AAOS EMERGENCY CARE AND
TRANSPORTATION UPDATED ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Advanced Life Support (ALS)
Answer: Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being
provided by the EMT.
●● Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Answer: Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect
individuals with disabilities against discrimination. Passed in 1990.
●● Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Answer: A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac
arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and
delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
●● Certification
Answer: A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to
provide safe and ethical care.
, ●● Community Paramedicine (CP)
Answer: A health care model in which experienced paramedics receive
advanced training to equip them to provide additional services in the
prehospital environment, such as health evaluations, monitoring of
chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy.
●● Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Answer: A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all
aspects of an EMS system.
●● Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD)
Answer: A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units
to respond to a particular call for assistance and provides callers with
vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.
●● Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
Answer: The first trained professional, such as a police officer,
firefighters, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an
emergency to provide initial medical assistance.
●● Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Answer: A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts
of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency
care to the sick and injured.
TRANSPORTATION UPDATED ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Advanced Life Support (ALS)
Answer: Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being
provided by the EMT.
●● Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Answer: Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect
individuals with disabilities against discrimination. Passed in 1990.
●● Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Answer: A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac
arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and
delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
●● Certification
Answer: A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to
provide safe and ethical care.
, ●● Community Paramedicine (CP)
Answer: A health care model in which experienced paramedics receive
advanced training to equip them to provide additional services in the
prehospital environment, such as health evaluations, monitoring of
chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy.
●● Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Answer: A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all
aspects of an EMS system.
●● Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD)
Answer: A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units
to respond to a particular call for assistance and provides callers with
vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.
●● Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
Answer: The first trained professional, such as a police officer,
firefighters, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an
emergency to provide initial medical assistance.
●● Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Answer: A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts
of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency
care to the sick and injured.
