EMT Final Test Updated Question and Answers A+ Graded 2024

EMT FINAL TEST UPDATED QUESTION AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED The placenta, umbilical cord, and tissues from the amniotic sac are the materials that are usually delivered after the baby and are called the: afterbirth. Delivery of the baby may be imminent if contractions last ______ and are ______ apart. 30 seconds-1 minute; 2-3 minutes If you find yourself assisting a delivery without the standard OB kit, you may tie off the umbilical cord using: new shoelaces. If this is the woman's first delivery, she is not straining, and there is no crowning: you will probably have time to transport to a medical facility for delivery. If, during transport, crowning occurs: stop the ambulance, and have your partner help prepare for delivery. If the mother gets dizzy and has a drop in blood pressure when she is lying on her back, the condition is called: supine hypotensive syndrome. You should clamp and cut the umbilical cord: after the baby is breathing on her own. Which of the following statements is true regarding the afterbirth? The afterbirth may take more than 30 minutes to deliver. To control vaginal bleeding after birth: massage the uterus. If the umbilical cord presents first during delivery: keep pressure off the cord by placing your gloved hand in the vagina, and transport immediately. During a normal pregnancy, the baby, or fetus, grows in the mother's: uterus. Composed of both maternal and fetal tissues, the organ that serves as an exchange area between mother and fetus is the: placenta. The fetus "floats" in a "bag of waters" containing: amniotic fluid. The nine-month period of pregnancy is divided into: trimesters. A delivery in which the baby's buttocks present first at the vaginal opening is called a: breech presentation. The majority of deliveries the EMT will assist with will be: cephalic presentation. The sign of imminent delivery that occurs when the presenting part of the baby first bulges from the vaginal opening is called: crowning. The third stage of labor ends with: the delivery of the afterbirth. The second stage of labor begins with: when the baby enters the birth canal. Meconium staining may be an indication of: fetal distress.