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100
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 as 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/guidelines that define the extent and limitations of the skills practiced during certain situations by EMTs.

What are Standing Orders

300

Breathing that sounds like whistling upon inhalation, exhalation or both.

What are wheezes?

300
Finding associated with bradycardia, hypertension, and erratic respirations.
What is Cushing's Triad?
300

What is the medication that is prescribed for cardiac chest pain? What is the typical dose?

NTG, 0.4 mg SL

300
A gradual buildup of plaque in the arteries?
What is atherosclerosis?
400

A set of guidelines are established to prevent EMR's from administering Nitroglycerin?

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

A high-pitched upper airway sound indicative of obstruction.

What is stridor?

400
The mechanism of action by which Nitroglycerin relieves chest pain.
What is vasodilation?
400
You find a patient with shortness of breath, swollen cheek and jaws with scattered red rash throughout their upper torso. 

Based on this information, what would you suspect is going on with the patient and how would manage it?

Possible anaphylaxis due to facial edema and shortness of breath. 

After vital signs, which are expected to show tachycardia and tachypnea with hypotension. 

Epi, 0.3mg for pt's 66 lbs and above

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

What happens if a patient takes too much insulin? What, if anything, can we do for that prehospital?

Hypoglycemia

If pt meets the inclusion criteria, oral glucose should be administered.

Remember to recheck CBG

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.
What is abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA)?