EMT BLOCK 1 LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Mottled - ✔✔Blotching of the skin
✔✔pupil reaction - ✔✔pupils must be equal and reactive to light
✔✔Orthostatic - ✔✔2-3 minuets apart; taken laying down, then sitting up , then standing
up
✔✔what is enhanced 911 - ✔✔Can track phone number, location and caller ID
✔✔personal safety - ✔✔top priority, in order to help you need to be ok
✔✔Transfer of care - ✔✔where care is transferred to someone of the same level or
higher (nurses, doctors, ect.)
✔✔Rapport - ✔✔create a positive relationship with ur patient in order to get them to
trust u and give up more information
✔✔Advocate - ✔✔someone who speaks on the behalf of the patient for their health and
wellness
✔✔Continuing education - ✔✔Classes required for license renewal
✔✔Standing orders - ✔✔a protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMTs
to perform particular skills in certain situations
✔✔Protocols - ✔✔lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in
different situations.
✔✔Pathogen - ✔✔organisms that cause infection
✔✔PPE - ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment i.e. gloves, mask, safety glasses, ballistic
vest, boots, ect.
✔✔BSI - ✔✔Body substance isolation; gloves, mask, washing hands
✔✔Ryan White care act - ✔✔allows for EMS to know if they have been exposed to to
potentially life threatening diseases
✔✔Acute Stress reaction - ✔✔symptoms occur right after event
✔✔Delayed stress reaction - ✔✔linked to PTSD
, ✔✔Cumulative stress reaction - ✔✔Burnout; Build up of low level stressors
✔✔Eustress - ✔✔positive form of stress
✔✔distress - ✔✔negative stress that can cause long term problems
✔✔CISM - ✔✔Critical incident stress management
✔✔CISD - ✔✔Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
✔✔when lifting a patient you should consider... - ✔✔the object, your limitations, and
communication
✔✔urgent move - ✔✔treatment can only be performed if patient is moved
✔✔non urgent move - ✔✔can be assed treated and moved in normal way
✔✔emrgent move - ✔✔scene is hazardous, patient requires repositioning
✔✔extremity lift - ✔✔georgia street
✔✔prone - ✔✔laying face down
✔✔supine - ✔✔lying on back; also a shock position
✔✔Fowlers - ✔✔sitting at a 90 degree angle
✔✔Semi-fowlers - ✔✔sitting at a 45 degree angle
✔✔recovery position - ✔✔lateral recumbent; laying on side so patient cant aspartate
✔✔scope of practice - ✔✔what you can and cant do
✔✔standard of care - ✔✔how you do your job
✔✔expressed consent - ✔✔normally a verbal or nonverbal cue that allows for EMT to
begging patient care
✔✔implied consent - ✔✔assumed consent under the assumption they would want care
(used for children w/o parents, or patient is unconscious)
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Mottled - ✔✔Blotching of the skin
✔✔pupil reaction - ✔✔pupils must be equal and reactive to light
✔✔Orthostatic - ✔✔2-3 minuets apart; taken laying down, then sitting up , then standing
up
✔✔what is enhanced 911 - ✔✔Can track phone number, location and caller ID
✔✔personal safety - ✔✔top priority, in order to help you need to be ok
✔✔Transfer of care - ✔✔where care is transferred to someone of the same level or
higher (nurses, doctors, ect.)
✔✔Rapport - ✔✔create a positive relationship with ur patient in order to get them to
trust u and give up more information
✔✔Advocate - ✔✔someone who speaks on the behalf of the patient for their health and
wellness
✔✔Continuing education - ✔✔Classes required for license renewal
✔✔Standing orders - ✔✔a protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMTs
to perform particular skills in certain situations
✔✔Protocols - ✔✔lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in
different situations.
✔✔Pathogen - ✔✔organisms that cause infection
✔✔PPE - ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment i.e. gloves, mask, safety glasses, ballistic
vest, boots, ect.
✔✔BSI - ✔✔Body substance isolation; gloves, mask, washing hands
✔✔Ryan White care act - ✔✔allows for EMS to know if they have been exposed to to
potentially life threatening diseases
✔✔Acute Stress reaction - ✔✔symptoms occur right after event
✔✔Delayed stress reaction - ✔✔linked to PTSD
, ✔✔Cumulative stress reaction - ✔✔Burnout; Build up of low level stressors
✔✔Eustress - ✔✔positive form of stress
✔✔distress - ✔✔negative stress that can cause long term problems
✔✔CISM - ✔✔Critical incident stress management
✔✔CISD - ✔✔Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
✔✔when lifting a patient you should consider... - ✔✔the object, your limitations, and
communication
✔✔urgent move - ✔✔treatment can only be performed if patient is moved
✔✔non urgent move - ✔✔can be assed treated and moved in normal way
✔✔emrgent move - ✔✔scene is hazardous, patient requires repositioning
✔✔extremity lift - ✔✔georgia street
✔✔prone - ✔✔laying face down
✔✔supine - ✔✔lying on back; also a shock position
✔✔Fowlers - ✔✔sitting at a 90 degree angle
✔✔Semi-fowlers - ✔✔sitting at a 45 degree angle
✔✔recovery position - ✔✔lateral recumbent; laying on side so patient cant aspartate
✔✔scope of practice - ✔✔what you can and cant do
✔✔standard of care - ✔✔how you do your job
✔✔expressed consent - ✔✔normally a verbal or nonverbal cue that allows for EMT to
begging patient care
✔✔implied consent - ✔✔assumed consent under the assumption they would want care
(used for children w/o parents, or patient is unconscious)
