EMS Systems Chapter 1 Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
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Which component is considered the backbone of the EMS system?
A. Public education programs
✔✔B. Trained EMS personnel
C. Trauma center hospitals
D. Emergency dispatch centers
Which level of EMS provider can initiate IV access and give limited medications?
A. EMR
B. Paramedic
✔✔C. Advanced EMT
D. Emergency Dispatcher
What is the most common method of requesting EMS in the United States?
A. Social media alert
B. Smartphone emergency apps
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,✔✔C. 911 emergency call
D. Text message to local hospital
Which term describes the continuous review and improvement of EMS care?
✔✔A. Continuous Quality Improvement
B. Scope of Practice
C. Standard of Care
D. Online Medical Direction
Who provides offline medical direction to EMS providers?
A. The 911 dispatcher
✔✔B. The EMS medical director
C. The receiving nurse at the hospital
D. The local police chief
Which is an example of an EMS public health role?
A. Administering antibiotics in hospitals
✔✔B. Providing flu vaccinations at a community clinic
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, C. Operating CT scans in rural areas
D. Conducting physical exams at school
Which agency regulates interstate transport of EMS patients by air?
A. NHTSA
✔✔B. Federal Aviation Administration
C. American Heart Association
D. U.S. Department of Transportation
What is a major goal of the EMS Agenda for the Future?
✔✔A. Create a more integrated, community-based EMS system
B. Require all EMS to be military trained
C. Eliminate online medical control
D. Reduce the scope of EMS practice
What is the primary goal of the EMS system?
A. Increase hospital staffing
✔✔B. Provide emergency care and transport to the sick and injured
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
Which component is considered the backbone of the EMS system?
A. Public education programs
✔✔B. Trained EMS personnel
C. Trauma center hospitals
D. Emergency dispatch centers
Which level of EMS provider can initiate IV access and give limited medications?
A. EMR
B. Paramedic
✔✔C. Advanced EMT
D. Emergency Dispatcher
What is the most common method of requesting EMS in the United States?
A. Social media alert
B. Smartphone emergency apps
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,✔✔C. 911 emergency call
D. Text message to local hospital
Which term describes the continuous review and improvement of EMS care?
✔✔A. Continuous Quality Improvement
B. Scope of Practice
C. Standard of Care
D. Online Medical Direction
Who provides offline medical direction to EMS providers?
A. The 911 dispatcher
✔✔B. The EMS medical director
C. The receiving nurse at the hospital
D. The local police chief
Which is an example of an EMS public health role?
A. Administering antibiotics in hospitals
✔✔B. Providing flu vaccinations at a community clinic
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, C. Operating CT scans in rural areas
D. Conducting physical exams at school
Which agency regulates interstate transport of EMS patients by air?
A. NHTSA
✔✔B. Federal Aviation Administration
C. American Heart Association
D. U.S. Department of Transportation
What is a major goal of the EMS Agenda for the Future?
✔✔A. Create a more integrated, community-based EMS system
B. Require all EMS to be military trained
C. Eliminate online medical control
D. Reduce the scope of EMS practice
What is the primary goal of the EMS system?
A. Increase hospital staffing
✔✔B. Provide emergency care and transport to the sick and injured
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