EMT AAOS – ALL Chapters
Exam || With All Correct
Answers (Graded A+)
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, EMT AAOS – ALL Chapters Exam ||
With All Correct Answers (Graded A+)
National EMS Scope of Practice Model - ANSWER - A document created by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills
performed by various EMS providers
paramedic - ANSWER - An individual who has extensive training in advanced life
support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac
monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills
primary prevention - ANSWER - Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever
occurring
primary service area (PSA) - ANSWER - The designated area in which the EMS
service is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and
transportation to the hospital
public health - ANSWER - Focused on examining the health needs of entire
populations with the goal of preventing health problems
public safety access point - ANSWER - A call center, staffed by trained personnel
who are responsible for managing requests for police, firefighting, and ambulance
services
quality control - ANSWER - The responsibility of the medical director to ensure that
the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call
secondary prevention - ANSWER - Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness
that you cannot completely prevent
12-lead ECG - ANSWER - An ECG that uses 12 leads attached to the patient's skin;
these include the limb leads and chest leads
4-lead ECG - ANSWER - An ECG that uses 4 leads attached to the patient's skin;
these include the limb leads
access port - ANSWER - A sealed hub on an administration set designed for sterile
access to the intravenous fluid
arrhythmia - ANSWER - An irregular or abnormal heart rhythm
advanced EMT (AEMT) - ANSWER - An individual who has training in specific
aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the
administration of certain emergency medications
advanced life support (ALS) - ANSWER - Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of
which are now being provided by the EMT
,Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) - ANSWER - Comprehensive legislation that
is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination
automated external defibrillator (AED) - ANSWER - A device that detects treatable
life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular
tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient
certification - ANSWER - A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide
safe and ethical care
continuous quality improvement (CQI) - ANSWER - A system of internal and external
reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system
emergency medical dispatch (EMD) - ANSWER - A system that assists dispatchers
in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and in
providing callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews
emergency medical responder (EMR) - ANSWER - The first trained individual, such
as a police officer, fire fighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an
emergency to provide initial medical assistance
emergency medical services (EMS) - ANSWER - A multidisciplinary system that
represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide
prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured
emergency medical technician (EMT) - ANSWER - An individual who has training in
basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive
airway adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - ANSWER - Federal
legislation passed in 1996, Its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients'
health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy
intravenous (IV) therapy - ANSWER - The delivery of medication directly into a vein
licensure - ANSWER - The process whereby a competent authority, usually the
state, allows individuals to perform a regulated act
medical control - ANSWER - Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or
cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as
authorized by the medical director of the service program
medical director - ANSWER - The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT
the authority to provide medical care in the field
asystole - ANSWER - The complete absence of any electrical cardiac activity,
appearing as a straight or almost straight line on an ECG strip
, cardiac monitoring - ANSWER - The act of viewing the electrical activity of the heart
through the use of an ECG machine or cardiac monitor
catheter - ANSWER - A flexible, hollow structure that drains or delivers fluids
catheter shear - ANSWER - The cutting of the catheter by the needle during
improper rethreading of the catheter with the needle; the severed piece can then
enter the circulatory system
chest leads - ANSWER - The leads that are used only with a 12-lead ECG and must
be placed exactly; includes leads V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, and V6
Combitube - ANSWER - A multilumen airway device that consists of a single tube
with two lumens, two balloons, and two ventilation ports; an alternative airway device
if endotracheal intubation is not possible or has failed
drip chamber - ANSWER - The area of the administration set where fluid
accumulates so that the tubing remains filled with fluid
drip sets - ANSWER - Another name for administration sets
Electrocardiogram (ECG) - ANSWER - an electronic tracing of the heart's electrical
activity through leads, which originate in the electrocardiograph machine and contain
electrodes that attach to the patient's chest and/or limbs
electrical conduction system - ANSWER - A network of special cells in the heart
through which an electrical current flows, causing contractions of the heart that
produce pumping of blood
end-tidal carbon dioxide detectors - ANSWER - Plastic, disposable indicators that
signal by color change when an endotracheal tube is in the proper place
endotracheal intubation - ANSWER - Insertion of an endotracheal tube directly
through the larynx between the vocal cords and into the trachea to maintain and
protect an airway
external jugular IV - ANSWER - IV access established in the external jugular vein of
the neck
extubation - ANSWER - Removal of a tube after it has been placed
gastric tube - ANSWER - An advanced airway adjunct that provides a channel
directly into a patient's stomach, allowing for removal of gas, blood, and toxins and
for instilling medications and nutrition
gauge - ANSWER - A measure of the interior diameter of the catheter, It is inversely
proportional to the true diameter of the catheter
infiltration - ANSWER - The escape of fluid into the surrounding tissue when the IV
catheter is not in the vein
