EMT study guide (from FF study guide Spadafora)

Question 1

How long should you measure rate of breathing?

Answer 1

30 seconds

Question 2

Normal adult breathing rate

Answer 2

12 to 20 breaths per minute

Question 3

Children normal breathing rate

Answer 3

20 to 30 BPM

Question 4

Normal adult pulse

Answer 4

60 to 100 bpm

Question 5

Normal young person pulse rate

Answer 5

80 - 130

Question 6

Newborn normal pulse

Answer 6

120-160

Question 7

What is a sphygmomanometer

Answer 7

blood pressure guage

Question 8

Technique measuring blood pressure with stethoscope and bp cuff

Answer 8

auscultation method

Question 9

Diastolic vs systolic

Answer 9

Diastolic is pressure when heart is relaxed and systolic is when heart is pumping

Question 10

BP can be measure with cuff placed near which artery near the elbow?

Answer 10

brachial artery

Question 11

Device used to maintain open airway on unresponsive patient

Answer 11

oropharyngeal airway (OPA)

Question 12

Device used to get hear to beat

Answer 12

Automated external defibrillator (AED)

Question 13

Spine immobalization of head/neck is done using a

Answer 13

cervical collar

Question 14

Burn level are assessed using the rule of

Answer 14

nines

Question 15

A contusion is a

Answer 15

bruise

Question 16

What’s worse heat exhaustion or heat stroke?

Answer 16

Heat stroke

Question 17

Heat exhaustion is the body’s response to

Answer 17

excessive loss of water and salt, usually through excessive sweating

Question 18

Heat stroke is when

Answer 18

the body can no longer control its temperature

Question 19

hyperglycemia is

Answer 19

high blood sugar

Question 20

Dislocation is

Answer 20

separation of bone from joint

Question 21

Shock is a result of

Answer 21

inadequate blood circulation in the body

Question 22

What’s a sprain

Answer 22

Damage to ligament

Question 23

what’s a strain

Answer 23

damage to muscle

Question 24

Stroke is a

Answer 24

disruption of blood to the brain

Question 25

Normal adult body temperature is which of the following?
97.8 98.6

Answer 25

89.6

Question 26

Patient care ABC’s

Answer 26

Airway, breathing, circulation

Question 27

Acronym for patient assessment

Answer 27

CUPS