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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. Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training






2. System of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement






3. To the side - away from midline






4. Regulate unconscious or involuntary body functions






5. Blood pressure below that considered normal






6. Line drawn vertically from middle of armpit to ankle






7. Area directly posterior to nose






8. Layers of fat and soft tissues found below the dermis






9. Automated external defribrilator






10. Oropharyngeal airway






11. Pulse produced by compressing major artery of the upper arm






12. Inadequate perfusion of the cells and tissues of body caused by insufficient flow of blood through capillaries






13. Chest pain caused by stress or exertion






14. Hormone produced by pancreas or taken as medication by many diabetics






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






16. Vessels that carry oxygenated blood from lungs to left atrium of heart






17. Hand bones






18. Medial bone of forearm






19. At lower end of fibula - seen on outer ankle






20. Artery supplying the foot - lateral to the large tendon of the big toe






21. Heart attack






22. Top - back - sides of skull






23. Alert - responds to verbal stimulus - responds to pain stimulus - unresponsive






24. System of brain - spinal cord - and nerves that govern sensation - movement - and thought






25. Lists of steps ( assessments and interventions) to be taken in different situations - developed by medical director of EMS system






26. Difficulty in breathing






27. Superior and widest portion of pelvis






28. Study of body structure






29. Lateral and smaller bone of lower leg






30. Smallest kind of artery






31. Protrusion on the side of ankle






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






33. Lower - posterior portions of pelvis






34. Semi automatic external defribrillator






35. Blood vessels that supply the muscle of the heart(myocardium)






36. Body substance isolation






37. Condition of low blood pressure






38. DNR order






39. EMT or other person authorized by a medical director to give medication or give emergency care - extension of medical director's license to practice






40. Emergency involving multiple patients






41. Foot bones






42. Components of blood - carry oxygen to and carbon dioxide away from cells






43. Medication used for chest pain






44. Back of body






45. Supply of oxygen to and removal of wastes from the cells and tissues of body as a result of the flow of blood through capillaries






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






47. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation






48. Pressure in arteries when the left ventricle refilling






49. Receives oxygenated blood returning from the lungs






50. Pressure created in arteries when left ventricle contracts and forces blood out into circulation