CCMA CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS COMPLETE
WITH CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Chief complaint CC - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood
pressure are all ___________ ___________.
\.Normal oral temperature - ANSWERS-97.6F - 99.6F
\.intermittent fever - ANSWERS-Fever that alternates between elevated
and normal or subnormal body temperatures.
\.Remittent fever - ANSWERS-fever in which temperature fluctuates
greatly but never falls to the normal level.
,\.Continuous fever - ANSWERS-A fever that remains constant above the
baseline, does not fluctuate.
\.60-100 BPM - ANSWERS-Normal pulse rate
\.Respirations - ANSWERS-Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into
account when measuring what?
\.Systole - ANSWERS-contraction of the heart
\.Diastole - ANSWERS-relaxation of the heart
\.Anthropometric measurements - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-General appearance, state of nutrition, body
habits, symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
\.palpation - ANSWERS-to examine by touch
, \.Percussion - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-the act of listening to sounds arising within
organs (as the lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
\.OSHA - ANSWERS-a government agency in the Department of Labor to
maintain a safe and healthy work environment
\.cardiopulmonary resuscitation - ANSWERS-an emergency procedure
for life support consisting of artificial respiration and manual external
cardiac compression
\.SHOCK - ANSWERS-This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the
heart and in turn to the rest of the body.
\.Symptoms of shock - ANSWERS-Pale, cold, clammy skin
rapid, weak pulse
increased shallow breathing
expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________ ___
_________.
WITH CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Chief complaint CC - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood
pressure are all ___________ ___________.
\.Normal oral temperature - ANSWERS-97.6F - 99.6F
\.intermittent fever - ANSWERS-Fever that alternates between elevated
and normal or subnormal body temperatures.
\.Remittent fever - ANSWERS-fever in which temperature fluctuates
greatly but never falls to the normal level.
,\.Continuous fever - ANSWERS-A fever that remains constant above the
baseline, does not fluctuate.
\.60-100 BPM - ANSWERS-Normal pulse rate
\.Respirations - ANSWERS-Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into
account when measuring what?
\.Systole - ANSWERS-contraction of the heart
\.Diastole - ANSWERS-relaxation of the heart
\.Anthropometric measurements - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-General appearance, state of nutrition, body
habits, symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
\.palpation - ANSWERS-to examine by touch
, \.Percussion - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-the act of listening to sounds arising within
organs (as the lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
\.OSHA - ANSWERS-a government agency in the Department of Labor to
maintain a safe and healthy work environment
\.cardiopulmonary resuscitation - ANSWERS-an emergency procedure
for life support consisting of artificial respiration and manual external
cardiac compression
\.SHOCK - ANSWERS-This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the
heart and in turn to the rest of the body.
\.Symptoms of shock - ANSWERS-Pale, cold, clammy skin
rapid, weak pulse
increased shallow breathing
expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________ ___
_________.
