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EMT Training 2
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Subjects
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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. 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.
Medical Director
Good Samaritan Laws
Jaw - Thrust Maneuver
Mandible
2. The anklebones
Respiratory System
Draw - Sheet Method
Pathogens
Tarsals
3. Two fused bones forming the upper jaw.
Venturi Mask
Maxillae
Pulmonary Veins
RLQ
4. The organisms that cause infection - such as viruses and bacteria
Clavicle
Digestive System
Pathogens
Diaphragm
5. System of brain - spinal cord - and nerves that govern sensations - movement - and thought
Scope of Practice
Nervous System
Hazardous - Material Incident
Supine
6. A lift from squatting position with weight to be lifted close to the body - feet apart and flat on the ground - body weight on or just behind the balls of feet - back locked in. The upper body is raised before the hips. Also called the squat - lift p
Cranium
LUQ
Power Lift
Cervical - Thoracic - Lumbar - Sacral - Coccyx
7. The study of body function.
Physiology
Carotid Arteries
Contamination
Involuntary Muscle
8. The medial anterior portion o the pelvis
Vertebrae
Pubis
Carpals
Palmar
9. Superior portion of the sternum
Arteriole
Digestive System
Abandonment
Manubrium
10. No immediate threat to life - are carried out in such a way as to prevent injury and to avoid discomfort and pain.
Mid - Clavicular Line
Non - Urgent Move
2
Decontamination
11. The line through the center of each clavicle (2)
Superior
Mid - Clavicular Line
Posterior Tibial Artery
HIPAA
12. Blood vessels that supply the muscle of the heart.
White blood cells
4
HIPAA
Coronary Arteries
13. Smallest kind of artery
Cervical - Thoracic - Lumbar - Sacral - Coccyx
Scapula
Arteriole
Subcutaneous Layers
14. Automatically identifies caller's phone number and location.
Zygomatic Arches
Enhanced 911
Respiration
Diet - Exercise - Relax
15. Ability of the heart to generate and conduct electrical impulses on its own.
Venule
Organ Donor
Phalanges
Automaticity
16. 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.
Power Lift
Confidentiality
(Flow - restriced - oxygen - powreed ventilation device) FROPVD
Draw - Sheet Method
17. The point where two bones come together.
Hypoxia
Malleolus
Posterior Tibial Artery
Joint
18. Standing orders issued by the Medical Director that allows EMTs to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the Medical Director or another physician.
Duty to Act
Epidermis
Artery
Off - Line Medical Direction
19. Outer layer of skin.
Digestive System
Automatic Transport Ventilator
Epidermis
Cardiac Conduction system
20. A face mask and reservoir bag evice that delivers high concentrations o oxygen. The patient's exhaled air escapes through a valve and is not rebreathed.
Emergency Move
Consent
Ventral
Nonrebreather Mask
21. Lower jaw bone.
Mandible
Epiglottis
Pulmonary Veins
Prone
22. The removal or cleansing of dangerous chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials.
Hazardous - Material Incident
Venturi Mask
Decontamination
RUQ
23. The front of the body or body part
(Do Not Resuscitate Order) DNR
Patella
Mandible
Anterior
24. A sac on the underside of the liver that stores bile produced by the liver
Cardiac Conduction system
(Peripheral Nervous System) PNS
911 System
Gallbladder
25. Hormone produced by body - aka adrenaline. As a medication - it dilates respiratory passages and is used to relieve severe allergic reactions.
Ventilation
Respiration
Epinepherine
Pathogens
26. The basin - shaped bony structure that supports the spine and is the point of proximal attachment for the lower extremities.
Pelvis
Metacarpals
Trendelenburg Position
LLQ
27. The chest
Xiphoid Process
Violence - Drugs - Weapons - Family members - Bystanders - Perpetrators - Pets)
Artery
Thorax
28. An active process in which the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm contract - expanding the size of the chest cavity and causing air flow into the lungs.
Inhalation
Off - Line Medical Direction
Cervical - Thoracic - Lumbar - Sacral - Coccyx
Exhalation
29. A position in which the patient's feet and legs are higher than the head. Also referred to as the shock position.
Trendelenburg Position
Stokes Stretcher
Cardiac Conduction system
Phalanges
30. Component of the blood. The carry oxygen to and CO2 away from the cells.
Dorsalis Pedis Artery
Pharynx
Red Blood Cells
RLQ
31. Away from the head; usually compared with another structure that is closer to the head.
Anterior
Medial
Inferior
Coronary Arteries
32. The 'windpipe'; the structure that connects the pharynx to the lungs.
Trachea
Automatic Transport Ventilator
Acromion Process
Maxillae
33. The joint where the acromion and the clavicle meet.
Acromiovacular Joint
Anatomical Position
Perfusiion
Venturi Mask
34. 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.
Automatic Transport Ventilator
Central Nervous System
RLQ
Vein
35. Superior and widest portion of the pelvis
Ilium
Artery
Pubis
Hazardous - Material Incident
36. Areas of the lungs outside the alveoli where gas exchange with blood doesn't take place.
Manubrium
Respiratory Arrest
Dead Space
Metatarsals
37. The consent it is presumed a patient or patient's guardian would give if they could.
Scapula
Coronary Arteries
Voluntary Muscle
Implied Consent
38. The wrist bones
Tibia
Carpals
Consent
Standing Orders
39. The medial bone of the forearm.
Cyanosis
Pulmonary Arteries
Ulna
Vertebrae
40. 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
Head - tilt - chin - lift maneuver
Periperal Pulses
Joint
Midline
41. Component of blood; membrane - enclosed fragments of specialized cells.
Proximal
Platelets
Patent Airway
2
42. The bone of the upper arm - between shoulder and the elbow.
Platelets
Humerus
Hypoperfusion
Bronchi
43. A hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by many diabetics.
Cervical - Thoracic - Lumbar - Sacral - Coccyx
Insulin
Head - tilt - chin - lift maneuver
Epiglottis
44. Four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of a pain or injury: RUQ - LUQ - RLQ - LLQ
Respiratory Failure
Abdominal Quadrants
Flowmeter
Diaphragm
45. Protusion on the side of the ankle.
Malleolus
911 System
(Peripheral Nervous System) PNS
Nervous System
46. Referring to the palm of the hand.
Plasma
Fowler's Position
Dead Space
Palmar
47. Quartile contains: right kidney - colon - small intestine - ureter - appendix
Radial Artery
Head - tilt - chin - lift maneuver
RLQ
Draw - Sheet Method
48. Farther away from the torso.
Power Grip
Distal
Ligament
Mid - Axillary Line
49. A device connected to an oxygen cylinder to reduce cylinder pressure so it is safe for delivery of oxygen to a patient.
Red Blood Cells
Pressure Regulator
Multiple - Casualty Incident
Subcutaneous Layers
50. Organs where exchanges of atmospheric oxygen and waste CO2 take place.
Skeleton
Contamination
Lungs
Good Samaritan Laws