A monthly quiz to test your ambulance knowledge:
Quiz 2
1) A patient with a rising intracranial pressure and no other injury will
eventually have a pulse that would be:
a: fast and weak
b: slow and weak
c: fast and full
d: slow and full
2) Which of the following is the inner lining of the heart?:
a: pericardium
b: septum
c: endocardium
d: myocardium
3) Which of the following terms is a nosebleed?:
a: haematuria
b: melaena
c: epistaxis
d: hyphaema
4) The largest part of the brain is:
a: cerebellum
b: cerebrum
c: the mid brain
d: the pons
5) The changes involved in the building up and breaking down
of substances for use in the body is called:
a: metabolism
b: catabolism
c: anabolism
d: amylopsin
6) The medical term used to describe low blood sugar is:
a: hypoglycaemia
b: hyperglycaemia
c: hyperthermia
d: hypogloblin
7) An electrical impulse from the atria to the ventricles
must first pass through the:
a: atrio-ventricular node
b: sino-atrial node
c: purkinje fibres
d: aortic ventricular bundle
8) Which of the following is not within the pelvic cavity?:
a: bladder
b: rectum
c: ureter
d: appendix
9) The umbilical region in relationship to the epigastrium lies:
a: superiorly
b: anteriorly
c: inferiorly
d: posteriorly
10) The foramen, at the base of the skull, through which the spinal cord passes
is called the:
a: foramen ovale
b: jugular foramen
c: occipital foramen
d: foramen magnum
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