UCLA PARAMEDIC Block 1 STUDY
GUIDE CLASS 55 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
"A Leadership Guide to Quality Improvement for Emergency Medical
Services Systems." - ✔✔-A book published by NHTSA as a guide for
quality improvement in EMS.
"Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern
Society." - ✔✔-White Paper
-Published in 1966 by the National Academy of Sciences
-Consider a landmark in the development of the emergency medical
services system in the U.S.
"borrowed servant" doctrine - ✔✔-A principal under which the party
usually liable for a person's actions.
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,-States the party (aka paramedic) is usually liable for another party's action
(aka emt-b)
KKK-A-1822" - ✔✔-Requested by DOT, Developed by General Service
Admin to specify specifications for ambulances in 1974
-"Star of Life" located on all certified ambulances
-1985 NIOSH mandated reduced noise
-2002 Occupant protection improved
Administrative law (regulatory law) - ✔✔-Law that is enacted by
governmental agencies at either the federal or state level. Ex: OSHA
Ambulance construction requirements (KKK ambulance specs) - ✔✔Type
1: Conventional cab and chassis with a module body; no passageway
between driver and patient
Type 2: Standard van, body, and cab
Type 3: Specialty van with forward cab, has a passageway between the
driver and patient.
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,Attributes of a paramedic - ✔✔-Comforms to the standards of other
medics, Provides quality patient care, pride in profession, strive for high
standards, meets high social standards on and off duty.
Beneficence - ✔✔-The concept of doing good for the patient
Benefits of physical fitness, cardiac risk factors, flexibility - ✔✔Decreased
resting HR & BP.
Increased O2 carrying capacity.
Increased muscle mass and metabolism.
Increased resistance to illness and injury.
Enhanced quality of life.
Breach of duty - ✔✔-An action or inaction that violates the standard of care
expected from a paramedic
BSI - what and when - ✔✔The CDC developed a set of universal
precautions for health care workers to use in treating patients. EMS follows
standard precautions rather than relying on universal precautions.
Standard precautions differ from universal precautions in that they are
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, designed to approach all body fluids as being potentially infectious. In
observing universal precautions only, you are assuming that only blood
and certain body fluids pose only a risk for infectious diseases.
Gloves are to be used for touching blood, body fluids, secretions,
excretions, or contaminated items. Also, mucous membranes and nonintact
skin.
Gowns are to be used during procedures and patient care activities when
contact of the health care provider's clothing/exposed skin to blood, body
fluids, secretions, excretions, or contaminated items is anticipated.
Mask, eye protection, and face shields are indicated during procedures
and patient care activities likely to generate splashes or sprays of blood,
body fluids, secretions, or excretions. Examples include suctioning or
endotracheal intubation. During intubation, a face shield may offer better
protection.
HEPA respirator should be used when working with a patient with
tuberculosis.
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GUIDE CLASS 55 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
"A Leadership Guide to Quality Improvement for Emergency Medical
Services Systems." - ✔✔-A book published by NHTSA as a guide for
quality improvement in EMS.
"Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern
Society." - ✔✔-White Paper
-Published in 1966 by the National Academy of Sciences
-Consider a landmark in the development of the emergency medical
services system in the U.S.
"borrowed servant" doctrine - ✔✔-A principal under which the party
usually liable for a person's actions.
1
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
,-States the party (aka paramedic) is usually liable for another party's action
(aka emt-b)
KKK-A-1822" - ✔✔-Requested by DOT, Developed by General Service
Admin to specify specifications for ambulances in 1974
-"Star of Life" located on all certified ambulances
-1985 NIOSH mandated reduced noise
-2002 Occupant protection improved
Administrative law (regulatory law) - ✔✔-Law that is enacted by
governmental agencies at either the federal or state level. Ex: OSHA
Ambulance construction requirements (KKK ambulance specs) - ✔✔Type
1: Conventional cab and chassis with a module body; no passageway
between driver and patient
Type 2: Standard van, body, and cab
Type 3: Specialty van with forward cab, has a passageway between the
driver and patient.
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Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
,Attributes of a paramedic - ✔✔-Comforms to the standards of other
medics, Provides quality patient care, pride in profession, strive for high
standards, meets high social standards on and off duty.
Beneficence - ✔✔-The concept of doing good for the patient
Benefits of physical fitness, cardiac risk factors, flexibility - ✔✔Decreased
resting HR & BP.
Increased O2 carrying capacity.
Increased muscle mass and metabolism.
Increased resistance to illness and injury.
Enhanced quality of life.
Breach of duty - ✔✔-An action or inaction that violates the standard of care
expected from a paramedic
BSI - what and when - ✔✔The CDC developed a set of universal
precautions for health care workers to use in treating patients. EMS follows
standard precautions rather than relying on universal precautions.
Standard precautions differ from universal precautions in that they are
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, designed to approach all body fluids as being potentially infectious. In
observing universal precautions only, you are assuming that only blood
and certain body fluids pose only a risk for infectious diseases.
Gloves are to be used for touching blood, body fluids, secretions,
excretions, or contaminated items. Also, mucous membranes and nonintact
skin.
Gowns are to be used during procedures and patient care activities when
contact of the health care provider's clothing/exposed skin to blood, body
fluids, secretions, excretions, or contaminated items is anticipated.
Mask, eye protection, and face shields are indicated during procedures
and patient care activities likely to generate splashes or sprays of blood,
body fluids, secretions, or excretions. Examples include suctioning or
endotracheal intubation. During intubation, a face shield may offer better
protection.
HEPA respirator should be used when working with a patient with
tuberculosis.
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