EMT: Comprehensive Exam Study Guide
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Contrast EMT Certificate and Licensure
- 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
- 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
- A physician who authorizes the EMTs in the service to provide medical care in
the field.
What is the Purpose of Continuous Quality Improvement
- 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:
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?
Occurs when exposed to prolonged or excessive stress.
- Can cause fatigue, irritability, isolation, inability to concentrate, etc...
Define PTSD
Re-experiencing an event and over responding to stimuli that are similar to the
previous event.
Contrast Implied Consent and Expressed Consent
- 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?
- 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?
- Document it!!
Contrast a Mobile Base Station with a Hand-held Portable Radio
- Base Station = transmitter and receiver in a fixed location.
- Portable Radio = carried with EMT/Paramedic
Planes of the Body [3]
1.) Frontal/Coronal = front/back
2.) Transverse/Axial = top/bottom
3.) Saggital = left/right
Types of Muscle [3 and Differences]
1.) Skeletal = voluntary, striated
2.) Cardiac = involuntary, striated
3.) Smooth = involuntary, not striated
Describe the purpose of the Epiglottis
- Keep stomach contents/food from going into the trachea.
Contrast Respiration vs. Ventilation
- 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]
1.) Nose
2.) Mouth
3.) Tongue
4.) Mandible
5.) Pharynx
6.) Larynx
7.) Epiglottis
Structures of the Lower Respiratory System [6]
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]
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]
~60-80 mL
HR [and Normal Value]
~60-100 bpm
CO [and Calculation/Normal Value]
- CO = SV x HR
- Normal = ~5-6 L/min
Pacemaker of the Heart
- Sinoatrial Node.
Common Central Pulses [5]
1.) Carotid
2.) Femoral
Function of the Spleen
- Filters blood and has immune system functions.
Function of Plasma
- Liquid portion of blood that carries blood cells and nutrients.
Function of Cerebrum [and 5 Parts]
- Higher thinking and functioning.
Function of Cerebellum
- Muscle coordination
- Output of somatic motor sensors.
Function of Brainstem [and 3 Parts]
- Autonomic Centers!
1.) Midbrain
2.) Pons
3.) Medulla Oblongata
Function of Medulla Oblongata [Show Less]