Name the four general levels of EMS training, starting with the lowest level.
What are EMR, EMT, Advanced EMT, and Paramedic?
100
The divisions of the spinal column in descending order.
What is Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, Coccyx?
100
The steps performed during a patient assessment (in chronological order).
What is scene safety, BSI precautions, initial assessment, secondary assessment, and reassessment?
100
Medication in the EMT National Scope of Practice that is administered a suspension?
What is activated charcoal?
100
Episodes of stroke-like symptoms that come and go.
What are Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIAs)?
200
The way that every EMT should act under any circumstance.
What is Standard of Care?
200
The primary pacemaker of the heart.
What is the Sinoatrial (SA) Node?
200
A common assessment tool used for medical pain.
What is onset, provocation/palliation, quality, radiation, severity, and timing (OPQRST)?
200
Dosage of Epinephrine delivered in the typical adult auto-injector.
What is 0.3 mg?
200
Prolonged seizure activity or multiple seizures without regaining consciousness.
What is Status Epilepticus?
300
A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the extent and limitations of the skills practiced by EMTs.
What is Scope of Practice?
300
Breathing that sounds like high-pitched whistling upon exhalation.
What are expiratory wheezes?
300
Finding associated with bradycardia, hypertension, and erratic respirations.
What is Cushing's Triad?
300
The route of administration that allows the fastest therapeutic effect?
What is intravenous (IV) administration?
300
A gradual buildup of plaque in the arteries?
What is atherosclerosis?
400
Policies or protocols issued by a medical director that authorize EMTs to perform particular skills in certain situations.
What is Scope of Practice?
400
The soft area at the top of an infant's skull that allows the head to compress during delivery.
What is a fontanelle?
400
An upper airway sound indicative of obstruction.
What is stridor?
400
The mechanism of action by which Nitroglycerin relieves chest pain.
What is vasodilation?
400
The correct position for a laboring woman with a limb presentation.
What is "doggy style"?
500
Crime involving a duty to act, breach of duty, harm occurred, and proximate cause?
What is Negligence?
500
The part of the brain responsible for respiratory control.
What is the medulla?
500
The three parameters included in the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale.
What are facial droop, arm drift, and speech?
500
A medication which blocks receptor sites from a specific action?
What is an antagonist medication?
500
A medical condition with signs or symptoms that may include unequal bilateral pulse pressures, severe chest, abdomen, or back pain, and a feeling of impending doom.