EMT chapter 5 Test Questions with Answers Graded A
1. When talking to a patient or family members, what Speak in lay terms about
does the EMT need to remember to do? the patient's condition.
2. Which of the following is a best practice for an EMT? Resist the urge to use
complex medical termi-
nology when a simple
term will do.
3. If your patient is lying face up on his or her back, the supine
patient is said to be in what position
4. A patient would see a cardiologist for a problem with heart.
the:
5. The study of the body's structures is referred to as: anatomy.
6. Imaginary straight-line divisions of the body are called: anatomical planes.
7. Which of the following is TRUE about medical terminol- EMTs are expected to
ogy? know basic medical termi-
nology.
8. Study of the function of the living body and its parts, physiology.
or how the body works, is called:
9. Which of the following is considered a high-risk situa- During a patient hand-ott
tion in which the EMT should be cautious about the use report
of abbreviations and acronyms?
10. An EMT uses the abbreviation CPAP when speaking to this is an abbreviation an-
another EMT. This is an appropriate use of an abbrevi- other EMT is likely to be
ation because: familiar with.
11. specialist.
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, EMT chapter 5 Test Questions with Answers Graded A
If you meet someone who is a cardiologist, you know
from "-ist" that this person is a:
12. What is the MOST important reason EMTs should have it allows clear communica-
a good grasp of the proper use of medical terminolo- tion with other health care
gy? providers
13. You and your EMT partner are responding to a medical A word ending in "-ple-
aid call in the rural West County area. The dispatcher gia" would involve paraly-
advises that the caller is reporting the patient's con- sis, whereas a word end-
dition as a word you can't completely here, and the ing in "-algia" would in-
part you do hear, the end of the word, could either volve pain.
be "plegia" or "algia." What would be the difference
between one and the other?
14. When discussing left and right in terms of anatomic Left and right from the pa-
locations, what do they refer to? tient's perspective.
15. Which of the following BEST describes the anatomic Standing, facing forward,
position? with arms at the side,
palms forward
16. The term lateral is BEST defined as: to the side.
17. A patient with quadriplegia would have paralysis of Four
how many limbs?
18. A postal worker has been attacked by a dog during her The bite is located on the
mail delivery route. The patient is a 54-year-old female posterior aspect of the calf
with several dog bites on her lower extremities and left distal to the knee.
arm. The worst of these bites is located on the back of
her right leg just above the ankle. How can you explain
the location of this injury using anatomical landmarks?
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1. When talking to a patient or family members, what Speak in lay terms about
does the EMT need to remember to do? the patient's condition.
2. Which of the following is a best practice for an EMT? Resist the urge to use
complex medical termi-
nology when a simple
term will do.
3. If your patient is lying face up on his or her back, the supine
patient is said to be in what position
4. A patient would see a cardiologist for a problem with heart.
the:
5. The study of the body's structures is referred to as: anatomy.
6. Imaginary straight-line divisions of the body are called: anatomical planes.
7. Which of the following is TRUE about medical terminol- EMTs are expected to
ogy? know basic medical termi-
nology.
8. Study of the function of the living body and its parts, physiology.
or how the body works, is called:
9. Which of the following is considered a high-risk situa- During a patient hand-ott
tion in which the EMT should be cautious about the use report
of abbreviations and acronyms?
10. An EMT uses the abbreviation CPAP when speaking to this is an abbreviation an-
another EMT. This is an appropriate use of an abbrevi- other EMT is likely to be
ation because: familiar with.
11. specialist.
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, EMT chapter 5 Test Questions with Answers Graded A
If you meet someone who is a cardiologist, you know
from "-ist" that this person is a:
12. What is the MOST important reason EMTs should have it allows clear communica-
a good grasp of the proper use of medical terminolo- tion with other health care
gy? providers
13. You and your EMT partner are responding to a medical A word ending in "-ple-
aid call in the rural West County area. The dispatcher gia" would involve paraly-
advises that the caller is reporting the patient's con- sis, whereas a word end-
dition as a word you can't completely here, and the ing in "-algia" would in-
part you do hear, the end of the word, could either volve pain.
be "plegia" or "algia." What would be the difference
between one and the other?
14. When discussing left and right in terms of anatomic Left and right from the pa-
locations, what do they refer to? tient's perspective.
15. Which of the following BEST describes the anatomic Standing, facing forward,
position? with arms at the side,
palms forward
16. The term lateral is BEST defined as: to the side.
17. A patient with quadriplegia would have paralysis of Four
how many limbs?
18. A postal worker has been attacked by a dog during her The bite is located on the
mail delivery route. The patient is a 54-year-old female posterior aspect of the calf
with several dog bites on her lower extremities and left distal to the knee.
arm. The worst of these bites is located on the back of
her right leg just above the ankle. How can you explain
the location of this injury using anatomical landmarks?
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