The cervical spine consists of this number of vertebrae
What is seven?
100
Consent for and Refusals of emergency medical care and transport must be this?
What is informed?
100
You smell alcohol on your partners breath. You should discreetly report your suspicions to this person
What is your supervisor?
100
Dependent lividity and rigor mortis are definitive signs of this condition
What is death?
100
Radio communications should be this
What is brief ( and easily understood)
200
A body lying face down is said to be in this position
What is prone?
200
If an off duty EMT drives up on an motor vehicle crash, he does not have this...
What is duty to act?
200
The simplest yet most effective method of preventing disease transmission is this
What is handwashing?
200
A terminally ill patient who is verbally abusive may be experiencing this stage of the dying process
What is anger
200
In the eyes of the law, a procedure never happened if this is not done
What is documentation?
or
what is "write it down"?
300
This artery is unique in that it does not carry oxygenated blood
What is the pulmonary artery?
300
Avoiding cutting through holes in clothing caused by gunshots at a crime scene is an example of maintaining this
What is chain of evidence?
300
A veteran EMT becomes distracted at the scene of an MVC involving the same type of car in which a child was previously killed. The EMT is likely suffering from this
What is post traumatic stress disorder?
300
when rescuers are told a DNR order exists but it cannot be found, they should do this
begin treatment ( and contact medical control )
300
These two acronyms provide a format for writing a patient care narrative
What is SOAP?
or
What is CHART?
400
The electrical impulse of the heart begins at this natural pacemaker node
What is sinoatrial?
400
A physician-medical director may elect to expand this after proper training and state approval
What is scope of practice
400
OSHA requires that your employer offer you this vaccine free of charge
What is hepatitis B vaccine?
400
A terminally ill patient who exhibits behavior consistent with an earlier developmental age may be exhibiting this
What is regression?
400
Doing this while communicating with a child will likely increase their level of anxiety
What is stand over them?
500
During severe bleeding, cellular waste is not excreted and nutrients not delivered due to the closure of this vascular structure
What is capillary sphincter?
500
This section of the HIPAA law most affects EMTs
What is protecting patient privacy?
500
An EMT who is exposed to many insignificant stressors over a period of months or years may suffer from this stress disorder
What is cumulative?
500
To be valid DNR orders must clearly state this
What is the patients medical problem
500
After receiving online orders from medical control, EMTs should do this before carrying out the orders