HCB TEST 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Navy Hospital Corpsman, HCB Test 2 2025 Update
Already graded A
1. the passageway by which air enters and leaves the body: airway
2. a prehospital assessment that is the first step in the total assessment of the
patient: primary assessment
3. a prehospital assessment that is a rapid assessment of the head, chest,
abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and
symptoms of an injury: rapid trauma assessment
4. procedure for detecting changes in a patients condition: reassessment
5. assessment done after the scene safety and primary assessment that in-
cludes pt hx, review of systems, physical exam and vital signs: secondary
assessment
6. injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin or other body
tissues: blunt force trauma
7. in medicine the reason for a call to EMS: chief complaint
8. the course of the blood from the heart through the arteries, caps, and veinsback
again to the heart: circulation
9. a condition of being stretched, inflated, or larger than normal: distension
10. impression of the patients condition that is formed on first approaching the
patient based on patients environment, c/c, and appearance: general im-pression
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, HCB TEST 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
11. a patient with one or more medical diseases or conditions: medical patient
12. what pulse divides the medial malleolus and heel into the lateral and
medial plantar arteries: posterior tibial
13. what pain involves the many factors that influence the patients report of
pain (psychiatric conditions): psychogenic pain
14. what pulse runs along the line between the first and second toe, and its
pulse point is felt in the mid foot: doralis pedis
15. what type of pain is the alteration of central nervous system processing of
sensation, leading to amplification of pain signals: central sensitization
16. what is used in conjunction with the stethoscope to allow you to accurately
obtain the patients bp: sphygmomanometer
17. what is an electronic device for determining the amount of o2 carried in the
blood: pulse oximeter
18. what is an electronic temp measurement tool capable of taking oral, axil-
lary, or rectal temp: thermometer
19. what do you call watching the rise and fall of he chest cavity in the most
accurate way to visually take note of the patients respirations: respiratory rate
20. what pain is without identifiable etiology: idiopathic
21. auscultation of most sounds requires the use of a: stethoscope
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Navy Hospital Corpsman, HCB Test 2 2025 Update
Already graded A
1. the passageway by which air enters and leaves the body: airway
2. a prehospital assessment that is the first step in the total assessment of the
patient: primary assessment
3. a prehospital assessment that is a rapid assessment of the head, chest,
abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and
symptoms of an injury: rapid trauma assessment
4. procedure for detecting changes in a patients condition: reassessment
5. assessment done after the scene safety and primary assessment that in-
cludes pt hx, review of systems, physical exam and vital signs: secondary
assessment
6. injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin or other body
tissues: blunt force trauma
7. in medicine the reason for a call to EMS: chief complaint
8. the course of the blood from the heart through the arteries, caps, and veinsback
again to the heart: circulation
9. a condition of being stretched, inflated, or larger than normal: distension
10. impression of the patients condition that is formed on first approaching the
patient based on patients environment, c/c, and appearance: general im-pression
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, HCB TEST 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
11. a patient with one or more medical diseases or conditions: medical patient
12. what pulse divides the medial malleolus and heel into the lateral and
medial plantar arteries: posterior tibial
13. what pain involves the many factors that influence the patients report of
pain (psychiatric conditions): psychogenic pain
14. what pulse runs along the line between the first and second toe, and its
pulse point is felt in the mid foot: doralis pedis
15. what type of pain is the alteration of central nervous system processing of
sensation, leading to amplification of pain signals: central sensitization
16. what is used in conjunction with the stethoscope to allow you to accurately
obtain the patients bp: sphygmomanometer
17. what is an electronic device for determining the amount of o2 carried in the
blood: pulse oximeter
18. what is an electronic temp measurement tool capable of taking oral, axil-
lary, or rectal temp: thermometer
19. what do you call watching the rise and fall of he chest cavity in the most
accurate way to visually take note of the patients respirations: respiratory rate
20. what pain is without identifiable etiology: idiopathic
21. auscultation of most sounds requires the use of a: stethoscope
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