EMT FINAL EXAM, EMT Final
Exam, EMT Final Exam
Terms in this set (1844)
Original
A dysbarism injury refers to the signs and symptoms related to changes in
bariometric pressure
An air embolism associated with diving occurs when:
the diver holds their breath during rapid ascent
breath- holding syncope is caused by a decreased stimulus to breathe and occurs
when
a swimmer hyperventilates prior to entering the water
,Burns associated with lighting strikes are typically
superficial
common signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion include all of the following
except
hot, dry skin
covering a patients _________
head
drowning is most accurately defined as
death from suffocation after submersion in water
,geriatric patients, newborns, and infants are especially prone to hyperthermia
because they:
exhibit poor thermoregulation
high air temperature reduced the body's ability to lose heat by
radiation
high humidity reduces the body's ability to lose heat through
evaporation
the diving reflex might al
bradycardia and a slowing of the metabolic rate
the most prominent symptom of decompression sickness is
abdominal or joint paint
, the transfer of heat to circulating air, such as when cool air moves across the
body's surface is called:
convection
the two most efficient ways for the body to eliminate excess heat are
sweating and vasodilation
the venom of a black widow spider is toxic to the
nervous system
to obtain the most accurate reading of a patients core body temp, you should
place a special hypothermia thermometere:
into the pateints rectum
when a warm hand is immersed in water that is 70F, heat is transferred from the
hand to the water through:
Exam, EMT Final Exam
Terms in this set (1844)
Original
A dysbarism injury refers to the signs and symptoms related to changes in
bariometric pressure
An air embolism associated with diving occurs when:
the diver holds their breath during rapid ascent
breath- holding syncope is caused by a decreased stimulus to breathe and occurs
when
a swimmer hyperventilates prior to entering the water
,Burns associated with lighting strikes are typically
superficial
common signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion include all of the following
except
hot, dry skin
covering a patients _________
head
drowning is most accurately defined as
death from suffocation after submersion in water
,geriatric patients, newborns, and infants are especially prone to hyperthermia
because they:
exhibit poor thermoregulation
high air temperature reduced the body's ability to lose heat by
radiation
high humidity reduces the body's ability to lose heat through
evaporation
the diving reflex might al
bradycardia and a slowing of the metabolic rate
the most prominent symptom of decompression sickness is
abdominal or joint paint
, the transfer of heat to circulating air, such as when cool air moves across the
body's surface is called:
convection
the two most efficient ways for the body to eliminate excess heat are
sweating and vasodilation
the venom of a black widow spider is toxic to the
nervous system
to obtain the most accurate reading of a patients core body temp, you should
place a special hypothermia thermometere:
into the pateints rectum
when a warm hand is immersed in water that is 70F, heat is transferred from the
hand to the water through:
