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






2. Blood pressure above normal range






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






4. Muscular tube that removes water from waste products received from small intestine and removes anything not absorbed by the body toward excretion from the body






5. Standard reference position for the body - body stands erect facing the observer with arms down at sides and palms of hands forward






6. Pressure in arteries when the left ventricle refilling






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






8. 4 divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of a pain or injury RUQ - LUQ - RLQ - LLQ






9. Pressure caused by blood exerting force against the walls of blood vessels - usually arterial blood pressure is measured - diastolic/systolic






10. Structure that opens and closes to permit the flow of a fluid in only one direction






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






12. Premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus






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






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






15. Advanced life support






16. Lower end of tibia - seen on inner ankle






17. Developing baby






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






19. Semi automatic external defribrillator






20. Airway - breathing - circulation






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






22. State of physical and or psychological arousal to a stimulus






23. Degeneration of alveolar structure






24. Highest portion of the shoulder






25. Toward the head






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






27. Specialized involuntary muscle found only in the heart






28. System made up of heart( cardio) and blood vessels (vascular) - circulatory system






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






30. Spontaneous abortion






31. Medication used for chest pain






32. Pounds per square inch






33. Any blood vessel carrying blood away from heart






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






35. Two fused bones forming the upper jaw






36. Foreign body airway obstruction






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






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






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






40. Superior portion of sternum






41. Chest pain caused by stress or exertion






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






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






44. Womb






45. 33 bones of spinal column






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






47. Brain and spinal cord






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






49. Oversight of patient- care of ems system






50. Condition of low blood pressure