EMT Final
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| EMT training in nearly every state meets or exceeds the guidelines recommended by the: | show 🗑
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| show | Providing callers with life-saving instructions
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| show | Medical director
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| show | Off-line
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| The continuous quality improvement (CQI) process is designed to: | show 🗑
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| The term “pharmacology” is MOST accurately defined as: | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements regarding the metered-dose inhaler (MDI) is correct? | show 🗑
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| show | Sublingually
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| An end-stage cancer patient is abusive and complaints about how the system cannot cure him. He is likely in what stage? | show 🗑
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| show | Make her comfortable and provide emotional support
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| show | Report to the incident commander
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| You arrive at the scene of a domestic violence situation and hear screaming and some shout "He has a gun!". You should: | show 🗑
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| The simplest yet most effective method of preventing the spread of an infectious disease is to": | show 🗑
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| You are treating a 42 year old with severe chest pains who does not want to be treated or transported. You should: | show 🗑
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| show | Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital
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| In which of the following circumstances can the EMT legally release confidential patient information? | show 🗑
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| show | Thoroughly document the entire event
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| show | Begin resuscitation at once
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| show | Dependent lividity
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| The manner in which the EMT must act or behave when caring for a patient is called the: | show 🗑
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| When performing his or her duties, the EMT is generally expected to: | show 🗑
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| show | Deviation from the standard of care that may result in further injury
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| Which of the following components are needed to prove negligence? | show 🗑
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| An EMT would MOST likely be held liable for abandonment if he or she: | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements regarding the Good Samaritan law is correct? | show 🗑
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| show | Quickly move the coffee table so you can access and treat the patient
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| In questioning a short of breath 75 year old, you progressively move closer and closer. It's important to remember that: | show 🗑
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| show | "Do you have any heart problems or take any medications?"
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| show | Calm and confident
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| show | Standing over a child often increases his or her level of anxiety
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| show | Most older people think clearly and are capable of answering questions
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| show | Use short simple questions and point to specific parts of your body to try to determine the source of the complaint
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| show | Draw a single horizontal line through the error, initial it, and write the correct data next to it
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| A ___________ receives messages and signals on one frequency and then automatically retransmits them on a second frequency | show 🗑
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| A patient has fractured both femurs. Anatomically, these injuries would be described as being: | show 🗑
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| show | Advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification
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| show | prone
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| show | Fowler's
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| show | Foramen magnum
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| show | Seven
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| The bones of the forearm are called the: | show 🗑
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| show | epiglottis
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| show | Alveoli
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| show | hypoxic drive
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| show | myocardium
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| Your call is for a 4-month-old infant with respiratory distress. While you prepare to take care of her you remember that | show 🗑
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| show | Responds to her name but is fearful of your presence
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| show | Continue to be nonjudgmental, compassionate, and respectful.
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| show | CPR
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| Laws that protect anyone who voluntarily stops and aids a person in an emergency are called | show 🗑
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| EMT’s who render aid at a scene of an accident when off duty usually do so because of | show 🗑
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| show | Both verbally and in writing
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| show | 911
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| show | Paramedic
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| Once an EMT is certified, they may practice | show 🗑
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| Which personality traits best describe the ideal EMT? | show 🗑
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| Common infectious illness that an EMT may encounter include | show 🗑
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| show | Good Samaritan
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| What is the best way to transfer care of a patient | show 🗑
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| show | EMT in charge
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| show | Personal safety
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| show | Be kept in confidence, unless required by law to report
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| Diseases which an EMT can be immunized against include | show 🗑
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| show | Advanced directive
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| Which will allow an EMT to terminate care of a patient? | show 🗑
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| show | A DNR order
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| show | MD approval and review of treatment & protocols
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| show | Implied consent
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| show | Sharps container
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| show | Scope of practice
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| The nose is _____ to the mouth | show 🗑
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| show | Lateral
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| Which organ plays an important role in the defense of the body from disease? | show 🗑
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| show | gloves
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| show | Alveolus
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| The _____________________ is commonly defined by state law and outlines the care that an EMT may provide. | show 🗑
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| What is the normal range for a respiratory rate in an adult patient | show 🗑
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| Deviation from the established standard of care may: | show 🗑
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| show | Cause
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| show | informed consent
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| show | Document your assessment on a patient care report and have the patient sign a refusal form
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| An advance directive is a document that specifies: | show 🗑
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| Compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) has the following effects: | show 🗑
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| Definitive signs of death include the following except | show 🗑
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| show | Evidence of incompetence by the author
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| When treating a patient with a serious head injury and the patient is a known organ donor and may not live, you should | show 🗑
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| What is the name of the breast bone? | show 🗑
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| show | Anterior
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| Which medication route indicates the medication is to be taken into the mouth and swallowed? | show 🗑
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| show | 3
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| show | Insertion of bite sticks
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| show | CISD/CISM
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| What is the ideal way to lift weight safely? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays emergency medical services (EMS)? | show 🗑
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| show | Expressed
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| A “coordinated network of professionals whose function is to provide for people who need emergency care” best describes | show 🗑
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| In which situation would the EMT NOT have a duty to act? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following scenarios does NOT involve the administration of ALS? | show 🗑
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| A patient lying face up on his back is in what position? | show 🗑
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| What is the primary muscle of breathing? | show 🗑
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| What is the correct order for air flowing out of the respiratory system? | show 🗑
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| What best describes the function of the alveoli? | show 🗑
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| show | Very rapid breathing
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| Which sign or symptom can be a sign of respiratory arrest? | show 🗑
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| Which skin color is most likely due to a respiratory problem? | show 🗑
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| Which rate most likely represents adequate air exchange in an adult? | show 🗑
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| show | Complete sentences
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| The aspect of natural ventilation that involves the diaphragm contracting and the chest wall expanding is: | show 🗑
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| show | diffusion
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| A patient who is developing early stages of hypoxia may exhibit: | show 🗑
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| A patient who to takes an occasional gasping breath after their heart has stopped has: | show 🗑
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| If a D-sized oxygen cylinder contains 300 L of oxygen and is at 2,000 PSI, the patient's 15lpm non-rebreather will run: | show 🗑
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| Properly performed suctioning of a patient may still cause: | show 🗑
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| show | good chest rise and fall
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| The most common complication of bag-valve-mask use is: | show 🗑
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| show | alveolar sacs
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| Which of the following structures is NOT found in the upper airway? | show 🗑
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| show | Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse across the alveolar walls and capillaries
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| show | epiglottis
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| show | Diaphragm and intercostal muscles contract and cause a decrease in intrathoracic pressure
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| Tidal volume is defined as the volume of air that: | show 🗑
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| Hypoxia is MOST accurately defined as: | show 🗑
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| To select the proper size oropharyngeal airway, you should measure from the: | show 🗑
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| You insert an oral pharyngeal airway into an unconscious 19 year old and she gags violently. You should: | show 🗑
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| The nasopharyngeal airway is MOST beneficial because it | show 🗑
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| show | Penetrating the cranium
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| show | With the bevel facing the septum if inserted into the right nare
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| A 71-year-old male is semiconscious with vomitus on his face and his respirations are slow and shallow. You must first: | show 🗑
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| The MOST significant complication associated with oropharyngeal suctioning is: | show 🗑
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| You have inserted an oral airway and are ventilating a patient with a BVM. She vomits suddenly - you should first: | show 🗑
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| Which of the following patients should you place in the recovery position? | show 🗑
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| show | Muscle
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| The purpose of the pin-indexing system that has been established for compressed gas cylinders is to: | show 🗑
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| The pressure of gas in a full cylinder of oxygen is approximately _______ pounds per square inch (psi). | show 🗑
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| show | Oxygen supports the combustion process an may cause a fire
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| show | nonrebreathing mask
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| show | 90% oxygen
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| show | Reservoir bag is fully inflated
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| show | When the patient has mild distress or cannot tolerate a nonrebreathing mask
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| The main advantage of the Venturi mask is: | show 🗑
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| show | Administer 100% oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask
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| As the single EMT managing an apneic patient's airway, the preferred initial method of providing ventilations is the: | show 🗑
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| show | Reevaluate the rate and volume of your ventilations
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| You are performing mouth-to-mask breaths with oxygen connected and set at a flow rate of 15 L/min.What % of O2 is given? | show 🗑
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| show | delivering each breath over 1 second
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| show | Begin ventilations using the mouth-to-mask technique
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| show | Adequate rise of the chest when squeezing the bag
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| Which of the following statements regarding the one-person bag-mask device technique is correct? | show 🗑
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| How does CPAP improve oxygenation and ventilation in patients with certain respiratory problems? | show 🗑
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| CPAP is indicated for patients who: | show 🗑
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| You are ventilating a patient with a stoma; however, air is escaping from the mouth and nose. You should: | show 🗑
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| show | Encourage him to keep coughing and transport
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| show | Stand behind him and administer abdominal thrusts
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| show | Inadequate oxygen to the tissues and cells
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| show | shallow breathing
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| show | Remove her dentures, resume ventilations, and assess for adequate chest rise
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| show | 5600 mL
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| Which of the following structures is NOT found in the lower airway? | show 🗑
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| show | Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse across the alveolar walls and capillaries
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