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PPCT Exam Questions And Accurate Answersautonomic nervous system (ANS) is divided into two parts what are they? - Answer
~Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) "Flight & Fight" - activates for stressful situation
~Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) "Rest & Digest" - operates in mainly a quiet,
non-stressful condition
what are the three mental states during combat - Answer ~Combat Anxiety - prior,
anticipation of danger
~Survival Stress - during, deadly force threat perception initiates SNS discharge
~Combat Stress - post event mental/physiological symptoms that are a result of the SNS
activation and the sudden return to the PNS. "PNS Backlash"
What does tunnel vision do to your peripheral field? - Answer Reduction up to 70% of
peripheral field
what are the three basic motor skills? - Answer ~Fine Motor Skills - 115BPM, fine motor
skills - report writing, survival reloading
~Complex Motor Skills - 145BPM, involve series of muscle groups, precision, tracking
timing
~Gross Motor Skills - skills involve large muscle groups, straight punch, increases in
effectiveness as SNS activated heart rate increases
What is the inverted U - Answer ~Examines the optimal heart rate zone for optimal
performance.
~As arousal increases so will motor performance to a point, if arousal too high
performance decreases
~Moderate Optimally Aroused = Maximum Performance
What is the optimal performance heart rate? - Answer 115/145 BPM
, parasympathetic nervous system - Answer ~Perception that the threat has diminished,
injury, trauma to a vital system, or exhaustion of the aerobic/anaerobic systems
~After SNS is activated situations can occur that cause the body to experience these
"backlash" triggers
What is critical incident amnesia? -Answer A form of temporary amnesia
occurs-subsequent-after SNS mass discharge which includes the release of the stress
hormone cortisol
What are the steps in incident reporting? -Answer ~First report "preliminary report"
must be verbal and titled
~Writing may be very difficult due to PNS Backlash
~"Supplemental" debrief/report must not occur until following 1st sleep period
~Final report must not occur until following 2nd sleep period
What is the ATP/PC system - Answer ~Small energy bundles stored in the muscles, used
during high energy and strength activities
~100% Performance lasts 10-15 seconds. Drops to 45% within 30 seconds
What is the lactic acid system? - Answer Once ATP/PC system is depleted LAS will act
as afterburner fuel, 45 seconds intermediate strength and endurance
What is the importance of nutrition and hydration? - Answer Protein
SNS Activation and Combat Performance - Answer ~Vision - Tunnel vision, near vision,
focus, depth perception
~Motor Skills - Fine, Complex, Gross, Inverted-U Law
~Cognitive Abilities - Senses, Memory, Catastrophe Theory, Hypervigilance
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