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What are the different levels of EMS? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Advanced EMT (AEMT) Paramedic What does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) do? - CORRECT ANSWER >>> It protects people who have a disability from being denied access to programs and services offered by state and local governments and makes it so employers have to provider equal opportunities. Public Safety Access Point - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Communication center for dispatchers Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Used to assist dispatchers with giving vital instructions to callers until EMS arrives. Primary Service Area - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Area where your EMS agency operates. Medical Director - CORRECT ANSWER >>> A physician who authorizes EMTs' to operate and provide medical care in the field Community Paramedicine - CORRECT ANSWER >>> When Paramedics provide services to the community such as: immunizations, health evaluations, etc.
NREMT - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Provides the national standard for EMS testing Infectious Disease - CORRECT ANSWER >>> A medical condition in which small and harmful organisms spread throughout the body Communicable Disease - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Disease that can spread from one person to another Pathogen - CORRECT ANSWER >>> A microorganism that is capable of causing a disease Direct Contact - CORRECT ANSWER >>> When organisms are moved from one person to another through touching Indirect Contact - CORRECT ANSWER >>> When an infection spreads from one person to another through an inanimate object HIV - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Human Immunodeficiency Virus Vector-borne Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER >>> An infection from animals or insects from one person to another General Adaptation Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER >>> 1.) Alarm 2.)Reaction/Resistance 3.)Recovery Acute Stress Reaction - CORRECT ANSWER >>> When your nervousness and excitement increases your ability to focus
- AKA "Living Will" or "Health Care Directive" Dependent Lividity - CORRECT ANSWER >>> When blood settles to the lowest point of the body, causing discoloration Rigor Mortis - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Stiffening of the muscles (2-12 hours after death) Putrefaction - CORRECT ANSWER >>> The decomposition of the body (40-96 hours after death) Res Ipsa Loquitor - CORRECT ANSWER >>> When an EMS agency or employee van be held liable even if the the plaintiff is unable to identify ho the injury occurred (damage after transport) Torts - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Civil Wrongs Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER >>> When you consider your own cultural values as more important than others of a different culture Cultural Imposition - CORRECT ANSWER >>> When you force your cultural views onto a patient Rapport - CORRECT ANSWER >>> A trusting relationship between a provider and patient abdomen - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the body cavity that contains the major organs of digestion and excretion topographic anatomy - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the study the body based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures
anatomic position - CORRECT ANSWER >>> when the patient stands facing you, arms at the side, with palms of hands forward Coronal Plane (frontal) - CORRECT ANSWER >>> front and back Transverse Plane (axial) - CORRECT ANSWER >>> top and bottom Sagittal Plane (lateral) - CORRECT ANSWER >>> left and right Midsagittal Plane (midline) - CORRECT ANSWER >>> left and right (equal halves) Amount of Bones in Skeleton - CORRECT ANSWER >>> 206 Ligaments - CORRECT ANSWER >>> fibrous tissues that connect bones to each other Tendons - CORRECT ANSWER >>> ropelike structures that connect muscles to bones Cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the smooth connective tissue that covers the ends of bones at mobile joints Axial Skeleton - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the part of the skeleton comprising the skull, spinal column, and rib cage Thoracic Cage - CORRECT ANSWER >>> medical term for ribs Appendicular Skeleton - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the part of the skeleton comprising of the limbs
Amount of Bones in the Spinal Column - CORRECT ANSWER >>> 33 Vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWER >>> name of the 33 bones that make up the spinal column Cervical Spine - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the first seven vertebrae of spine Thoracic Spine - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the middle set of 12 vertebrae in spine Lumbar Spine - CORRECT ANSWER >>> a set of 5 vertebrae of the spine between ribs and hips Sacrum - CORRECT ANSWER >>> set of 5 sacral vertebrae that are fused together Coccyx - CORRECT ANSWER >>> The last 4 vertebrae; tail bone Sternum - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the breast bone Manubrium - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the upper section of the sternum Xiphoid Process - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the narrow, cartilaginous tip at the bottom of sternum Symphsis - CORRECT ANSWER >>> Joint Capsule - CORRECT ANSWER >>> fibrous sac that hold together the bone ends of a joint
Sacroiliac Joint - CORRECT ANSWER >>> a joint in the hip that is surrounded by tough, thick ligaments with little motion Synovial Membrane - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the inner lining of the joint capsule; responsible for making a thick lubricant in the joint Synovial Fluid - CORRECT ANSWER >>> lubricant produced by the synovial membrane Ball-And-Socket Joint - CORRECT ANSWER >>> a joint that allows rotation and bending Hinge Joints - CORRECT ANSWER >>> a joint restricted to flexion (bending) and extension (straightening); fingers Shoulder Girdle - CORRECT ANSWER >>> where three bones come together allowing arm to move; clavicle, scapula, and the humerus Clavicle - CORRECT ANSWER >>> collar bone Scapula - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the shoulder blade Humerus - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the supporting bone of the upper arm Ulna - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the inner bone of the forearm, on the side opposite of the thumb Radius - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the bone on the thumb side of forearm Ilium - CORRECT ANSWER >>>
Smooth Muscle - CORRECT ANSWER >>> muscle found within blood vessels and intestines Cardiac Muscle - CORRECT ANSWER >>> heart muscle Larynx - CORRECT ANSWER >>> voice box Nasopharynx - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the nasal cavity Trachea - CORRECT ANSWER >>> windpipe Epiglottis - CORRECT ANSWER >>> leaf-shaped flap that protects the opening of the trachea Thyroid Cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER >>> AKA "Adam's Apple"; voice Cricoid cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER >>> a firm ridge of cartilage that forms the lower part of the larynx Alveoli - CORRECT ANSWER >>> 700 million tiny, grapelike air sacs Pleura - CORRECT ANSWER >>> lining on the lungs that allow it to contract with the thorax Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) - CORRECT ANSWER >>> a colorless fluid in and around the brain and spinal cord that cushions these structures and filters out impurities and toxins
Hypoxic Drive - CORRECT ANSWER >>> when low levels of oxygen in the blood stimulate the respiratory drive Tidal Volume - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the amount of air that is moved into or out of the lungs in a single breath; generally 500ml in an adult Inspiratory Reserve Volume - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the deepest breath you can take after a normal breath Expiratory Reserve Volume - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the maximum amount of of air that you can forcibly breathe out after a normal breath Residual Volume - CORRECT ANSWER >>> gas that remains in lungs to keep them open; loss of this results in "getting the wind knocked out of you" Dead Space - CORRECT ANSWER >>> portion of the respiratory system that has no alveoli Minute Volume - CORRECT ANSWER >>> the volume of air that moves in and out of lungs per minute Labored Breathing - CORRECT ANSWER >>> when you work hard to breath Agonal Gasps - CORRECT ANSWER >>> when a patient in cardiac arrest appears to be breathing Atrium - CORRECT ANSWER >>> - upper chamber of heart
- oxygen enters
- pulmonary veins
Femoral Artery - CORRECT ANSWER >>> pulse in the groin Radial Artery - CORRECT ANSWER >>> pulse at the bottom of the thumb Brachial Artery - CORRECT ANSWER >>> pulse found midway between the elbow and shoulder Posterior Tibial Artery - CORRECT ANSWER >>> pulse found posterior to the medial mallolus Dorsalis Pedis Artery - CORRECT ANSWER >>> pulse on top of the foot Sphincters - CORRECT ANSWER >>> circular muscle that contracts like a duct to allow blood flow Neonate - CORRECT ANSWER >>> infants that are 0-1 month old
