Emergency Medicine American Red Cross Lifeguard Test Latest 2024 - Copy.pdf

EMERGENCY MEDICINE AMERICAN RED CROSS
LIFEGUARD TEST LATEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL
EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS/AMERICAN RED CROSS LIFEGUARD




Advanced emergency medical technician (AEMT) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A person
trained to give basic and limited advanced emergency medical care and
transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency
medical services (EMS) system.

Certification - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>This term is achieved taking an approved EMS
course and meeting other requirements ; this does not grant the right to
practice as licensure may in some states.

Direct medical control - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A type of medical direction also called
"on-line", "base-station", "immediate", or "concurrent Medical control;" Under
this type of medical direction, the physician speaks directly with emergency
care providers at the scene of an emergency.

Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A person trained in
emergency care who may be called on to give such care as a routine part of his
or her job until more advanced medical personnel take over. They are often the
first trained professionals to respond to emergencies.

Emergency medical services (EMS) system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A network of
community resources and medical personnel that provides emergency care to
people who are injured or suddenly become ill.
Obvious Death Criteria - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Decapitation, Incineration, Rigor
Mortis, Transection.

Anatomy - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>The study of structures, including gross anatomy
and microscopic anatomy.

,Body System - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>a group of organs and other structures that
work together to carry out specific functions.

Cells - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>The basic units that combine to form all living tissue.

Circulatory system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A group of organs and other structures
that carries oxygen-rich blood and other nutrients throughout the body and
removes waste.

Digestive system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>The group of organs and other structures
that digest food and eliminate wastes.

Endocrine system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A group of organs other structures that
regulates and coordinates the activities of other systems by producing
hormones that influence tissue activity.

Genitourinary system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A group of organs and other
structures that eliminate waste and enable reproduction.

Integumentary system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A group of organs and other
structures that protects the body, retains fluids and helps to prevent infection.

Musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A group of tissues and other
structures that support the body, protects internal organs, allows movement,
stores minerals, manufactures blood cells and creates heat.

Nervous system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A group of organs and other structures that
regulates all body functions.

Organ - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A structure of similar tissues acting together to
perform specific body functions.

Physiology - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>How living organisms function.

Respiratory system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A group of organs and other structures
that bring air into the body and remove wastes through a process called
breathing, or respiration.

Tissue - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A collection of similar cells that perform specific body
functions.

Vital organs - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Those organs whose functions are essential to
life, including the brain, heart and lungs.

, Cardi/o - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>heart, cardiac (prefix/root word)

Neur/o - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>nerve (prefix/root word)

Or/o - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>mouth (prefix/root word)

Arteri/o - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>artery (prefix/root word)

Hem/o - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>blood (prefix/root word)

Therm/o - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>heat (prefix/root word)

Vas/o - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>vessel, duct (prefix/root word)

Hyper- - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>excessive, above normal (prefix)

Hypo- - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>under, below normal (prefix)

Tachy- - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>fast, rapid (prefix)

Brady- - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>abnormally slow (prefix)

Anterior - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>toward the front (directional term)

Posteior - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>towards the back (directional term)

Superior - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>toward the head (directional term)

Inferior - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>towards the feet (directional term)

Frontal or coronal plane - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>divides the body into anterior and
posterior sections

Saggital or lateral plane - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>divides the body into right and left
sections

Transverse or axial plane - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>That which divides the body
horizontally, into the superior (above the waist) and inferior (below the waist)
planes.

Medial - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>toward the midline (directional term)