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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.
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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. Toward the head






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






3. The joint where the acromion and the clavicle meet.






4. Five divisions of the spine






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






6. A means of correcting blockage of the airway by moving the jaw forward without tilting the head or neck. Used when trauma - or injury - is suspected to open the airway without causing further injury to the spinal cord in the neck.






7. A comprehensive system that includes education and resources to both prevent stress and to deal with stress.






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






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






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






11. Oversight of patient - care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director.






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






13. Form the structure of the cheeks.






14. A device that delivers low concentrations of oxygen through two prongs that rest in the patient's nostrils.






15. The inferior portion of the sternum.






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Breathing






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






22. Number of vertebrae in cervical (neck)






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






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






25. System by which food travels through body and is digested - or broken down into absorbable forms.






26. Component of blood. The produce substances that help the body fight infection.






27. When breathing completely stops.






28. A device connected to an oxygen cylinder to reduce cylinder pressure so it is safe for delivery of oxygen to a patient.






29. Two fused bones forming the upper jaw.






30. Ability of the heart to generate and conduct electrical impulses on its own.






31. Lower - posterior portion of the pelvis.






32. Being held legally responsible






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






34. The organisms that cause infection - such as viruses and bacteria






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






36. An emergency involving multiple patients






37. A curved device inserted into the patient's mouth into the phaynx to help maintain an open airway.






38. Nose bone






39. A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient care aspects of the EMS system.






40. The 'windpipe'; the structure that connects the pharynx to the lungs.






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






42. A cylinder filled with oxygen under pressure.






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






44. Five stages of dying






45. EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to give medications and provide emergency care.






46. Any blood vessel returning blood to the heart.






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






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






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






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







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