AEMT STANDARD EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔abdominal quadrants - ✔✔RUQ: liver, gallbladder, right kidhey, colon, pancreas
LUQ: stomach, spleen, left kidney, pancreas
RLQ: appendic, cecum, right ovary/fallopian tube, right ureter
LLQ: descending colon, sigmoid colon, left ovary/fallopian tube, left ureter
✔✔abrasion - ✔✔loss of or damage to the superficial layer of skin as a result of a body
part rubbing or scraping across a rough or hard surface
✔✔abruptio placentae - ✔✔premature separation of the placenta from the walls of the
uterus
✔✔activated charcoal - ✔✔an over-the-counter suspension medication that acts as an
adsorbent to bind to ingested poisons or toxins in the gastrointestinal tract, preventing
their absoprtion into the bloodstream
✔✔acute myocardial infarction (AMI) - ✔✔a heart attack; death of the heart muscle
following obstruction of blood flow to it. "Acute" in this context means "new" or
"happening right now"
✔✔air embolism - ✔✔the presence of air in the veins, which can lead to cardiac arrest if
it enters the heart
✔✔allergen - ✔✔a substance that causes an allergic reaction
✔✔alveoli - ✔✔the air sacs of the lungs in which the exchange of oxygen and carbon
dioxide takes place
✔✔amputation - ✔✔an injury in which part of the body is completely severed
✔✔anaphylaxis - ✔✔an extreme, life-threatening, systemic allergic reaction that may
include shock and respiratory failure
, ✔✔aneurysm - ✔✔a swelling or enlargement of the wall of a blood vessel that results
from weakening of the vessel wall
✔✔angina pectoris - ✔✔transient (short-lived) chest discomfort caused by partial or
temporary blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle; also called angina
✔✔aorta - ✔✔the main artery leaving the left side of the heart and carrying freshly
oxygenated blood to the body
✔✔apnea - ✔✔absence of spontaneous breathing
✔✔arterial bleeding - ✔✔the most severe and life-threatening type of external
hemorrhage, caused by damage to a high-pressure artery; bright red blood that spurts
in time with patient's heartbeat
✔✔arteriole - ✔✔the smallest branches of arteries leading to the vast network of
capillaries
✔✔arteriosclerosis - ✔✔a disease that causes the arteries to thicken, harden, and
calciffy
✔✔artificial ventilations - ✔✔the act of forcing air or oxygen into the lungs of a patient
who is not breathing (apneic) or whose breathing is inadequate to sustain life
✔✔asystole - ✔✔the complete absence of all heart electrical activity
✔✔atherosclerosis - ✔✔a disorder in which cholesterol and calcium build up inside the
walls of the blood vessels, forming plaque, which eventually leads to a partial or
complete blockage of blood flow
✔✔atria - ✔✔the two upper chambers of the heart that receive blood returning from the
body and lungs before pumping it down into the ventricles
✔✔auscultation - ✔✔to listen to sounds within an organ with a stethoscope
✔✔diaphragm - ✔✔a muscular dome that forms the undersurface of the thorax,
separating the best from the abdominal cavity. Contraction of this (and the chest wall
muscles) brings air into the lungs. Relaxation allows air to be expelled from the lungs
✔✔diastolic blood pressure - ✔✔the pressure that remains in the arteries during the
relaxing phase of the heart's cycle (diastole) when the left ventricle is at rest
✔✔dilate - ✔✔widening of a tubular structure
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔abdominal quadrants - ✔✔RUQ: liver, gallbladder, right kidhey, colon, pancreas
LUQ: stomach, spleen, left kidney, pancreas
RLQ: appendic, cecum, right ovary/fallopian tube, right ureter
LLQ: descending colon, sigmoid colon, left ovary/fallopian tube, left ureter
✔✔abrasion - ✔✔loss of or damage to the superficial layer of skin as a result of a body
part rubbing or scraping across a rough or hard surface
✔✔abruptio placentae - ✔✔premature separation of the placenta from the walls of the
uterus
✔✔activated charcoal - ✔✔an over-the-counter suspension medication that acts as an
adsorbent to bind to ingested poisons or toxins in the gastrointestinal tract, preventing
their absoprtion into the bloodstream
✔✔acute myocardial infarction (AMI) - ✔✔a heart attack; death of the heart muscle
following obstruction of blood flow to it. "Acute" in this context means "new" or
"happening right now"
✔✔air embolism - ✔✔the presence of air in the veins, which can lead to cardiac arrest if
it enters the heart
✔✔allergen - ✔✔a substance that causes an allergic reaction
✔✔alveoli - ✔✔the air sacs of the lungs in which the exchange of oxygen and carbon
dioxide takes place
✔✔amputation - ✔✔an injury in which part of the body is completely severed
✔✔anaphylaxis - ✔✔an extreme, life-threatening, systemic allergic reaction that may
include shock and respiratory failure
, ✔✔aneurysm - ✔✔a swelling or enlargement of the wall of a blood vessel that results
from weakening of the vessel wall
✔✔angina pectoris - ✔✔transient (short-lived) chest discomfort caused by partial or
temporary blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle; also called angina
✔✔aorta - ✔✔the main artery leaving the left side of the heart and carrying freshly
oxygenated blood to the body
✔✔apnea - ✔✔absence of spontaneous breathing
✔✔arterial bleeding - ✔✔the most severe and life-threatening type of external
hemorrhage, caused by damage to a high-pressure artery; bright red blood that spurts
in time with patient's heartbeat
✔✔arteriole - ✔✔the smallest branches of arteries leading to the vast network of
capillaries
✔✔arteriosclerosis - ✔✔a disease that causes the arteries to thicken, harden, and
calciffy
✔✔artificial ventilations - ✔✔the act of forcing air or oxygen into the lungs of a patient
who is not breathing (apneic) or whose breathing is inadequate to sustain life
✔✔asystole - ✔✔the complete absence of all heart electrical activity
✔✔atherosclerosis - ✔✔a disorder in which cholesterol and calcium build up inside the
walls of the blood vessels, forming plaque, which eventually leads to a partial or
complete blockage of blood flow
✔✔atria - ✔✔the two upper chambers of the heart that receive blood returning from the
body and lungs before pumping it down into the ventricles
✔✔auscultation - ✔✔to listen to sounds within an organ with a stethoscope
✔✔diaphragm - ✔✔a muscular dome that forms the undersurface of the thorax,
separating the best from the abdominal cavity. Contraction of this (and the chest wall
muscles) brings air into the lungs. Relaxation allows air to be expelled from the lungs
✔✔diastolic blood pressure - ✔✔the pressure that remains in the arteries during the
relaxing phase of the heart's cycle (diastole) when the left ventricle is at rest
✔✔dilate - ✔✔widening of a tubular structure
