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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 point where two bones come together.






2. The passageway by which air enters or leaves the body. The structures of the airway are the nose - mouth - pharynx - larynx - trachea - bronchi - and lungs.






3. Referring to the back of the body or the back of the hand or foot.






4. The brain and spinal cord






5. The area directly posterior to the mouth and nose. It is made up of the oropharynx and the nasopharynx.






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






7. A device that uses oxygen under pressure to deliver artificial ventilatins. Its trigger is placed so that the rescuer can operate it while still using both hands to maintaine a seal on the face mask. It has automatice flow restriction to prevent over






8. Largerst artery in the body. Transports blood from left ventricle to begin systemic circulation.






9. A method of transferring a patient from bed o strtcher by grasping and pulling the loosened bottom sheet of the bed.






10. Use of a vacuum device to remove blood - vomitus - and other secretions or foreign materials from the airway.






11. The obligation not to reveal information obtained about a patient except to other health care professionals involved in the patient's care - or under subpoena - or in a court of law - or when the patient has signed a release of confidentiality.






12. That system of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement.






13. A gland located behind the stomach that produces insulin and juices that assist in digestion of food in the duodenum of the small intestine






14. Two fused bones forming the upper jaw.






15. Breathing






16. A method of lifting and carrying a patient during which one rescuer slips hands under the patient's ampits and graps the wrists - while anothe rescuer grasps the patient's knees






17. The smallest kind of vein.






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






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






20. Form the structure of the cheeks.






21. Five stages of dying






22. The muscular structure that divides the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity.






23. Process of continuous self - review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement






24. Superior portion of the sternum






25. Equipment that protects the EMS worker from infection and/or exposure to the dangers of rescue operations.






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






27. 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






28. The area directly posterior to the nose.






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






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






31. State of physical and/or psychological arousal to a stimulus.






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






33. Lower jaw bone.






34. Number of vertebrae in sacral (back wall of pelvis)






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






36. Ring - shaped structure that forms the lower portion of the larynx.






37. Protusion on the side of the ankle.






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






39. 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.






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






41. Farther away from the torso.






42. Thine walled - microscopic where the oxygen/CO2 and nutrient/waste exchange within body cells takes place.






43. The fluid portion of the blood.






44. 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.






45. At the lower end of the tibia - seen on the inner ankle






46. Tissue that connects bone - to - bone






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






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






49. The medial anterior portion o the pelvis






50. Tissue that can contract to allow movment of a body part