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NRCME STUDY GUIDE 2024/2025 WITH SOLUTIONSMin waiting period for pacemaker implantation for sinus node
dysfunction or AV block - <<<Answers>>>1 month
Min waiting period for pacemaker implantation for
neurocardiogenic syncope or hypersensitive carotid sinus with
syncope - <<<Answers>>>3 months
In order for a driver to receive maximum certification period
of 1 year for pacemaker the driver must: -
<<<Answers>>>Comply with pacemaker center scheduled
function checks and provide documentation of pacemaker
function checks at examination.
Waiting period for single unprovoked seizure -
<<<Answers>>>5 years seizure free and off anticonvulsants
Maximum certification for single unprovoked seizure if
completed waiting period and has neurology clearance -
<<<Answers>>>1 year
If a driver has had ECT, he must wait how long before getting
a certification? - <<<Answers>>>6 months, then it is a 1 year
certification
If a driver has insulin dependent DM, he must be disqualified.
UNLESS he has a - <<<Answers>>>diabetes waiver
, NRCME STUDY GUIDE 2024/2025 WITH SOLUTIONS
If a driver has insulin dependent diabetes, he must have a new
exam __ with exemption - <<<Answers>>>Annually...
The driver must have been on Insulin at least one __ if on
previous NIDDM meds, and two __ if first time taking insulin
for any DM treatment. - <<<Answers>>>Insulin 1 month if
previous meds or 2 months if a first timer
If a driver has Diabetic Neuropathy/Paresthesis (loss of
positional awareness) they are automatically -
<<<Answers>>>DQ
DO NOT CERTIFY IF: a driver has, in the previous __
months, experienced a hypoglycemic reaction that resulted in
a seizure, LOC, Needed assistance from another person, or
had a period of __ cognitive function that occurred without
warning. - <<<Answers>>>12
Do not certify a driver if he has had in the past __ years, 2 or
more (recurring) hypoglycemic reactions , loss of __
sensation, loss of sensation in the feet, resting __, orthostatic
___, or a dx of peripheral neuropathy or proliferative
retinopathy. - <<<Answers>>>5: position, tachycardia,
hypotension,
, NRCME STUDY GUIDE 2024/2025 WITH SOLUTIONS
To pass the audiometric test, you must average the __
frequencies for each ear (__ Hz, 1000Hz, and 2000Hz) -
<<<Answers>>>3 - 500, 1k, 2k
To convert from ISO standards to ANSI, subtract what
number from 500 Hz? - <<<Answers>>>14 dB
To convert from ISO standards to ANSI, subtract what
number from 1000 Hz? - <<<Answers>>>10 dB
To convert from ISO standards to ANSI, subtract what
number from 2000 Hz? - <<<Answers>>>8.5
To pass the audiometric portion of the hearing test, one ear
must show an average hearing loss that is less than or equal to
what dB? - <<<Answers>>>40
If this is the first exam at which the driver has a BP Between
140-159/90-100, driver has no HX of HTN, and doesn't take
medications, he is certified for how long? - <<<Answers>>>1
Year...
If a driver has a 1 yr certification for untreated stage I HTN,
and doesn't take meds (ie HTN driver wants recert after 1
year, no meds) certify for how long? - <<<Answers>>>3
months
, NRCME STUDY GUIDE 2024/2025 WITH SOLUTIONS
Waiting period for benign positional vertigo or acute and
chronic peripheral vestibulopathy - <<<Answers>>>2 months
asymptomatic
Maximum certification for benign positional vertigo or acute
and chronic peripheral vestibulopathy - <<<Answers>>>2
years
Waiting period for CNS infections - <<<Answers>>>1 year
seizure free and off anticonvulsants following bacterial
meningitis without early seizures and viral encephalitis
without early seizures
5 years seizure free and off anticonvulsants following
bacterial meningitis with early seizures
10 years seizure free and off anticonvulsants following viral
encephalitis with early seizures
Maximum certification for CNS infections in drive with
history of aseptic meningitis, bacterial meningitis and
completed waiting period, viral encephalitis and completed
waiting period - <<<Answers>>>2 years
Maximum certification for autonomic neuropathy -
<<<Answers>>>2 years
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