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Paramedic Assessment
Various questions applicable to National Registry paramedic exam
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11/24/2009

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Term
Empathy
Definition
Identification with and understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives.
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Encode
Definition
To Create a message.
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Decode
Definition
To interpret a message.
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Feedback
Definition
A response to message.
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Ethocentrism
Definition
Viewing one’s own life as the most desirable, acceptable, or best, and acting in a superior manner to another culture’s way of life.
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Differential Field Diagnosis
Definition
The list of possible causes for your patient’s symptoms.
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Primary Problem
Definition
The underlying cause for your patient’s symptoms.
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Referred Pain
Definition
Pain that is away from its source.
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Tinnitus
Definition
The sensation of ringing ears.
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Hemoptysis
Definition
Coughing up blood.
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Korotkoffs Sounds
Definition
Sound of blood hitting arterial walls.
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Turgor
Definition
Normal tension in the skin.
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Lesion
Definition
Any Disruption in normal tissue.
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Thrill
Definition
Vibration or humming felt when palpating a pulse.
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Bruit
Definition
Sound of turbulent blood flow around a partial obstruction.
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Cullen’s Sign
Definition
Discoloration around the umbilicus suggestive of intra-abdominal hemorrhage.
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Grey Turner’s Sign
Definition
Discoloration over the flanks suggestive of intra-abdominal hemorrhage.
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Borborygmi
Definition
Loud prolonged, gurgling bowel sounds indication hyperperistalsis.
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Babinski’s Response
Definition
Big toe dorsiflexes and the other toes fan out when the sole is stimulated.
Term
A Patient with JVD should be placed in what position?
Definition
Sitting, at a 45 degree angle
Term
Pain or tenderness on palpitation of the trugor could suggest?
Definition
Mastoiditis
Term
The physical examination of a patient starts when the paramedic:
Definition
Sees the Patient
Term
Bilateral discoloration over the mastoid process indicates:
Definition
a basilar skull fracture.
Term
CAGE
Definition
Cut Down?
Anger?
Guilt?
Eye opener?
Term
Present Illness Mnemonic
Definition
OPQRSTI-ASPN
Term
False statment about the S3 heart sound?
Definition
It is a high-pitched sound heard at the end of diastole.
Term
Shining a light onto the iris fromt he lateral side could cause a shadow on the medial side if the patient is suffering?
Definition
Hemianopsia
Term
A patient who is misinterpreting what is happening is experiencing:
Definition
An Illusion
Term
Palpatation and inspection of the PMI can reveal certain conditions such as?
Definition
An Enlarged right ventricle.
Term
When you ask the patient to puff out her cheeks, show her upper and lower teeth, and raise her eyebrows which cranial nerve are you evaluating?
Definition
VII
Term
Asking patient to recall details from earlier in the day is testing _____ Memory.
Definition
Recent
Term
Your patient has a swollen, painful leg. You flex the knee and palpate the calf causing more pain. This might suggest:
Definition
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Term
To check for symmetrical chest expansion, you should place your hands on the patient's chest with the thumbs resting on the _____ and ask the patient to inhale.
Definition
Costal Margins
Term
You are evaluating the patient's respiratory effort. To evaluate equal chest expansion, your hands should be placed bilaterally on the:
Definition
Posterior chest wall at the Level of T10.
Term
A patient who loses his balance while standing with his eyes closed and feet together for 20-30 seconds is exhibiting:
Definition
A positive Romberg Test.
Term
Description of a normal eardrum
Definition
Tympanic membrane is a pearly, translucent gray color.
Term
Point your foot upward would be a command testing?
Definition
Dorsiflexion
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