STUDY SHEET 2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION PACK GRADED A+
⩥ Trauma Injury (define).
Answer: Mechanism of Injury (anything involving KINETIC ENERGY)
⩥ The White Papers (alternative name and function).
Answer: 1966: "Accident Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease
of Modern Society"
1. Development of training
2. Development of federal guidelines/policies
3. Provide emergency care and transportation
4. Established staffed emergency department
⩥ Highway Safety Act of 1966 (what funded it and helped it to grow?).
Answer: Emergency Medical Act of 1973 (created funding)
DOT (Department of Transportation) developed first National Standard
Curriculum
,⩥ Which two groups wrote the guidelines for the NREMT? When was
the test last revised?.
Answer: DOT and NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration)
Revised in 2010
⩥ Rankings of EMS.
Answer: 1. EMR
2. EMT
3. AEMT
4. Paramedic
⩥ EMR.
Answer: Lifeguard, police, etc.(No EMR certification given in
California)
⩥ EMT.
Answer: 1. Training in BLS
2. AED
3. Airway Adjuncts
4. Medication assistance
, ⩥ AEMT.
Answer: 1. Training in ALS
2. IV Therapy
3. Administration of certain emergency medication
In California, we use two paramedics instead of AEMT
⩥ Paramedic.
Answer: 1. Extensive ALS training
2. Endotrachel intubation
3. Emergency pharmocology
4. Cardiac monitoring
⩥ Levels of EMS.
Answer: 1. Federal Level: National EMS Scope of Practice Model
provides guidelines for EMS skills
2. State Level: Laws regulate EMS provider operations (Cali: title 22)
3. Local Level: medical director
⩥ What does EMS systems have?.