MFR EXAM PREPARATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Where do the four ECG pads go? (with the correct colors) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. White on
right arm
2. Black on left arm
3. Green on right leg
4. Red on left leg
How do you calculate the remaining minutes of oxygen for the three class of oxygen tanks? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Remaining cylinder pressure (PSI) -
Safe residual pressure (200PSI) X
Constant (D=0.16, E=0.28, M=1.37) /
L/min =
Minutes remaining (flow rate)
What is the Glasgow Coma Score for infant, child and adult? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Infant (0-
1yrs), Child (1-4), Adult (4+)
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EYES
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4 Open
3 To voice
2 To pain
1 No response
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VERBAL
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5 B: Coos, babbles; C: Oriented, speaks, interacts, social; A: Oriented & alert
4 B: Irritable cry, consolable; C: Disoriented, confused speech, consolable; A: Disoriented
3 B: Cries persistently to pain; C: Inappropriate words, inconsolable; A: Nonsensical-speech
,2 B: Moans to pain; C: Incomprehensible, agitated; A: Moans, unintelligible
1 No response
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MOTOR
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6 B&C: Normal, spontaneous movement; A: Follows commands
5 B: Withdraws to touch; C&A: Localizes pain
4 Withdraws to pain
3 Decorticate flexion
2 Decerebrate extension
1 No response
What does "PERL" stand for? What do the pupils papillary sizes mean? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅"Pupils Equal Round Reactive to Light"
<2 pinpoint
2-3 Constricted
4-5 Normal
6-8 Dilated
>8 Blown
What are the typical skin colours, conditions and temperatures? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Colours:
Pallor / Jaundice / Normal / Mottling (bluish blotchy) / Cyanosis
Conditions: Dry / Clammy / Diaphoretic
Temperatures: Cold / Cool / Warm / Hot
Normal blood glucose levels can be remembered by repeating which rhyme? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅"4 to 8 is great, 3 to 9 is fine" (mmol/L)
, Hypoglycemia would be indicated by a measurement less than _______ mmol/L. Hyperglycemia would
be indicated by a measurement greater than _______ mmol/L. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅3 to 4, 8 to
9
What is the blood pressure normal range for an adult and children? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅18+ =
90--90 (120/80 is normal)
1-17 = 80+(2 x age) / 66% of systolic (eg. 11yrs = 100/70)
The exact name of the medication, dose, and route should be carefully documented, as well as the
_______ it was administered and _______. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅time, by whom
What are the normal pulse rates for all age ranges and what are some of the qualities of the pulse you
might find? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(By radial)
Adult (15+) = 60-100 MFR (60-120 ITLS)
11-14 = 60-105
6-12 = 70-110
1-5 = 80-120
(By brachial)
0.1-1 = 90-140
0-0.1 = 120-160
Quality: Weak /Thready / Strong / Bounding (Very strong)
Regular / Irregular
Normal / Rapid (Profound tachycardia: >150)
What do the following prescription abbreviations mean?
bid
IM
IV
PO
PR
Where do the four ECG pads go? (with the correct colors) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. White on
right arm
2. Black on left arm
3. Green on right leg
4. Red on left leg
How do you calculate the remaining minutes of oxygen for the three class of oxygen tanks? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Remaining cylinder pressure (PSI) -
Safe residual pressure (200PSI) X
Constant (D=0.16, E=0.28, M=1.37) /
L/min =
Minutes remaining (flow rate)
What is the Glasgow Coma Score for infant, child and adult? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Infant (0-
1yrs), Child (1-4), Adult (4+)
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EYES
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4 Open
3 To voice
2 To pain
1 No response
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VERBAL
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5 B: Coos, babbles; C: Oriented, speaks, interacts, social; A: Oriented & alert
4 B: Irritable cry, consolable; C: Disoriented, confused speech, consolable; A: Disoriented
3 B: Cries persistently to pain; C: Inappropriate words, inconsolable; A: Nonsensical-speech
,2 B: Moans to pain; C: Incomprehensible, agitated; A: Moans, unintelligible
1 No response
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MOTOR
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6 B&C: Normal, spontaneous movement; A: Follows commands
5 B: Withdraws to touch; C&A: Localizes pain
4 Withdraws to pain
3 Decorticate flexion
2 Decerebrate extension
1 No response
What does "PERL" stand for? What do the pupils papillary sizes mean? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅"Pupils Equal Round Reactive to Light"
<2 pinpoint
2-3 Constricted
4-5 Normal
6-8 Dilated
>8 Blown
What are the typical skin colours, conditions and temperatures? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Colours:
Pallor / Jaundice / Normal / Mottling (bluish blotchy) / Cyanosis
Conditions: Dry / Clammy / Diaphoretic
Temperatures: Cold / Cool / Warm / Hot
Normal blood glucose levels can be remembered by repeating which rhyme? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅"4 to 8 is great, 3 to 9 is fine" (mmol/L)
, Hypoglycemia would be indicated by a measurement less than _______ mmol/L. Hyperglycemia would
be indicated by a measurement greater than _______ mmol/L. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅3 to 4, 8 to
9
What is the blood pressure normal range for an adult and children? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅18+ =
90--90 (120/80 is normal)
1-17 = 80+(2 x age) / 66% of systolic (eg. 11yrs = 100/70)
The exact name of the medication, dose, and route should be carefully documented, as well as the
_______ it was administered and _______. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅time, by whom
What are the normal pulse rates for all age ranges and what are some of the qualities of the pulse you
might find? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(By radial)
Adult (15+) = 60-100 MFR (60-120 ITLS)
11-14 = 60-105
6-12 = 70-110
1-5 = 80-120
(By brachial)
0.1-1 = 90-140
0-0.1 = 120-160
Quality: Weak /Thready / Strong / Bounding (Very strong)
Regular / Irregular
Normal / Rapid (Profound tachycardia: >150)
What do the following prescription abbreviations mean?
bid
IM
IV
PO
PR
