FDNY EMS FINAL EXAM PART 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Certification - Exam is used to ensure all health care providers have at least the same basic level of knowledge and skill Licensure - The process by which states ensure applicant competency in an examination setting. Medical director - A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system Medical control - provided either off-line (indirect) or online (direct), as authorized by the medical director. Online = Directions given over the phone or radio Offline = standing orders Consent - To give permission Decision making capacity - Ability to understand the information and to make a choice regarding appropriate medical care. Expressed Consent (actual consent) - Type of consent given when patient verbally or otherwise acknowledge that he or she wants you to provide care or transport. May also be nonverbal Informed consent - Permission for treatment given by a competent patient after the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been explained. Implied consent - A patient who is unconscious or otherwise incapable to make a rational decision. A serious medical condition exists and should never be used unless there is a threat to life or a limb. Foraman magnum - The opening at the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes from the brain The face is composed of how many bones? - 14 bones -Maxillae, Zygomas, Orbit, Mandible Spinal column has how many vertebrae? - 33 bones make the vertebrae 7, 12, 5, 5, 4 - Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, and coccygeal ( Coccyx) 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 Cardiac muscle - Involuntary muscle, only in the heart. Voluntary muscle - A muscle that is under conscious control Involuntary muscle - A muscle that is not under conscious control. Upper Airway - Consists of the nose, mouth, pharynx and larynx. Warms, filters & humidifies air Lower Airway - Consists of the trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli Left and right lungs - Left lung has 2 lobes. Right lung has 3 lobes. Pleura - Membrane surrounding the lungs Visceral pleura - Inner layer of pleura lying closer to the lung tissue Parietal layer - Lining of the chest wall