EMT MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Earliest documented emergency medical service. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In 1790 the French began
transporting wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
Who developed the first emergency medical standards? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅U.S. Department of
Transportation
What is enhanced 911? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dispatchers are able to determine location of the
caller.
Minimum level of certification to run on an ambulance crew. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅EMT
Evaluation of patient's condition is done by doing a ___. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Patient Assessment
Who is responsible for scene safety? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All crew members
A person who speaks on behalf of the patient. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Advocate
Assumes responsibility for all EMTs. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Medical Director
Any agent that causes disease is called a ______. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pathogen
How is Hepatitis A transmitted? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fecal-oral route
What part of the nervous system is responsible for the "fight or flight" response? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Sympathetic Nervous System
Levels of EMS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
, When lifting a patient, a basic principle is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Know your own limitations
Preferred number of rescuers when using a stair chair. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅3
Set of limitations that defines the legal actions and limitations placed on the EMT. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Scope of Practice
Consent given by a school principal to treat a minor on behalf of the parents. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In
loco parentis (in place of the parent)
An EMT's legal and ethical obligation to provide care to a patient. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Duty to Act
Act that governs patient confidentiality. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅HIPAA
EMTs role at a crime scene. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Care of the patient
What is anatomy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The structures of the human body.
What is physiology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The function of the human body.
Sharing information about a patient's history or condition. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Breach of
confidentiality
Medial - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Middle
Lateral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Outside
Standing erect, facing the observer, with arms down and the palms of the hands facing forward. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Anatomical Position
Earliest documented emergency medical service. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In 1790 the French began
transporting wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
Who developed the first emergency medical standards? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅U.S. Department of
Transportation
What is enhanced 911? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dispatchers are able to determine location of the
caller.
Minimum level of certification to run on an ambulance crew. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅EMT
Evaluation of patient's condition is done by doing a ___. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Patient Assessment
Who is responsible for scene safety? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All crew members
A person who speaks on behalf of the patient. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Advocate
Assumes responsibility for all EMTs. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Medical Director
Any agent that causes disease is called a ______. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pathogen
How is Hepatitis A transmitted? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fecal-oral route
What part of the nervous system is responsible for the "fight or flight" response? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Sympathetic Nervous System
Levels of EMS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
, When lifting a patient, a basic principle is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Know your own limitations
Preferred number of rescuers when using a stair chair. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅3
Set of limitations that defines the legal actions and limitations placed on the EMT. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Scope of Practice
Consent given by a school principal to treat a minor on behalf of the parents. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In
loco parentis (in place of the parent)
An EMT's legal and ethical obligation to provide care to a patient. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Duty to Act
Act that governs patient confidentiality. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅HIPAA
EMTs role at a crime scene. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Care of the patient
What is anatomy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The structures of the human body.
What is physiology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The function of the human body.
Sharing information about a patient's history or condition. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Breach of
confidentiality
Medial - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Middle
Lateral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Outside
Standing erect, facing the observer, with arms down and the palms of the hands facing forward. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Anatomical Position
