Vocabulary
Difficult or labored breathing
Dyspnea
Fibrous tissue that connects bones to bones
Ligaments
A condition of episodes of severe chest pain due to inadequate blood flow to the myocardium
Angina
To willfully leave a patient who is in need of care without a signed or verbal refusal of care is ____?
Abandonment
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An Egg
Listening to the heart or lungs with a stethoscope
Auscultations
Rope-like structures that attach muscles to bones
Tendons
Occurs when the normal rhythmic contractions of the atria are replaced by rapid irregular twitching of the muscular heart wall
Atrial Fibrillation
In the event of a dangerous situation where hazardous materials are suspected, the ambulance should be parked ____________.
Upwind and/or uphill of scene
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them!
Referring to the middle of armpit parallel to the midline
Midaxillary
How many bones make up the face?
14
Upper chamber of the heart
Atrium
Range of duties and skills paramedics/EMTs are allowed and expected to perform.
Scope of Practice
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body?
Cerebrum
Large opening at the base of the skull where brain connects to the spinal cord; Latin for great opening
Foramen Magnum
The process during the action potential when sodium is rushing into the cell causing the interior to become more positive.
Depolarization
Provide immunity to certain people who assist at the scene of a medical emergency.
Good Samaritan Laws
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age!
Harsh, high-pitched sound heard during inspiration
Stridor
Oil-like substance that allows the ends of the bones to glide over each other as opposed to rubbing and grating over each other
Synovial Fluid
Fibers in the ventricles that transmit impulses to the right and left ventricles, causing them to contract
Purkinje Fibers
An action or inaction that immediately causes or worsened the damage is called?
Proximate Cause
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven