessels) - Arteries
Veins
Capillaries
Sign or symptom of FLAIL CHEST? - One side of chest rises and falls when respirating and other doesnt.
What can Flail chest cause? - Hypoxia: less oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged in the lungs
How to treat Flail chest? - Place a pillow on top of the side with the damaged ribs to help brace them as
you continue to respirate.
How long can you leave a tourniquet on a patient? - 2 hours
How to treat a STROKE? - 1) airway
2) emotional support
A mother in labor is having trouble breathing; what do you do? - Lay on left side in the Recovery Position
What is active labor? - Contractions (starting at the beginning of the first contraction to the beginning of
the second contraction) 2 minutes apart for 10 minutes. ??????????????????????????
Book says 3 minutes apart or less, baby is coming
Where do you clamp the cord after baby is born? - Clamp cord 6" away from baby and then a second
clamp another 6" away from the first clamp
How soon does the placenta deliver? - 30 minutes
What is an Ectopic Pregnancy? - Fertilized egg becomes implanted in Fallopian tune rather than in the
uterus.
, Signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy? - Sudden pain
Shock
internal bleeding
Difference between living will and DNR? - Do not resuscitate tells us what the patient doesn't want
(CPR). The Living Will tells you what they do want.
What makes a DNR legal? - ??? Must have an attorney's signature. Can't take families word.
????????????????????????????
How long do you have to call EMS for an infant or children? - 2 minutes
Where are the pressure points? - 1) brachial (upper arm under armpit)
2) femoral ( in the groin area)
What do tendons do? - Attach muscle-to-bone
How long should it take to get a pulse before beginning CPR? - 10 seconds
How long do you Suction an infant? - Remember 5, 10, 15.
Suction 5 seconds for an infant, 10 for a child and 15 seconds for an adult
What are ligaments? - Fibrous bands that connect bone-to-bone
How far do you stop your vehicle before the accident scene? - 50 to 100 feet - ensure safety of patients
and partner
How do you care for a patient with a pulse but poor breathing? - Rescue breathing 1 breath every 5
seconds.
