EMT BLOCK 1 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔The stage of the grieving process where an attempt is made to secure a prize for
good behavior or promise to change one's lifestyle is known as - ✔✔Bargaining
✔✔The stage of grieving where the person is ready to die is known as - ✔✔Acceptance
✔✔What is the name of the team of psychological professionals that work with EMS
professionals to work out stressful events? - ✔✔Critical Incident Stress Management
(CISM)
✔✔From the age of 1 to the age of 40, what is the leading cause of death? - ✔✔Trauma
✔✔What organization created the guidelines of EMS training? - ✔✔National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
✔✔As an EMT, what is your number one priority? - ✔✔Personal Safety
✔✔Who develops the guidelines concerning pathogen transmission prevention in the
workplace? - ✔✔OSHA
✔✔What is the goal of standard precautions? - ✔✔To interrupt the transmission of
germs
✔✔What is a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) system designed to do? -
✔✔Identify areas of improvement and appropriate education to help fix them (always
positive)
✔✔If a patient has TB, you must wear a HEPA and give them a... - ✔✔Surgical mask to
wear
✔✔If your eyes are exposed to blood or body fluid, what should you do? - ✔✔Rinse
them with water for 20 minutes then notify your department for further action
✔✔What are the three stages to general adaption syndrome? - ✔✔Alarm reaction,
stage of resistance, and exhaustion
✔✔What should EMS personnel do at violent situations? - ✔✔Enter the scene only
when law enforcement indicates it is safe
✔✔What is the decomposition of a diseased body? - ✔✔Putrefaction
, ✔✔What is the stiffening of the body's muscles after death called? - ✔✔Rigor mortis
✔✔What is it called when the blood settles in a diseased body due to gravitational pull?
- ✔✔Dependent lividity
✔✔What type of medical control are standing orders? - ✔✔Offline Medical Direction
✔✔When your patient is unresponsive and their condition is life threatening what type of
consent exists? - ✔✔Implied Consent
✔✔What is the type of medical control where a physician may either confirm or modify a
proposed treatment plan over the radio or telephone is referred to as? - ✔✔Online
Medical Direction
✔✔For which type of consent must you tell the patient what you are doing so that they
have knowledge of the events and have the ability to refuse types of care? -
✔✔Informed Consent
✔✔What type of consent is verbal? - ✔✔Expressed
✔✔If a mentally competent patient refuses transport to a hospital after you have
thoroughly explained the risks of refusal what document must you have the patient
sign? - ✔✔AMA (Against Medical Advice)
✔✔Any type of written document that specifies medical treatment for a patient who is
unable to make their own decisions. Most commonly a DNR. - ✔✔advanced directive
✔✔What is a DNR and according to National regulations what must be provided for a
DNR to be seen as valid? - ✔✔Do not recusitate, the DNR papers must be present and
valid
✔✔What are untrue written accusations? - ✔✔Libel
✔✔What are untrue verbal accusation? - ✔✔slander
✔✔What is the name of the law that protects those who help someone from being sued
for their actions? - ✔✔The Good Samaritan law
✔✔What is it called when a parent isn't present, but whoever is in charge (such as a
teacher) can give consent to treatment? - ✔✔In Loco Parentis
✔✔Failure to provide care when able - ✔✔Negligence
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔The stage of the grieving process where an attempt is made to secure a prize for
good behavior or promise to change one's lifestyle is known as - ✔✔Bargaining
✔✔The stage of grieving where the person is ready to die is known as - ✔✔Acceptance
✔✔What is the name of the team of psychological professionals that work with EMS
professionals to work out stressful events? - ✔✔Critical Incident Stress Management
(CISM)
✔✔From the age of 1 to the age of 40, what is the leading cause of death? - ✔✔Trauma
✔✔What organization created the guidelines of EMS training? - ✔✔National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
✔✔As an EMT, what is your number one priority? - ✔✔Personal Safety
✔✔Who develops the guidelines concerning pathogen transmission prevention in the
workplace? - ✔✔OSHA
✔✔What is the goal of standard precautions? - ✔✔To interrupt the transmission of
germs
✔✔What is a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) system designed to do? -
✔✔Identify areas of improvement and appropriate education to help fix them (always
positive)
✔✔If a patient has TB, you must wear a HEPA and give them a... - ✔✔Surgical mask to
wear
✔✔If your eyes are exposed to blood or body fluid, what should you do? - ✔✔Rinse
them with water for 20 minutes then notify your department for further action
✔✔What are the three stages to general adaption syndrome? - ✔✔Alarm reaction,
stage of resistance, and exhaustion
✔✔What should EMS personnel do at violent situations? - ✔✔Enter the scene only
when law enforcement indicates it is safe
✔✔What is the decomposition of a diseased body? - ✔✔Putrefaction
, ✔✔What is the stiffening of the body's muscles after death called? - ✔✔Rigor mortis
✔✔What is it called when the blood settles in a diseased body due to gravitational pull?
- ✔✔Dependent lividity
✔✔What type of medical control are standing orders? - ✔✔Offline Medical Direction
✔✔When your patient is unresponsive and their condition is life threatening what type of
consent exists? - ✔✔Implied Consent
✔✔What is the type of medical control where a physician may either confirm or modify a
proposed treatment plan over the radio or telephone is referred to as? - ✔✔Online
Medical Direction
✔✔For which type of consent must you tell the patient what you are doing so that they
have knowledge of the events and have the ability to refuse types of care? -
✔✔Informed Consent
✔✔What type of consent is verbal? - ✔✔Expressed
✔✔If a mentally competent patient refuses transport to a hospital after you have
thoroughly explained the risks of refusal what document must you have the patient
sign? - ✔✔AMA (Against Medical Advice)
✔✔Any type of written document that specifies medical treatment for a patient who is
unable to make their own decisions. Most commonly a DNR. - ✔✔advanced directive
✔✔What is a DNR and according to National regulations what must be provided for a
DNR to be seen as valid? - ✔✔Do not recusitate, the DNR papers must be present and
valid
✔✔What are untrue written accusations? - ✔✔Libel
✔✔What are untrue verbal accusation? - ✔✔slander
✔✔What is the name of the law that protects those who help someone from being sued
for their actions? - ✔✔The Good Samaritan law
✔✔What is it called when a parent isn't present, but whoever is in charge (such as a
teacher) can give consent to treatment? - ✔✔In Loco Parentis
✔✔Failure to provide care when able - ✔✔Negligence
