NREMT - Everything you need to know.
1. Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical
Director.: Medical Direction
2. lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in dif-
ferent situations. Protocols are developed by the Medical Director of an EMS
system: Protocols
3. consists of standing orders issued by the medical director that allows EMTs
to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking
to the medical director or another physician.: Offline Direction
4. consists of orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT-B in
the field by radio or telephone.: Online Direction
5. A policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMT-Bs
and others to perform particular skills in certain situations.: Standing Orders
6. High Efficiency Particulate Air respirator; used for patients with suspected
TB; worn by the EMT provider to prevent airborne transmission: HEPA Mask
7. infectious inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV)
that is transmitted sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body
fluid: Hepatitis B
8. inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus, transmitted by
exposure to infected blood (rarely contracted sexually): Hepatitis C
9. Infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tubercu-
losis. Most commonly affects the respiratory system and causes inflammation
and calcification of the system.: Tuberculosis
10. short term ; fight or flight response ; effects disappear quickly after it is
over: Acute Stress
11. What we are allowed to do or trained to do: Scope of Practice
12. the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person should exercise under
the same or similar circumstances: Standard Care
13. an obligation to provide care to a patient: Duty to Act
14. a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble: Good
Samaritan
15. Permission that must be obtained from every conscious, mentally compe-
tent adult before emergency treatment may be provided: Expressed Consent
16. The consent it is presumed a patient or patient's parent or gaurdian would
give if they could, such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot
be contacted when care is needed.: Implied Consent
17. Must be given by legal guardian: Treatment of a Minor
18. Mentally incompetent person: Involuntary
19. a legal document prepared by a living, competent adult to provide guid-
ance to the health care team if the individual should become unable to make
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decisions regarding his or her medical care; may also be called a living will or
durable power of attorney for health care: Advanced Directive
20. Physicians orders for life sustaining treatment. May include order for DO
NOT RESUSCITATE: Polst
21. Prehospital care report: PCR
22. a move made when there is an immediate danger to the patient.: Emergency
Move
23. Move used if a scne factor causes a decline in patient's condition, or if the
treatment of a patient requires a move.: Urgent Move
24. No immediate threat to life, are carried out in such a way as to prevent
injury and to avoid discomfort and pain.: Non urgent move
25. Stretcher for obese patients: bariatric stretcher
26. this cot splits in tow or four sections, so it can be used where larger
stretchers cannot fit.: scoop stretcher
27. designed to surround and protect the patient, this stretcher is used to
move a patient from one level to another to over rough terrain.: basket stretcher
28. made of canvas or rubberized or other flexible material, often with wooden
slats sewn into pockets and three carrying handles on each side. can be useful
in restricted areas or narrow hallways: flexible stretcher
29. 1. coronal (vertical cut into front and back halves) 2. transverse (horizontal
cut into upper and lower) 3. sagittal (vertical cut into left and right halves): -
anatomical planes
30. a bed sitting position with the head of the bed raised to 45 degrees: fowler
position
31. the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees; or the head of the bed is raised
30 degrees and the knee portion is raised 15 degrees: semi fowler position
32. feet elevated 12 inches higher than head: shock position
33. Toward the Front: anterior
34. Toward the back: posterior
35. toward the head or above point of reference: superior
36. away from the head or below point of reference: inferior
37. Toward the back/spine: dorsal
38. Toward the front/ belly: ventral
39. Toward center of body: medial
40. Away from center of body: lateral
41. Both sides: bilateral
42. One side: unilateral
43. Same side: ipsilateral
44. opposite side: contralateral
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45. Near the point of reference: proximal
46. Far from point of reference: distal
47. the line through the center of the clavical: mid clavicular
48. line drawn veritcally from the middle of the armpit to the ankle: mid axillary
49. Sole of foot: plantar
50. Palm of hand: palmar
51. Describing where an abdominal organ or pain is located is made easier by
dividing the abdomen into four imaginary quadrants.
*Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
*Left upper quadrant (LUQ)
*Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
*Left lower quadrant (LLQ): quadrants of the abdomen
52. the 33 bones of the spinal column: vertebrae
53. Vertebrosternal = 'True ribs" -ribs 1-7 attach directly to the sternum through
their costal cartilage. Vertebrochondral = "False ribs" =ribs 8-10 costal car-
tilage articulate indirectly with the sternumb by joing the costal cartilages
of ribs above. Vertebral Ribs = "Floating ribs" ribs 11 and 12 no anterior
attachment.: Ribs
54. (Nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx)FUNCTION:*Conducts air to lower airway
*Protects lower airways *Warms, filters & humidifies air: upper airway
55. trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and aveoli (gasses travel through the struc-
ters to and from the blood): lower airway
56. the ring-shaped structure that forms the lower portion of the larynx: cricoid
cartilage
57. muscular partition that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal
cavity and aids in respiration by moving up and down: diaphragm
58. stimulates the diaphragm: phrenic nerve
59. swelling: edema
60. The supply of oxygen to and removal of wastes from the cells and tissues
of the body as a result of the flow of blood through the capillaries.: perfusion
61. Also known as shock (decreased blood flow through an organ, as in hypo-
volemic shock; if prolonged, it may result in permanent cellular dysfunction
and death.): hypo perfusion
62. large part of the brain that controls the senses and thinking: cerebrum
63. the "little brain" attached to the rear of the brainstem; its functions include
processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance: -
cerebellum
1. Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical
Director.: Medical Direction
2. lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in dif-
ferent situations. Protocols are developed by the Medical Director of an EMS
system: Protocols
3. consists of standing orders issued by the medical director that allows EMTs
to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking
to the medical director or another physician.: Offline Direction
4. consists of orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT-B in
the field by radio or telephone.: Online Direction
5. A policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMT-Bs
and others to perform particular skills in certain situations.: Standing Orders
6. High Efficiency Particulate Air respirator; used for patients with suspected
TB; worn by the EMT provider to prevent airborne transmission: HEPA Mask
7. infectious inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV)
that is transmitted sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body
fluid: Hepatitis B
8. inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus, transmitted by
exposure to infected blood (rarely contracted sexually): Hepatitis C
9. Infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tubercu-
losis. Most commonly affects the respiratory system and causes inflammation
and calcification of the system.: Tuberculosis
10. short term ; fight or flight response ; effects disappear quickly after it is
over: Acute Stress
11. What we are allowed to do or trained to do: Scope of Practice
12. the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person should exercise under
the same or similar circumstances: Standard Care
13. an obligation to provide care to a patient: Duty to Act
14. a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble: Good
Samaritan
15. Permission that must be obtained from every conscious, mentally compe-
tent adult before emergency treatment may be provided: Expressed Consent
16. The consent it is presumed a patient or patient's parent or gaurdian would
give if they could, such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot
be contacted when care is needed.: Implied Consent
17. Must be given by legal guardian: Treatment of a Minor
18. Mentally incompetent person: Involuntary
19. a legal document prepared by a living, competent adult to provide guid-
ance to the health care team if the individual should become unable to make
, NREMT - Everything you need to know.
decisions regarding his or her medical care; may also be called a living will or
durable power of attorney for health care: Advanced Directive
20. Physicians orders for life sustaining treatment. May include order for DO
NOT RESUSCITATE: Polst
21. Prehospital care report: PCR
22. a move made when there is an immediate danger to the patient.: Emergency
Move
23. Move used if a scne factor causes a decline in patient's condition, or if the
treatment of a patient requires a move.: Urgent Move
24. No immediate threat to life, are carried out in such a way as to prevent
injury and to avoid discomfort and pain.: Non urgent move
25. Stretcher for obese patients: bariatric stretcher
26. this cot splits in tow or four sections, so it can be used where larger
stretchers cannot fit.: scoop stretcher
27. designed to surround and protect the patient, this stretcher is used to
move a patient from one level to another to over rough terrain.: basket stretcher
28. made of canvas or rubberized or other flexible material, often with wooden
slats sewn into pockets and three carrying handles on each side. can be useful
in restricted areas or narrow hallways: flexible stretcher
29. 1. coronal (vertical cut into front and back halves) 2. transverse (horizontal
cut into upper and lower) 3. sagittal (vertical cut into left and right halves): -
anatomical planes
30. a bed sitting position with the head of the bed raised to 45 degrees: fowler
position
31. the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees; or the head of the bed is raised
30 degrees and the knee portion is raised 15 degrees: semi fowler position
32. feet elevated 12 inches higher than head: shock position
33. Toward the Front: anterior
34. Toward the back: posterior
35. toward the head or above point of reference: superior
36. away from the head or below point of reference: inferior
37. Toward the back/spine: dorsal
38. Toward the front/ belly: ventral
39. Toward center of body: medial
40. Away from center of body: lateral
41. Both sides: bilateral
42. One side: unilateral
43. Same side: ipsilateral
44. opposite side: contralateral
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45. Near the point of reference: proximal
46. Far from point of reference: distal
47. the line through the center of the clavical: mid clavicular
48. line drawn veritcally from the middle of the armpit to the ankle: mid axillary
49. Sole of foot: plantar
50. Palm of hand: palmar
51. Describing where an abdominal organ or pain is located is made easier by
dividing the abdomen into four imaginary quadrants.
*Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
*Left upper quadrant (LUQ)
*Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
*Left lower quadrant (LLQ): quadrants of the abdomen
52. the 33 bones of the spinal column: vertebrae
53. Vertebrosternal = 'True ribs" -ribs 1-7 attach directly to the sternum through
their costal cartilage. Vertebrochondral = "False ribs" =ribs 8-10 costal car-
tilage articulate indirectly with the sternumb by joing the costal cartilages
of ribs above. Vertebral Ribs = "Floating ribs" ribs 11 and 12 no anterior
attachment.: Ribs
54. (Nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx)FUNCTION:*Conducts air to lower airway
*Protects lower airways *Warms, filters & humidifies air: upper airway
55. trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and aveoli (gasses travel through the struc-
ters to and from the blood): lower airway
56. the ring-shaped structure that forms the lower portion of the larynx: cricoid
cartilage
57. muscular partition that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal
cavity and aids in respiration by moving up and down: diaphragm
58. stimulates the diaphragm: phrenic nerve
59. swelling: edema
60. The supply of oxygen to and removal of wastes from the cells and tissues
of the body as a result of the flow of blood through the capillaries.: perfusion
61. Also known as shock (decreased blood flow through an organ, as in hypo-
volemic shock; if prolonged, it may result in permanent cellular dysfunction
and death.): hypo perfusion
62. large part of the brain that controls the senses and thinking: cerebrum
63. the "little brain" attached to the rear of the brainstem; its functions include
processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance: -
cerebellum
