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






2. A method of transferring a patient from bed o strtcher by grasping and pulling the loosened bottom sheet of the bed.






3. A cylinder filled with oxygen under pressure.






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






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






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






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






8. Outer layer of skin.






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






10. A method of lifting and carrying a patient during which one rescuer slips hands under the patient's ampits and graps the wrists - while anothe rescuer grasps the patient's knees






11. Closer to the torso






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






13. 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.






14. Being held legally responsible






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






16. The nerves that enter and leave the spinal cord and travel between the brain and organs without passing through the spinal cord.






17. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - a federal law protecting the privacy of patient - specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distrubuted.






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






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






20. The system made up of the heart and the blood vessels.






21. Referring to the palm of the hand.






22. Farther away from the torso.






23. Strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious -






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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






29. The highest portion of the shoulder.






30. The two upper chambers of the heart. Right recieves unoxygenated blood while the left recieves oxygenated blood from the lungs.






31. 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.






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






33. The shoulder blade






34. The superior and inferior return blood from the body to the right atrium.






35. The fluid portion of the blood.






36. Nose bone






37. Breathing






38. Largest organ of the body - produces bile to aid in the breakedown of fats and assists in the metabolism of various substances in the body.






39. 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.






40. The bessels that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.






41. The brain and spinal cord






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






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






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






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






46. Artery supplying the foot - behind the medial ankle.






47. Toward the midline of the body.






48. The front of the body or body part






49. The inferior portion of the sternum.






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