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EMT Training 2
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health-sciences
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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. Number of vertebrae in sacral (back wall of pelvis)
Platelets
Direct Carry
5
Brachial Artery
2. Leaving a patient after care has been initated and before a patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
Bilateral
Joint
Abandonment
Vein
3. Use of a vacuum device to remove blood - vomitus - and other secretions or foreign materials from the airway.
Epidermis
Larynx
Suctioning
Abdominal Quadrants
4. Required when the patient must be moved quickly for treatment of an immediate threat to life - are performed with spinal precautions.
Fibula
Urgent Move
Joint
Pathogens
5. A flexible breating tube inserted through the atient's nose into the pharynx to help maintain an open airway.
Dead Space
Ventral
Nasopharyngeal Airway
Central Pulses
6. Forcing air or oxygen into the lung when a patient has stopped breathing or is has inadequate breathing. Also called positive pressure ventilation.
Stokes Stretcher
Torso
Aorta
Artificial Ventilation
7. A cylinder filled with oxygen under pressure.
Medial Malleolus
Anatomical Position
Duty to Act
Oxygen Cylinder
8. A series of laws - varying in each state - designed to provide limited legal protection for citizens and some health care personnel when they are administering emergency care.
Cardiac Muscle
Pelvis
Nasopharynx
Good Samaritan Laws
9. Muscular sac between the esophagus and the small intestine where digestion of food begins
Respiratory Failure
Stomach
Musculoskeletal System
Nervous System
10. A system for telephone access to report emergencies. Dispatcher takes information and alerts appropriate services.
Artificial Ventilation
Epidermis
911 System
Acromion Process
11. Lower - posterior portion of the pelvis.
Plasma
Radial Artery
Lungs
Ischium
12. Orders from the on - duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone.
On - Line Mecial Direction
Hyperventilate
Carpals
Epiglottis
13. The two large sets of branches that come off the trachea and enter the lungs. There are right and left bronchi.
Suctioning
Systolic Blood Pressue
Bronchi
Plantar
14. System of glands that produce chemicals called hormones that help to regulate many body activities and functions.
2
Ilium
Endocrine System
Larynx
15. The trunk of the body;; the body without the haed and the extremities
Red Blood Cells
Periperal Pulses
Torso
Oropharynx
16. Lower end of the fibula - seen on the outer ankle.
Lateral Malleolus
Hyperventilate
LUQ
Anatomy
17. The shoulder blade
Phalanges
5
Scapula
Nasopharyngeal Airway
18. The area directly posterior to the nose.
Nasopharynx
Urgent Move
Pancreas
Recovery Position
19. To provide ventilations at a higher rate than normal.
Stress
Hyperventilate
Minute Volume
Nasopharyngeal Airway
20. A person who has completed a legal document that allows for donation of organs and tissus in the event of death.
Nervous System
Organ Donor
Femoral Artery
Endocrine System
21. Five stages of dying
Denial - Anger - Bargaining - Depression - Acceptance
Informed
Pulmonary Arteries
Acromion Process
22. The proper use of the body to facilitate lifting and moving and prevent injury.
Body Mechanics
Hazardous - Material Incident
HIPAA
Trendelenburg Position
23. Voice Box
Muscle
Digestive System
Larynx
Endocrine System
24. The removal or cleansing of dangerous chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials.
Decontamination
Reeves Stretcher
Central Pulses
Alveoli
25. A hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by many diabetics.
Insulin
Head - tilt - chin - lift maneuver
Gag Reflex
Negligence
26. Farther away from the torso.
RLQ
Medial
Plasma
Distal
27. 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
Physiology
Minute Volume
Pocket Face Mask
Carpals
28. The reduction of breathing to the point where oxygen intake is not sufficient to suppory life.
Respiratory Failure
Carpals
Zygomatic Arches
Stress
29. 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.
Decontamination
Spleen
Dorsal
Draw - Sheet Method
30. The study of body structure.
Diastolic Pressure
Patella
Anatomy
Patent Airway
31. Consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision in regard to their medical well - being.
Head - tilt - chin - lift maneuver
Expressed Consent
Mid - Axillary Line
(Peripheral Nervous System) PNS
32. The introduction of dangerous chemicals - disease - or infectious materials.
RLQ
Stokes Stretcher
Fowler's Position
Contamination
33. The rhytmic beats caused as waves of blood move through and expand arteries.
Pulse
Flowmeter
Trendelenburg Position
Liability
34. Hormone produced by body - aka adrenaline. As a medication - it dilates respiratory passages and is used to relieve severe allergic reactions.
Epinepherine
Midline
Skeleton
Periperal Pulses
35. Same as hypoperfusion
Medial
Venae Cavae
Shock
Direct Ground Lift
36. Areas of the lungs outside the alveoli where gas exchange with blood doesn't take place.
Dead Space
Pulmonary Veins
Dorsalis Pedis Artery
Suctioning
37. Line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle
5
Ischium
Mid - Axillary Line
LUQ
38. Stress reaction linked to catastrophes. The symptoms are appear instantly or shorty follow the incident.
Appendix
Acute (Stress Reaction)
Epinepherine
Lateral
39. Blood vessels that supply the muscle of the heart.
Superior
Coronary Arteries
Ventricles
Central Nervous System
40. Leaf - shaped structure that prevents food and foreign matter from entering the trachea.
Expressed Consent
On - Line Mecial Direction
Venae Cavae
Epiglottis
41. A valve that indicates the flow of oxygen in liters per minute.
Flowmeter
Stokes Stretcher
Larynx
Anterior
42. The line through the center of each clavicle (2)
Manubrium
Mid - Clavicular Line
Bag - valce mask
Oxygen Cylinder
43. The back of the body or body part
Femur
Pulmonary Arteries
Posterior
Involuntary Muscle
44. Top - back - and sides of the skull.
Superior
Cranium
Cardiovascular System
Non - Urgent Move
45. List of steps - such as assessements and interventions - to be taken in different situations. Developed by the Medical Director.
On - Line Mecial Direction
Insulin
Dorsal
Protocols
46. A device that provides positive pressure ventilations. It includes settings designed to adjus ventilation rat and volume - is potable and is easily carrid on an ambulance.
Superior
HIPAA
Automatic Transport Ventilator
Radius
47. A blue of gray color resulting from lack of oxygen in the body.
Cyanosis
Endocrine System
Diaphragm
Clavicle
48. State of physical and/or psychological arousal to a stimulus.
Proxy
Capillary
Jaw - Thrust Maneuver
Stress
49. The pressure caused by blood exerting force against the walls of blood vessels. Usually arterial blood pressure is measured. Systolic over diastolic.
Palmar
Acetabulum
Blood Pressure
Epidermis
50. A passive process in which the intercostal (rib) muscles and the diaphragm relax - causing the chest cavity to decrease in size and air to flow out of the lungs.
Cricoid Cartilage
Exhalation
Hypoxia
Liability