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EMT Training 2

Subjects : health-sciences, emt
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • 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)






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






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






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






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






6. Forcing air or oxygen into the lung when a patient has stopped breathing or is has inadequate breathing. Also called positive pressure ventilation.






7. A cylinder filled with oxygen under pressure.






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.






9. Muscular sac between the esophagus and the small intestine where digestion of food begins






10. A system for telephone access to report emergencies. Dispatcher takes information and alerts appropriate services.






11. Lower - posterior portion of the pelvis.






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






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






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






15. The trunk of the body;; the body without the haed and the extremities






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






17. The shoulder blade






18. The area directly posterior to the nose.






19. To provide ventilations at a higher rate than normal.






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






21. Five stages of dying






22. The proper use of the body to facilitate lifting and moving and prevent injury.






23. Voice Box






24. The removal or cleansing of dangerous chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials.






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






26. Farther away from the torso.






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






28. The reduction of breathing to the point where oxygen intake is not sufficient to suppory life.






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.






30. The study of body structure.






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.






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






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






34. Hormone produced by body - aka adrenaline. As a medication - it dilates respiratory passages and is used to relieve severe allergic reactions.






35. Same as hypoperfusion






36. Areas of the lungs outside the alveoli where gas exchange with blood doesn't take place.






37. Line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle






38. Stress reaction linked to catastrophes. The symptoms are appear instantly or shorty follow the incident.






39. Blood vessels that supply the muscle of the heart.






40. Leaf - shaped structure that prevents food and foreign matter from entering the trachea.






41. A valve that indicates the flow of oxygen in liters per minute.






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






43. The back of the body or body part






44. Top - back - and sides of the skull.






45. List of steps - such as assessements and interventions - to be taken in different situations. Developed by the Medical Director.






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.






47. A blue of gray color resulting from lack of oxygen in the body.






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






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






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.