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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. Regulate unconscious or involuntary body functions






2. Major artery supplying leg






3. DNR order






4. Airway - breathing - circulation






5. Voice box






6. Referring to back of body






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






8. Gland located behind stomach that produces insulin and juices that assist in digestion of food in duodenum of small intestine






9. Ketcacidosis and hyperglycemia






10. Leaf- shaped structure that prevents food and foreign matter from entering trachea






11. Chest






12. Closer to torse






13. Lower end of tibia - seen on inner ankle






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






15. Fluid portion of blood






16. Body substance isolation






17. Difficulty in breathing






18. Organ located in left upper quadrant of abdomen that acts as a blood filtration system and reservoir for reserves of blood






19. Organisms that cause infection such as viruses and bacteria






20. Receives oxygenated blood returning from the lungs






21. Toward the head






22. System by which food travels through body and digested - or broken down into absorbable forms






23. Deformities - contusions - abrasion - punctures - burns - tenderness - lacerations - swelling






24. Automated external defribrilator






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






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






27. Lower jaw bone






28. Health insurance portability and accountability act - federal law protecting the privacy of patient- specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed






29. Myocardial infarction






30. Inflammation appearing similar in clinical picture to croup - oxygen therapy contraindicated






31. Point where two bones come together






32. Chronic obstructive lung disease triggered by allergy condition






33. Convulsions resulting from severe hypertension






34. Large bone of thigh






35. Collarbone






36. Smallest kind of vein






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






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






39. Foreign body airway obstruction






40. Inner(second) layer of skin - rich in blood vessels and nerves - found beneath epidermis






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






42. Artery supplying the foot behind the medial ankle






43. To the side - away from midline






44. 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






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






46. Degeneration of alveolar structure






47. Area directly posterior to mouth






48. Front of body or body part






49. 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






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