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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. Voice Box






2. Policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director of an EMS system that authorizes EMTS and others to perform particular skills in certain situations.






3. A handheld device with a mask and self - refilling bag hat can be squeezed to provide artificial entilations to a patient. It can deliver air from the atmosphere or oxygen from a supplemental oxygen supply system.






4. The bones of the body compose this






5. A person who has completed a legal document that allows for donation of organs and tissus in the event of death.






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






7. Component of the blood. The carry oxygen to and CO2 away from the cells.






8. Quartile contains: liver - right kidney - colon - pancreas - gallbladder






9. System of glands that produce chemicals called hormones that help to regulate many body activities and functions.






10. The location where a crime has been committed or any place that evidence relating to a crime may be found.






11. An organ located in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen that acts as a blood filtration system and a reservoir for reserves of blood.






12. The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls involuntary motor functions






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






14. The muscular tube that removes water from waste products recieved from the small intestine and removes anything not absorbed by the body toward excretion from the body.






15. An airway (passage from nose or mouth to lungs) that is open and lear and will remain open and clear - without inteference to the passage of air into and out of the body.






16. The superior and inferior return blood from the body to the right atrium.






17. Collarbone






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






19. 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.






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






21. Form the structure of the cheeks.






22. The point where two bones come together.






23. A method of transferring a patint from bed to stretcher - during which two or more rescuers curl the patient to thei chests - then reverse the process to lower the patient to the stretcher.






24. The wrist bones






25. An insufficiency of oxygen in the body's tissues.






26. The breathing in of air or oxygen or providing breaths artificially.






27. Referring to the front of the body. Synonym for anterior.






28. Immediate threat to life - little spinal precautions are taken






29. On both sides






30. The pelvic socket into which the ball at proximal end of the femur fits to form the hip joint.






31. The system made up of the heart and the blood vessels.






32. A position in which the patient's feet and legs are higher than the head. Also referred to as the shock position.






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






34. The kneecap






35. Quartile contains: right kidney - colon - small intestine - ureter - appendix






36. Obligation to provide care to a patient






37. Gripping with as much hand surface as possible in contact with the object being lifted - all fingers bent at the same angle - hands at least 10 inches apart.






38. A device - usually with a one - way valve - to aid in artificial ventilation. A rescuer breathes through the valve when the mask is placed over the patient's face. It also acts as a barrier to prevent contact with a patient's breath or body fluids. I






39. Any blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart.






40. A system of specialized muscle tissues which conduct electrical impulses that stimulate the heart to beat.






41. Toward the midline of the body.






42. Lower end of the fibula - seen on the outer ankle.






43. A small tube located near the junction of the small and large intestines in the right lower quadrant of the abdoment - the function of which is not well understood. It's inflammation - called appendicitis - is a common cause of abdominal pain.






44. Reaction from recurring low - level stressors and develops over years. It's also known as burnout.






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






46. The system of nose - mouth - throat - lungs - and muscles that brings oxygen into the body and expels carbon dioxide.






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






48. A sac on the underside of the liver that stores bile produced by the liver






49. The fluid portion of the blood.






50. The bony structures around the eyes - the eye sockets