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