Emd

Question 1

EMS resources

Answer 1

BLS/ALS
FIRE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
HOSPITALS

Question 2

EMS tiered response

Answer 2

First responders
BLS
ALS
Air Ambulance

Question 3

Emergency response

Answer 3

Life threatening situation
Both lights and sirens
Safely violate traffic laws

Question 4

Non emergency response

Answer 4

Non life threatening
No lights and sirens
Respect traffic laws

Question 5

Definition of liability

Answer 5

You are responsible for your actions

Question 6

Definition of standard of care

Answer 6

Reasonable actions under the circumstances

Question 7

Definition of negligence

Answer 7

Failure to meet standard of care

Question 8

Definition of gross negligence

Answer 8

Intentional failure to follow established procedures

Question 9

In order to prove negligence is hat is not required?

Answer 9

Intent to harm

Question 10

What are the 4 components of negligence?

Answer 10

Duty, breach of duty, proximate cause and damages/losses

Question 11

Definition of abandonment?

Answer 11

Willfully forsaking of abandoning duty to meet standard of care

Question 12

The nervous system is the part of your body that

Answer 12

Controls all of your body functions

Question 13

The nervous system is made up of

Answer 13

The brain, spine and spinal column

Question 14

Nervous system is made up of the smaller subsystems

Answer 14

Central nervous system, peripheral nervous system and autonomic nervous system

Question 15

Central nervous system is made up of what two things?

Answer 15

Brain and spinal cord

Question 16

Peripheral nervous system is made up of what two systems?

Answer 16

Motor nerves and sensory nerves

Question 17

Blood carries

Answer 17

Nutrients and oxygen to the cells

And carbon dioxide and waste from the cells for removal

Question 18

The circulatory system is made up of the

Answer 18

Heart, arteries, veins and capillaries

Question 19

The heart is a

Answer 19

4 chamber pump and the most efficient pump known to man

Question 20

The heart pumps blood through

Answer 20

A series of one way valves

Question 21

Arteries carry oxygenated blood

Answer 21

Away from the heart to the body

Question 22

Arteries have thick walls that

Answer 22

Expand and shrink as blood flows through it

Question 23

Arteries get smaller

Answer 23

The further they are away from the heart

Question 24

Arteries bleed a lot of

Answer 24

Bright red blood that spurts if cut

Question 25

Veins carry blood

Answer 25

To the heart

Question 26

Veins get larger as they

Answer 26

Get closer to the heart

Question 27

Veins do not (BLANK) like arteries

Answer 27

Expand and contract

Question 28

When veins are cut the bleed a lot of

Answer 28

Dark red blood

Question 29

A normal adult has approximately how many liters of blood?

Answer 29

5-6

Question 30

Simple cuts should clot in how many minutes?

Answer 30

10 minutes

Question 31

The 4 functions of the respiratory system

Answer 31

Make us breathe Takes in the oxygen Responsible for carrying out waste like water or carbon dioxide Helps maintain your body temperature

Question 32

Respiration breathing is a (BLANK) function

Answer 32

Automatic function

Question 33

Air way obstructions can occur where?

Answer 33

At any point in the realities system

Question 34

Agonal respiration or breathing are

Answer 34

Breaths that occur after a heart attack and are ineffective in gathering oxygen for the body

Question 35

The digestive system is responsible for

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Swallowing food Digesting food and liquids Provide cells with fuel Eliminating body waste

Question 36

What are the 3 types of muscles?

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Voluntary Involuntary Cardigan muscle

Question 37

Tendons and ligaments are

Answer 37

Connective tissues

Question 38

Tendons connect what?

Answer 38

Your muscles to the bone

Question 39

Ligaments connect your

Answer 39

Bones to other bones

Question 40

The Genitourinary system is made up of what two things?

Answer 40

Reproductive system and liquid waste systems

Question 41

Skin is made up of what two major components?

Answer 41

Epidermis (thin outer layer) and dermis the inner layer of skin

Question 42

What are the main traumatic causes of death

Answer 42

Heart attack, servers blood loss, brain/spinal cord damage and shock

Question 43

What are the 4 levels of consciousness

Answer 43

Alert Verbal Pain Unresponsive

Question 44

There phases of an emergency call

Answer 44

Call received Response Pre arrival

Question 45

What emergency phenomenon describes the caller emotional state that prevents them from focused during interrogation?

Answer 45

Threshold of hysteria

Question 46

What is The most effective way to break through the threshold of hysteria

Answer 46

Repetitive persistence

Question 47

What are the 3 types of EMD Protocol cards?

Answer 47

All callers card Chief complaint Scripted protocol cards

Question 48

What are the general TWO medical complaint types?

Answer 48

Individual chief complaint Traumatic incident types

Question 49

Chief complaint cards are broken up into what 4 sections?

Answer 49

Key question (all callers card) Chief complaint Pre arrival EMD officer notes