Anatomy in Action
This organ is about the size of your fist and pumps ~2,000 gallons of blood per day.
What is the heart?
The medicine used to reverse opioid overdose.
The human brain can generate enough electricity to power this
What is a small LED light bulb?
The paramedic prefix comes from the Greek "para" means this.
What is alongside or beside?
The first step in bleeding control.
What is direct pressure?
These tiny sacs in the lungs make oxygen exchange possible.
What are alveoli?
Drug for anaphylaxis.
Epinephrine
The most commonly broken bone in the human body
What is the clavicle?
The first city to develop paramedics in the U.S.
What is Los Angeles?
The "golden hour" refers to this.
What is the first hour after trauma?
I branch into bronchi but am not a tree. I move in air but am not lungs. What am I?
What is the trachea?
Aspirin's main use in emergency situations is for...
What is a blood thinner?
You have enough iron in your body to make a small what?
What is a nail?
This piece of equipment revolutionized prehospital cardiac care.
What is a portable defibrillator?
The "Rule of Nines" is used to estimate this
What is the burn surface area?
You would palpate to find the brachial pulse here
What is the cubital fossa?
This route delivers the fastest systemic effect (besides IV)
What is inhalation?
The loudest body sound recorded came from this
What is a sneeze?
Before EMTs, these people handled emergency transport.
What are funeral homes/ mortuary drivers?
A patient with pale, cool, clammy skin and rapid pulse likely has this type of shock.
What is hypovolemic?
The bone that doesn't connect to any other bones.
What is the hyoid bone?
This device delivers up to 100% oxygen at 15 L/min.
What is the nonrebreather mask?
The body glows faintly in this light spectrum.
What is ultraviolet/biophotons?
The first helicopter medevac program was established during this war.
What is the Korean War?
These are the colors used in triaging, determining patient priority.
What is green, yellow, red, black?