EMT Vocabulary
Medical Emergencies
What am I looking at?
Miscellaneous
Procedures
100
B.L.S. stands for?
Basic Life Support
100
Trouble breathing, swelling of the face or tongue and fainting are signs of…
Severe allergic reaction
100
What is this called?
Bag-valve mask ventilation
100
What is HIPAA?
A federal law to protect patient health information from being disclosed without the patients consent
100
What is an appendectomy?
Surgery to remove the appendix when it is infected
200
C.P.R. stands for?
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
200
Uncomfortable chest pain, pressure, shortness of breath, and uncomfortable feeling in the left upper arm can be signs of
Bonus points if you can say the medical terminology for it!
Heart attack
Bonus: Myocardial Infarction
200
What is this and what is it used for?
AED: Automated External Defibrillator
An AED analyzes the heart rhythm and deliver an electric shock to victims of ventricular fibrillation* to restore the heart rhythm to normal.
*Ventricular fibrillation is the uncoordinated heart rhythm most often responsible for sudden cardiac arrest.
200
TO PROPERLY IMMOBILIZE A FOREARM FRACTURE, THE EMT SHOULD SPLINT?
WRIST, ELBOW, AND FRACTURE SITE
200
What is a cholecystectomy?
Surgery to remove your gallbladder
300
What does ”triaging” mean?
Which patient requires care first
300
I am checking if the scene is safe, calling 911, taking off the safety cap, then pressing the injector into the patient’s thigh. I note the time and dispose the needle properly— What do you think I’m using?
Epi-pen!
300
This young boy took half of his friend's peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He thought his friend's sandwich had almond butter when he looked at it and forgot to mention he's allergic to peanut's after his first bite.
What happened to this young boy :(
Allergic angioedema, which can happen in minutes to hours.
Angioedema is an area of swelling (edema) of the lower layer of skin and tissue just under the skin or mucous membranes. Swelling may occur in the face, tongue, larynx (area of the throat containing the vocal cords and used for breathing, swallowing, and talking--AKA Voice box), abdomen, or arms and legs.
Usually people with angioedema also have hives which are raised, red dots or welts that appear on the skin.
300
To minimize the risk of injuring yourself when lifting or moving a patient, you should:
keep the weight as close to your body as possible.
300
Pt comes to the hospital unconscious with an airway that is slowly closing. What procedure would you perform to establish an airway?
Intubation
Intubation is the process of inserting a tube, called an endotracheal tube (ET), through the mouth and then into the airway. Intubation is done because the patient cannot maintain their airway, cannot breathe on their own without assistance, or both.
400
A heart rate less than 60 beats per minute is called?
Bradycardia
400
The ”F.A.S.T” mnemonic stands for:
F- face drooping or numbness
A- Arm weakness
S- speech difficulty
T- time to call 911
These are all signs of…
Stroke
400
What happened to this lady?
Bonus points if you know the medical term :D
She was struck by lightening!
Bonus: Lichtenberg figures are fern-like patterns that may appear on the skin of lightning strike victims that disappear in 24 hours
400
What is hypoglycemia?
blood sugar below 70 mg/dL
AKA LOW blood sugar
400
This surgery redirects blood around a section of a blocked or partially blocked artery in your heart.
What is Coronary Bypass Surgery
500
What is the anatomical word for lying flat on your stomach?
Prone
500
Abnormal electrical activity in the brain is?
Seizure
It’s a medical emergency if it lasts more than five minutes.
Or
Someone is experiencing it for the first time.
Or
Remains unconscious after the seizure ends.
500
Narcan(Naloxone). It is used to reverse an opioid overdose.
500
Name the five divisions of the spine.
Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacral
coccyx
500
What is the surgery that changes the shape of the nose called?
Rhinoplasty
Suffix plasty means molding or shaping