Emt Final 200 Questions And Answers

who may not understand the stress put on you as an emt? - Answer- friends and family in many states a minor may be considered as an adult for the purpose of consenting or refusing if the minor is - Answer- emancipated : lives by themselves and self- supported when do we palate a patient's pelvis - Answer- MOI suggests it what does the spinal cord pass through at the base of the cranium - Answer- forena magnum what fills the entire posterior / anterior of the right upper quadrant - Answer- the liver if you are doing a secondary assessment on a conscious patient with no traumatic abdominal pain and stable vital signs. what do you focus on - Answer- chief complaint who regulates the standards for pre hospital emergency care - Answer- the state office of ems why do incidents of diabetes increase with age - Answer- decreased activity, weight gain, decreased insulin how would you say a person's body is laying if they're on their back/stomach - Answer- supine/prone what happens in neurogenic shock - Answer- widespread vasodilation, body doesn't compensate why can a child's airway be occluded if you over extend or overflow the head - Answer- the occipital is proportionally larger than the trachea and flexible what does hemoglobin attach to - Answer- red blood cells which carry oxygen how long do you hold the tip of an Epi auto injector in place - Answer- 10 sec you have someone with lower back pain with tearing sensation. what are they experiencing - Answer- aortic aneurysm what are the two functions of the liver - Answer- secretion of bile and filters waste What is the atlas? - Answer- 1st cervical vertebrae which articulates with the skull what is distnia - Answer- difficulty breathing head trauma