EMT BASIC AAOS EXAMPREP TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE RESPONSES
PREMIUM LEARNING PACKAGE
●● 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
●● 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
●● 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 in providing callers with
vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews
●● emergency medical responder (EMR)
Answer: The first trained individual, such as a police officer, fire fighter,
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
●● emergency medical technician (EMT)
Answer: An individual who has training in basic life support, including
automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and
assisting patients with certain medications
●● Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
,Answer: Federal legislation passed in 1996, Its main effect in EMS is in
limiting availability of patients' health care information and penalizing
violations of patient privacy
●● intravenous (IV) therapy
Answer: The delivery of medication directly into a vein
●● licensure
Answer: The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform a
regulated act
●● medical control
Answer: Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or cell
phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-
line/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service
program
●● medical director
Answer: The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the
authority to provide medical care in the field
●● National EMS Scope of Practice Model
, Answer: A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various
EMS providers
●● paramedic
Answer: An individual who has extensive training in advanced life
support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology,
cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills
●● primary prevention
Answer: Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
●● primary service area (PSA)
Answer: The designated area in which the EMS service is responsible
for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the
hospital
●● public health
Answer: Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations
with the goal of preventing health problems
●● public safety access point
Answer: A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are responsible
for managing requests for police, fire fighting, and ambulance services
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE RESPONSES
PREMIUM LEARNING PACKAGE
●● 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
●● 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
●● 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 in providing callers with
vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews
●● emergency medical responder (EMR)
Answer: The first trained individual, such as a police officer, fire fighter,
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
●● emergency medical technician (EMT)
Answer: An individual who has training in basic life support, including
automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and
assisting patients with certain medications
●● Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
,Answer: Federal legislation passed in 1996, Its main effect in EMS is in
limiting availability of patients' health care information and penalizing
violations of patient privacy
●● intravenous (IV) therapy
Answer: The delivery of medication directly into a vein
●● licensure
Answer: The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform a
regulated act
●● medical control
Answer: Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or cell
phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-
line/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service
program
●● medical director
Answer: The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the
authority to provide medical care in the field
●● National EMS Scope of Practice Model
, Answer: A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various
EMS providers
●● paramedic
Answer: An individual who has extensive training in advanced life
support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology,
cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills
●● primary prevention
Answer: Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
●● primary service area (PSA)
Answer: The designated area in which the EMS service is responsible
for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the
hospital
●● public health
Answer: Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations
with the goal of preventing health problems
●● public safety access point
Answer: A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are responsible
for managing requests for police, fire fighting, and ambulance services
