CRITICAL CARE-FLIGHT PARAMEDIC EXAM

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
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Babinski reflex - CORRECT ANSWER -extension and spreading of toes when bottom of foot is stroked.
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Sign of nervous system lesion
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Battles sign - CORRECT ANSWER -bruisebehind ear, basilar skull fracture
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Becks triad - CORRECT ANSWER -jvd, muffled heart tones, hypotension. From cardiac tamponade
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Brudzinski sign - CORRECT ANSWER -flexion of the neck results in flexion of the hip. Meningitis
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Coopernails sign - CORRECT ANSWER -ecchymosis on perineum, labia, scrotum. Sign of pelvis
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fracture
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Cullens sign - CORRECT ANSWER -bruising around umbilicus. Sign of pancreatitis or ectopic
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pregnancy
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Grey turners sign - CORRECT ANSWER -discoloration of skin around flank. Sign of pancreatitis
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Hammans sign - CORRECT ANSWER -crunching sound of heart with asynchronous heart beat. Sign
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of mediastinal emphysema/tracheobronchial disruption
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Kehrs sign - CORRECT ANSWER -left shoulder pain associated with splenic rupture
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,Kernigs sign - CORRECT ANSWER -pain to knee extension when hip is at 90 degrees. Sign of meningitis
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Levines sign - CORRECT ANSWER -pain with clutched fist over midline of chest. Sign of cardiac chest
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pain
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Mcburneys sign - CORRECT ANSWER -tenderness 2/3 the distance between umbilicus and ileum.
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Sign of appendicitis
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Muphys sign - CORRECT ANSWER -pt unable to take deep breath on inspiration with deep palpation
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beneath right coastal margins. Sign of gall bladder issues
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S2 "dub" heart tones - CORRECT ANSWER -aortic and pulmonary valve closure
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S1 "lub" sound - CORRECT ANSWER -bicuspic/tricuspid valve closure
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Stroke volume isaffectedby - CORRECT ANSWER -preload, afterload, contractility
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S4 heart tone - CORRECT ANSWER -indicative of stiff or noncompliant ventricle, like with an old MI
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S3 heart tone - CORRECT ANSWER -ventricle stretch due to fluid overload
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Right coronary artery is typically repaired by using - CORRECT ANSWER -saphenous vein
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Dresslers sign - CORRECT ANSWER -pericarditis from recent MI or cardiac surgery
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, Alpha 1 stimulation results in - CORRECT ANSWER -increased SVR/vasoconstriction
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Beta 1 stimulation results in - CORRECT ANSWER -increased HR, contractility
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Janeway lesions and osler nodes are indicative of - CORRECT ANSWER -endocarditis
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Elevated BNP signals - CORRECT ANSWER -increased stretching of ventricles. Found in CHF
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Where should a cardiac transducer be placed? - CORRECT ANSWER -phlebostatic axis (4th intercostal
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space midaxillary)
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What does the dicrotic notch symbolize? - CORRECT ANSWER -aortic valve closing
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Saline from ART line should infuse at what rate - CORRECT ANSWER -3ml/hr
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Normal central venous pressure (CVP) - CORRECT ANSWER -2-6
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When utilizing a swan ganz catheter, never exceed
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ANSWER -1.5
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Coronary perfusion pressurecalculation - CORRECT ANSWER -PAWP-DBP (should be 50-60)
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PAWP range - CORRECT ANSWER -8-12
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PVR range - CORRECT ANSWER -50-250
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PA pressure - CORRECT ANSWER -15-25 systolic, 8-15 diastolic
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