NREMT-B terminology

A patient has hypokalemia. This means his levels of what substance are low?

• Calcium

• Vitamin K

• Potassium

• Glucose

Polyuria is:

• Malodorous or infected urine

• Frequent urination

• Blood in the urine

• Little or no urine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

A craniotomy is:

• A surgical incision into the skull

• Trauma to the skull

• An infection within the skull

• Pressure within the skull

What is a nephrologist?

• Internal medicine specialist

• Infectious disease specialist

• Kidney specialist

• Liver specialist

What is a neuropathy?

• A disease of the liver or gall bladder

• A disease of the bones or joints

• A disease of the kidneys or bladder

• A disease of the nervous system or nerves

The prefix a- or an- means:

• two

• head

• opposite

• without

Your patient is antepartum. This means:

• The patient had a live birth previously.

• The patient will have multiple births.

• The patient had a miscarriage.

• The patient has not yet given birth.

What is orthopnea?

• Difficulty breathing resulting from a cardiac condition.

• Difficulty breathing while at rest.

• Difficulty breathing while lying supine.

• Difficulty breathing while exercising.

Which of the following means "below?"

• Supra-

• Hyper-

• Contra-

• Hypo-

A patient who has a weakened immune system is said to be:

• Immunocompromised

• Immunovascular

• Immunospastic

• Immunocytotic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3