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AEMT - Answer: an individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as IV
therapy and the administration of certain emergency medications.
ALS - Answer: advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT
ADA Act - Answer: comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against
discrimination
AED - Answer: device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation
and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
community paramedicine - Answer: a health care model in which experienced paramedics receive
advanced training to equip them to provide additional services in the prehospital environment, such as
health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy.
IV therapy - Answer: the delivery of medication directly into a vein
medical control - Answer: physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or
indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service
program
medical director - Answer: the physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to
provide medical care in the field
MIH - Answer: a method of delivering health care which involves providing health care within the
community rather than at a doctor's office or hospital
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National EMS Scope of Practice Model - Answer:a document created by the NHTSA that outlines the
skills performed by various EMS providers.
primary prevention - Answer:efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
public health - Answer:focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of
preventing health problems.
secondary prevention - Answer:efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot
completely prevent.
abduction - Answer:motion of a limb away from the midline
adduction - Answer:motion of a limb toward the midline
anterior - Answer:the front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position
apex - Answer:the pointed extremity of a conical structure
bilateral - Answer:a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
combining vowel - Answer:the vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix
deep - Answer:farther inside the body and away from the skin
distal - Answer:further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity
dorsal - Answer:the posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand
extension - Answer:the straightning of a joint
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flexion - Answer:the bending of a joint
fowler position - Answer:an inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised
inferior - Answer:below a body part or nearer to the feet
lateral - Answer:parts of the body that lie farther from the midline; also called outer structures
medial - Answer:parts of the body that lie closer to the midline; also called inner structures
palmar - Answer:the forward facing part of the hand in the anatomic position
plantar - Answer:the bottom surface of the foot
posterior - Answer:the back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomic
position
prefix - Answer:part of a term thatr appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term
prone - Answer:lying face down
proximal - Answer:closer to the trunk
quadrants - Answer:describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which two imaginary lines
intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into four equal areas
suffix - Answer:the part of a term that comes after the root word, at the end of the term
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superficial - Answer:closer to or on the skin
superior - Answer:above a body part or nearer to the head
supine - Answer:lying face up
ventral - Answer:the anterior surface of the body
word root - Answer:the main part of a term that contains the primary meaning
abdomen - Answer:the body cavity that contains the major organs of digestion and excretion. it is
located below the diaphragm and above the pelvis
acetabulum - Answer:the depression on the lateral pelvis where its three component bones join, in
which the femoral head fits snugly
adam's apple - Answer:a firm prominence of cartilage that forms the upper part of the larynx. it is more
prominent in men than in women. also called the thyroid cartilage
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) - Answer:the nucleotide involved in energy metabolism; used to store
energy
adrenal glands - Answer:endocrine glands located on top of the kidneys that release adrenaline when
stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system
adrenergic - Answer:pertaining to nerves that release the neurotransmitter norephinephrine, or
noradrenaline (such as adrenergic nerves, adrenergic response); also pertains to the receptors acted on
by neorepinephrine
aerobic metabolism - Answer:metabolism that can proceed only in the presence of oxygen
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AEMT - Answer: an individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as IV
therapy and the administration of certain emergency medications.
ALS - Answer: advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT
ADA Act - Answer: comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against
discrimination
AED - Answer: device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation
and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
community paramedicine - Answer: a health care model in which experienced paramedics receive
advanced training to equip them to provide additional services in the prehospital environment, such as
health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy.
IV therapy - Answer: the delivery of medication directly into a vein
medical control - Answer: physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or
indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service
program
medical director - Answer: the physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to
provide medical care in the field
MIH - Answer: a method of delivering health care which involves providing health care within the
community rather than at a doctor's office or hospital
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National EMS Scope of Practice Model - Answer:a document created by the NHTSA that outlines the
skills performed by various EMS providers.
primary prevention - Answer:efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
public health - Answer:focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of
preventing health problems.
secondary prevention - Answer:efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot
completely prevent.
abduction - Answer:motion of a limb away from the midline
adduction - Answer:motion of a limb toward the midline
anterior - Answer:the front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position
apex - Answer:the pointed extremity of a conical structure
bilateral - Answer:a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
combining vowel - Answer:the vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix
deep - Answer:farther inside the body and away from the skin
distal - Answer:further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity
dorsal - Answer:the posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand
extension - Answer:the straightning of a joint
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flexion - Answer:the bending of a joint
fowler position - Answer:an inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised
inferior - Answer:below a body part or nearer to the feet
lateral - Answer:parts of the body that lie farther from the midline; also called outer structures
medial - Answer:parts of the body that lie closer to the midline; also called inner structures
palmar - Answer:the forward facing part of the hand in the anatomic position
plantar - Answer:the bottom surface of the foot
posterior - Answer:the back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomic
position
prefix - Answer:part of a term thatr appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term
prone - Answer:lying face down
proximal - Answer:closer to the trunk
quadrants - Answer:describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which two imaginary lines
intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into four equal areas
suffix - Answer:the part of a term that comes after the root word, at the end of the term
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superficial - Answer:closer to or on the skin
superior - Answer:above a body part or nearer to the head
supine - Answer:lying face up
ventral - Answer:the anterior surface of the body
word root - Answer:the main part of a term that contains the primary meaning
abdomen - Answer:the body cavity that contains the major organs of digestion and excretion. it is
located below the diaphragm and above the pelvis
acetabulum - Answer:the depression on the lateral pelvis where its three component bones join, in
which the femoral head fits snugly
adam's apple - Answer:a firm prominence of cartilage that forms the upper part of the larynx. it is more
prominent in men than in women. also called the thyroid cartilage
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) - Answer:the nucleotide involved in energy metabolism; used to store
energy
adrenal glands - Answer:endocrine glands located on top of the kidneys that release adrenaline when
stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system
adrenergic - Answer:pertaining to nerves that release the neurotransmitter norephinephrine, or
noradrenaline (such as adrenergic nerves, adrenergic response); also pertains to the receptors acted on
by neorepinephrine
aerobic metabolism - Answer:metabolism that can proceed only in the presence of oxygen
