NREMT AEMT
PREP QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
M.O.I. - Answers -Mechanism of Injury, vehicles, falls etc.
what do you generally set oxygen to? - Answers -15L/M
How to open airway for a trauma victim? - Answers -chin lift/jaw thrust
apneic - Answers -not breathing
N.O.I - Answers -nature of illness
AVPU - Answers -Alert, verbal/vocal, pain, unconscious
skin CTC - Answers -color,temperature, condition (normal is warm,pink and dry)
hypoperfusion - Answers -Shock.... decreased delivery of oxygen and nutrients to cells)
OPQRST - Answers -for conditions occuring right now (medical) Onset, Provocation,
quality,radiation, severity, time
severity - Answers -on scale of 1 to 10 how bad is your pain?
time - Answers -how long has it been since the pain started?
signs versus symptoms - Answers -signs: something you see
symptoms: something they tell you
nitroglycerin - Answers -vasodilation of coronary arteries
,What is first priority after personal safety? - Answers -patient care
brady (root) - Answers -below normal, slow
tachy (root) - Answers -above normal, rapid
tachypnea - Answers -rapid breathing
plegia - Answers -paralysis of the limbs quadraplegia (four limbs) quad=4
bilateral - Answers -both sides
dorsal/ventral - Answers -dorsal: back of body
ventral: front of body
Onset - Answers -What were you doing when this happened? did it happen suddenly or
gradually? could ...... have caused this?
Provocation - Answers -What makes your pain feel better or worse? does it hurt when
you do .........?
quality - Answers -How would you describe your pain? what does your pain feel like?
radiation - Answers -Where does it hurt the most? is it staying in one spot? where was it
when the pain started
palmar/plantar - Answers -palmar: palm of the hand
plantar: sole of the foot
where to place stethescope for lung sounds? - Answers -mid-clavicular lines
fowler position - Answers -sitting up
integumentary system - Answers -forms protective barrier and aids in temperature
regulation (skin, hair, nails and sweat glands)
zygomatic - Answers -bones that form the structure of the cheeks
proximate cause - Answers -when what you did caused further harm.
why would you use an emergency move? - Answers -scene is unsafe, you must get to
other patients, care of life threatening injuries requires repositioning
when to use a urgent move? - Answers -when patients condition is declining:
backboarding, removing from a car etc.
, what side should you roll recovery position? - Answers -left side
malleolus - Answers -ankle bone
c1 and c2 - Answers -atlas and axis
How many total vertebrae? - Answers -33
portions of skull - Answers -frontal, occipital, temporal, parietal (sides)
calcaneous - Answers -heel bone
normal respiratory rate for children and infants - Answers -c: 15-30 I: 25-50
two major bones of the pelvis - Answers -ilium (superior and widest) and ischium
epiglottis - Answers -structure that prevents foreign matter from entering the trachea
larynx - Answers -voice box
bronchi - Answers -two large branches that come off the trachea
diaphragm - Answers -muscular structure that divides the chest from the abdomen
ventalation vs respiration - Answers -ventilation is moving gases between inhaled air
and blood, respiration is the moving of oxygen between blood and cells
what is the muscle of the heart? - Answers -myocardium
what is the pacemaker of the heart - Answers -sinoatrial node (SA node)
exceptions to the veins= oxygen poor and arteries= oxygen rich rule - Answers -the
pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins
liver - Answers -produces bile, detoxifying
gallbladder - Answers -stores bile from the liver
kidney - Answers -filters blood and produces urine
ureters - Answers -tubes connection kidney to the bladder
epididymis - Answers -stores sperm
carpals - Answers -wrist bones
PREP QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
M.O.I. - Answers -Mechanism of Injury, vehicles, falls etc.
what do you generally set oxygen to? - Answers -15L/M
How to open airway for a trauma victim? - Answers -chin lift/jaw thrust
apneic - Answers -not breathing
N.O.I - Answers -nature of illness
AVPU - Answers -Alert, verbal/vocal, pain, unconscious
skin CTC - Answers -color,temperature, condition (normal is warm,pink and dry)
hypoperfusion - Answers -Shock.... decreased delivery of oxygen and nutrients to cells)
OPQRST - Answers -for conditions occuring right now (medical) Onset, Provocation,
quality,radiation, severity, time
severity - Answers -on scale of 1 to 10 how bad is your pain?
time - Answers -how long has it been since the pain started?
signs versus symptoms - Answers -signs: something you see
symptoms: something they tell you
nitroglycerin - Answers -vasodilation of coronary arteries
,What is first priority after personal safety? - Answers -patient care
brady (root) - Answers -below normal, slow
tachy (root) - Answers -above normal, rapid
tachypnea - Answers -rapid breathing
plegia - Answers -paralysis of the limbs quadraplegia (four limbs) quad=4
bilateral - Answers -both sides
dorsal/ventral - Answers -dorsal: back of body
ventral: front of body
Onset - Answers -What were you doing when this happened? did it happen suddenly or
gradually? could ...... have caused this?
Provocation - Answers -What makes your pain feel better or worse? does it hurt when
you do .........?
quality - Answers -How would you describe your pain? what does your pain feel like?
radiation - Answers -Where does it hurt the most? is it staying in one spot? where was it
when the pain started
palmar/plantar - Answers -palmar: palm of the hand
plantar: sole of the foot
where to place stethescope for lung sounds? - Answers -mid-clavicular lines
fowler position - Answers -sitting up
integumentary system - Answers -forms protective barrier and aids in temperature
regulation (skin, hair, nails and sweat glands)
zygomatic - Answers -bones that form the structure of the cheeks
proximate cause - Answers -when what you did caused further harm.
why would you use an emergency move? - Answers -scene is unsafe, you must get to
other patients, care of life threatening injuries requires repositioning
when to use a urgent move? - Answers -when patients condition is declining:
backboarding, removing from a car etc.
, what side should you roll recovery position? - Answers -left side
malleolus - Answers -ankle bone
c1 and c2 - Answers -atlas and axis
How many total vertebrae? - Answers -33
portions of skull - Answers -frontal, occipital, temporal, parietal (sides)
calcaneous - Answers -heel bone
normal respiratory rate for children and infants - Answers -c: 15-30 I: 25-50
two major bones of the pelvis - Answers -ilium (superior and widest) and ischium
epiglottis - Answers -structure that prevents foreign matter from entering the trachea
larynx - Answers -voice box
bronchi - Answers -two large branches that come off the trachea
diaphragm - Answers -muscular structure that divides the chest from the abdomen
ventalation vs respiration - Answers -ventilation is moving gases between inhaled air
and blood, respiration is the moving of oxygen between blood and cells
what is the muscle of the heart? - Answers -myocardium
what is the pacemaker of the heart - Answers -sinoatrial node (SA node)
exceptions to the veins= oxygen poor and arteries= oxygen rich rule - Answers -the
pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins
liver - Answers -produces bile, detoxifying
gallbladder - Answers -stores bile from the liver
kidney - Answers -filters blood and produces urine
ureters - Answers -tubes connection kidney to the bladder
epididymis - Answers -stores sperm
carpals - Answers -wrist bones
