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Paramedic Entrance Exam Study Guide
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What part of the body should you lift with?
✓ Legs
What is the purpose of QI?
✓ Identify aspects of the system that could be improved. Not meant as a
disciplinary action
What are the five emotional stages of loss acceptance?
✓ Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
What is caused by a delayed stress reaction?
✓ PTSD
What is caused by a cumulative stress reaction?
✓ Burnout
What is the primary method used to protect yourself?
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✓ PPE
What is standard PPE used for every call?
✓ Gloves
What are the signs of death?
✓ Absence of a pulse, complete unresponsiveness to any stimuli, no eye
movement or pupil response, Absence of blood pressure, no reflexes.
What are the obvious signs of death?
✓ Decapitation, rigor mortis, decomposition of the body, dependent
lividity
How far away from your face should you hold the microphone?
✓ 2 inches
What is the medical term for swayback?
✓ Lordosis
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What is the medical term for slouch or hunchback?
✓ Kyphosis
Define posterior
✓ Toward the back of the body (opposite of anterior)
Define anterior
✓ toward the front of the body
What are the three types of joint mobility?
✓ immovable, slightly movable, freely movable
What are the different regions of the spine called?
✓ Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx
Which parts of the spine are fused together?
✓ Sacrum and Coccyx
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How many cervical vertebrae are there?
✓ 7
How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
✓ 12
How many lumbar vertebrae are there?
✓ 5
How may vertebrae are there?
✓ 33
How many sacral vertebrae are there?
✓ 5 fused
How many vertebrae are in the Coccyx?
✓ 4 fused
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Paramedic Entrance Exam Study Guide
Questions and Answers | Latest Update
What part of the body should you lift with?
✓ Legs
What is the purpose of QI?
✓ Identify aspects of the system that could be improved. Not meant as a
disciplinary action
What are the five emotional stages of loss acceptance?
✓ Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
What is caused by a delayed stress reaction?
✓ PTSD
What is caused by a cumulative stress reaction?
✓ Burnout
What is the primary method used to protect yourself?
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✓ PPE
What is standard PPE used for every call?
✓ Gloves
What are the signs of death?
✓ Absence of a pulse, complete unresponsiveness to any stimuli, no eye
movement or pupil response, Absence of blood pressure, no reflexes.
What are the obvious signs of death?
✓ Decapitation, rigor mortis, decomposition of the body, dependent
lividity
How far away from your face should you hold the microphone?
✓ 2 inches
What is the medical term for swayback?
✓ Lordosis
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What is the medical term for slouch or hunchback?
✓ Kyphosis
Define posterior
✓ Toward the back of the body (opposite of anterior)
Define anterior
✓ toward the front of the body
What are the three types of joint mobility?
✓ immovable, slightly movable, freely movable
What are the different regions of the spine called?
✓ Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx
Which parts of the spine are fused together?
✓ Sacrum and Coccyx
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How many cervical vertebrae are there?
✓ 7
How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
✓ 12
How many lumbar vertebrae are there?
✓ 5
How may vertebrae are there?
✓ 33
How many sacral vertebrae are there?
✓ 5 fused
How many vertebrae are in the Coccyx?
✓ 4 fused
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