QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
Terms in this set (111) QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
1) Private Ambulances may only respond CHP has authorized them to
to emergency calls if
2) Definition of Ambulance Rescue vehicle
Vehicle modified to transport injured
people
3) Code 3 Operation describes use of lights and sirens
4) Code 3 is justified for 3 reasons 1 to save a life
2 prevent undue suffering
3 prevent disability
5) Do guilty vertics that have dismissed Yes
by courts still count as convictions?
6) Must all ambulances operating under Yes
the same license display the same
name?
7) How many hours of service must be 24, unless the ambulance does not
, provided under each license? respond to calls from public agencies.
8) Fire extinguishers must be inspected and serviced yearly
or immediately after use
9) Ambulances will be inspected by CHP initially
yearly
and randonmly
10) Destination restrictions prevent ambulances from taking unnecessarily
long routes.
11) Escorts for patients: The prohibition Family,
against unqualified drivers and other persons concerned with the
attendants serving as patient escorts patients well being
does not exclude minors should be allowed to come
whenever possible
12) Good Samaritan Laws do not protect acts or omissions are performed in a
EMT's when grossly negligent manner or not in good
faith.
13) Can CHP grant exceptions to statutory No
requirements?
14) Purpose of DMV ambulance driver test not to prove driving competence, but to
is screen those with criminal
backgrounds, physical disabilities, or
poor driving habits.
15) You do not need an ambulance driving are a police officer
, license if firefighter
or if you are licensed in an a different
state and driving in an emergency into
CA.
16) 6 Prerequisites to getting an Ambulance 1. 18 years old
license. 2. Hold a valid CA driving license
3. File a complete application including
criminal convictions and certain traffic
offenses
4. Pass a written test
5. Submit fingerprints
6. Complete meddical form DL-51
17) Temporary certificates last _____ days 180
18) Regular certificate lasts no longer than 5 years, and expires the
same day as your drivers license
19) Conditional validity means that your valid drivers license
ambulance license is only valid when medical examination certificate.
you have and after one year an (EMT)-I
certificate
20) Renewal Applications will be excepted within 6 months of expiration of your
drivers license.
21) If your ambulance drivers license is submit a written request for a hearing
revoked, you can within ten days.