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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. Airway - breathing - circulation






2. Position which the patient's feet and legs are higher than head






3. Automated external defribrilator






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






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






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






7. Advanced life support






8. Oversight of patient- care of ems system






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Laying on back






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






16. Condition of low blood pressure






17. Fluid portion of blood






18. Heel bone






19. Referring to front of body






20. Two lower chambers of heart - right ventricle sends oxygen - poor blood to lungs and left ventricle sends oxygen- rich blood to body






21. Away from the head






22. Development of the fetus over the mouth of the uterus






23. Ankle bones






24. Toward the head






25. Large neck arteries - one on each side of neck - that carry blood from the heart to head






26. Chronic obstruction pulmonary disease






27. Artery of lower arm






28. Breastbone






29. Release of a harmful substance into the environment






30. Blood vessels that supply the muscle of the heart(myocardium)






31. Body substance isolation






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






33. Line through center of each clavicle






34. Smallest kind of vein






35. Superior and widest portion of pelvis






36. Bone of upper arm - between shoulder and elbow






37. Large bone of thigh






38. Womb






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






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






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






42. Lower jaw bone






43. Chest






44. Smallest kind of artery






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






46. Receives unoxygenated blood returning from the body






47. Superior portion of sternum






48. Part of cardiac cycle during which myocardial fibers contract and cardiac chambers empty






49. Lateral and smaller bone of lower leg






50. Organisms that cause infection such as viruses and bacteria