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EMT Basics

Subjects : health-sciences, emt
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The organisms that cause infection - such as viruses and bacteria






2. Pressure caused by blood exerting force against the walls of blood vessels - usually arterial BP is measured






3. A small tube located near the junction of the small and large intestines in the RLQ of the ab - then function of which is not well known; best known for it's inflammation which is appendicitis






4. The consent it is presumed a patient - or patient's parent/guardian would give if they could - such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when care is needed






5. The smallest kind of vein






6. Right Kidney - Colon - Small Intestines - Major artery and vein to the right leg - Ureter - Apendix






7. Hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by many diabetics






8. The location where a crime has been committed or any place that evidence relating to a crime may be found






9. Consists of orders from the on - duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone






10. Specialized involuntary muscle found only in the heart; has its own blood supply; contracts on its own






11. Tissue that connects muscle to bone






12. Artery supplying the foot - behind the medial ankle






13. Unlawfully touching a patient without consent can be considered battery; providing care without consent






14. Blood's pathway






15. A leaf - shaped structure that prevents food and foreign matter from entering the trachea






16. The pressure in the arteries when the left ventricle is refilling






17. Found in gastrointestinal tract - urinary system - blood vessels; controls the flow of materials through these structures; carris out automatic muscular functions; no conscious control; responds to stimuli such as heat - cold and stretching






18. Vessels that carry blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs






19. Brain - spinal cord and nerves that govern sensation - movement and thought






20. Trade Name: nitrostat - nitrolingual - Action: relaxes blood vessels - decreases workload of heart - indication: chest pain and history of cardiac problems and prescribed Nitro - Contraindication: bradycardia - tachycardia - head injury - systolic BP






21. System of glands that produce chemicals called hormones that help to regulate many body activities and functions






22. Infants breathing rate






23. A strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious






24. A method of transferring a patient from bed to stretcher by grasping and pulling the loosened bottom sheet of the bed






25. Components of the blood. carry oxygen to and carbon dioxide from cells






26. Time - Route - Amount - Medication - Patient






27. The lateral bone of the forearm






28. The top - back and sides of the skull






29. The 'windpipe'; the structure that connects the pharynx to the lungs






30. The superior and widest portion of the pelvis






31. Children breathing rate






32. The area directly posterior to the mouth and nose. It is made up of the oropharynx and the nasopharynx






33. The collarbone






34. Breathing effort; increased use of accessory muscles especially in infants and children; cyanotic skin - cool - clammy; agonal respirations






35. Carry blood away from the heart






36. Number of bones in the thoracic spine






37. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - a federal law protecting the privacy of patient - specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed






38. Toward the midline of the body






39. A state of physical and/or psychological arousal to a stimulus






40. The two large sets of branches that come off the trachea and enter the lungs. There are right and left bronchi






41. A finding of failure to act properly in a situation in which there was a duty to act - that needed care as would reasonably be expected of the EMT was not provided - and that harm was caused to the patient as a result






42. The microscopic sacs of the lungs where gas exchange with the bloodstream takes place






43. Number of bones in the coccyx spine






44. The system made up of the heart and the blood vessels






45. Consists of standing orders issued by the medical director that allow EMT's to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the medical director or another physician






46. A gland located behind the stomach that produces insulin and juices that assist in digestion of food in the duodenum of the small intestine






47. A method of transferring a patient from bed to stretcher - during which two or more rescuers curl the patient to their chests - then reverse the process to lower the patient to the stretcher






48. The supply of oxygen to and removal of wastes from the cells and tissues of the body as a result of the flow of blood through the capillaries






49. Trade Names: Superchar - Insta - char - liqui - char - Action: Binds to some poisons preventing absorpotion - Indications: Ingested poison - Don't give if (contraindications): altered mental status - ingested acids or alkalis - inability to swallow -






50. Large neck arteries - one on each side of the neck - that carry blood blood from the heart to the head