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






2. Muscular sac between esophagus and the small intestine where digestion begins






3. Tissue that connects muscle to bone






4. Obligation to provide care to patient






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






6. Equipment that protects the EMS worker from infection or exposure to danger of rescue operations






7. Flat surface formed when slicing through a solid object






8. Superior vena cava and inferior vena cava - these two major veins return blood from body to right atrium






9. Blood pressure below that considered normal






10. Voice box






11. Condition of low blood pressure






12. Components of blood - produce substances that help body fight infection






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






14. Laying face down






15. Two upper chambers of heart






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






17. Process of continuous self review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement






18. Joint where the acromion and clavicle meet






19. Pounds per square inch






20. Ketcacidosis and hyperglycemia






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






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






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






24. Laying on back






25. Onset - provocation - quality - radiation - severity - time






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






27. Ability of the heart to generate and conduct electrical impulses on its own






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






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






30. Difficulty in breathing






31. Collarbone






32. Sitting position

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






34. Muscle that can be consciously controlled






35. Smallest kind of vein






36. Part of cardiac cycle during which myocardial fibers contract and cardiac chambers empty






37. Nerves that enter and leave the spinal cord and travel between brain and organs without passing through spinal cord






38. Set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope - or extent and limits of the EMT's job






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






40. Away from the head






41. Foreign body airway obstruction






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






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






44. Liters per minute






45. Toward midline






46. Area directly posterior to nose






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






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






49. The medial and larger bone of lower leg






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