EMT Exam 1 Study Guide & Test Bank | Chapters 1–8 Questions, Answers & Exam Review 2026/2027

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EMT EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE, EMT EXAM 1
QUESTIONS, EMT REVIEW: EXAM 1 (CHAPTER
1-7), EMT EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS 1-8) TEST BANK


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Which of the following factors should be considered before lifting any patient?




Answers:

Communications

Your physical limitations

The weight of the patient




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All of the above

-CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above




________ describes how we feel about ourselves and how we fit in with our peers.

CORRECT ANSWER - self-esteem




________ radios operate between 300 MHz and 3,000 MHz.

CORRECT ANSWER - UHF




__________ is the process of gas exchange.

CORRECT ANSWER - respiration




_____________ is the process by which a competent authority, usually the state, grants
permission to practice a job, trade, or profession.

CORRECT ANSWER - licensure




______________ is an established process to determine the qualifications necessary to
be allowed to practice a particular profession, or to function as an organization.

CORRECT ANSWER - credentialing




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______________ is how a reasonably prudent person with similar training and
experience would act under similar circumstances, with similar equipment, and in the
same or similar place.

CORRECT ANSWER - standard of care




______________ is the process by which an individual, institution, or program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to ensure safe
and ethical patient care.

CORRECT ANSWER - certification




______________ is the type of consent given when the patient verbally or otherwise
acknowledges that he or she wants you to provide care or transport.

CORRECT ANSWER - expressed consent




______________ means that you explained the nature of the treatment being offered,
along with the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment, as well as potential
consequences of refusing treatment, and the patient has given consent.

CORRECT ANSWER - informed consent




______________ occurs when a person is unconscious or otherwise incapable of making
a rational, informed decision about care, and unable to give consent, and the law
assumes that the patient would consent to care and transport to a medical facility if he
or she were able to do so.

CORRECT ANSWER - implied consent




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_______________ may develop after a person has experienced a psychologically
distressing event and is characterized by reexperiencing the event.

CORRECT ANSWER - posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)




________________ is the presence of infectious organisms on or in objects such as
dressings, water, food, needles, wounds, or a patient's

CORRECT ANSWER - contamination




_________________ is/are a strong contributor to heart disease, hypertension, cancer,
alcoholism, and depression.

CORRECT ANSWER - cumulative stress reactions




_________________ occurs when an adult patient who is mentally incompetent is not
able to give informed consent. Consent for emergency care should be obtained from
someone who is legally responsible for the patient, such as a guardian or conservator.

CORRECT ANSWER - involuntary consent




__________________ training provides skills necessary to initiate immediate care and
focuses on providing immediate BLS and urgent care with limited equipment.

CORRECT ANSWER - emergency medical responder (EMR)




"Gastro" in the word "gastroenteritis" means:




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