VBEMS REVIEW SET EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the different levels of EMS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Emergency Medical Responder
(EMR)
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Advanced EMT (AEMT)
Paramedic
What does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅It protects
people who have a disability from being denied access to programs and services offered by state and
local governments and makes it so employers have to provider equal opportunities.
Public Safety Access Point - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Communication center for dispatchers
Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Used to assist dispatchers with giving
vital instructions to callers until EMS arrives.
Primary Service Area - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Area where your EMS agency operates.
Medical Director - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A physician who authorizes EMTs' to operate and
provide medical care in the field
Community Paramedicine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When Paramedics provide services to the
community such as: immunizations, health evaluations, etc.
NREMT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Provides the national standard for EMS testing
Infectious Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A medical condition in which small and harmful
organisms spread throughout the body
Communicable Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Disease that can spread from one person to
another
, Pathogen - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A microorganism that is capable of causing a disease
Direct Contact - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When organisms are moved from one person to another
through touching
Indirect Contact - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When an infection spreads from one person to another
through an inanimate object
HIV - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Vector-borne Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An infection from animals or insects from one
person to another
General Adaptation Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1.) Alarm response
2.)Reaction/Resistance
3.)Recovery
Acute Stress Reaction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Reactions to stress that occur during a stressful
situation
Delayed Stress Reaction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When your anxiety and stress starts after event
Cumulative Stress Reaction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When you are exposed to constant stressful
events, you become fatigued and tired
Patient Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The right of the patient to make decisions about their
own health
What are the different levels of EMS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Emergency Medical Responder
(EMR)
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Advanced EMT (AEMT)
Paramedic
What does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅It protects
people who have a disability from being denied access to programs and services offered by state and
local governments and makes it so employers have to provider equal opportunities.
Public Safety Access Point - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Communication center for dispatchers
Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Used to assist dispatchers with giving
vital instructions to callers until EMS arrives.
Primary Service Area - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Area where your EMS agency operates.
Medical Director - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A physician who authorizes EMTs' to operate and
provide medical care in the field
Community Paramedicine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When Paramedics provide services to the
community such as: immunizations, health evaluations, etc.
NREMT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Provides the national standard for EMS testing
Infectious Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A medical condition in which small and harmful
organisms spread throughout the body
Communicable Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Disease that can spread from one person to
another
, Pathogen - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A microorganism that is capable of causing a disease
Direct Contact - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When organisms are moved from one person to another
through touching
Indirect Contact - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When an infection spreads from one person to another
through an inanimate object
HIV - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Vector-borne Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An infection from animals or insects from one
person to another
General Adaptation Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1.) Alarm response
2.)Reaction/Resistance
3.)Recovery
Acute Stress Reaction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Reactions to stress that occur during a stressful
situation
Delayed Stress Reaction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When your anxiety and stress starts after event
Cumulative Stress Reaction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When you are exposed to constant stressful
events, you become fatigued and tired
Patient Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The right of the patient to make decisions about their
own health
