Blood vessel that flows towards the heart?
What is the vein
What device assists with getting the patient in and out of the ambulance.
What is the stretcher
What body system is responsible for controlling blood sugar levels.
What is the endocrine system?
The Pancreas
What is the medical terminology for the jaw?
What is the Mandible?
What device is used to safely move a patient up or downstairs?
What is medical term for a bloody nose
what is epistaxis
At birth the approximate number of bones in the human body
What is 300 bones
Blood vessel that flows away from the heart?
What is the artery
What the device that is inserted into the nose to maintain the airway
NPA Nasal pharyngeal airway
What system is responsible for the exchange of gases
What is the respiratory system?
What is the medical terminology for the upper arm?
What is the Humerus?
What device is used to primarily move a patient in and out of the ambulance?
What is a Stretcher?
What is the term for bruise
What is a hematoma
The four lobes of the brain
What is the temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and the frontal lobe
What blood vessel connects the veins and the arteries?
What are capillaries
What device do you insert into the mouth to facilitate a patient airway?
OPA
Oral Pharyngeal Airway
What systwm is the major controlling, regulatory, and communicating system of the body
What is the nervous system
What 2 long bones make up the lower leg?
What are the Tibia and Fibula?
Emergency personnel can use this to warn oncoming traffic about obstacles in the road, guide additional emergency vehicles, and even road closures. When placed correctly, you can channel traffic around obstacles in the roadway and help guide traffic around accident sites safely.
What are road flares?
What is a CVA
What is a cerebrovascular accident
The watery fluid that prepares food for swallowing and initiates the process of digestion
what is saliva
Which is the only vein that carries oxygenated blood?
The pulmonary vein
What device will attempt to reset a normal sinus rhythm
AED Automatic External Defibrillator
whay system is the largest organ of the body
what is the integumentary system
What are the two long bones that make up the lower arm?
What are the Ulnar and radial?
What device is utilized to clear the airway of mucus and other fluids to maintain a patent airway
What is a Suction Device?
How would say you are laying on your stomach
What is laying prone
A band of tough fibtous tissue that connect muscles to bones
what is a tendon
Which is the only artery that carries deoxygenated blood
The pulmonary artery
What device assists with chest compressions
The Lucas
What two systems defend the body against pathogens that may harm the body
What is the immune system and lymphatic system
What is the function of the Hyoid bone?
Together with its attached muscles, the hyoid bone has two important functions: it holds up the tongue, which sits above it, and it holds up the larynx, which hangs below it. It also transmits the force of muscles that help to open the jaw.
What piece of equipment is used to get to and from an emergency call
What is an ambulance
What term is used to describe further from the heart
What is distal
The four large muscles at the front of the thigh that are involved in movement
what are the quadriceps
the valve that regulates blood flow between the left atrium and the left ventricle within the heart
what is the mitral valve
What 2 things are needed to obtain a patients blood pressure
What is a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer
What system is the Kidney a part of
What is the Urinary system
What is the smallest region of the sternum or breast bone. At birth starts as cartilage develops into bone
what is the xiphoid process
what do you do to make sure that your ambulance is fully stocked before taking a call
What is a rig check
What is the term used for the armpit area
What is axillary
The longest bone in the human body
What is the femur
The largest artery in the body that supplies all parts of the body except the lungs with oxygenated blood
What is the aorta
Name a device used to splint a fracture of the femur
What is the sagar splint or the hare traction splint
What is the only system that can be split into 2
What is the reproductive system
The five sections of the spine
What is the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx
What does a black tag mean in your MCI triage kit
What is deceased
What is an MCI
Mass Casualty incident
The circulation of blood between the heart and lungs
What is pulmonary circulation