WSCC EMT CLASS SEVIERVILLE EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 1. Describe what is needed for good eye protection. Are prescription eye glasses adequate?

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1 1. Describe what is needed for good eye protection. Are prescription eye glasses adequate? 2. What kind of report must be given to officially transfer patient care at the hospital? 3. What is subcutaneous emphysema? 4. What do you typically evaluate when assessing a patient s abdomen? 5. Define and describe perfusion. 6. Be able to describe what carbon dioxide and the Ph do in the cerebral spinal fluid during the normal stimulus to breath. 7. What effects cardiac output? 8. What is the normal respiratory rate for adults? 9. Describe how you insert a nasopharyngeal airway. 10. What condition does the patient have to be in to refuse care and transport? 11. How should you deal with patients that are frightened, demanding, or unpleasant? 12. How long should you assess a irregular pulse for? 13. Describe what occurs when your patient is breathing very rapidly and shallowly.

2 14. What is the oxygen concentration for a nasal cannula at 6 lpm? 15. What level of training is required to perform cardiac monitoring and other advanced treatment functions? 16. What happens if you use a blood pressure cuff that is not the right size? 17. Define negligence 18. Be able to describe what a symptom is. 19. What anatomic term is synonymous with the term dorsal? 20. What is the goal for the primary assessment? 21. Define what the different letters of SAMPLE are? 22. What is the difference between respiration and ventilation 23. Describe what anaerobic metabolism is. 24. How do you confirm online orders from medical control 25. How can you calm and reassure an anxious patient? 26. Describe when the golden period (golden hour) begins and ends.

3 27. What structures are found in the upper airway? 28. Describe physiologic manifestations of stress. 29. Describe the correlation between the EMS medical director and an EMT s scope of practice. 30. As we become older what happens to the cardiovascular system in relation to compensating for shock? 31. What is it important to assess the mechanism of injury? 32. Define metabolism and how it works in cells. 33. A positive TB skin test indicates that? 34. What personal protection equipment should be worn at a car crash? 35. Which medication route is the most rapidly acting administration route? 36. What conditions define a patent airway? 37. What is hypoglycemia? 38. How can you minimize the risk of gastric distention when ventilating an apneic patient with a BVM?

4 39. Describe how you suction the orpharynx. WSCC EMT CLASS SEVIERVILLE 40. Describe the exhalation process. 41. In the eyes of the court, what does sloppy and incomplete paperwork indicate? 42. Describe paradoxical movement. 43. What happens to the heart rate when the parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated? 44. When communicating over the radio, what words should be used instead of yes and no? 45. Describe where the medicine is delivered using a subcutaneous injection. 46. In deeply pigmented skin where should you assess for color change? 47. BVM can delivery up to what percentage of oxygen? 48. Why are Prehospital emergency care guidelines updated on a regular basis? 49. What happens to the renal system as the patients becomes older? 50. Describe how you properly maintain an open airway on an infant or small child. 51. What is the purpose of continuing education?

5 52. What is another name for skeletal muscle? 53. What is the purpose of the pin-indexing system on the oxygen tank? 54. Describe how you should ventilate someone with a stoma? 55. What are the waste products of aerobic metabolism? 56. What would you do when faced with someone in cardiac arrest who does not have their DNR with them? 57. With age what happens to the blood vessels? 58. What happens when the body cells try to make energy without oxygen? 59. A medication with antagonistic properties is one that? 60. What are the different types of consent? 61. Define implied consent. 62. Describe the different levels of the AVPU assessment scale. 63. The risk of bleeding in the skull, which increases with age is most directly related to the brain doing what?

6 64. Describe the normal gas exchange in the lungs? 65. Describe the proper way to apply a nonrebreathing mask on a patient. 66. What is the most common cause of a airway obstruction in an unconscious patient? 67. Advil, Nuprin, and Motrin are brand names for what generic medication? 68. Define what cyanosis is and what causes it. 69. What are some noticeable characteristics of a 9-month old? 70. Define what atherosclerosis is? 71. Define Bradycardia. 72. Define Tachycardia. 73. What are some of the dispatcher s responsibilities during the call taking and dispatching phase? 74. Describe what the hypoxic drive is? 75. What muscular dome separates the thorax from the abdomen?

7 76. After assisting a patient take their nitroglycerin they have a sudden drop in blood pressure, how should you position them? 77. As an EMT your performance would be compared to that of another? 78. Where is the liver located? 79. What would be considered a late sign of hypoxia? 80. A loss of vascular tone may do what do the patients blood pressure? 81. What is a pulse oximeter used for? 82. How many feet does the CDC recommend from staying from a coughing patient with no mask? 83. What structures are found on the midline? 84. In what structures can you find smooth muscle? 85. What does nitroglycerin do to the coronary arteries? 86. Describe distal? 87. Describe Proximal? 88. Describe Medial?

8 89. The most serious thing the patient is concerned about is called the? 90. How many vertebrae are in the cervical spine? 91. How many vertebrae are in the thoracic spine? 92. How many vertebrae are in the lumbar spine? 93. The partial pressure of oxygen in the alveoli is mg Hg, while the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the alveoli is mm Hg 94. What is minute volume and how is it determined? 95. Intrapulmonary shunting occurs when? 96. What is the average and maximum life expectancy? 97. What is the dosage for nitroglycerin?