EMT FINAL EXAM ? PREPARATORY SECTION
Acceptance ("OK, I am not afraid."); does not mean the patient will be happy
about dying. the family will usually require more support during
this stage than the patient
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) an energy source required by the cell to release more energy and
a necessity for cells to carry out certain functions such as
contraction of muscles
Anger ("Why me?"); EMTs may be the target of aggression
Anterior toward the front
Bargaining ("OK, but first let me..."); agreement that, in the patient's mind, will
postpone death for a short time
Biliteral pertaining to both sides
Boyle's Law the concept that the volume of a gas is inversely proportionate to
the pressure
Closed-ended type of question that allows the patient to answer in very short
responses
, EMT FINAL EXAM ? PREPARATORY SECTION
Communication transmission of information to another person--verbally or through
body language
Define abandonment leaving a patient, for whom you have an established duty to act,
without the consent of the patient, or arranging for transfer of
patient care to another medical provider trained to the same level
(or higher) as you
Define blood pressure cardiac output x peripheral vascular resistance (afterload);
increased afterload = increased bp; decreased afterload =
decreased bp
Define cardiac output cardiac output = (stroke volume) x (heart rate); defined as the
amount of blood pumped by the heart in 1 minute, expressed in
liters per minute
Define dependent lividity after a patient has died and circulation stops, the blood begins to
pool in the dependent area (areas on the bottom part of the body
in the position of death)
Define hypoxic drive a condition in which chronically low levels of oxygen in the blood
stimulate the respiratory drive; seen in patients with chronic lung
diseases
Acceptance ("OK, I am not afraid."); does not mean the patient will be happy
about dying. the family will usually require more support during
this stage than the patient
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) an energy source required by the cell to release more energy and
a necessity for cells to carry out certain functions such as
contraction of muscles
Anger ("Why me?"); EMTs may be the target of aggression
Anterior toward the front
Bargaining ("OK, but first let me..."); agreement that, in the patient's mind, will
postpone death for a short time
Biliteral pertaining to both sides
Boyle's Law the concept that the volume of a gas is inversely proportionate to
the pressure
Closed-ended type of question that allows the patient to answer in very short
responses
, EMT FINAL EXAM ? PREPARATORY SECTION
Communication transmission of information to another person--verbally or through
body language
Define abandonment leaving a patient, for whom you have an established duty to act,
without the consent of the patient, or arranging for transfer of
patient care to another medical provider trained to the same level
(or higher) as you
Define blood pressure cardiac output x peripheral vascular resistance (afterload);
increased afterload = increased bp; decreased afterload =
decreased bp
Define cardiac output cardiac output = (stroke volume) x (heart rate); defined as the
amount of blood pumped by the heart in 1 minute, expressed in
liters per minute
Define dependent lividity after a patient has died and circulation stops, the blood begins to
pool in the dependent area (areas on the bottom part of the body
in the position of death)
Define hypoxic drive a condition in which chronically low levels of oxygen in the blood
stimulate the respiratory drive; seen in patients with chronic lung
diseases
