Part 1

Question 1

study of body structure

Answer 1

anatomy

Question 2

study of body function

Answer 2

physiology

Question 3

anatomic position

Answer 3

facing forward, hands at sides, palms facing forward

Question 4

plane cuts horizontally through the body

Answer 4

transverse, horizontal

Question 5

plane cuts vertically through the chest

Answer 5

sagittal, median plane

Question 6

systolic blood pressure

Answer 6

how much pressure your blood is exerting against your artery walls when the heart beats

Question 7

diastolic pressure

Answer 7

how much pressure your blood is exerting against your artery walls while the heart is resting between beats

Question 8

When do you use rescue breathing?

Answer 8

when not breathing but have a pulse

Question 9

What is 51A?

Answer 9

mandated reporting form for massachussets

Question 10

What is cyanosis?

Answer 10

turning blue

Question 11

What is the pressure in an oxygen tank?

Answer 11

2000-200psi

Question 12

What happens if you bag a patient too hard?

Answer 12

too much positive pressure, will bring blood flow to a halt

Question 13

What are the valves of the heart?

Answer 13

• TPMA

- Tricuspid, Pulmonary, Mitral, Aortic

Question 14

What is a bleb?

Answer 14

thinning of the wall of the lung

Question 15

What is an epistaxis?

Answer 15

nosebleed

Question 16

Bag valve mask on room air oxygen %

Answer 16

21% oxygen

Question 17

What is the percent oxygen for a non-rebreather?

Answer 17

80-90% oxygen

Question 18

What are the vertebra of the spine?

Answer 18

cervical - 7
thoracic - 12
Lumbar - 5
Sacrum - 5
Coccyx - 4

Question 19

What is the oxygen used for suctioning?

Answer 19

30L/min, 300mmHg of oxygen

Question 20

What is the larynx?

Answer 20

separation between the top and bottom airway

Question 21

Who is in charge of getting con ed?

Answer 21

EMTs

Question 22

What is the dose of narcan?

Answer 22

4mg

Question 23

Normal systolic blood pressure for a child 1-10?

Answer 23

90mm Hg + 2x childs age in years

Question 24

What is a productive cough?

Answer 24

produces spewtum

Question 25

What is atelectesis?

Answer 25

loss of elasticity in the alveoli

Question 26

What is the number one thing you can catch as an EMT?

Answer 26

Hep B

Question 27

What is CHART?

Answer 27

- Chief complaint - History - Assessment - Rx Treatment - Transport

Question 28

What are the 6 rights of administering medication?

Answer 28

Right person, dose, time, route, medication, documentation

Question 29

Type one diabetes?

Answer 29

juvenile

Question 30

Type 2 diabetes?

Answer 30

not juvenile

Question 31

What is a hemothorax?

Answer 31

lung filled with blood

Question 32

What are 4 sounds of a partially obstructed airway?

Answer 32

Stridor, Hoarseness Snoring Gurgling

Question 33

What is stridor?

Answer 33

Stridor- high pitched whistling sound indicative of a severely narrowed air passage

Question 34

What is hoarseness?

Answer 34

Hoarseness - raspy change in voice; indicative of swelling around the vocal cords

Question 35

What is snoring?

Answer 35

Snoring- similar to a snore during sleep; indicative of diminished muscle tone

Question 36

What is gurgling?

Answer 36

bubbling sound; indicative of vomit, blood or secretions in the airway

Question 37

What is used to open the airway manually?

Answer 37

- head tilt chin lift | - jaw-thrust maneuver (spinal injury)

Question 38

How do you treat a conscious, severely choking adult?

Answer 38

abdominal thrust

Question 39

What is the main function of airway adjuncts?

Answer 39

to keep the tongue from blocking the airway when muscle tone is diminished

Question 40

How do you measure an OPA?

Answer 40

measure from the corner of the mouth to the tip of the earlobe on the same side

Question 41

How long should you suction for?

Answer 41

limit suction to no longer than 10 seconds at a time

Question 42

What do infants have on their head?

Answer 42

- fontanelles not fused at birth - posterior closes in 2-3 months - anterior closes in 9-18 months

Question 43

What do fontanelles indicate?

Answer 43

- sunken fontanelles indicate dehydration | - bulging fontanelles without crying indicate increased pressure inside the skull