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EMT Basics

Subjects : health-sciences, 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. Pressure created in the arteries when the left ventrical contracts and forces blood out into circulation






2. High heart rate (Above 160)






3. Blood's pathway






4. The two large sets of branches that come off the trachea and enter the lungs. There are right and left bronchi






5. Shoulder Blade






6. Blood vessels that supply the muscle of the heart






7. A process of continuous self - review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement






8. The ring - structure that forms the lower portion of the larynx






9. To the side - away from the midline of the body






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






11. The pressure in the arteries when the left ventricle is refilling






12. Trade Names: Superchar - Insta - char - liqui - char - Action: Binds to some poisons preventing absorpotion - Indications: Ingested poison - Don't give if (contraindications): altered mental status - ingested acids or alkalis - inability to swallow -






13. Lying on the back






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






15. The toe and finger bones






16. An obligation to provide care to a patient






17. Children breathing rate






18. Trade Name: nitrostat - nitrolingual - Action: relaxes blood vessels - decreases workload of heart - indication: chest pain and history of cardiac problems and prescribed Nitro - Contraindication: bradycardia - tachycardia - head injury - systolic BP






19. A method of lifting and carrying a patient during which one rescuer slips hands under patient's armpits and grasps the wrists - which another rescuer grasps the patient's knees






20. The lateral and small bone of the lower leg






21. The top - back and sides of the skull






22. The obligation not to revel information obtained about a patient except to other health care professionals involved in the patient's care - or under subpoena - or in a court of law - or when the patient has signed a release of confidentiality






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






24. Toward the head.






25. The trunk of the body; the body without the head and the extremities






26. The ability of the heart to generate and conduct electrical impulses on its own






27. The superior portion of the sternum






28. A series of laws - varying in each state - designed - to provide limited legal protection for citizens and some health care personnel when they are administering emergency care






29. The rhythmic beats caused as waves of blood move through and expand the arteries






30. Liver - Right Kidney - Colon - Pancreas - Gallbladder






31. Urgent moves are done when....

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32. Trade name:insta - glucose - Action: increases blood sugar levels - indications:altered mental status And history of diabetes - Contraindications: unresponsive - inability to swallow - dose: one tube - Oral - Supplies: gel






33. The large bone of the thigh






34. The superior and widest portion of the pelvis






35. A position in which the patients feet and legs are higher than the head (Shock position)






36. A state of physical and/or psychological arousal to a stimulus






37. A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope - or extent and limits - of the EMT's job






38. Components of the blood; membrane - enclosed fragments of specialized cells






39. The bone of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow






40. A comprehencive system that includes education and resources to both prevent stress and to deal with stress appropriately






41. Breathing effort; increased use of accessory muscles especially in infants and children; cyanotic skin - cool - clammy; agonal respirations






42. The heel bone






43. The two lower chambers of the heart. There is a right (which sends oxygen poor blood to the lungs) and the left (sends oxygen rich blood to the body)






44. The vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart






45. A strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious






46. An EMT or other person authorized by a medical director to give medications and provide emergency car.






47. Four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of a pain or injury: the right upper quadrant - the left upper quadrant - the right lower quadrant and the left lower quadrant






48. Radial - brachial - posterior - tibial - dorsalis pedis pulses - which can be felt at peripheral points of the body






49. The organs where exchange of atmospheric oxygen and waste carbon dioxide take place






50. The 33 bones of the spinal column