CIEMT Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Patient positions - Correct Answers ✅Prone Laying face down Supine face up (used for suspected spinal injuries) Shock position- Head and Torso supine, feet elevated 6-12 inches -Don't use for Neurogenic or Cardiogenic shock Fowlers position Sitting up with knees bent. (Semi Fowlers is 45 degree angle)
- body cavities - Correct Answers ✅cranial, spinal,
- meninges layers (layers of tissue)
thoracic, abdominal, pelvic cranial cavity - Correct Answers ✅Contains Foramen Magnum, brainstem, spinal cord
Dura mater- tough outer layer Arachnoid- spider-like middle layer Pia mater- innermost layer that surrounds brain spinal cord Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) between arachnoid and pia mater thoracic cavity - Correct Answers ✅cavity above the diaphragm w/ 2 pleural layers 1 / 4
CIEMT Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Pleura- tissue that surrounds the lungs
-Parietal pleura(outer layer): lines inside of thoracic cavity
-Visceral pleura (inner layer): covers the lungs
Contains heart, lungs, esophagus and great vessels (aorta, vena cave) Formed by 12 pairs of ribs (last 2 pairs are floating ribs) If floating ribs are broken, injury can occur to kidneys abdominal cavity - Correct Answers ✅Peritoneal cavity
Peritoneum: tissue that lines inside of abdominal cavity,
contains hollow and solid organs
-Hallow Organs: ruptured/spill contents=infection (peritonitis)
Lead to Septic shock Gallbladder, Stomach, S/L intestines, Ureter, Fallopian tube, urinary bladder, uterus Solid Organs
-Solid Organs: bleed=blood loss (Abdominal Hemorrhage) S/S
pale, cool, Diaph (Hypovolemic shock) Liver, spleen, pancreas, kidney, ovaries liver - Correct Answers ✅Assists in digestion -secretes bile -filters toxic substances -creates glucose stores 2 / 4
CIEMT Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Gallbladder - Correct Answers ✅reservoir for bile small intestine - Correct Answers ✅duodenum, jejunum, ileum colon (large intestine) - Correct Answers ✅Food that is not broke down comes here Water is absorbed Stool is formed Spleen - Correct Answers ✅Located in the abdomen but has no digestive function peritonitis - Correct Answers ✅Inflammation of the peritoneum -Can cause ileus diverculitis - Correct Answers ✅inflammation of the diverticula Cholecystitis - Correct Answers ✅Inflammation of the cholecyst (gallbladder) 3 / 4
CIEMT Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) appendicitis - Correct Answers ✅inflammation of the appendix esophageal varices - Correct Answers ✅swollen, varicose veins at the lower end of the esophagus Diverticulitis - Correct Answers ✅inflammation of the diverticula vertebral cavity - Correct Answers ✅Cervical (C1-C7) C3,4,5 to stay alive; Phrenic Nerve originates in cervical spine Thoracic (T1-T12) Lumbar(L1-L5) Sacrum (5 fused vertebrae) Coccyx ( 4 fused vertebrae)
Skin layers - Correct Answers ✅Epidermis(outer layer):
No blood vessels, mostly dead skin cells, protects
Dermis(middle layer): sweat and oil glands, hair follicles,
capillaries Subcutaneous fat / tissue( hypodermis inner layer) Insulation, stored energy
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