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Which of the following refers to a program or process for evaluating and improving the effectiveness of an EMS system?
Quality improvement
Which of the following is the most common gateway for hospital services for patients who need emergency medical assistance?
Emergency department
Which of the following best describes a communication system capable of identifying the number and location of the phone from which a caller is calling?
Enhanced 911
What is the minimum level of certification required of ambulance personnel responsible for \n direct patient care?
Emergency Medical Technician
The term lateral is best defined as:
to the side
Which of the following is the primary responsibility of the EMT?
Maintain personal health and safety.
What best defines the evaluation of the patient's condition in order to provide emergency care?
Patient assessment
Which word has a prefix that means rapid?
Tachypnea
When discussing left and right in terms of anatomic locations, what do they refer to?
Left and right from the patient's perspective.
What is the primary reason for an EMT to use specific and proper medical terminology?
Medical communication needs to be exact and consistent.
What are the minimum Standard Precautions an EMT should take when transporting a patient \n infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)?
Gloves, N-95 mask, goggles, and gown
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What is a common term used to describe the items needed for Standard Precautions or body substance isolation precautions?
Personal protective equipment
With regard to medical terminology, a prefix is:
added to the beginnings of roots or words to modify or qualify their meaning.
Which one of these groups is at greatest risk of contracting and transmitting tuberculosis?
Immunosuppressed patients
Which of the following is true regarding proper hand cleaning?
If the EMT's hands are visibly dirty, an alcohol-based hand cleaner is not sufficient.
What is the primary reason for an EMT to change gloves between contacts with different \n patients?
To prevent spreading infection to the next patient
All of the following are ways that an EMT can increase both physical and mental well-being, except:
drinking caffeine instead of alcohol.
When the heart contracts and forces blood into the arteries, the pressure created is known as the:
systolic blood pressure.
A patient with a pulse rate of 120 beats per minute is considered which of the following?
Tachycardic
The method of taking blood pressure by using a stethoscope to listen to the characteristic sounds produced is called:
auscultation
The first set of vital sign measurements obtained are often referred to as which of the following?
Baseline vital signs
An oxygen saturation of 97 percent is considered which of the following?
Normal
Which of the following are vital signs that need to be recorded for virtually every EMS patient?
Pulse; respiration; skin color, temperature, and condition; pupils; and blood pressure
Which of the following describes the EMT's MOST important role in the ideal provision of \n emergency cardiac care?
Immediate high-quality CPR and rapid defibrillation
All of the following are elements of adult high-performance CPR, EXCEPT:
compressing the patient's chest to no more than 1 inch in depth before allowing full relaxation.
Which of the following should NOT be done during defibrillation?
Continued ventilation during the analysis phase to prevent hypoxia
Which of the following is NOT a reason that an AED may indicate that there is "no shock advised"?
The patient is in ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia.
Which of the following people is allowed to continue providing patient care when the patient is to be "cleared" for delivery of a shock via the defibrillator?
None of the above
Which of the following BEST describes an appropriate shock sequence for the patient in ventricular tachycardia?
Shock, 2 minutes of CPR, reanalyze, shock again if indicated
Physiology the study of
Body function
Which of the following is the primary function of the stomach?
Chemical breakdown of food by acidic secretions
What structure closes over the trachea to protect it during swallowing?
Epiglottis
What are the small bones that make up the wrist called
Carpals
What is another name for the shoulder blade
Scapula
The bone most commonly fractured with a broken hip is
Femur
What are the two most easily injured portions of the spine
Cervical and lumbar
The lower jaw bone is also known as the
Mandible
Which of the following terms describes the heart muscle’s ability to generate its own electrical impulses
Automaticity
Which of the following is the only movable bone of the face?
Mandible
A patient was rear ended and her primary complaint is back pain from her head whipping back and forth. This type of mechanism of injury relates to which part of the spinal column?
Cervical spine
What is the long bone of the upper portion of the arm?
Humerus
What is the bone on the thumb side of the forearm
Radius
What is the inferior most portion of the sternum
Xiphoid process
In which of the following locations is the femoral pulse palpated.
In the crease between the abdomen and the groin.
What condition of immediate concern results from a loss of red blood cells due to hemorrhage?
Decreased oxygen delivery to the tissues
Which of the following is not a function of the skin?
Removal of old blood vessels
Which of the following structures allows food to move from the mouth to the stomach
Esophagus
Patient is in anaphylactic shock with a pulse rate of 158 and a respiratory rate of 36. A fight or flight response may have been activated in this patient including which nervous system and which hormone?
Sympathetic nervous system and epinephrine.
What component of blood was partially responsible for forming clotting factors to stop the bleeding.
Platelets
The pulse palpated on the top of the foot is called the ______ pulse.
Dorsalis pedis
Which blood vessel allows the exchange of substances directly between the blood and the cells of the body?
Capillaries
What type of muscles control the size of the bronchioles in the lungs?
Smooth
A 47 year old male patient with classical chest pain suggestive of a myocardial infarction. Based on you understanding of the cardiovascular system, you know that he could be suffering from damage, narrowing, or blockage of what arteries?
Coronary arteries
Which organ functions as a reservoir for blood that can be used in case of blood loss?
Spleen
An artery is a blood vessel that only
carries blood away from the heart
The cardiac muscle receives its supply of oxygenated blood by which of the following mechanisms?
Coronary arteries that branch off the aorta.
In 1966, the national highway safety act charged which of the following agencies with the development of emergency medical service standards?
U.S. Department of Transportation
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