MCC/MWLC EMS 
                       PARAMEDIC ENTRANCE EXAM  
                                STUDY GUIDE 
                                      
             ● Scenarios- applying the following concepts 
             ● Anatomy and Physiology 
             ● Medical terminology 
             ● Patient Assessment Components 
                  o Scene size-up (scene safety) standard precautions 
                  o Rapid Trauma, Primary Assessment, and Secondary Assessment 
                  o Initial ABC survey 
                  o SAMPLE history 
                  o Pain Assessment-OPQRST 
                  o Extremity/Injury-DCAP-BTLS 
             ● CPR-rates and ratios for adults, children, and infants 
                  o Airway obstruction, AED 
             ● Recognition and treatment for Medical Emergencies 
                  o Acute MI-heart attack 
                  o Stroke-CVA 
                  o Shock 
                  o Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)-emphysema, bronchitis, 
                    asthma (understand lung sounds associated with these) 
                  o Diabetes:  Hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia 
                  o Poisonings: contact and poisons 
                  o Environmental emergencies:  frostbite, hypothermia, heat cramps, heat 
                    exhaustion, heat stroke 
                  o Seizure disorders 
                  o Abdominal, genitourinary, and renal (kidney stones) 
                  o Toxicology 
                  o Infectious diseases: meningitis, TB, etc…How do you protect yourself and or 
                    the patient.  
             ● Trauma injuries – assessment and treatment 
                  o Shock 
                  o Bleeding 
                  o Extremity injuries – assessment and splinting, Impaled objects 
                  o Wounds-lacerations, contusions, abrasions, avulsion, amputations 
                  o Spinal injuries-airway management 
                  o Flail chest, sucking chest wounds, pneumo’s 
                  o Penetrating and blunt trauma injuries 
             ● Childbirth 
                  o Labor and delivery 
                  o Assessment of the woman in labor 
                  o Stages of labor- imminent delivery 
                  o Complications of delivery 
                  o Care of the newborn 
             ● Legal Issues/Medical Terms 
                  o Malpractice   
                  o Consent       
                  o Abandonment 
                  o HIPPA 
                   ● Pediatrics 
                         o   Child Abuse 
                         o   Airway-croup, Epiglottitis, asthma and bronchitis 
                 
                   ● Medications 
                         o   Nitroglycerine 
                         o   ASA 
                         o   Albuterol  
                         o   Atrovent 
                         o   Glucagon 
                         o   Glucose gel 
                         o   Narcan 
                         o   Zofran 
                         o   Benadryl 
                         o   Epinephrine- assisted epi pen use 
                         o   Glucose  
                   ● Hazmat- basic info 
                   ● START Triage 
                 
                   ● There are 100 questions on the exam; you will have 2 hours to complete it. 
                   ● The passing score is a minimum of 75% 
                   ● You will be notified via email of your results within 1 week after completion, please do 
                      not call the EMS office for results, as they will not be able to provide you with results. 
                      Good luck!