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AAOS EMT ELEVENTH EDITION SECTION 9:
EMS OPERATIONS ACTUAL EXAM PREP 2026
ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT
FEEDBACK |NEW AND REVISED
You have just delivered a major trauma patient to the hospital. Shortly
after departing the hospital, dispatch advises you of another call. The
back of the ambulance is contaminated with bloody dressings and is in
disarray, and you are in need of airway equipment and numerous other
supplies. You should: - ANSWER- advise the dispatcher that you are out
of service and to send another unit.
The process of removing dirt, dust, blood, or other visible contaminants
from a surface or equipment is called: - ANSWER- cleaning.\\General
guidelines for safe ambulance driving include all of the following,
EXCEPT:\regularly using the siren as much as possible.
Maintaining a cushion of safety when operating an ambulance means: -
ANSWER- keeping a safe distance between your ambulance and the
vehicles in front of you and remaining aware of vehicles potentially
hiding in your mirrors' blind spots.
The use of lights and siren on an ambulance: - ANSWER- signifies a
request for other drivers to yield the right of way.
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Hydroplaning of the ambulance on wet roads would MOST likely occur
at speeds of greater than _____ mph. - ANSWER- 30
In which of the following situations would the EMTs MOST likely
utilize a police escort? - ANSWER- The EMTs are unfamiliar with the
location, but the police officer knows the area.
The MOST common and usually the most serious ambulance crashes
occur at: - ANSWER- intersections.
When approaching a helicopter, whether the rotor blades are moving or
not, you should: - ANSWER- never duck under the body or the tail
boom because the pilot cannot see you in these areas.
A medical transport helicopter is incoming and you are responsible for
setting up the landing zone (LZ). You should: - ANSWER- use weighted
cones to mark all four corners of the LZ.
While en route to a call for a patient in cardiac arrest, you approach a
stopped school bus with its red warning lights flashing. You should: -
ANSWER- stop and wait until the warning lights stop flashing.
Portable and mounted suction units must be powerful enough to generate
a vacuum of at least ____ mm Hg when the tubing is clamped. -
ANSWER- 300
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A portable oxygen cylinder should have a minimum capacity of ____ of
oxygen. - ANSWER- 500 L
Regardless of where portable and mounted oxygen cylinders are stored
in the ambulance, they must: - ANSWER- be capable of delivering
oxygen at 1 to 15 L/min.
A disposable oxygen humidifier should be considered for ambulance
services that often transport patients for ___ hour(s) or more. -
ANSWER- 1
The purpose of a jump kit is to: - ANSWER- contain anything that you
might need during the first 5 minutes of patient care.
The main objective of traffic control at the scene of a motor vehicle
crash is to: - ANSWER- warn oncoming traffic and prevent another
crash.
Delivering a patient to the hospital involves all of the following
activities, EXCEPT: - ANSWER- giving a verbal report to the clerk.
Upon arriving at the scene of a major motor vehicle crash at night, you
find that the safest place to park your ambulance is in a direction that is
facing oncoming traffic. You should: - ANSWER- turn your headlights
off.
AAOS EMT ELEVENTH EDITION SECTION 9:
EMS OPERATIONS ACTUAL EXAM PREP 2026
ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT
FEEDBACK |NEW AND REVISED
You have just delivered a major trauma patient to the hospital. Shortly
after departing the hospital, dispatch advises you of another call. The
back of the ambulance is contaminated with bloody dressings and is in
disarray, and you are in need of airway equipment and numerous other
supplies. You should: - ANSWER- advise the dispatcher that you are out
of service and to send another unit.
The process of removing dirt, dust, blood, or other visible contaminants
from a surface or equipment is called: - ANSWER- cleaning.\\General
guidelines for safe ambulance driving include all of the following,
EXCEPT:\regularly using the siren as much as possible.
Maintaining a cushion of safety when operating an ambulance means: -
ANSWER- keeping a safe distance between your ambulance and the
vehicles in front of you and remaining aware of vehicles potentially
hiding in your mirrors' blind spots.
The use of lights and siren on an ambulance: - ANSWER- signifies a
request for other drivers to yield the right of way.
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Hydroplaning of the ambulance on wet roads would MOST likely occur
at speeds of greater than _____ mph. - ANSWER- 30
In which of the following situations would the EMTs MOST likely
utilize a police escort? - ANSWER- The EMTs are unfamiliar with the
location, but the police officer knows the area.
The MOST common and usually the most serious ambulance crashes
occur at: - ANSWER- intersections.
When approaching a helicopter, whether the rotor blades are moving or
not, you should: - ANSWER- never duck under the body or the tail
boom because the pilot cannot see you in these areas.
A medical transport helicopter is incoming and you are responsible for
setting up the landing zone (LZ). You should: - ANSWER- use weighted
cones to mark all four corners of the LZ.
While en route to a call for a patient in cardiac arrest, you approach a
stopped school bus with its red warning lights flashing. You should: -
ANSWER- stop and wait until the warning lights stop flashing.
Portable and mounted suction units must be powerful enough to generate
a vacuum of at least ____ mm Hg when the tubing is clamped. -
ANSWER- 300
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A portable oxygen cylinder should have a minimum capacity of ____ of
oxygen. - ANSWER- 500 L
Regardless of where portable and mounted oxygen cylinders are stored
in the ambulance, they must: - ANSWER- be capable of delivering
oxygen at 1 to 15 L/min.
A disposable oxygen humidifier should be considered for ambulance
services that often transport patients for ___ hour(s) or more. -
ANSWER- 1
The purpose of a jump kit is to: - ANSWER- contain anything that you
might need during the first 5 minutes of patient care.
The main objective of traffic control at the scene of a motor vehicle
crash is to: - ANSWER- warn oncoming traffic and prevent another
crash.
Delivering a patient to the hospital involves all of the following
activities, EXCEPT: - ANSWER- giving a verbal report to the clerk.
Upon arriving at the scene of a major motor vehicle crash at night, you
find that the safest place to park your ambulance is in a direction that is
facing oncoming traffic. You should: - ANSWER- turn your headlights
off.
