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CDH Paramedic Entrance Exam Study Guide
Questions & Answers
1. What part of the body should you lift with?: Legs
2. What is the purpose of QI?: Identify aspects of the system that could be
improved. Not meant as a disciplinary action
3. What are the five emotional stages of loss acceptance?: Denial, Anger,
Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
4. What is caused by a delayed stress reaction?: PTSD
5. What is caused by a cumulative stress reaction?: Burnout
6. What is the primary method used to protect yourself?: PPE
7. What is standard PPE used for every call?: Gloves
8. What are the signs of death?: Absence of a pulse, complete unresponsiveness to
any stimuli, no eye movement or pupil response, Absence of blood pressure, no
reflexes.
9. What are the obvious signs of death?: Decapitation, rigor mortis, decomposi-
tion of the body, dependent lividity
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10. How far away from your face should you hold the microphone?: 2 inches
11. What is the medical term for swayback?: Lordosis
12. What is the medical term for slouch or hunchback?: Kyphosis
13. Define posterior: Toward the back of the body (opposite of anterior)
14. Define anterior: toward the front of the body
15. What are the three types of joint mobility?: immovable, slightly movable,
freely movable
16. What are the different regions of the spine called?: Cervical, Thoracic, Lum-
bar, Sacrum, Coccyx
17. Which parts of the spine are fused together?: Sacrum and Coccyx
18. How many cervical vertebrae are there?: 7
19. How many thoracic vertebrae are there?: 12
20. How many lumbar vertebrae are there?: 5
21. How may vertebrae are there?: 33
22. How many sacral vertebrae are there?: 5 fused
23. How many vertebrae are in the Coccyx?: 4 fused
24. What are the three types of muscle?: skeletal, cardiac, smooth
25. Which type of muscle is voluntary?: skeletal muscle
26. Which type of muscle is found only in the heart?: cardiac muscle
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27. Which type of muscle is found in the vessels and intestines?: Smooth
muscle
28. What structures make up the upper airway?: Nares (nostrils), Mouth and oral
cavity, Pharaynx, Larynx
29. What structures make up the lower airway?: Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles,
Alveoli
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