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EMT Training 2

Subjects : health-sciences, emt
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. The organisms that cause infection - such as viruses and bacteria






2. A hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by many diabetics.






3. Vomiting or retching that resuls when something is place in the back of the pharynx. This is tied to the swallow reflex.






4. Component of blood; membrane - enclosed fragments of specialized cells.






5. Away from the head; usually compared with another structure that is closer to the head.






6. A means of correcting blockage of the airway by the tongue by tilting the head back and lifting the chin. Used when no trauma or injury is suspected






7. A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient care aspects of the EMS system.






8. A flat surface formed when slicing through a solid object.






9. Foot bones






10. EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to give medications and provide emergency care.






11. Breathing






12. A device connected to an oxygen cylinder to reduce cylinder pressure so it is safe for delivery of oxygen to a patient.






13. Protusion on the side of the ankle.






14. The consent it is presumed a patient or patient's guardian would give if they could.






15. The rhytmic beats caused as waves of blood move through and expand arteries.






16. Required when the patient must be moved quickly for treatment of an immediate threat to life - are performed with spinal precautions.






17. The lateral and smaller bone of the lower leg.






18. Component of blood. The produce substances that help the body fight infection.






19. The line through the center of each clavicle (2)






20. The introduction of dangerous chemicals - disease - or infectious materials.






21. The bones of the body compose this






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






23. The bone of the upper arm - between shoulder and the elbow.






24. When breathing completely stops.






25. The major artery supplying the leg






26. The large neck arteries - one on each side of the neck - that carry blood from the heart to the head.






27. A flexible breating tube inserted through the atient's nose into the pharynx to help maintain an open airway.






28. The Standard reference position for the body in the study of anatomy. In this position - the body is standing erect - facing the observer - with arms down at the sides and the palms of the hands forward.






29. The two lower chambers of the heart - consists of a left and right.






30. An emergency involving multiple patients






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






32. Muscle that can be conciously controlled.






33. Quartile contains: liver - spleen - left kidney - stomach - colon - pancreas






34. Specialized involuntary muscle found only in the heart.






35. A cylinder filled with oxygen under pressure.






36. Orders from the on - duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone.






37. The study of body structure.






38. Basket stretcher - can be used to move a patient from one level to another or over rough terrain.






39. A device connected to the flowmeter to add moisture to the dry oxygen coming from an oxygen cylinder






40. The breastbone






41. A face mask and reservoir bag device that delivers specific concentrations of oxygen by mixing oxygen with inhaled gas.






42. Flexible stretcher - made of canvasro ruberized material useful in restricted areas or narrow hallways.






43. Number of vertebrae in coccyx (tailbone)






44. A curved device inserted into the patient's mouth into the phaynx to help maintain an open airway.






45. Toward the head






46. Being held legally responsible






47. The pressure caused by blood exerting force against the walls of blood vessels. Usually arterial blood pressure is measured. Systolic over diastolic.






48. Lower jaw bone.






49. A structure that opens and closes to permit the flow of a fluid in only one direction.






50. The back of the body or body part