FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EMT VOCABULARY

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EMT VOCABULARY

EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: epilepsy

Answer:

a medical condition that causes seizures; with proper medication, many epileptic patients will no longer have siezures

Question 2: hematoma

Answer:

a swelling caused by the collection of blood under the skin or in damaged tissues as a result of an injury or broken blood vessel; in a head injury, a collection of blood within the skull or brain

Question 3: scapula

Answer:

the shoulder blade

Question 4: Compensated shock

Answer:

When the patien is developing shock but the body is still able to maintaine perfusion

Question 5: Calcaneus

Answer:

the heel bone

Question 6: hypoperfusion

Answer:

inability of the body to adequately circulate blood to the body's cells to supply them with oxygen and ntrients

Question 7: colostomy

Answer:

A surgical opening in the wall of the abdomen with a bag in place to collect excretions from the digestive system

Question 8: ulna

Answer:

the medial bone of the forarm

Question 9: Kussmaul's sign

Answer:

Jugular vein distention during inspiration

Question 10: dissemination

Answer:

spreading

Question 11: sclerae

Answer:

whites of the eye

Question 12: eclampsia

Answer:

a svere complication of pregnancy that produces seizures and coma

Question 13: Osteomyelitis

Answer:

an infection of the bone

Question 14: prone

Answer:

lying face down

Question 15: pulse quality

Answer:

the rhythm (regular or irregular) and force (strong or weak) of the pulse

Question 16: femoral artery

Answer:

the mahor artey supplying the thigh

Question 17: Turgor

Answer:

Refers to the normal elastic recoil that occurs when the skin is pinched

Question 18: cholecystitis

Answer:

inflammation of the gallbladder

Question 19: nare

Answer:

nostril

Question 20: DCAP-BTLS

Answer:

deformities, contusions, abrasions, puncture, burns, tenderness, lacerations, swelling

Question 21: stomach

Answer:

muscular sac betweenthe esophagus and the small intestine where degestion of good begins

Question 22: cricoid pressure

Answer:

application of pressure on the cricoid cartilage to prevent gastric insufflation, regurgitation, and aspiration and to aid in visualization of the vocal cords; also known as the sellick maneuver

Question 23: uterus

Answer:

the muscular abdominal organ where the fetus develops; the womb

Question 24: platelets

Answer:

components of the blood; membrane/enclosed fragments of specialized cells

Question 25: local cooling

Answer:

cooling or freezing of particular parts of the body

Question 26: diabetes mellitus

Answer:

also called sugar diabetes; the condition brought about by decreased insulin production or the inabillity of the body cells to use insulin properly

Question 27: acetylcholine

Answer:

chemical, released when a nerve inpulse reaches the motor endplate, that binds to receptors on the muscle cells, creating electrical and chemical changes that result in muscle contraction

Question 28: parenteral routes

Answer:

routes of nedication other than by the digestive tract, including intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intraosseous, transdermal, tracheal, and inhalation