EMS Exam 1 (Ch 1-4) Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
Which federal agency oversees EMS standards in the United States?
A. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
B. Department of Defense (DoD)
✔✔C. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
What is the primary role of an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)?
A. Provide advanced airway management
B. Administer intravenous medications
✔✔C. Provide immediate life-saving care until higher-level providers arrive
D. Transport patients to the hospital
Which is the highest level of EMS certification?
A. Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
B. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
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,C. Advanced EMT (AEMT)
✔✔D. Paramedic
What is the main purpose of personal protective equipment (PPE) in EMS?
A. Keep uniforms clean
✔✔B. Protect the provider from exposure to hazards
C. Identify the EMS agency
D. Store medical equipment
Which act provided funding for EMS development in the United States?
A. Affordable Care Act
B. Civil Rights Act
✔✔C. Highway Safety Act of 1966
D. Public Health Service Act
Which skill is within the EMT scope of practice?
A. Surgical airway
✔✔B. Use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
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,C. Administration of narcotics
D. Advanced cardiac monitoring
What is the first priority when arriving at the scene of an emergency?
A. Provide patient care immediately
✔✔B. Ensure the scene is safe
C. Obtain patient history
D. Notify medical control
What is the term for the written documents that describe how EMS providers are to perform
procedures?
A. Agency reports
✔✔B. Protocols
C. Treatment logs
D. Patient narratives
Which EMS role involves communicating patient information to the receiving facility?
A. Driver
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, ✔✔B. EMT or paramedic providing verbal handoff
C. Dispatcher
D. Bystander
What is the purpose of the EMS “chain of survival”?
A. To ensure financial reimbursement
✔✔B. To outline steps for improving survival from cardiac arrest
C. To recruit EMS providers
D. To train firefighters in EMS skills
Which type of medical control is provided through written guidelines?
A. Direct medical control
✔✔B. Indirect medical control
C. On-line consultation
D. Telemedicine
When should an EMS provider wash their hands?
A. Before the start of their shift
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
Which federal agency oversees EMS standards in the United States?
A. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
B. Department of Defense (DoD)
✔✔C. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
What is the primary role of an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)?
A. Provide advanced airway management
B. Administer intravenous medications
✔✔C. Provide immediate life-saving care until higher-level providers arrive
D. Transport patients to the hospital
Which is the highest level of EMS certification?
A. Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
B. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
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,C. Advanced EMT (AEMT)
✔✔D. Paramedic
What is the main purpose of personal protective equipment (PPE) in EMS?
A. Keep uniforms clean
✔✔B. Protect the provider from exposure to hazards
C. Identify the EMS agency
D. Store medical equipment
Which act provided funding for EMS development in the United States?
A. Affordable Care Act
B. Civil Rights Act
✔✔C. Highway Safety Act of 1966
D. Public Health Service Act
Which skill is within the EMT scope of practice?
A. Surgical airway
✔✔B. Use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
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,C. Administration of narcotics
D. Advanced cardiac monitoring
What is the first priority when arriving at the scene of an emergency?
A. Provide patient care immediately
✔✔B. Ensure the scene is safe
C. Obtain patient history
D. Notify medical control
What is the term for the written documents that describe how EMS providers are to perform
procedures?
A. Agency reports
✔✔B. Protocols
C. Treatment logs
D. Patient narratives
Which EMS role involves communicating patient information to the receiving facility?
A. Driver
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, ✔✔B. EMT or paramedic providing verbal handoff
C. Dispatcher
D. Bystander
What is the purpose of the EMS “chain of survival”?
A. To ensure financial reimbursement
✔✔B. To outline steps for improving survival from cardiac arrest
C. To recruit EMS providers
D. To train firefighters in EMS skills
Which type of medical control is provided through written guidelines?
A. Direct medical control
✔✔B. Indirect medical control
C. On-line consultation
D. Telemedicine
When should an EMS provider wash their hands?
A. Before the start of their shift
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