Documentation
Name a non-verbal skill
gesture
Facial expressions
eye contact
voice, touch
Stomach, Esopaghus, Colon
What is the Digestive System?
This structure of connective tissue, not a joint or a ligament, connects muscles to bones.
What is a tendon?
Sharing information about a patient's medical history with your neighbor after you hear a call on a radio scanner would constitute which of the following?
What is Breach of confidentiality
The elbow is ________ to the wrist.
What is proximal
Type of question that allows for most detailed response
Open ended
Mandible, Sternum, Pelvis
What is the skeletal system?
This bone (or set of bones, depending on how you look at it!) contains a feature, known as “foramen magnum,” or “big hole.”
What is the skull/cranium?
type of consent must be used by the EMT when seeking to treat a mentally competent adult?
What is expressed consent
describes Fowler's position?
What is Sitting upright with the legs straight
How EMT should conduct radio transmissions?
brief and easily understood
Fallopian Tubes, Testicles, Cervix
What is the Reproductive System?
Which section of the spine contains the most vertebrae?
The Thoracic Spine (12 thoracic vertebrae)
Over 1 in 10 deaths, according to the CDC, among working-age adults in the U.S. can be attributed to excessive use of this poison.
What is Alcohol?
The study of how disease affects the functioning of the human body is called:
What is pathophysiology
Best protection for the EMT when completing the. PCR
document fully and accurately
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder
What is the Renal/Urinary System?
Two of the three bones in the middle ear are called the Malleus (Hammer) and Incus (Anvil). The third one, the stapes, is commonly referred to as what?
A. The Stapler B. The Striker C. The Stirrup D. The Cap
C. The Stirrup
common term used to describe the items needed for Standard Precautions or body substance isolation precautions?
What is personal protective equipment
This type of metabolism occurs when energy is created with a balance of adequate oxygen and nutrients.
What is Aerobic
What is an informed refusal?
When the patient refuses transport after being fully briefed by the EMT on the consequences
This bone is the longest and one of the strongest bones in the body.
What is a femur?
Name 1 medications that EMTs can provide or assist in providing.
What is albuterol, nitroglycerin, aspirin, charcoal, epinephrine, glucose, oxygen, or narcan?
Where should you position the weight of the object being lifted?
What is as close to the body as possible
Slight movement of the chest during respiration is usually indicative of
What is shallow breathing