Mod 1 68w Exam Questions with Verified Answers

Designated Agent - Answer- An EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to give medications and provide emergency care. The transfer of such authorization to a designated agent is an extension of the medical director's license to practice medicine. Evidence-based - Answer- description of medical techniques or practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy, rather than merely supposition and tradition. Contamination - Answer- the introduction of dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious materials critical incident stress management (CISM) - Answer- a comprehensive system that includes education and resources to both prevent stress and to deal with stress appropriately when it occurs. Decontamination - Answer- the removal or cleansing of dangerous chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials. Hazardous Material Incident - Answer- the release of harmful substance into the environment. Multiple-Casualty Incident - Answer- an emergency involving multiple patients Pathogens - Answer- the organisms that cause infection, such as viruses and bacteria Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Answer- equipment that protects the EMS worker from infection and/or exposure to the dangers of rescue operations. Standard Precautions - Answer- A strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious Stress - Answer- a state of physical and/or psychological arousal to a stimulus. Abdominal Quadrants - Answer- four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of pain or injury: the right upper quadrant (RUQ), the left upper quadrant (LUQ), the right lower quadrant (RLQ), and the left lower quadrant (LLQ). Anatomic Position - Answer- the standard reference position for the body in the study of anatomy. In this position, the body is standing erect, facing the observer, with arms down at the sides and the palms of the hands forward. anatomy - Answer- the study of body structure anterior - Answer- the front of the body or body parts bilateral - Answer- on both sides combining form - Answer- a word root with an added vowel that can be joined with other words, roots, or suffixes to form a new words; thermo - meter compound - Answer- a word formed from two or more whole words; smallpox distal - Answer- farther away from the torso. (opposite to proximal) dorsal - Answer- referring to the back of the body or the back of the hand or foot. Syn for posterior Fowler Position - Answer- a sitting position inferior - Answer- away from the head, usually compared with another structure that is closer to the head (lips are inferior to the nose) Lateral - Answer- to the side, away from the midline of the body medial - Answer- toward the midline of the body mid-axillary line - Answer- a line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle mid-clavicular line - Answer- the line through the center of each clavicle midline - Answer- an imaginary line drawn down the center of the body dividing it into right and left halves Palmar - Answer- referring to the palm of the hand physiology - Answer- the study of body function plane - Answer- a flat surface formed when slicing through a solid object plantar - Answer- the sole of the foot posterior - Answer- the back of body or body part prefix - Answer- word part added to the beginning of a root wor word to modify or qualify its meaning prone - Answer- lying facedown proximal - Answer- closer to the torso (opposite of distal) recovery position - Answer- lying on the side (lateral recumbent position) root - Answer- foundation of a word that is not a word that can stand on its own, for example, the root cardi meaning "heart", in words such as cardiac and cardiology Suffix - Answer- word part added to the end of a root or words to complete its meaning; for example, itis superior - Answer- toward the head (chest is superior to the abdomen) supine - Answer- lying on the back torso - Answer- the trunk of the body, body without head and extremities unilateral - Answer- limited to one side ventral - Answer- front of body. syn for anterior Acetabulum - Answer- the pelvic socket into which the ball at the proximal end of the femur fits to form hip joint acromioclavicular joint - Answer- joint where clavicle and acromion meet acromion process - Answer- the highest portion of the shoulder alveoli - Answer- microscopic sacs of the lungs where gas exchange with the bloodstream takes place anatomy - Answer- study of body structure aorta - Answer- the largest artery in the body. It transports blood from the left ventricle to begin systemic circulation appendix - Answer- small tube located near the junction of the small and large intestines in the right lower quadrants of