EMT Comprehensive Exam Study Guide Latest Update
Contrast EMT Certificate and Licensure - ANSWER-- Certificate = an exam ensuring all health care providers have the same basic level of knowledge and skill.
- Licensure = the process by which states ensure applicant competency in an examination set...
Contrast EMT Certificate and Licensure - ✔✔✔ANSWER-- Certificate = an exam
ensuring all health care providers have the same basic level of knowledge and skill.
- Licensure = the process by which states ensure applicant competency in an
examination setting.
Define Scope of Practice - ✔✔✔ANSWER-- Outlines the care and EMT is legally
able to provide to the patient.
- Set by the State normally.
What are the Roles of the Medical Director - ✔✔✔ANSWER-- A physician who
authorizes the EMTs in the service to provide medical care in the field.
What is the Purpose of Continuous Quality Improvement - ✔✔✔ANSWER-- To
identify areas of improvement and remove human error.
- May add training or develop some other educational activity to better the EMS.
,What should you do following a needle exposure and what are ways to prevent the
spread of infectious disease: - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Clean the location, complete an
exposure report, and let your supervisor or infection control officer know.
- PPE and cleaning!
Define Cumulative Stress and how does your body respond? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Occurs when exposed to prolonged or excessive stress.
- Can cause fatigue, irritability, isolation, inability to concentrate, etc...
Define PTSD - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Re-experiencing an event and over responding to
stimuli that are similar to the previous event.
Contrast Implied Consent and Expressed Consent - ✔✔✔ANSWER-- Implied = if
patient is unable to make a rational decision, it is assumed.
- Expressed = if patient is able to make a rational decision they must give consent.
What is the Standard of Care and how is it established? - ✔✔✔ANSWER--
Accepted levels of emergency care expected by reason of training and profession.
- By local customs, protocols, literature, and administrative regulations.
What should you do if you make a mistake while providing patient care? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-- Document it!!
Contrast a Mobile Base Station with a Hand-held Portable Radio -
✔✔✔ANSWER-- Base Station = transmitter and receiver in a fixed location.
- Portable Radio = carried with EMT/Paramedic
,Planes of the Body [3] - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.) Frontal/Coronal = front/back
2.) Transverse/Axial = top/bottom
3.) Saggital = left/right
Types of Muscle [3 and Differences] - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.) Skeletal = voluntary,
striated
2.) Cardiac = involuntary, striated
3.) Smooth = involuntary, not striated
Describe the purpose of the Epiglottis - ✔✔✔ANSWER-- Keep stomach
contents/food from going into the trachea.
Contrast Respiration vs. Ventilation - ✔✔✔ANSWER-- Ventilation = moving air
into and out of lungs.
- Respiration = transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide in alveoli/tissues.
Structures of the Upper Respiratory System [7] - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.) Nose
2.) Mouth
3.) Tongue
4.) Mandible
5.) Pharynx
6.) Larynx
7.) Epiglottis
Structures of the Lower Respiratory System [6] - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.) Trachea
2.) Thyroid Cartilage [Adam's Apple]
, 3.) Cricoid Cartilage = maintains airway structure [bend head = airway doesn't
pinch]
4.) Bronchi [Right (more open) and Left]
- Divides at Carina
5.) Bronchioles
6.) Alveoli
Blood Flow through the Heart [Oxygenated vs. Deoxygenated] - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Deoxygenated:
- Vena Cava = RA = Tricuspid Valve = RV = Pulmonary Valve = Pulmonary
Arteries = Lungs
Oxygenated:
- Lungs = Pulmonary Veins = LA = Mitral Valve = LV = Aortic Valve = Aorta
SV [and Normal Value] - ✔✔✔ANSWER-~60-80 mL
HR [and Normal Value] - ✔✔✔ANSWER-~60-100 bpm
CO [and Calculation/Normal Value] - ✔✔✔ANSWER-- CO = SV x HR
- Normal = ~5-6 L/min
Pacemaker of the Heart - ✔✔✔ANSWER-- Sinoatrial Node.
Common Central Pulses [5] - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.) Carotid
2.) Femoral
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