Module 1

Question 1

Who ultimately approves all medical care and medication administrations by an EMT

Answer 1

The Medical Director

Question 2

What federal agency has guidelines and recommendations on the education of EMTS?

Answer 2

Dot

Question 3

If the medical director want’s to expand the scope of EMTs does he need approval from the state?

Answer 3

Yes he needs permission from the state

Question 4

What is exposure and what body substances can cause an exposure?

Answer 4

A situation in which a person has had contact with blood, body fluids, or airborne particles that may allow disease transmission to occur.

Question 5

A water based hand sanitizer isn’t a fix all solution what should you do as soon as possible?

Answer 5

Wash your hands with soap and water.

Question 6

What are the physiological responses of an EMT who is stressed?

Answer 6

Increased respiration and HR, increased blood pressure, dilated pupils, sweating, increased blood glucose levels

Question 7

What is PTSD

Answer 7

A type of stress the develops after a stressful event and you re-experience that event and as a result react that stimuli that made you recall the original event

Question 8

What federal agency requires the Hep B Vaccines and who is required to pay?

Answer 8

OSHA requires it and the employer pays for it

Question 9

What do you saying to dying people or their families?

Answer 9

You contact a relative or religious advisor

Question 10

What to say to a patient about a patients death.

Answer 10

• I am sorry for your loss
  -I am thinking about you
• Would you like to talk about how your feeling?

Question 11

During a violent call what should you do?

Answer 11

Keep safe and wait for law enforcement

Question 12

What is PHI

Answer 12

Personal health information and includes medical info, any information to identify the patient

Question 13

When do you have a legal duty to act?

Answer 13

During an emergency call and while you are on shift

Question 14

How do you correct a mistake on a hand written PCR?

Answer 14

Strike a line through it and initial

Question 15

When a patient wants to refuse , how do you handle it?

Answer 15

Document the event and maybe involve online medical control

Question 16

What do we do when a patient doesnt immediately respond to one of our questions.

Answer 16

Wait for them to respond

Question 17

How do we turn over care to the next provider?

Answer 17

Give eye contact , give oral report and verbal communication, we officially have handed over care when we no longer physically need to take care of them

Question 18

What would you do if you saw something on a child that worried you it’s a culture difference?

Answer 18

Document and advise the parent

Question 19

What is proximal ?

Answer 19

Close to the trunk

Question 20

What is distal

Answer 20

Away from the trunk

Question 21

What is medial?

Answer 21

Close to the midline

Question 22

What is lateral?

Answer 22

Away from the midline

Question 23

What is superior

Answer 23

Above

Question 24

What is inferior?

Answer 24

Close to the feet

Question 25

How to interview young female patient complaining of female anatomy issues with their regard to their potential right over a pregnancy?

Answer 25

Talk to them privately

Question 26

Lowest acceptable systolic for adult patients

Answer 26

90 mm

Question 27

Why are elderly are more at risk for bleeding into the brain?

Answer 27

Brain shrinkage

Question 28

Compared to an adult how is a child's airway anatomy different?

Answer 28

Tongue is larger Softer and smaller phsrynx

Question 29

How do you handle a patient who has fallen with a kyphotic spine and needs to be placed on a stretcher

Answer 29

put them supine , have to have pads, take neck into account

Question 30

How to move people on a stretcher

Answer 30

one person at the head and one at the foot going forward with feet at the front

Question 31

How do you position your hands in the power grip technique

Answer 31

palms face up

Question 32

How do you move a patient in a car with the rapid extrication technique

Answer 32

grab them and pull them out

Question 33

When pulling a patient what is the range in which you can safely stretch

Answer 33

15- 20 inches

Question 34

What happens with healthcare teams that infrequently train and work together

Answer 34

Leads to patient care delay

Question 35

What is closed loop communication

Answer 35

When a leader gives a task and the employee repeats it back to confirm

Question 36

What is hydro-static pressure

Answer 36

pressure of fluid exerted against the walls - creates blood pressure

Question 37

What is the somatic nervous system ?

Answer 37

Regulates activities that we have voluntary control over like walking, talking and writing

Question 38

What is the central nervous system?

Answer 38

Contains the brain and spinal cord - Stores memory, controls thought, speach and movement of skeletal muscle and involuntary processes such as heart and breath rates

Question 39

What is the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 39

Controls functions that happen automatically like digestion, dilation, sweating and other involuntary actions

Question 40

What happens if you stimulate the alpha andrenergic receptors

Answer 40

Found in the blood vessels and when stimulated they constrict the blood vessels and increase blood pressure

Question 41

What happens if you stimulate the beta 1 adrenergic receptors.

Answer 41

Cause heart rate to increase and squeeze harder with each contraction

Question 42

What do beta 2 adrenergic do when stimulated

Answer 42

The bronchi in the lungs dilate which allows more air to be inhaled and exhaled which more oxygen is available for the cells

Question 43

Where is bile stored?

Answer 43

In the gall bladder and made in the liver

Question 44

How do we calculate cardiac output

Answer 44

Stroke volume (amount of blood ejected by beat) times heart rate

Question 45

What carries de oxygenated back to the heart from the lower body

Answer 45

The inferior vena cava

Question 46

What cells does hemoglobin attach too

Answer 46

Red blood cells or erythrocytes

Question 47

Difference between ventilation and respiration?

Answer 47

Ventilation is the movement of air the rise and fall of chest and respiration is the process of gas exchange by providing oxygen to cell and remove carbon dioxide

Question 48

What are the signs of adequate breathing in an adult

Answer 48

chest rise and fall, movement of abdomen, clear audible signs on both sides of chest

Question 49

Difference of physical characteristics in adult pharynx and child pharynx?

Answer 49

proportion cartilage rings in trachea is smaller airway in smaller tongue is larger Smaller and softer

Question 50

What is the huge natural hole in the base of your skull called and what runs through it

Answer 50

Foramen magnum , the spinal cord

Question 51

What is the epiglottis

Answer 51

Thin flap that covers larynx during swallowing and lifts open to allow air during breathing

Question 52

What is the phase of the cardiac cycle in which ventricles fill with blood

Answer 52

ventricular diastole - resting of the heart

Question 53

What is aerobic metabolism

Answer 53

Breaks down nutrients likes carbs and fats and turns into energy (atp) dispels carbon dioxide

Question 54

What is the function of the platelets?

Answer 54

help in formation of blood clots which stop bleeding

Question 55

what is tidal volume

Answer 55

the amt of air that movies in and out of lungs with each normal breath

Question 56

What are some signs of respiratory distress specific to children

Answer 56

Seesaw breathing increase work of breathing fast breathing - tcipnea anxiety retraction muscle use tachycardia

Question 57

The skin layer that contains sweat glands, hair follicles, blood vessels and nerve endings

Answer 57

the dermis

Question 58

What organ removes blood cells from circulation

Answer 58

The spleen removes them