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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. Inadequate perfusion of the cells and tissues of the body caused by insufficient flow of blood through the capillaries.






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






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






4. The front of the body or body part






5. 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






6. The kneecap






7. The back of the body or body part






8. The medial bone of the forearm.






9. The bony structures around the eyes - the eye sockets






10. A flat surface formed when slicing through a solid object.






11. 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.






12. Outer layer of skin.






13. The signs and symptoms of the stress reaction may not appear for days - months - or even years. It's also known as Post - Traumatic Stress Disorder.






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






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






16. The toes bones and finger bones.






17. 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.






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






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






20. A system of specialized muscle tissues which conduct electrical impulses that stimulate the heart to beat.






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






22. Voice Box






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






24. The cartoid and femoral pulses - which can be felt in the central part of the body.






25. The breastbone






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






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. Quartile contains: right kidney - colon - small intestine - ureter - appendix






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






30. A finding of failure to act properly in a situation in which there was a duty to act - that needed care as would reasonably be expected of the EMT was not provided - and that harm was caused to the patient as a result.






31. A DNR order






32. 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






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






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






35. Area directly posterior to the mouth.






36. The bone of the upper arm - between shoulder and the elbow.






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






38. Farther away from the torso.






39. 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.






40. Automatically identifies caller's phone number and location.






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






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






43. The smallest kind of vein.






44. The muscular tube between the stomach and the large intestine - divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum - which receives partially digested food from the stomach and continues digestion. Nutrients are absorbed by the body through its






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






46. The vessels that carry blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.






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






48. Number of vertebrae in thoracic (Thorax - ribs - upper back)






49. 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.






50. Any blood vessel returning blood to the heart.