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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. Removal or cleansing of dangerous chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials






2. Myocardial infarction






3. System of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement






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






5. Artery of upper arm - site of pulse checked during infant CPR






6. Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training






7. 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






8. 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






9. 'windpipe' - structure that connects the pharynx to lungs






10. Introduction of dangerous chemicals - disease - or infectious materials






11. Point where two bones come together






12. Lower - posterior portions of pelvis






13. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation






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






15. Voice box






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






17. Muscle that responds automatically to brain signals but cannot be consciously controlled






18. Bone of upper arm - between shoulder and elbow






19. Mouth of uterus






20. Oversight of patient- care of ems system






21. Muscle that can be consciously controlled






22. On both sides






23. Components of the blood - membrane- enclosed fragments of specialized cells






24. Muscular structure that divides chest cavity from abdominal cavity - major muscle of respiration






25. Chronic obstructive lung disease triggered by allergy condition






26. Lower jaw bone






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






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






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






30. Smallest kind of artery






31. Oropharyngeal airway






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






33. Semi automatic external defribrillator






34. Instrument used to determine arterial pressure with non- invasive technique






35. Physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient care aspects of EMS system






36. Carotid and femoral pulses - which can be felt in central part of body






37. Referring to back of body






38. Fluid- filled membrane where fetus develops






39. Form the structure of cheeks






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






41. 33 bones of spinal column






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






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






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






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






46. Highest portion of the shoulder






47. Fluid in lungs






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






49. To the side - away from midline






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