Test 1 Review

Question 1

Medical Director

Answer 1

A physician that provides a medical oversight that includes overseeing a patient care and delegating appropriate medical practices to EMTs and other EMS personnel.

Question 2

Medical Direction

Answer 2

Prehospital Directions that the medical director provide to EMTs

Question 3

On-line medical direction

Answer 3

Takes place when the EMS provider and physician communicate by cell phone, telephone, radio, or video technology regarding the patient’s emergency care.

Question 4

Off-line medical direction

Answer 4

Is a predetermined, written guidelines, often referred to as standing orders, that allows EMTs to use their judgement to administer Emergency Care without contacting a physician.

Question 5

Protocols

Answer 5

Guidelines that define the entire scope of medical care in which EMS personnel function( triage, treatment, transport, destination).

Question 6

Tort

Answer 6

A wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to a civil legal liability.

Question 7

HIPAA

Answer 7

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance

Question 8

Informed consent

Answer 8

permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.

Question 9

Slander

Answer 9

the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.

Question 10

Apnea

Answer 10

Not breathing

Question 11

Pnea

Answer 11

combining form meaning “breath, respiration,” used in the formation of compound words that denote a kind of breathing or condition of the respiratory system, as specified by the initial

Question 12

Brady

Answer 12

Slow, delayed, or tardy

Question 13

Tachy

Answer 13

Swift or accelerated

Question 14

Tachypnea

Answer 14

Excessively rapid respiration

Question 15

Bradypnea

Answer 15

Abnormal slowness of respiration

Question 16

Bradycardia

Answer 16

slow heartbeat rate, usually less than 60 beats per minute.

Question 17

Tachycardia

Answer 17

excessively rapid heartbeat.

Question 18

Hypoxia

Answer 18

Insufficient levels of oxygen in blood or tissue.

Question 19

Hypoxemia

Answer 19

Insufficient oxygenation of arterial blood.

Question 20

Hypoperfusion

Answer 20

decreased blood flow through an organ.

Question 21

Nasal flaring

Answer 21

It can indicate respiratory distress

Question 22

Retraction

Answer 22

when the area between the ribs and in the neck sinks in when a person with asthma attempts to inhale. Retractions are a sign someone is working hard to breathe.

Question 23

Accessory muscle use

Answer 23

Additional ‘accessory muscles of respiration’ are typically only used under conditions of high metabolic demand (e.g. exercise) or respiratory dysfunction (e.g. an asthma attack).

Question 24

Hemoglobin

Answer 24

a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates.

Question 25

Gurgling

Answer 25

an abnormal coarse sound heard during auscultation, especially over large cavities or a trachea nearly filled with secretions.

Question 26

Crowing/strider

Answer 26

is a high-pitched breath sound resulting from turbulent air flow in the larynx or lower in the bronchial tree. Stridor is a physical sign which is caused by a narrowed or obstructed airway.

Question 27

Flexion

Answer 27

the action of bending or the condition of being bent toward the body, especially the bending of a limb or joint.

Question 28

Extension

Answer 28

Straightening away from the body.

Question 29

Cyonosis

Answer 29

Bluish or grayish color of the skin, nails, lips, or around the eyes.

Question 30

Jaundice

Answer 30

unnaturally yellow in complexion.

Question 31

Mottled

Answer 31

mark with spots or smears of color.

Question 32

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 32

the part of the nervous system responsible for control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes.

Question 33

Respiratory rates for infant, pets, adult

Answer 33

• Infants: 30-60
• Toddlers age 1-3: 25-40
• preschoolers age 4-5: 22-35
• kids age 6-12: 20-30
• age 13-18: 12-16
• adults: 12-20

Question 34

Pulse rates

Answer 34

• infants 1-11 months: 80-160
• toddlers 1yrs to puberty: 80-130
• adults: 60-100

Question 35

Systemic vascular resistance

Answer 35

resistance to blood flow offered by all of the systemic vasculature, excluding the pulmonary vasculature. This is sometimes referred as total peripheral resistance (TPR).

Question 36

Preload

Answer 36

is the end diastolic volume that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest dimensions under variable physiologic demand.

Question 37

Afterload

Answer 37

also known as the systemic vascular resistance (SVR), is the amount of resistance the heart must overcome to open the aortic valve and push the blood volume out into the systemic circulation.

Question 38

Ausculated

Answer 38

Auscultation is listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope.