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FREE PARAMEDIC/EMT AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EMR
UNIT 1 EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Bloodborne pathogens
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Germs that may be present in human blood or other body fluids that can cause disease in humans.
Question 2: Advanced emergency medical technician
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A person trained in emergency care, with the additional training to allow insertion of IVs, administration of medications, performance of advanced airway procedures, and setting up and assessing of electrocardiograms (ECGs or EKGs)
Question 3: Durable power of attorney for health care
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A legal document that expresses a patient's specific wishes regarding his or her health care
Question 4: Bloodborne
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Used to describe a substance carried in the blood (e.g., bloodborne pathogens are pathogens carried through the blood).
Question 5: Protocols
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Standardized procedures to be followed when providing care to injured or ill persons.
Question 6: Genitourinary system
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A group of organs and other structures that eliminates waste and enables reproduction.
Question 7: Immune system
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The body's complex group of body systems that is responsible for fighting disease.
Question 8: Pandemic influenza
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A respiratory illness caused by virulent human influenza A virus; spreads easily and sustainably and can cause global outbreaks of serious illness in humans.
Question 9: Engineering controls
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Control measures that eliminate, isolate or remove a hazard from the workplace; things used in the workplace to help reduce the risk of an exposure.
Question 10: Musculoskeletal system
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A group of tissues and other structures that supports the body, protects internal organs, allows movement, stores minerals, manufactures blood cells and creates heat.
Question 11: Nervous system
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A group of organs and other structures that regulates all body functions.
Question 12: Droplet transmission
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Mode of transmission of pathogens that occurs when a person inhales droplets from an infected person's cough or sneeze; also known as respiratory droplet transmission.
Question 13: Tuberculosis
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A bacterial infection that usually attacks the lungs.
Question 14: Refusal of care
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The declining of care by a competent patient; a patient has the right to refuse the care of anyone who responds to an emergency scene.
Question 15: Body system
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A group of organs and other structures that works together to carry out specific functions.
Question 16: Biohazard
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A biological agent that presents a hazard to the health or well-being of those exposed.
Question 17: Vector-borne transmission
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Transmission of a pathogen that occurs when an infectious source, such as an animal or insect bite or sting, penetrates the body's skin.
Question 18: Standing orders
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Protocols issued by the medical director allowing specific skills to be performed or specific medications to be administered in certain situations.
Question 19: Medical director
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A physician who assumes responsibility for the care of injured or ill persons provided in out-of-hospital settings.
Question 20: Ethics
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A branch of philosophy concerned with the set of moral principles a person holds about what is right and wrong.
Question 21: Advance directive
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A written instruction, signed by the patient and a physician, which documents a patient's wishes if the patient is unable to communicate his or her wishes.
Question 22: Pack-strap carry
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A type of carry in which the patient is supported upright, across the responder's back.
Question 23: Do no harm
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The principle that people who intervene to help others must do their best to ensure their actions will do no harm to the patient.
Question 24: Ankle drag
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A method of moving a patient by grasping the patient's ankles; also known as the foot drag.
Question 25: Physiology
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How living organisms function (e.g., movement and reproduction).
Question 26: Stair chair
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Equipment used for patient transport in a sitting position.
Question 27: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Federal agency whose role is to promote the safety and health of American workers by setting and enforcing standards
Question 28: Emergency medical responder
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A person trained in emergency medical care who may be called on to provide such care as a routine part of the job, paid or volunteer; often the first trained professional to respond to emergencies; formerly called "first responder."
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