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100

Cardiac monitoring, pharmacologic interventions, and other advanced treatment skills are functions of the:

What is a paramedic 

100

Leaving a patient after starting care but before transferring responsibility to a provider with equal or greater training, or without ensuring they're safely received, leaving them without necessary attention.

What is abandonment 

100

Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and a receiver that is located in a fixed location is called a

What is a base station

100
List the four chambers of the heart.
What is right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.
100

In relation to the chest, the back is:

What is inferior

200

EMS as we know it today had its origins in 1966 with the publication of:

What is the 
Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society. 

200
Medical director issues a standing order that allows EMT's to give medication in certian circumstances without speaking directly to the medical director. This is known as..
What is offline medical direction.
200

Two-way communication that requires the EMT to “push to talk” and “release to listen” describes which mode of communication

What is Simplex

200
List the organs in the upper left quadrant
What is liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, left kidney, and colon.
200

In relation to the wrist, the elbow is

What is distal

300

The standards for prehospital emergency care and the individuals who provide it are typically regulated by the:

What is the state office of EMS. 

300

 The type of consent allows treatment of a patient who is unconscious or mentally incapacitated.

What is Implied Consent

300

You could be sued for ___________ if your radio report to the hospital describes the patient in a manner that injures his or her reputation


What is slander

300
List the organs located in the right upper quadrant.
What is liver, right kidney, colon, pancreas, and gall bladder.
300

A pregnant patient is diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum. This means that

What is pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting  

400

A critical incident stress debriefing should be conducted no longer than ________ hours following the incident.

What is 72 

400
An emt or other person authorized by a Medical Director to give medications and provide emergency care
What is Designated Agent
400

A patient’s refusal of EMS treatment and/or transport must be

What is an informed refusal.

400
List in order the number of vertebrae in order of the spinal column.
What is cervical 7 thoracic 12 lumbar 5 sacral 5 coccyx 4
400

After applying a tourniquet, the injury from a patient’s leg stops bleeding. This is called

What is hemostasis

500

provides a national standard for EMS testing

What is the NREMT

500

The simplest, yet most effective method of preventing the spread of an infectious disease is to

What is washing your hands in between patient contacts 

500

A ___________ receives messages and signals on one frequency and then automatically retransmits them on a second frequency

What is a repeater

500

Set's the base rate and depth of breathing in a healthy person

What are both areas of the pons 

500

The medical term for Raccoon Eyes

bilateral periorbital hematoma