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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. System of brain - spinal cord - and nerves that govern sensations - movement - and thought






2. The major artery supplying the leg






3. The back of the body or body part






4. The large neck arteries - one on each side of the neck - that carry blood from the heart to the head.






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






6. Muscle that can be conciously controlled.






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






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






9. The front of the body or body part






10. The release of a harmful substance into the environment






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






12. A legal document - usually signed by the patient and his physician - which states that the patient has a terminal illness and doesn't wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts






13. A cylinder filled with oxygen under pressure.






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






15. No immediate threat to life - are carried out in such a way as to prevent injury and to avoid discomfort and pain.






16. To the side; away from the midline of the body.






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






18. 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.






19. The lateral and smaller bone of the lower leg.






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






21. Permission from the patient for care or other action by the EMT






22. Artery of the upper arm; the site of the the pulse checked during infant CPR






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






24. The radial - brachial - posterior tibial - and dorsalis pedis pulses - which can be felt at peripheral points of the body.






25. An emergency involving multiple patients






26. Collarbone






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






28. On both sides






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






30. A person whom the signer of the document names to make health care decisions in case he is unable to make such decisions for himself.






31. Three things at the scene that indicate extra caution.






32. Immediate threat to life - little spinal precautions are taken






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. The inferior portion of the sternum.






38. A method of transferring a patint from bed to stretcher - during which two or more rescuers curl the patient to thei chests - then reverse the process to lower the patient to the stretcher.






39. Four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of a pain or injury: RUQ - LUQ - RLQ - LLQ






40. Protusion on the side of the ankle.






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






42. 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.






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






44. Referring to the front of the body. Synonym for anterior.






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






46. Nose bone






47. Policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director of an EMS system that authorizes EMTS and others to perform particular skills in certain situations.






48. The lateral bone of the forearm






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






50. Five stages of dying