EMR Final Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
Abandonment - ✔✔Terminating care of the patient without
insuring that care will continue at the same level or higher
Abrasions - ✔✔damages the surface of the skin, but not all
layers
Abuse - ✔✔Improper or excessive action to injure or cause
harm
Adult - ✔✔over eight years
Advanced Directives - ✔✔Written documentation that
specifies what medical treatment a patient wishes to have
and what to withhold should the patient become unable to
make a decision
Altered Mental Status - ✔✔a sudden or gradual decrease in
their responsiveness and understanding ranging from
disorientation to unresponsiveness.
,Amniotic Sac - ✔✔"bag of water" (fluid sack surrounds the
fetus)
Amputated Part Care - ✔✔Put it in a bag or wrapped in
something
then on ice (NOT directly)
Amputations - ✔✔cutting or tearing off of the fingers, toes,
hands, feet, arms, or legs
Anaphylactic Shock - ✔✔Allergic Reaction
Anatomical Position - ✔✔body is erect facing forward, arms
are at the sides palms face forward
Anterior / Posterior - ✔✔Front / Back
Arterial Bleeding - ✔✔Blood Spirt (from wound)
Bright Red (oxygen rich)
,Assault and Battery - ✔✔Unlawfully touching a patient
without consent providing emergency medical care when a
competent patient does not consent to the emergency
medical care
AVPU - ✔✔Alert
Verbal
Pain
Unresponsive
Avulsions - ✔✔large flaps of skin are torn loose or off, replace
before removing
Axial - ✔✔Skull
only movable bone is the mandible
Best Way to Control Bleeding - ✔✔Direct Pressure
Biological Death - ✔✔Death of brain cells
this death irreversible
occurs 6-10 minutes of respiratory arrest
, Body Mechanics - ✔✔The proper use of the body to facial
lifting and moving to prevent injury
Brain Damage begins - ✔✔within 4 to 6 minutes
Capillary Bleeding - ✔✔Blood Oozes (clotting quickly)
High Chance of Infection
Cardiogenic Shock - ✔✔Heart Shock from damage to the heart
Central Nervous System - ✔✔Brain and Spinal Cord
Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke) - ✔✔blocking (bursting) of
a verse that supplies blood to the brain an inadequate supply
of oxygen to a portion of the brain causing death
Chief Complaint - ✔✔main injury (cause for distress)
Child - ✔✔one year to eight years
Abandonment - ✔✔Terminating care of the patient without
insuring that care will continue at the same level or higher
Abrasions - ✔✔damages the surface of the skin, but not all
layers
Abuse - ✔✔Improper or excessive action to injure or cause
harm
Adult - ✔✔over eight years
Advanced Directives - ✔✔Written documentation that
specifies what medical treatment a patient wishes to have
and what to withhold should the patient become unable to
make a decision
Altered Mental Status - ✔✔a sudden or gradual decrease in
their responsiveness and understanding ranging from
disorientation to unresponsiveness.
,Amniotic Sac - ✔✔"bag of water" (fluid sack surrounds the
fetus)
Amputated Part Care - ✔✔Put it in a bag or wrapped in
something
then on ice (NOT directly)
Amputations - ✔✔cutting or tearing off of the fingers, toes,
hands, feet, arms, or legs
Anaphylactic Shock - ✔✔Allergic Reaction
Anatomical Position - ✔✔body is erect facing forward, arms
are at the sides palms face forward
Anterior / Posterior - ✔✔Front / Back
Arterial Bleeding - ✔✔Blood Spirt (from wound)
Bright Red (oxygen rich)
,Assault and Battery - ✔✔Unlawfully touching a patient
without consent providing emergency medical care when a
competent patient does not consent to the emergency
medical care
AVPU - ✔✔Alert
Verbal
Pain
Unresponsive
Avulsions - ✔✔large flaps of skin are torn loose or off, replace
before removing
Axial - ✔✔Skull
only movable bone is the mandible
Best Way to Control Bleeding - ✔✔Direct Pressure
Biological Death - ✔✔Death of brain cells
this death irreversible
occurs 6-10 minutes of respiratory arrest
, Body Mechanics - ✔✔The proper use of the body to facial
lifting and moving to prevent injury
Brain Damage begins - ✔✔within 4 to 6 minutes
Capillary Bleeding - ✔✔Blood Oozes (clotting quickly)
High Chance of Infection
Cardiogenic Shock - ✔✔Heart Shock from damage to the heart
Central Nervous System - ✔✔Brain and Spinal Cord
Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke) - ✔✔blocking (bursting) of
a verse that supplies blood to the brain an inadequate supply
of oxygen to a portion of the brain causing death
Chief Complaint - ✔✔main injury (cause for distress)
Child - ✔✔one year to eight years
