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EME 105 Midterm Exam Complete Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers (100% Correct Answers)
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I. What are white blood cells? ✓ Cells that fight infection.
II. What are red blood cells? ✓ Cells that carry oxygen.
III. What is plasma? ✓ A yellowish liquid component of the
blood that carries formed elements
and platelets.
IV. What are platelets? ✓ Blood components that help with
clotting.
V. What is a pulse? ✓ A single pulsation, or beat or throb, of
the arteries or heart.
VI. How is a pulse generated? ✓ The heart contracts and sends a
wave of pressure through the
arteries.
VII. What are standard precautions? ✓ Safety measures taken against
possible disease spread and
, contamination, such as wearing
gloves, safety glasses, disposable
gowns, and PPE.
VIII. What are pathogens? ✓ Disease-carrying agents that come in
various forms and sizes and are
commonly called germs.
IX. How are pathogens most ✓ Being in contact with contaminated
frequently passed on? objects/people, inhaling
contaminated air, or eating
contaminated food.
X. What is the supine position? ✓ The anatomical position where the
patient lies flat on their back.
XI. What is the prone position? ✓ The anatomical position where the
patient lies flat on their stomach.
XII. What is the right recumbent ✓ A position where the patient lies on
recovery position? their right side.
XIII. What is the left recumbent ✓ A position where the patient lies on
recovery position? their left side.
XIV. What does it mean for an airway ✓ It means the airway is open and
to be patent? clear.
XV. How can a patent airway be ✓ By hearing the patient talking clearly
determined? and without strain.
Anything else is commonly an
, obstructed airway.
XVI. What is aspiration? ✓ Pulmonary aspiration is when food,
fluids, or stomach contents enter the
trachea and reach the lungs.
XVII. What is the role of the Department ✓ To develop national education
of Transportation (DOT) in EMS? standards for the EMR.
XVIII. What is HIPAA? ✓ Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act, a law regarding
the confidentiality of protected health
information.
XIX. What are arteries? ✓ Vessels that carry oxygenated blood
away from the heart.
XX. What are veins? ✓ Vessels that carry unoxygenated
blood back to the heart.
XXI. What are capillaries? ✓ Thin blood vessels where the
exchange of gases, nutrients, and
wastes occurs.
XXII. What is the standard of care? ✓ The degree of care and competence
expected of every EMS staff
member.
XXIII. What is negligence? ✓ Failure to follow the standard of care.
XXIV. What is abandonment? ✓ Leaving a patient before completing
care without leaving them in capable
EME 105 Midterm Exam Complete Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers (100% Correct Answers)
/Already Graded A+
I. What are white blood cells? ✓ Cells that fight infection.
II. What are red blood cells? ✓ Cells that carry oxygen.
III. What is plasma? ✓ A yellowish liquid component of the
blood that carries formed elements
and platelets.
IV. What are platelets? ✓ Blood components that help with
clotting.
V. What is a pulse? ✓ A single pulsation, or beat or throb, of
the arteries or heart.
VI. How is a pulse generated? ✓ The heart contracts and sends a
wave of pressure through the
arteries.
VII. What are standard precautions? ✓ Safety measures taken against
possible disease spread and
, contamination, such as wearing
gloves, safety glasses, disposable
gowns, and PPE.
VIII. What are pathogens? ✓ Disease-carrying agents that come in
various forms and sizes and are
commonly called germs.
IX. How are pathogens most ✓ Being in contact with contaminated
frequently passed on? objects/people, inhaling
contaminated air, or eating
contaminated food.
X. What is the supine position? ✓ The anatomical position where the
patient lies flat on their back.
XI. What is the prone position? ✓ The anatomical position where the
patient lies flat on their stomach.
XII. What is the right recumbent ✓ A position where the patient lies on
recovery position? their right side.
XIII. What is the left recumbent ✓ A position where the patient lies on
recovery position? their left side.
XIV. What does it mean for an airway ✓ It means the airway is open and
to be patent? clear.
XV. How can a patent airway be ✓ By hearing the patient talking clearly
determined? and without strain.
Anything else is commonly an
, obstructed airway.
XVI. What is aspiration? ✓ Pulmonary aspiration is when food,
fluids, or stomach contents enter the
trachea and reach the lungs.
XVII. What is the role of the Department ✓ To develop national education
of Transportation (DOT) in EMS? standards for the EMR.
XVIII. What is HIPAA? ✓ Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act, a law regarding
the confidentiality of protected health
information.
XIX. What are arteries? ✓ Vessels that carry oxygenated blood
away from the heart.
XX. What are veins? ✓ Vessels that carry unoxygenated
blood back to the heart.
XXI. What are capillaries? ✓ Thin blood vessels where the
exchange of gases, nutrients, and
wastes occurs.
XXII. What is the standard of care? ✓ The degree of care and competence
expected of every EMS staff
member.
XXIII. What is negligence? ✓ Failure to follow the standard of care.
XXIV. What is abandonment? ✓ Leaving a patient before completing
care without leaving them in capable
