EMT Section 1 Exam Questions and
Answers
1.An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced
life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the
administration of certain emergency medications.
Answer advanced EMT (AEMT)
2.Advanced lifesaving procedures.
Answer advanced life support (ALS)
3.Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect
individuals with dis- abilities against discrimination.
Answer American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
4.A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac
arrhythmia and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to
the patient.
Answer automated external defibrillator (AED)
5.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.
Answer certification
,6.A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all
aspects of an EMS system.
Answer continuous quality improvement (CQI)
7.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.
Answer emergency medical dispatch (EMD)
8.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.
Answer emergency medical responder (EMR)
9.A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined
efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide
prehosptial emergency care to the sick and injured.
Answer emergency medical services (EMS)
10.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.
Answer emergency medical technician (EMT)
, 11.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.
Answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
12.The delivery of medication directly into a vein.
Answer intravenous (IV) therapy
13.The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform
a regulated act.
Answer licensure
14.Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or
cell phone (on- line/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines
(off-lines/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of
the service program.
Answer medical control
15.The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the
authority to provide medical care in the field.
Answer medical director
16.A document created by the National Highway Safety Traffic
Administration (NHSTA) that outlines the skills performed by
Answers
1.An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced
life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the
administration of certain emergency medications.
Answer advanced EMT (AEMT)
2.Advanced lifesaving procedures.
Answer advanced life support (ALS)
3.Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect
individuals with dis- abilities against discrimination.
Answer American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
4.A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac
arrhythmia and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to
the patient.
Answer automated external defibrillator (AED)
5.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.
Answer certification
,6.A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all
aspects of an EMS system.
Answer continuous quality improvement (CQI)
7.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.
Answer emergency medical dispatch (EMD)
8.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.
Answer emergency medical responder (EMR)
9.A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined
efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide
prehosptial emergency care to the sick and injured.
Answer emergency medical services (EMS)
10.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.
Answer emergency medical technician (EMT)
, 11.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.
Answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
12.The delivery of medication directly into a vein.
Answer intravenous (IV) therapy
13.The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform
a regulated act.
Answer licensure
14.Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or
cell phone (on- line/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines
(off-lines/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of
the service program.
Answer medical control
15.The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the
authority to provide medical care in the field.
Answer medical director
16.A document created by the National Highway Safety Traffic
Administration (NHSTA) that outlines the skills performed by
