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






2. Major artery supplying leg






3. System for telephone access to report emergencies - dispatcher takes info and alert EMS or fire or police - 'enhanced 911' has capability of automatically identify caller's number and location






4. Sitting position

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






6. Mouth of uterus






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






8. Tissue that connects muscle to bone






9. Imaginary line drawn down the center of the body - dividing it into right and left






10. Oversight of patient- care of ems system






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






12. Medial bone of forearm






13. Lateral and smaller bone of lower leg






14. Heel bone






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






16. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation






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






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






19. Hand bones






20. Body substance isolation






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






22. Voice box






23. Regulate unconscious or involuntary body functions






24. Airway - breathing - circulation






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






26. Smallest kind of vein






27. Division of peripheral nervous system that controls involuntary motor functions






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






29. Away from the head






30. 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






31. Strict form of infection control that is based on assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious






32. Largest organ - produces bile to assist in breakdown of fats and assists in the metabolism of various substances in body






33. Referring to front of body






34. Absence of ventricular contractions






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






36. Temporary signs of a stroke






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






38. Condition of not breathing






39. Fluid portion of blood






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






41. Sign that adequate perfusion is not accomplished






42. Ketcacidosis and hyperglycemia






43. Consent given by adults of legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision in regard to their medical well- being






44. Lower - posterior portions of pelvis






45. Area directly posterior to mouth






46. System of nose - mouth - throat - lungs - and muscles that brings oxygen into body and expels carbon dioxide






47. On both sides






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






49. Smallest kind of artery






50. 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