Final Review

Question 1

Cumulative Stress Reaction

Answer 1

A stress reaction that is a result of constant exposure to stressful situations that build over time. This is a common cause of burnout.

Question 2

Squat Lift

Answer 2

The squat lift is an alternative technique you can use if you have on weak leg. To accomplish the lift you place your weaker leg slightly forward and push yourself up with your stronger leg.

Question 3

Power Lift

Answer 3

The power lift is a technique that offers you the best defense agains injury and protects the patient with a safe and stable move. Lift with both legs equally and placed at shoulder width apart.

Question 4

Downtime

Answer 4

Is from the time the patient goes into cardiac arrest until CPR is effectively being performed.

Question 5

Total Downtime

Answer 5

The total time from when a patient went into cardiac arrest until you delivered the patient to the emergency department.

Question 6

What are the s/s of tuberculosis? And what is the correct PPE used for a suspected tuberculosis patient?

Answer 6

Fever, cough, bloody sputum, night sweats, & weight loss.

The EMT should wear an N95 and the patient should wear a surgical mask.

Question 7

Know anatomical terms and definitions.

Superior 
Inferior
Anterior
Posterior
Proximal
Distal
Superficial
Deep

Answer 7

Superior- closer to the top

Inferior- closer to the bottom

Anterior- closer to the front

Posterior- closer to the back

Proximal- closer to where the extremity attaches to the body

Distal- Further from where the extremity attaches to the body

Superficial- closer to the surface

Deep- further from the surface.

Question 8

Pertinent negative

Answer 8

Signs and symptoms that are expected, base on chief complaint, but that the patient denies having. (Ex. Pt complains of chest pain, but denies SOB)

Question 9

Pneumonia: Definition and S/S

Answer 9

A lower respiratory tract infection.

Fever, cough, sputum, dyspnea, tachypnea, tachycardia, chest pain, weakness, & crackles/wheezing/rhonchi.

Question 10

Good Samaritan Law

Answer 10

Protects a person who is not being paid for their services from liability for acts performed in good faith unless those acts constitute gross negligence

Question 11

Nuchal Cord

Answer 11

An umbilical cord that is wrapped around an infant’s neck during delivery. It should be slipped over the baby’s head or shoulders or clamped and cut to avoid strangulation of the infant.

Question 12

Venous bleeding

Answer 12

Dark red and steady flow

Question 13

Critical Fractures

Answer 13

Femur = can lose 1.5 L of blood

Pelvis= can lose 2 L of blood

Question 14

What are the four things necessary to prove negligence in court?

Answer 14

Duty to act
Breach of duty to act
Damages
Proximate Cause

Question 15

5 obvious signs of death

Answer 15

Valid DNR
Rigor Mortis
Dependent Lividity
Decapitation
Decomposition

Question 16

Automaticity

Answer 16

A characteristic of cardiac muscle cells that allows them to conduct their own electrical impulses.

Question 17

Enhanced 911

Answer 17

Provides dispatch with the caller’s callback number and automatic location identification

Question 18

Differences in Pediatric Airway

Answer 18

• Head is larger
• Tongue is larger
• Mouth is smaller
• Trachea is narrower and more flexible
• Cricoid cartilage is narrowest part
• Trachea is easily kinked
• Epiglottis is U-shaped and protrudes further in to pharynx

Question 19

NFPA 704 System

Answer 19

A placard system for hazardous materials used at fixed storage facilities identifying the hazards of that chemical.

Blue= health hazard
Red= flammability hazard
Yellow= instability hazard
White= special characteristics.

Question 20

Para Gravida

Answer 20

Para= How many times the mother has given birth
Gravida= How many times a mother has been pregnant

Question 21

Repeater

Answer 21

A communication device that receives transmissions from a relatively low-powered source and rebroadcasts it at another frequency and a higher power.

Question 22

Ventilation Complications

Dentures
Stoma
Tracheostomy tube

Answer 22

Dentures- if the are secure leave them in place, if they are loose remove them.

Stoma- Ventilate over the stoma with a pediatric/infant mask

Tracheostomy tube- attaches directly to BVM with mask removed

Question 23

4 Types of Shock

Answer 23

Hypovolemic
Distributive
Cardiogenic
Obstructive

Question 24

Routes of exposure

Answer 24

Ingestion
Injection
Inhalation
Absorption

Question 25

Online Medical Direction

Answer 25

Direct orders from a physician to a prehospital care provider given by radio or telephone.

Question 26

Offline Medical Direction

Answer 26

Medical policies, procedures, and practices that medical direction has established in written guidelines

Question 27

Respiratory Arrest

Answer 27

complete stoppage of breathing; also called apnea

Question 28

Respiratory failure

Answer 28

Insufficient respiratory rate and/or tidal volume

Question 29

Respiratory Distress

Answer 29

Increased respiratory effort resulting from impaired respiratory function while tidal volume and respiratory rate are still adequate.

Question 30

Hypovolemic Shock

Answer 30

Shock caused by the loss of blood or fluid from the intravascular space resulting in a low blood volume.

Question 31

Obstructive Shock

Answer 31

A poor perfusion state resulting from a condition that obstructs forward blood flow.

Question 32

Cardiogenic Shock

Answer 32

Poor perfusion resulting from an ineffective pump function of the heart, typically the left ventricle.

Question 33

Distributive Shock

Answer 33

Shock associated with decrease in intravascular volume caused by massive systemic vasodilation and an increase in the capillary permeability.