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Emt Exam Emergency Medical Technician

Subjects : certifications, 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. Artery supplying the foot behind the medial ankle






2. Consent presumed by patient or patient's parent would give if they could such as for an unconscious patient or small child at school






3. Medial bone of forearm






4. Airway - breathing - circulation






5. Pressure in arteries when the left ventricle refilling






6. Two fused bones forming the upper jaw






7. Obligation not to reveal information obtained about a patient except to other health care professionals involved in patient's care






8. Blood pressure above normal range






9. Top - back - sides of skull






10. Chronic obstructive lung disease triggered by allergy condition






11. Permission from patient for care or other action by EMT






12. Occurs when food bolus or other object prevents inspiratory/expiratory process






13. Semi automatic external defribrillator






14. Comprehensive system that includes education and resources to both prevent stress and to deal with stress appropriately when it occurs






15. Muscular tube between stomach and large intestine - divided into duodenum - jejunum - and ileum which receives partially digested food from stomach and continues digestion - nutrients are absorbed by body through its walls






16. Radial - brachial - posterior tibial - dorsalis pedis pulses - which can be felt at peripheral (outlying) points of the body






17. Sign that adequate perfusion is not accomplished






18. Rhythmic beats caused as waves of blood move through and expand arteries






19. Point where two bones come together






20. Health insurance portability and accountability act - 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






21. Patient who breathes through incision (partial or total removal of larynx) made in throat






22. Orders from an on- duty physician given directly to EMT through radio or phone






23. Sac on underside of liver that stores bile produced by the liver






24. Absence of ventricular contractions






25. Foreign body airway obstruction






26. Closer to torse






27. Fluid portion of blood






28. Away from the head






29. Don not resuscitate order - legal document signed by patient and physician and states patient has terminal illness and does not wish to prolong life






30. Lying on side - also called 'lateral recumbent position'






31. Largest artery in body - transports blood from left ventricle to being systemic circulation






32. Oversight of patient- care of ems system






33. Womb






34. Trunk of body - body without the head and extremities






35. Deformities - contusions - abrasion - punctures - burns - tenderness - lacerations - swelling






36. Orders from medical director to EMT to give certain medications or do certain procedures without speaking to medical director or physician






37. Active process in which intercostal muscles(ribs) and diaphragm contract - expanding the size of the chest cavity and causing air to flow into lungs






38. Series of laws varying in each state designed to provide limited legal protection for citizens and some health care personnel when they are administered care






39. Thin- walled - microscopic blood vessel where the oxygen/carbon dioxide and nutrient/waste exchange with body' cells takes place






40. Fluid in lungs






41. Abnormal heart rate - usually 50 or fewer beats per minute






42. Back of body






43. Two large sets of branches that come off trachea and enter lungs - right and left bronchi






44. Receives unoxygenated blood returning from the body






45. Two lower chambers of heart - right ventricle sends oxygen - poor blood to lungs and left ventricle sends oxygen- rich blood to body






46. Spontaneous abortion






47. Smallest kind of vein






48. Pelvic socket into which the ball at the proximal end of femur fits to form the hip joint






49. Oropharyngeal airway






50. Wrist bones