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EMT EXAM 1- CHAPTERS 1-5|ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2026
UPDATE
Online medical direction - correct-answer -Orders given directly in field via
telephone
What is the EMS role in public health? - correct-answer -Injury prevention to
geriatric and youth patients
Public vaccination programs
Disease surveillance
Patient outcomes - correct-answer -Long term survival of patients
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Evidence based - correct-answer -Description of medical techniques or practices
that were supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy rather than
merely on supposition and tradition
What are the steps to an evidence based process? - correct-answer -Form
hypothesis
Review literature
Evaluate the evidence
Adopt practice if evidence supports
What are methods to reduce bias? - correct-answer -Prospective vs retrospective:
first easier to control and more valid
Randomization: Blind and double blind
control groups
Study group similarity
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What are the types of medical research - correct-answer -Case studied/case
reports: Review patients with unusual circumstances and are always
retrospective. Help formulate larger questions
Cohort/concurrent control/case-control: Two groups are compared but not
randomized
Randomized control trial
Systematic Review: A series of studies pertaining to a single question
Meta-analysis
What are the levels of evidence and examples of each - correct-answer -Level 1:
Randomized control or meta of them
2: Concurrent controls
3. Retrospective controls
4. Only looks at one group and no control
EMT EXAM 1- CHAPTERS 1-5|ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2026
UPDATE
Online medical direction - correct-answer -Orders given directly in field via
telephone
What is the EMS role in public health? - correct-answer -Injury prevention to
geriatric and youth patients
Public vaccination programs
Disease surveillance
Patient outcomes - correct-answer -Long term survival of patients
,2|Page
Evidence based - correct-answer -Description of medical techniques or practices
that were supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy rather than
merely on supposition and tradition
What are the steps to an evidence based process? - correct-answer -Form
hypothesis
Review literature
Evaluate the evidence
Adopt practice if evidence supports
What are methods to reduce bias? - correct-answer -Prospective vs retrospective:
first easier to control and more valid
Randomization: Blind and double blind
control groups
Study group similarity
, 3|Page
What are the types of medical research - correct-answer -Case studied/case
reports: Review patients with unusual circumstances and are always
retrospective. Help formulate larger questions
Cohort/concurrent control/case-control: Two groups are compared but not
randomized
Randomized control trial
Systematic Review: A series of studies pertaining to a single question
Meta-analysis
What are the levels of evidence and examples of each - correct-answer -Level 1:
Randomized control or meta of them
2: Concurrent controls
3. Retrospective controls
4. Only looks at one group and no control
