EMR / National Registry (EMR For State Of TN And
National Registry Test) Questions/Answers And Terms
Distal Right Ans - Nearer to free end of an extremity
Proximal Right Ans - Closer to trunk
Which muscular organ holds and nourishes the fetus? Right Ans - Uterus
Life support for FETUS? Right Ans - Placenta
What holds a fertilized egg as it develops? Right Ans - Uterus
Bag an adult if they have less than ? breaths per minute. Right Ans - 10
breaths per munute
Bag an infant if they have less than ? breaths per minute. Right Ans - 20
breaths per minute
List the 3 causes of burns. Right Ans - Heat
chemicals
electricity
What is a 3rd degree burn? Right Ans - Damages all layers of skin - full
thickness burn
What is a 2nd degree burn? Right Ans - Partial thickness burn
3 types of splints? Right Ans - Rigid
Soft
Traction splints
3 types of pipes?(blood vessels) Right Ans - Arteries
Veins
Capillaries
Sign or symptom of FLAIL CHEST? Right Ans - One side of chest rises and
falls when respirating and other doesnt.
, What can Flail chest cause? Right Ans - Hypoxia: less oxygen and carbon
dioxide exchanged in the lungs
How to treat Flail chest? Right Ans - Place a pillow on top of the side with
the damaged ribs to help brace them as you continue to respirate.
How long can you leave a tourniquet on a patient? Right Ans - 2 hours
How to treat a STROKE? Right Ans - 1) airway
2) emotional support
A mother in labor is having trouble breathing; what do you do? Right Ans -
Lay on left side in the Recovery Position
What is active labor? Right Ans - Contractions (starting at the beginning of
the first contraction to the beginning of the second contraction) 2 minutes
apart for 10 minutes. ??????????????????????????
Book says 3 minutes apart or less, baby is coming
Where do you clamp the cord after baby is born? Right Ans - Clamp cord 6"
away from baby and then a second clamp another 6" away from the first
clamp
How soon does the placenta deliver? Right Ans - 30 minutes
What is an Ectopic Pregnancy? Right Ans - Fertilized egg becomes
implanted in Fallopian tune rather than in the uterus.
Signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy? Right Ans - Sudden pain
Shock
internal bleeding
Difference between living will and DNR? Right Ans - Do not resuscitate tells
us what the patient doesn't want (CPR). The Living Will tells you what they do
want.
What makes a DNR legal? Right Ans - ??? Must have an attorney's signature.
Can't take families word. ????????????????????????????
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