UCLA EMT PREP Class/Week 1 Exam
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MOI - ✔✔Mechanism of Injury
Tripod Position - ✔✔Patient standing, bent forward with their hands on their knees.
Semi-Fowler's Position - ✔✔a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised
between 45 and 60 degrees
Fowler's position - ✔✔90 degree sitting position
Recovery Position - ✔✔A side-lying position used to maintain a clear airway in patients
without injuries who are breathing adequately.
Supline Position - ✔✔Laying flat on back head facing upward
Prone Position - ✔✔lying on abdomen, facing downward (head may be turned to one
side)
Handling Shock/Trauma Patients - ✔✔Supline position, Provide Warmth, Provide
Oxygen, Quick Transport
Load and Go - ✔✔Quick Transport* initial assessment reveals unstable patient *
address ABCs * use long spine board * do not splint individual extremities
Stay and Play - ✔✔technique of extensive on site care *splint a non-compound fracture*
Pregnant Position - ✔✔Left lateral position to relieve compression
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, Ambulatory - ✔✔capable of walking
Cervical - ✔✔Highest spine column, C1-C7
Thoracic - ✔✔Superior to Cervical T1-T12, 1 vertebrae per rib
Lumbar - ✔✔Superior to Thoracic, L1-L5
Sacral - ✔✔Superior to Lumbar, S1-S5
Central Nervous System (CNS) - ✔✔made up of the brain and spinal cord
Thoracic Cavity - ✔✔cavity housing lungs and heart
Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ) - ✔✔refers to the area encompassing the right lobe of the
liver, the gallbladder, medial portion of the pancreas, and portions of the small and
large intestines
Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ) - ✔✔refers to the area encompassing the left lobe of the
liver, the stomach, the spleen, lateral portion of the pancreas, and portions of the small
and large intestines
Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ) - ✔✔refers to the area encompassing portions of the small
and large intestines, the appendix, the right ureter, and the right ovary and uterine tube
in women or the right spermatic duct in men
Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ) - ✔✔refers to the area encompassing portions of the small
and large intestines, the left ureter, and the left ovary and uterine tube in women or the
left spermatic duct in men
skeletal muscle - ✔✔A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provides
the force that moves the bones. Voluntary
smooth muscle - ✔✔Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
MOI - ✔✔Mechanism of Injury
Tripod Position - ✔✔Patient standing, bent forward with their hands on their knees.
Semi-Fowler's Position - ✔✔a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised
between 45 and 60 degrees
Fowler's position - ✔✔90 degree sitting position
Recovery Position - ✔✔A side-lying position used to maintain a clear airway in patients
without injuries who are breathing adequately.
Supline Position - ✔✔Laying flat on back head facing upward
Prone Position - ✔✔lying on abdomen, facing downward (head may be turned to one
side)
Handling Shock/Trauma Patients - ✔✔Supline position, Provide Warmth, Provide
Oxygen, Quick Transport
Load and Go - ✔✔Quick Transport* initial assessment reveals unstable patient *
address ABCs * use long spine board * do not splint individual extremities
Stay and Play - ✔✔technique of extensive on site care *splint a non-compound fracture*
Pregnant Position - ✔✔Left lateral position to relieve compression
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, Ambulatory - ✔✔capable of walking
Cervical - ✔✔Highest spine column, C1-C7
Thoracic - ✔✔Superior to Cervical T1-T12, 1 vertebrae per rib
Lumbar - ✔✔Superior to Thoracic, L1-L5
Sacral - ✔✔Superior to Lumbar, S1-S5
Central Nervous System (CNS) - ✔✔made up of the brain and spinal cord
Thoracic Cavity - ✔✔cavity housing lungs and heart
Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ) - ✔✔refers to the area encompassing the right lobe of the
liver, the gallbladder, medial portion of the pancreas, and portions of the small and
large intestines
Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ) - ✔✔refers to the area encompassing the left lobe of the
liver, the stomach, the spleen, lateral portion of the pancreas, and portions of the small
and large intestines
Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ) - ✔✔refers to the area encompassing portions of the small
and large intestines, the appendix, the right ureter, and the right ovary and uterine tube
in women or the right spermatic duct in men
Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ) - ✔✔refers to the area encompassing portions of the small
and large intestines, the left ureter, and the left ovary and uterine tube in women or the
left spermatic duct in men
skeletal muscle - ✔✔A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provides
the force that moves the bones. Voluntary
smooth muscle - ✔✔Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body
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