Quarter One: Test Question Guide

What does the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians do?

Provide a standard for EMT testing

Whose approval do we need before we can administer aspirin/any drug?

The Medical Director

An action that can be performed without any direction:

Is self-motivated

What does EMS do?

Provide care and transportation of the sick and injured

How did we prove that surgical care trumps care on the scene?

Research and clinical trials

Medics are performing endotracheal intubation:

Should be wearing PPE including gloves

Down electrical wires at a scene:

Mark off the area called a danger zone to prevent others from harm, Do not enter until the scene is safe

How to manage stress as an EMT:

Talk to coworkers as therapy, Remove yourself from the EMS world

What does quid pro quo mean?

This for that

Blood on the scene caused you to get a disease:

Secondary exposure, Indirect contact

What should I wear anytime on a roadway?

A mandated fluorescent vest

What does a privacy officer do?

Handle all HIPAA and patient privacy

When can you release the patient’s medical information?

Being subpoenaed in court - When a competent patient signs a release form

What do you need to prove negligence?

Duty to act - Breach of duty - Causation - Harm to the patient: damages

Who determines your organization’s scope of practice?

The Medical Director

What should you NOT do when you are trying to communicate with someone who is hard of hearing?

Do NOT speak loudly and in an exaggerated manner - DO speak calmly

You get an order from a Medical Director and don’t think it's correct:

Ask for them to clarify or repeat it

You can be sued for defamation because of:

Slander: Spoken - Libel: Written

Things that may be taken up with the authorities:

Sexual abuse/assault - Domestic abuse/assault - Animal bites - Gunshot wounds

A person laying face down:

Prone

A patient has two femurs broken:

Describe his injuries as bilateral

What does gastroenteritis mean? What does gastro mean?

Stomach

What structures of the body do not contain smooth muscle?

The cardiac system

What does the systolic blood pressure tell you?

Pressure during the heartbeat

Baby with a respiratory rate of 30?

Normal - Range of 30-50

Communicating with an older patient:

Be calm

Early adults:

The period when fitness begins to decline - Weight gain begins at this stage

Older adults:

May have posture and spinal issues - Tend to have kyphosis and spondylosis

A woman is around 34 weeks pregnant:

Move the patient by rolling them to their left side - Due to the placement of the inferior vena cava on the right side

What do I do with somebody that I suspect has a cervical/spinal injury?

On a backboard

When lifting:

Bend at your knees with your back straight - Lift things up in the power position with the power grip

Taking a patient down a flight of stairs secured on a backboard:

Put the stronger person at the head since more weight is in the torso

Down with a call and the patient may have had an infection/cooties:

Disinfect and decontaminate to the best of my ability

Got a very heavy patient:

Ask for additional resources

Know your own limits

Plan by looking at them - Think before you move - Have a team leader speaking calmly in plain language

Semiconscious patient seated in a car:

Immobilize the patient’s head with manual inline support

A patient that needs to be restrained:

One arm tied up above his head - Another arm tied downward

Most of a patient’s weight is where?

In their torso

Suffixes meaning 2:

Bi - Dipple

Term pericardiocentesis:

a procedure performed to remove pericardial fluid from the pericardial sac

Muscular that forms the inferior boundary of the thorax:

Diaphragm

Kidneys make urine and send the urine to the urinary bladder through:

Ureters

Middle Adults:

40-60 years old - Have to worry about own retirement - Have to worry about children’s college - Have to worry about parent’s health and situation

Parts of the spine:

7 cervical - 12 thoracic - 5 lumbar - Sacrum

Lymphatic system:

Goes through the whole body - Distributes lymph and aids in immune response - Drains waste away - Moves through muscle action - Moves things away and from cells like blood - Does not follow the arteries