EMT Midterm Exam Study Guide
Earliest documented emergency medical service. Correct Answer: In 1790 the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
Who developed the first emergency medical st
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EMT Midterm Exam Study Guide
Earliest documented emergency medical service. Correct Answer: In 1790 the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
Who developed the first emergency medical standards? Correct Answer: U.S. Department of Transportation
What is enhanced 911? Correct Answer: Dispatchers are able to determine location of the caller.
Minimum level of certification to run on an ambulance crew. Correct Answer: EMT
Evaluation of patient's condition is done by doing a ___. Correct Answer: Patient Assessment
Who is responsible for scene safety? Correct Answer: All crew members
A person who speaks on behalf of the patient. Correct Answer: The Advocate
Assumes responsibility for all EMTs. Correct Answer: The Medical Director
Any agent that causes disease is called a ______. Correct Answer: Pathogen
How is Hepatitis A transmitted? Correct Answer: Fecal-oral route
What part of the nervous system is responsible for the "fight or flight" response? Correct Answer: Sympathetic Nervous System
Levels of EMS Correct Answer: EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
When lifting a patient, a basic principle is to: Correct Answer: Know your own limitations
Preferred number of rescuers when using a stair chair. Correct Answer: 3
Set of limitations that defines the legal actions and limitations placed on the EMT. Correct Answer: Scope of Practice
Consent given by a school principal to treat a minor on behalf of the parents. Correct Answer: In loco parentis (in place of the parent)
An EMT's legal and ethical obligation to provide care to a patient. Correct Answer: Duty to Act
Act that governs patient confidentiality. Correct Answer: HIPAA
EMTs role at a crime scene. Correct Answer: Care of the patient
What is anatomy? Correct Answer: The structures of the human body.
What is physiology? Correct Answer: The function of the human body.
Sharing information about a patient's history or condition. Correct Answer: Breach of confidentiality
Medial Correct Answer: Middle
Lateral Correct Answer: Outside
Standing erect, facing the observer, with arms down and the palms of the hands facing forward. Correct Answer: Anatomical Position
Prone Correct Answer: Face down
Supine Correct Answer: Face up
Proximal Correct Answer: Near to
Distal Correct Answer: Away from
Patient is sitting straight up. Correct Answer: Fowler's position
Shock is also called _____. Correct Answer: Hypoperfusion
The two areas of the spine most easily injured. Correct Answer: Cervical and Lumbar
Arteries always carry blood ______ from the heart. Correct Answer: away
Veins always care blood _____ the heart. Correct Answer: towards
The clotting components of blood. Correct Answer: Platelets
The arteries the feed blood to the heart. Correct Answer: Coronary arteries
The pressure created by the contraction of the left ventricle Correct Answer: Systolic
The pressure remaining in the arteries when the left ventricle relaxes. Correct Answer: Diastolic
The system of the body that produces chemicals and hormones that regulate most of the body's activities and functions. Correct Answer: Endocrine System
Main function of the liver. Correct Answer: Detoxifies harmful substances, stores sugar, and assists in the production of blood products.
The most muscular and strongest part of the heart. Correct Answer: Left Ventricle
Primary organs of the renal system. Correct Answer: Kidneys
Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs. Correct Answer: Pulmonary artery
Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. Correct Answer: Pulmonary veins
A source of major airway obstruction in children. Correct Answer: The tongue
The amount of air the moves in and out of the chest in one normal breathing cycle. Correct Answer: Tidal volume
Tidal volume x Breaths per minute = ? Correct Answer: Minute volume
What is ATP? Correct Answer: The cell's internally created fuel that is responsible for powering all cellular function.
When glucose and other nutrients are converted into energy. Correct Answer: Cellular Respiration
The byproducts of anaerobic respiration. Correct
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