EMT Emergency
Care.
14th Edition
Chapter 1 –10
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A physical, emotional, behavioral, or cognitive condition that interferes with a
person’s ability to carry out everyday tasks, such as working or caring for oneself -
- Correct Answer -- Disability
The transfer of heat from one material to another through direct contact --
Correct Answer -- Conduction
A battery powered mechanical pump implanted in the body to assist a failing left
ventricle and pumping blood to the body -- Correct Answer -- Left ventricle assist
device
LVAD
A condition that occurs as a result of high blood sugar, characterized by
dehydration, altered mental status, and shock -- Correct Answer -- Diabetic
ketoacidosis
Pain is felt in a location other than where the pain originated -- Correct Answer --
Referred pain
Sharp pain that feels as if the body tissues are being torn apart -- Correct Answer
-- Tearing pain
Device implanted in set the skin of the chest to detect any life-threatening
dysrhythmias and deliver a shock -- Correct Answer -- Automatic implanted
cardiac
,defibrillator
AICD
A localized, intense pain that arises from the parietal peritoneum, the lining of the
abdominal cavity -- Correct Answer -- parietal pain
Red, itchy, possibly raise blotches on the skin that often result from allergic
reactions -- Correct Answer -- Hives
A device implanted under the skin with wires implanted into the heart to modify
the heart rate as needed -- Correct Answer -- Pacemaker
Packaging or producing a material, such as a chemical, biological, or radiological
agent, so it can be used as a weapon -- Correct Answer -- Weaponization
A severe or life-threatening allergic reaction in which the blood vessels dilate,
causing a drop in blood pressure, and the tissue lining the respiratory system swell,
interfering with the airway -- Correct Answer -- Anaphylaxis
Advice that breeze for a patient -- Correct Answer -- Ventilator
A surgically created opening in to the body, as with a tracheotomy, colostopy, or
ileostomy -- Correct Answer -- Stoma
Something that causes an allergic reaction -- Correct Answer -- Allergen
A substance that will neutralize the poison or its effects -- Correct Answer --
Antidote
Mind-affecting or mind-altering drugs that act on the central nervous system
produce excitement and distortion of perceptions -- Correct Answer --
Hallucinogens
, Surgical opening in the neck into the trachea -- Correct Answer -- Tracheotomy
Thinning down or weakening by mixing with something else -- Correct Answer --
Dilution
A substance that absorbs many poisons and prevents them from being absorbed by
the body -- Correct Answer -- Activated charcoal
A seizure that affects both sides of the brain -- Correct Answer -- Generalized
seizure
I device worn by a pt that blows aloxygen or air and a constant low pressure thru a
tube and mask to keep airway passages from collapsing at the end of a breath --
Correct Answer -- Continuous positive airway pressure
CPAP
Any substance that can be harmful to the body by altering cell structure and
functions -- Correct Answer -- Poison
Weapons, devices, or agents intended to cause widespread harm and/or fear
among the population -- Correct Answer -- Weapons of mass destruction
WMD
The area posterior to the peritoneum, between the peritoneum in the back --
Correct Answer -- Retroperitoneal space
The membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the organs with it --
Correct Answer -- Peritoneum
A hormone produced by the body. A medication, it constricts blood vessels and
dilated respiratory passages and is used to relieve severe allergic reaction's --
Correct Answer -- Epinephrine
Care.
14th Edition
Chapter 1 –10
Test Bank With
1500+ questions
and Answers
, Emergency Care 14th edition Pre & Post
Test.
A physical, emotional, behavioral, or cognitive condition that interferes with a
person’s ability to carry out everyday tasks, such as working or caring for oneself -
- Correct Answer -- Disability
The transfer of heat from one material to another through direct contact --
Correct Answer -- Conduction
A battery powered mechanical pump implanted in the body to assist a failing left
ventricle and pumping blood to the body -- Correct Answer -- Left ventricle assist
device
LVAD
A condition that occurs as a result of high blood sugar, characterized by
dehydration, altered mental status, and shock -- Correct Answer -- Diabetic
ketoacidosis
Pain is felt in a location other than where the pain originated -- Correct Answer --
Referred pain
Sharp pain that feels as if the body tissues are being torn apart -- Correct Answer
-- Tearing pain
Device implanted in set the skin of the chest to detect any life-threatening
dysrhythmias and deliver a shock -- Correct Answer -- Automatic implanted
cardiac
,defibrillator
AICD
A localized, intense pain that arises from the parietal peritoneum, the lining of the
abdominal cavity -- Correct Answer -- parietal pain
Red, itchy, possibly raise blotches on the skin that often result from allergic
reactions -- Correct Answer -- Hives
A device implanted under the skin with wires implanted into the heart to modify
the heart rate as needed -- Correct Answer -- Pacemaker
Packaging or producing a material, such as a chemical, biological, or radiological
agent, so it can be used as a weapon -- Correct Answer -- Weaponization
A severe or life-threatening allergic reaction in which the blood vessels dilate,
causing a drop in blood pressure, and the tissue lining the respiratory system swell,
interfering with the airway -- Correct Answer -- Anaphylaxis
Advice that breeze for a patient -- Correct Answer -- Ventilator
A surgically created opening in to the body, as with a tracheotomy, colostopy, or
ileostomy -- Correct Answer -- Stoma
Something that causes an allergic reaction -- Correct Answer -- Allergen
A substance that will neutralize the poison or its effects -- Correct Answer --
Antidote
Mind-affecting or mind-altering drugs that act on the central nervous system
produce excitement and distortion of perceptions -- Correct Answer --
Hallucinogens
, Surgical opening in the neck into the trachea -- Correct Answer -- Tracheotomy
Thinning down or weakening by mixing with something else -- Correct Answer --
Dilution
A substance that absorbs many poisons and prevents them from being absorbed by
the body -- Correct Answer -- Activated charcoal
A seizure that affects both sides of the brain -- Correct Answer -- Generalized
seizure
I device worn by a pt that blows aloxygen or air and a constant low pressure thru a
tube and mask to keep airway passages from collapsing at the end of a breath --
Correct Answer -- Continuous positive airway pressure
CPAP
Any substance that can be harmful to the body by altering cell structure and
functions -- Correct Answer -- Poison
Weapons, devices, or agents intended to cause widespread harm and/or fear
among the population -- Correct Answer -- Weapons of mass destruction
WMD
The area posterior to the peritoneum, between the peritoneum in the back --
Correct Answer -- Retroperitoneal space
The membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the organs with it --
Correct Answer -- Peritoneum
A hormone produced by the body. A medication, it constricts blood vessels and
dilated respiratory passages and is used to relieve severe allergic reaction's --
Correct Answer -- Epinephrine
