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PAAM Sub Exam Study Guide.
Lesion... plaque - answer✔✔superficial papule
rough
>1cm
ways of opening an unconscious pt's airway - answer✔✔jaw lift, jaw thrust, modified jaw
thrust(c-spine), head tilt/chin lift
non rebreather mask flow and percentage - answer✔✔12-15LPM
80-90%
LLQ organs - answer✔✔small and large bowel
lower part of kidney, half of bladder, female reproductive organs
torr/% of nitrogen in air - answer✔✔597
78.6%
supraglottic airway indications - answer✔✔failed attempt at ET
difficult airway anatomy
confined space
advanced airway not readily available
what is anticipatory analysis - answer✔✔anticipating the needs and ramifications of action
takes years to do
what tool is used for internal exam of eyes - answer✔✔ophthalmoscope
abduction - answer✔✔away from midline
venous torr - answer✔✔O2 40 torr
CO2 46 torr
lesion... wheal - answer✔✔pink, irregular spot varying in size and shape
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simplex system for radios - answer✔✔radio transmission and reception which utilize a single
frequency
difference in glottic opening in a pediatric airway - answer✔✔more anterior and superior
what is the pleura that covers the lung - answer✔✔viscera lining
what is the test for ascites - answer✔✔-you should be able to see it
-create curtain in the center, slap the side of bell and see if fluid moves under hand
what is the mcburney sign - answer✔✔rebound tenderness and sharp pain when mcburney point
is palpated from appendicitis
-RLQ away from umbilicus
what is the general impression based off of - answer✔✔knowledge, experience, intuition,
judgment, intuitive guess
inspiratory reserve definition/amount - answer✔✔air that can be inhaled after normal breath
3L / 50-60%
order of communications on a radio - answer✔✔hey you, it's me
purpose of pertinent negatives - answer✔✔rule out certain conditions
12 cranial nerve - answer✔✔tongue mvmt/asymmetry
sigh/yawn respiration - answer✔✔deep inhalation use to re-expand poorly inflated alveoli
what is the external point of the carina - answer✔✔angle of Louis
1st cranial nerve - answer✔✔smell
lining of lungs that touches outside wall - answer✔✔parietal lining
torr/% O2 in air - answer✔✔159/ 20.84%
what is the atmospheric pressure - answer✔✔760 torr
gravida para and abortus meaning - answer✔✔gravida - pregnancies
para - live births
abortus - death
residual capacity made up of - answer✔✔inspiratory reserve/expiratory reserve/ tidal
volume(dead space/alveoli)
PAAM Sub Exam Study Guide.
Lesion... plaque - answer✔✔superficial papule
rough
>1cm
ways of opening an unconscious pt's airway - answer✔✔jaw lift, jaw thrust, modified jaw
thrust(c-spine), head tilt/chin lift
non rebreather mask flow and percentage - answer✔✔12-15LPM
80-90%
LLQ organs - answer✔✔small and large bowel
lower part of kidney, half of bladder, female reproductive organs
torr/% of nitrogen in air - answer✔✔597
78.6%
supraglottic airway indications - answer✔✔failed attempt at ET
difficult airway anatomy
confined space
advanced airway not readily available
what is anticipatory analysis - answer✔✔anticipating the needs and ramifications of action
takes years to do
what tool is used for internal exam of eyes - answer✔✔ophthalmoscope
abduction - answer✔✔away from midline
venous torr - answer✔✔O2 40 torr
CO2 46 torr
lesion... wheal - answer✔✔pink, irregular spot varying in size and shape
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simplex system for radios - answer✔✔radio transmission and reception which utilize a single
frequency
difference in glottic opening in a pediatric airway - answer✔✔more anterior and superior
what is the pleura that covers the lung - answer✔✔viscera lining
what is the test for ascites - answer✔✔-you should be able to see it
-create curtain in the center, slap the side of bell and see if fluid moves under hand
what is the mcburney sign - answer✔✔rebound tenderness and sharp pain when mcburney point
is palpated from appendicitis
-RLQ away from umbilicus
what is the general impression based off of - answer✔✔knowledge, experience, intuition,
judgment, intuitive guess
inspiratory reserve definition/amount - answer✔✔air that can be inhaled after normal breath
3L / 50-60%
order of communications on a radio - answer✔✔hey you, it's me
purpose of pertinent negatives - answer✔✔rule out certain conditions
12 cranial nerve - answer✔✔tongue mvmt/asymmetry
sigh/yawn respiration - answer✔✔deep inhalation use to re-expand poorly inflated alveoli
what is the external point of the carina - answer✔✔angle of Louis
1st cranial nerve - answer✔✔smell
lining of lungs that touches outside wall - answer✔✔parietal lining
torr/% O2 in air - answer✔✔159/ 20.84%
what is the atmospheric pressure - answer✔✔760 torr
gravida para and abortus meaning - answer✔✔gravida - pregnancies
para - live births
abortus - death
residual capacity made up of - answer✔✔inspiratory reserve/expiratory reserve/ tidal
volume(dead space/alveoli)
