Motlow AEMT Midterm Review Part 1

What is a dynamic, circular system of continuous internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS call?

What defines the scope of practice within a local response area?

When does coverage for good samaritan laws not have effect.

When patients refuse treatment and refuses to sign a refusal, what should a provider do?

What is the department of homeland security system designed to enable federal, state, and loval governments, private sector and non gevernmental organizations effectively prepare for domestic incidents

A pertinent negative is...

What is the recovery position

The wrist is more proximal than the elbow

The sternum is medial

You are called to scene of a patient involved in a MVC. The patient is a 23 y/o F with a major laceration on her forehead. She is cool to the touch and screaming for help. As and AEMT, what is the first concern for the patient on scene?

A blowout fracture afffects the ________ bone and le fort fractures affects the ______ bone

Chronotropic effects impact

Inotropic effects impacts

Dromotropic effects impact

This condition can be a result of excessive food intake, insufficient insulin doses, infection, illness, injury or emotional stress and is defined as elevated levels of glucose in the blood

Which of the following bones would not generally be associated with facial traumas?

Formula for Cardiac output

Which of the following is the currect flow path of the electrical conductivity of the heart

Stimulation of the Sympathetic Nervous System includes

Stimulation of the Parasympathetic Nervous System includes

Hydrogen Ions are

Frank Starling's law is

Group of cells located in the pancreas that produce insulin and glucagon

Hypoxic Drive is determined by

The Diencephalon is made up of

Brainstem is comprised of

Occipital lope controls

The brain is composed of

The reticular activating system is located in the _______ and controls _______.

Movement of a solutes from an area of higher to lower concentration

Movement of a solvent from an area of lower concentration to higher concentration

The ability of cardiac cells to generate an impulse to contract even when there is no external nervous stimulus

The ability of the cardiac cells to conduct electrical impulses

A property of cardiac cells that provides the cells with the ability to respond to electrical impulses

What is V/Q mismatch?

The circulation of oxygenated blood within an organ or tissue in adequate amounts to meet cells' current needs

PH is low, hydrogen ion concentration is high, patient is hypoventilating

PH is high, hydrogen ion concentration is low, patient is hyperventilating

A patient presents with high fever, skin hot to the touch, and mottled skin. What type of shock is the patient experiencing?

A patient is currently experiencing blood pooling into their pericardium, causing difficulty for the heart to properly pump blood. What type of shock is this patient experiencing?

Which of the following is not a form of distributive shock

What is an increase to cellular size as a result of synthesis of more subcellular compnents

Which is a uncontrollable risk factory

Primary concern when dealing with pediatric airways

Neonate is

Toddler is

Trauma arrests, primary concern is

You are doing CPR on a patient, and you deliver a shock. What do you do next

First step in the BLS chain of survival

What is the third chain in the BLS chain of survival

A patient is breathing at 10 respirations per minute, shallow and labored. HR is 62. They are cool pale and diaphoretic. They have a history of HTN and left sided heart failure. What intervention should an AEMT immediately start?

Aniscoria is?

Patient presents as lethargic and has an altered mental status. What would an AEMT first suspect

A laceration is spurting bright red blood. What would you suspect?

What is flail chest?

Difference between respiratory distress and arrest?

A unresponsive patient has no pulse and isn't breathing. They have blood coming from the mouth. What should an AEMT do next.

The safety factory of an O2 tank is

A patient that has not been breathing for 5 minutes

A patient that has not been breathing for 2 minutes

What is a contraindication of CPAP

Ideally, a patient's SpO2 reads

These types of molecules attack cells and membranes in an attempt to gain back a missing electron

The maximum amount of time you can suction a infant is ___, a child is ___, and an adult is ___.

What is the tidal volume of the average adult?

Any portion of the airway that contains air, but does not participate in gas exchange is referred to as?

Which are all routes of medication administration?

These receptors deal with smooth muscle contraction

These receptors deal with heart contractility

These receptors deal with smooth muscle dilation

1 kg equals __ lbs

This solution has a lower concentration of sodium than cells

This solution has the same concentration of sodium as a cell

What is the key difference between aerobic metabolism and anaerobic metabolism?

Minimal systolic bp to perfuse vital organs is