ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Best mode of patient transport >200km? - CORRECT ANSWER - fixed wing
As plane ascends, what happens to temp. and atmospheric pressure? - CORRECT
ANSWER - decrease in temp/atmospheric pressure
"physiological zone" - CORRECT ANSWER - sea level to approx. 10,000ft.
Atmosphere composition - CORRECT ANSWER - 78% Nitrogen , 21% Oxygen, 1%
Others
Atmospheric pressure - CORRECT ANSWER - 760 mmHg
The pressure exerted against an object or a person by the atmosphere? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Barometric pressure
"Efficient zone" - CORRECT ANSWER - sea level to 10,000ft
"Deficient zone" - CORRECT ANSWER - 10,000 - 50,000ft - human body cannot tolerate
"Space equivalent zone" - CORRECT ANSWER - above 50,000ft
Armstrong's Line - CORRECT ANSWER - 63,000ft - 47mmHg pressure - boiling point is
body temperature = blood will boil