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151 Cards in this Set
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Maslow's heirarchy of Needs theory includes elimination as a physiological need primarily because of which organ?
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Kidney's
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Shelter is a consideration that falls into which need category?
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Safety and Security
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What is the third level of needs on Maslow's Heirarchy?
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Love and Belonging
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Which need is satisfied when people are able to establish and maintain meaningful relationships?
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Love and Belonging
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What need relates to how others feel about you?
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Self Esteem
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During what stage of life does the development of stable sleep patterns occur?
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Infant
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During late childhood, how many words are children capable of understanding?
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50,000
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What ages are included in the adolescent stage?
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12-20
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At what stage of life does physical detiroration start?
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30 Young Adult
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During what stage of life do people often look back at the goals they have accomplished so far?
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40-65 Middle Adult
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According to Florence Nightingle's theory, with how many controllable environmental factors should medics be concerned?
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5
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What three health risk factors cannot be changed?
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Heredity, Gender, Age
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Explain the environmental control program.
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Monitor and eliminate environmental Health Hazards
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What type of community health program is designed to assess health status and provide services that assist in maintaining a healthy lifestyle?
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Health and Wellness
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List three sources of protein
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Meat, Fish and Poultry
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What type of patient would normally be ordered a bland diet?
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Ulcers, Some intestinal disorders, Gallbladder and Post-op Patients
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State the purposes of ROM excercises.
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Maintain and increase muscle strength and maintain Cardio
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Which vitamins cannot be reproduced by the body and must be ingested daily?
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B&C
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What type of exercise involves taking in less oxygen than the body needs?
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Aneorobic
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Intoxication dramatically affects the central nervous system. What signs make this evident?
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Slurred speech, uncordination, Impaired sensory ability and behavioral changes
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At what blood alcohol level is a person usually considered to be intoxicated?
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Greater than 100 mg/dL
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What are the four main categeries of drugs often abused?
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narcotics, sedatives, CNS stimulant and Hallucinagens
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Explain the function of local poison control centers
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Provide up to date information and treatment guidelines for all types of drug abuse situations
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Describe the normal anatomical position
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Standing upright, palms facing forward and arms at the sides
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What does superior mean?
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located toward the head
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What is the correct anatomical position of the eyes in relation to the chin?
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Superior
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What does proximal mean?
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Located towards a given point
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Describe the anatomical position of the elbow in relation to the wrist
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Proximal
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What is the longitudinal axis?
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An imaginary line that passes lengthwise down the middle
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What type of movement occurs when the entire arm makes circles while stretched out to the side?
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Circumdunction
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What type of movement occurs when the toes are pointed away from the face while lying supine?
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Plantar Flexion
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What is abduction?
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Moving a body part toward the midline or medial plane
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What is protraction
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Moving a body part forward,away from the midline of the body
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What prefixes are used to make the gram larger
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Deka, Hecto, Kilo
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What does centi mean?
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Hundredth
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Two Kg is equal to how many grams?
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2 thousand
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Six mm is equal to what portion of a meter?
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6/1000 .006
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One L is equal to how many hectoliters?
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1/100 .01
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Define the term atmosphere.
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Gaseous envelope surronding the earth
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What are the divisions of the atmosphere?
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Troposphere, Tropopause, Stratosphere, Ionosphere and Exosphere
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How does the troposphere differ from the other layers of the atmosphere?
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Most weather is there and it has the greatest barometric pressure
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What are the high velocity winds found in the stratosphere called?
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Jet Streams
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Of all the different gases in the atmoshpere, which two compromise the greatest amounts?
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Nitrogen and Oxygen
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What two essentials does the atmosphere provide that are necessary for life?
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Pressure and Oxygen
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What is barometric pressure?
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Combined weight of all atmospheric gases
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Matching Gas Laws:(1of4)
It can form the condition in joints that leads to altitude-induced decompression sickness. |
Henry's Law
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Matching Gas Laws (2of4)
Since the body's temperature remains constant, if the pressure is reduced one half, the gas in the GI tract wil increase twice its volume. |
Boyle's Law
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Matching Gas Laws: (3of4)
This law explains the way in which ascent to altitude induces hypoxia |
Dalton's Law
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Matching Gas Laws: (4of4)
Has minimal physiological significance. |
Charles Law
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What is the main cause of inflight noise?
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Air rushing over the fuselage
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Why are special alphabets and standard phrases used in aviation?
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Makes information transfer safe and less fatiguing
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What special test is done on pilots who have mild hearing deficits?
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Inflight Test
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What environmental stresses have the greatest influence on G tolerance?
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Heat stress
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Why do some aircrew members require special diet control?
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Minimize Gas Pains
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Define desyncrony
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Rate at which cyrcadian rhythem is inconsistent with the enviorment
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What causes desynchrony?
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Time Zone Change, Light Deprivation
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What is the most common cause of airsickness during pilot training?
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Lack of adaption
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What is the desired time frame for treating combat stress?
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24-72 hours
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What is usually the first emotional response to a combat or survival situation?
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Disbelief
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What is hypoxia?
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Oxygen Deficiency
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What is the most common type of hypoxia seen in aircrew members?
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Hypoxic Hypoxia
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Match the cause with the type of Hypoxia (1of7)
Drugs |
Histoxic Hypoxia
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Match the cause with the type of Hypoxia (2of7)
Shock |
Stagnant Hypoxia
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Match the cause with the type of Hypoxia (3of7)
G forces |
Stagnant Hypoxia
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Match the cause with the type of Hypoxia (4of7)
Heart Failure |
Stagnant Hypoxia
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Match the cause with the type of Hypoxia (5of7)
Carbon Monoxide |
Hypemic Hypoxia
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Match the cause with the type of Hypoxia (6of7)
Cabin Depressurization |
Hypoxic Hypoxia
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Match the cause with the type of Hypoxia (7of7)
Oxygen Equipment Malfunction |
Hypoxic hypoxia
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What is hyperventilation?
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A condition in which the respiratory rate increases abnormally, resulting in an excessive loss of carbon dioxide
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Match the Cause of Hyperventialation with the situation that brings it about (1of4)
A reversing of our breathing cycle |
Pressure Breathing
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Match the Cause of Hyperventialation with the situation that brings it about (2of4)
Voluntarily increasing the breathing rate |
Cerebral Control
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Match the Cause of Hyperventialation with the situation that brings it about (3of4)
Hyperventilation resulting in hypocapnia |
Cereberal Control
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Match the Cause of Hyperventialation with the situation that brings it about (4of4)
Reduced oxygen tension in the lungs and blood |
Hypoxia
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Match the condition with the recommended treatment (1of8)
100 percent oxygen |
Hypoxia
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Match the condition with the recommended treatment (2of8)
Increased CO2 level |
Hyperventilation
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Match the condition with the recommended treatment (3of8)
"paper bag method" |
Hyperventilation
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Match the condition with the recommended treatment (4of8)
Reduce breathing rate |
Hyperventilation
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Match the condition with the recommended treatment (5of8)
Descent to lower altitude |
Hypoxia
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Match the condition with the recommended treatment (6of8)
Positive pressure oxygen |
Hypoxia
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Match the condition with the recommended treatment (7of8)
Check/Monitor oxygen equipment |
Hypoxia
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Match the condition with the recommended treatment (8of8)
Correct oxygen equipment malfunctions |
Hypoxia
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Decompression sickness in flight depends on what factors?
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Altitude, time at altitude, rate of ascent, physical activity at altitude, age, body-build, individual susceptibility, cabin presurization, and SCUBA diving before flying
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What affect does rapid ascent have in regard to decompression sickness
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The more rapid the rate of ascent, the sooner the symptoms appear
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How does physical activity relate to decompression sickness?
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Lowers the altitude or time threshold for all manifistations, particularly the bends
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How does body fat affect an individual's tolerance to decompression sickness?
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Pain associated with the bends is more severe and the likelihood of an individual encountering severe decompression sickness is greater as the proportion of body fat increases
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At what altitude does the incidence of decompression sickness increase?
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Above FL250 (25,000 feet)
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How many hours should someon wait to fly following driving activities?
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24 Hours
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What are the usual sites for pain associated with bends
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Larger joints of the body such as shoulders, elbows, knees, and ankles
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State three factors that affect the degree of bends pain.
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Excercise, time at altitude, and increased altitude
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State two methods of eliminating bends pain
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Increasing the total barometric pressure on the body and continuing to breathe 100 percent oxygen
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Where are the bubbles that cause the chokes primarily located?
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In the lungs
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Decompression sickness in flight depends on what factors?
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Altitude, time at altitude, rate of ascent, physical activity at altitude, age, body-build, individual ausceptibility, cabin presurization, and SCUBA diving before flying
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What affect does rapid ascent have in regard to decompression sickness
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The more rapid the rate of ascent, the sooner the symptoms appear
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How does physical actiity relate to decompression sickness?
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Lowers the altitude or time threshold for all manifistations, particularly the bends
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How does body fat affect an individual's tolerance to decompression sickness?
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Pain associated with the bends is more sever and the likelihood of an individual encountering severe decompression sickness is greater as the proportion of body fat increases
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At what altitude does the incidence of decompression sickness increase?
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Above FL250 (25,000 feet)
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How many hours should someone wait to fly following diving activities?
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24 Hours
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What are the usual sites for pain associated with bends
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Larger joints of the body such as shoulders, elbows, knees, and ankles
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State three factors that affect the degree of bends pain.
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Excercise, time at altitude, and increased altitude
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State two methods of eliminating bends pain
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Increasing the total barometric pressure on the body and continuing to breathe 100 percent oxygen
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Where are the bubbles that cause the chokes primarily located?
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In the lungs
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What is the treatment for chokes in flight?
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Immediate descent to ground level
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How do you differentiate between chokes and false chokes
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Abscence of sharp substernal pain in false chokes
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List at least four symptoms of neurological decompression sickness
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Visual Disturbance, Dull severe headache, decreasedsensation to pain and inability to speak
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How would you differentiate between the numbness and tingling of hypoxia or hyperventilation and neurological decompression sicknesss?
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Unilateral instead of bilateral tingling as in decompression sickness
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When can a diagnosis of vasometer manifestation, rather than simple fainting be confirmed?
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If a patient does not recover within a few minutes after returning to ground level and resting in a flat position.
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Where are the bubbles that cause the skin manifestation believed to be located?
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Under the skin or perhaps in the nerve ending
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What types of sensations are associated with skin manifestations?
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Itching, hot or cold feelings, and tingling
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Why is mottling a dangerous sign?
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It may precede a neuro-circulatory collapse
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What is denitrogenation?
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Prebreathing 100-percent oxygen before exposure to low barometric pressure
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Aircraft flight is restricted to what cabin altitudes?
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Flt 250 (25,000 ft)or less
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How has denitrogenation affected the incedence of decompression sickness in the altitude chamber
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Reduced the incidence enormously
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What is the maximum flying altitude when transporting a patient suffering from DCS in a helicopter or other unpressurized aircraft?
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800-1000ft
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How long must someone suffering joint pain due to DCS be grounded
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72 hours following complete resolution of symptoms
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What does the term G force mean?
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Measure of force imposed on the body linear angular and radial
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What G force pushes the flyer into the seat?
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Positive G
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What three areas in the body are affected by positive G forces?
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The whole, the viscera and the cardio vascular
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What G force produces forces from foot to head?
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Negative G
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What G force may be characterized by a report of "red out?"
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Negative G
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How is the anti-G straining maneuver performed?
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By vigorously tensing the leg and arm muscles and the chest and abdominal muscles during the expiratory phase against a completely closed glottis
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What causes the anti-G straining maneuver to be unreliable?
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It is very tiring to maintain the effort
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Increasing G tolerance by counterpressure below heart level is accomplished by what device?
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Anti G-Suit
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What are the three sensory systems used in maintaining orientation and balance?
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Visual, Vestibular and proprioceptive system
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Why can't the otolith organs provide orientation information in flight?
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They can't tell the difference between a tilt of the head and linear acceleration
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What body organ detects rotation?
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Semicurcular canals
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Match the illusion with its description (1of5)
Will cause involuntary eye movement |
Nystagma
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Match the illusion with its description (1of5)
Is likely to occur when the pilot tries to return to controlled flight after a spin. |
Graveyard spin
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Match the illusion with its description (1of5)
Occurs when there is stimulation of two or more canals at the same time. |
Coriolis illusion
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Match the illusion with its description (1of5)
Occurs after a pilot returns to straight and level flight after a prolonged unintentional turn |
Leans
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Match the illusion with its description (1of5)
Can cause an overwhelming sensation of combined roll and dive or climb |
Coriolis illusion
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How many primary pruposes does the medical record serve
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3
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Who is the custodian of the military health record?
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MTF commander
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Who determines what information is pertinent for release in regard to a patient's medical record?
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DBMS
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Who should medical personnel consult with in regard to laws affecting the disclosure of medical information?
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JAG
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What is the two digit family prefix number code for an active duty member?
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20
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What patient data must be on each document
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Name, Prefix and Social Security Number
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Under whose social security number is a dependent child's health record filed?
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Member
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Where is the DD Form 2766, Adult Preventive and Chronic Care Flow Sheet, located in the military health record
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Section 1 always on top
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How is the Standard Form 520 Clinical record Electrocardiographic Record filed?
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Section 3 on top of DD Form 2005, Privacy act Statement
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What filing system does the Air Force use for military health records?
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Terminal Digit System
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Which method of documentation does the AFI 46-102 designate as the approved documentation system?
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Outcome orientaed nursing documentation system
OONDS |
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Which system of documenting patient care permits the numbering of all patient problems?
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POMR
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Information stated by the patient pertaining to his or her condition would be documented under which poriton of a narrative SOAPP note?
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Subjective Info.
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Vital signs are documented under which portion of a narrative SOAPP note?
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Objective Info.
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What should be the outcome of PIMR?
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A medically fit and ready force
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What is the primary purpose fo IMR?
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To provide "real-time" medical readiness assessment of IMR requirements to commanders, individuals and PCM so they can manage and optimize the readiness status of their assigned or enrolled AF personnel.
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What does IMR status RED represent?
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Deployment Limiting Profile
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When is the HEAR reviewed for individuals on PRP?
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Immediately
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How often are OHE's conducted?
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Annually
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Who is the squadron's central point of contact for PHA appointments?
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Unit Health Monitor
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What is the overall goal of preventive counseling?
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To promote reasonable, realistic and achievable life style changes that will benefit a healthy, fit community
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