JBL LEARNING PARAMEDIC EMS SYSTEMS
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1. Mobile army surgical hospitals (M*A*S*H) saved thousands of soldiers' lives during the
Korean War by:
A: Performing surgery within 30 minutes of the injury
B: Bringing the hospital facilities closer to the battlefield
C: Deploying combat medics to retrieve wounded soldiers
D: Using helicopters to airlift casualties to the United States - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B:
Bringing the hospital facilities closer to the battlefield
2. In the United States, mobile intensive care units (MICUs) initially were staffed by:
A: Physicians
B: Registered Nurses
C: Funeral home directors
D: Non-physician providers - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓D: Non-physician providers
, 3. The entity that was created in 1966 and that provides authority and financial support
for the development of basic and advanced life support programs is the:
A: National Association of EMTs
B: United States Department of Transportation
C: National Highway Safety Department
D: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B: United States
Department of Transportation
4. Which of the following is NOT a critical point addressed by the "White Paper" written in
1966 that was entitled "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
Modern Society?"
A: Ensuring that paramedics respond to every call
B: Participating in community-based prevention efforts
C: Allocating adequate resources for medical direction
D: Developing and pursuing a national EMS research agenda - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A:
Ensuring that paramedics respond to every call
5. The first EMT textbook, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, was
published in 1971 by the:
A: National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)
B: American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
C: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
D: American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓C: American
Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
6. Dr. Eugene aNgel advanced emergency medical treatment in 1969 by:
A: Training paramedics to administer certain medications directly through the chest wall and
into the left ventricle
,B: Developing and implementing closed-chest cardiac massage (CPR) in order to pump blood in
the patient without a pulse
C: Implementing the "golden hour," which dramatically increased survival rates of patients who
experienced severe trauma
D: Developing a telemetry system that enabled firefighters to transmit a patient's
electrocardiogram to the physician at the hospital - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓D: Developing a
telemetry system that enabled firefighters to transmit a patient's electrocardiogram to the
physician at the hospital
7. Which of the following was NOT a required component identified by the Emergency
Medical Services System Act of 1973?
A: EMS research
B: Mutual aid agreements
C: National EMS certifications
D: Integration of health services - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓C: National EMS certification
8. Which of the following is one of the 10 system elements developed by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) in an effort to sustain EMS systems?
A: Medical Direction
B: Fully enhanced 911
C: Paramedic supervisors
D: Continued federal funding - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A: Medical Direction
8 The EMS network begins:
A: by educating dispatchers
B: With citizen involvement
C: When an injury has occurred
D: When paramedics are notified - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B: With citizen involvement
, 9 Which of the following statements regarding the EMS system is correct?
A: The paramedic is usually the public's first contact with the EMS system
B: The paramedic is a public servant who often responds to non-emergency calls
C: The public's perception of an emergency is often the same as the paramedic's
D: Dispatch information is an accurate depiction of what really happened - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓B: The paramedic is a public servant who often responds to non-emergency calls
10 If the receiving facility does not have adequate resources to take care of your patient, you
should next determine whether:
A: There is an appropriate facility within a reasonable distance
B: An emergency physician should be dispatched to the scene
C: Transport of the patient by ambulance is absolutely necessary
D: A BLS ambulance can transport the patient to a distance hospital - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓A: There is an appropriate facility within a reasonable distance
Common actions performed by the dispatcher after receiving an emergency call include all of
the following, EXCEPT:
A: Receiving and entering all data regarding the call
B: Relaying information to the appropriate resources
C: Interpreting the information provided by the caller
D: Determining if an ambulance should be dispatched - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓D: Determining
if an ambulance should be dispatched
What instructions or guidance would an emergency medical dispatcher MOST likely provide to
a caller?
A: How to properly use a bag-mask device
CHAPTER 1 |
TEST STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS
|| 100% GUARANTEED PASS NEWEST
VERSION
1. Mobile army surgical hospitals (M*A*S*H) saved thousands of soldiers' lives during the
Korean War by:
A: Performing surgery within 30 minutes of the injury
B: Bringing the hospital facilities closer to the battlefield
C: Deploying combat medics to retrieve wounded soldiers
D: Using helicopters to airlift casualties to the United States - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B:
Bringing the hospital facilities closer to the battlefield
2. In the United States, mobile intensive care units (MICUs) initially were staffed by:
A: Physicians
B: Registered Nurses
C: Funeral home directors
D: Non-physician providers - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓D: Non-physician providers
, 3. The entity that was created in 1966 and that provides authority and financial support
for the development of basic and advanced life support programs is the:
A: National Association of EMTs
B: United States Department of Transportation
C: National Highway Safety Department
D: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B: United States
Department of Transportation
4. Which of the following is NOT a critical point addressed by the "White Paper" written in
1966 that was entitled "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
Modern Society?"
A: Ensuring that paramedics respond to every call
B: Participating in community-based prevention efforts
C: Allocating adequate resources for medical direction
D: Developing and pursuing a national EMS research agenda - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A:
Ensuring that paramedics respond to every call
5. The first EMT textbook, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, was
published in 1971 by the:
A: National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)
B: American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
C: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
D: American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓C: American
Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
6. Dr. Eugene aNgel advanced emergency medical treatment in 1969 by:
A: Training paramedics to administer certain medications directly through the chest wall and
into the left ventricle
,B: Developing and implementing closed-chest cardiac massage (CPR) in order to pump blood in
the patient without a pulse
C: Implementing the "golden hour," which dramatically increased survival rates of patients who
experienced severe trauma
D: Developing a telemetry system that enabled firefighters to transmit a patient's
electrocardiogram to the physician at the hospital - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓D: Developing a
telemetry system that enabled firefighters to transmit a patient's electrocardiogram to the
physician at the hospital
7. Which of the following was NOT a required component identified by the Emergency
Medical Services System Act of 1973?
A: EMS research
B: Mutual aid agreements
C: National EMS certifications
D: Integration of health services - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓C: National EMS certification
8. Which of the following is one of the 10 system elements developed by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) in an effort to sustain EMS systems?
A: Medical Direction
B: Fully enhanced 911
C: Paramedic supervisors
D: Continued federal funding - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A: Medical Direction
8 The EMS network begins:
A: by educating dispatchers
B: With citizen involvement
C: When an injury has occurred
D: When paramedics are notified - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B: With citizen involvement
, 9 Which of the following statements regarding the EMS system is correct?
A: The paramedic is usually the public's first contact with the EMS system
B: The paramedic is a public servant who often responds to non-emergency calls
C: The public's perception of an emergency is often the same as the paramedic's
D: Dispatch information is an accurate depiction of what really happened - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓B: The paramedic is a public servant who often responds to non-emergency calls
10 If the receiving facility does not have adequate resources to take care of your patient, you
should next determine whether:
A: There is an appropriate facility within a reasonable distance
B: An emergency physician should be dispatched to the scene
C: Transport of the patient by ambulance is absolutely necessary
D: A BLS ambulance can transport the patient to a distance hospital - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓A: There is an appropriate facility within a reasonable distance
Common actions performed by the dispatcher after receiving an emergency call include all of
the following, EXCEPT:
A: Receiving and entering all data regarding the call
B: Relaying information to the appropriate resources
C: Interpreting the information provided by the caller
D: Determining if an ambulance should be dispatched - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓D: Determining
if an ambulance should be dispatched
What instructions or guidance would an emergency medical dispatcher MOST likely provide to
a caller?
A: How to properly use a bag-mask device
