AAOS EMT UPDATED EXAMS SET QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Extremity Lift - ✔✔A lifting technique that is used for patients who are supine or in a
sitting position with no suspected extremity or spinal injuries
✔✔Flexible Stretcher - ✔✔A stretcher that is a rigid carrying device when secured
around a patient but can be folded or rolled when not in use
✔✔Portable Stretcher - ✔✔A stretcher with a strong, rectangular, tubular metal frame
and rigid fabric stretched across it
✔✔Power Grip - ✔✔A technique in which the stretcher is gripped by inserting each
hand under the handle with the palm facing up and the thumb extended, fully supporting
the underside of the handle on the palm with the fingers and thumb
✔✔Power Lift - ✔✔A lifting technique in which the EMT's back is held upright, with legs
bent, and the patient is lifted when the EMT straightens the legs to raise the upper body
and arms
✔✔Rapid Extrication Technique - ✔✔A technique to move a patient from a sitting
position inside a vehicle to supine on a backboard in less than 1 minute when conditions
do not allow for standing immobilization
✔✔Scoop Stretcher - ✔✔A stretcher that is designed to be split into two or four sections
that can be fitted around a patient who is laying on the ground or other relatively flat
surface
✔✔Stair Chair - ✔✔A lightweight folding device that is used to carry a conscious, seated
patient up or down stairs
, ✔✔Wheeled Ambulance Stretcher - ✔✔A specially designed stretcher that can be rolled
along the ground.
✔✔Access - ✔✔Gaining entry to an enclosed area and reaching a patient
✔✔Command Post - ✔✔The location of the incident commander at the scene of an
emergency and where command, coordination, control, and communications are
centralized
✔✔Complex Access - ✔✔Entry that requires special tools and training and includes the
use of force
✔✔Danger Zone (Hot Zone) - ✔✔An area where people can be exposed to hazards
such as electric wires, sharp metal edges, broken glass, toxic substances, radiation, or
fire
✔✔Entrapment - ✔✔To be caught (trapped) within a vehicle, room, or container with no
way out or to have a limb or other body part trapped
✔✔Extrication - ✔✔Removal of a patient from entrapment or a dangerous situation or
position, such as removal from a wreaked vehicle, industrial incident, or collapsed
building
✔✔Hazardous Material - ✔✔Any substances that are toxic, poisonous, radioactive,
flammable, or explosive and cause injury or death with exposure
✔✔Incident Commander - ✔✔The individual who has overall command of the incident in
the field
✔✔Safe Zone - ✔✔`An area of protection providing safety from the danger zone
✔✔Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus - ✔✔Respirator with independent air supply
used by firefighters to enter toxic and otherwise dangerous atmosphers
✔✔Simple Access - ✔✔Access that is easily achieved without the use of tools or force
✔✔Size-up - ✔✔The ongoing process of information gathering and scene evaluation to
determine appropriate strategies and tactics to manage an emergency
✔✔Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) - ✔✔A specialized law enforcement
tactical unit
✔✔Structure Fire - ✔✔A fire in a house, apartment building, office, school, plant,
warehouse, or other building
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Extremity Lift - ✔✔A lifting technique that is used for patients who are supine or in a
sitting position with no suspected extremity or spinal injuries
✔✔Flexible Stretcher - ✔✔A stretcher that is a rigid carrying device when secured
around a patient but can be folded or rolled when not in use
✔✔Portable Stretcher - ✔✔A stretcher with a strong, rectangular, tubular metal frame
and rigid fabric stretched across it
✔✔Power Grip - ✔✔A technique in which the stretcher is gripped by inserting each
hand under the handle with the palm facing up and the thumb extended, fully supporting
the underside of the handle on the palm with the fingers and thumb
✔✔Power Lift - ✔✔A lifting technique in which the EMT's back is held upright, with legs
bent, and the patient is lifted when the EMT straightens the legs to raise the upper body
and arms
✔✔Rapid Extrication Technique - ✔✔A technique to move a patient from a sitting
position inside a vehicle to supine on a backboard in less than 1 minute when conditions
do not allow for standing immobilization
✔✔Scoop Stretcher - ✔✔A stretcher that is designed to be split into two or four sections
that can be fitted around a patient who is laying on the ground or other relatively flat
surface
✔✔Stair Chair - ✔✔A lightweight folding device that is used to carry a conscious, seated
patient up or down stairs
, ✔✔Wheeled Ambulance Stretcher - ✔✔A specially designed stretcher that can be rolled
along the ground.
✔✔Access - ✔✔Gaining entry to an enclosed area and reaching a patient
✔✔Command Post - ✔✔The location of the incident commander at the scene of an
emergency and where command, coordination, control, and communications are
centralized
✔✔Complex Access - ✔✔Entry that requires special tools and training and includes the
use of force
✔✔Danger Zone (Hot Zone) - ✔✔An area where people can be exposed to hazards
such as electric wires, sharp metal edges, broken glass, toxic substances, radiation, or
fire
✔✔Entrapment - ✔✔To be caught (trapped) within a vehicle, room, or container with no
way out or to have a limb or other body part trapped
✔✔Extrication - ✔✔Removal of a patient from entrapment or a dangerous situation or
position, such as removal from a wreaked vehicle, industrial incident, or collapsed
building
✔✔Hazardous Material - ✔✔Any substances that are toxic, poisonous, radioactive,
flammable, or explosive and cause injury or death with exposure
✔✔Incident Commander - ✔✔The individual who has overall command of the incident in
the field
✔✔Safe Zone - ✔✔`An area of protection providing safety from the danger zone
✔✔Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus - ✔✔Respirator with independent air supply
used by firefighters to enter toxic and otherwise dangerous atmosphers
✔✔Simple Access - ✔✔Access that is easily achieved without the use of tools or force
✔✔Size-up - ✔✔The ongoing process of information gathering and scene evaluation to
determine appropriate strategies and tactics to manage an emergency
✔✔Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) - ✔✔A specialized law enforcement
tactical unit
✔✔Structure Fire - ✔✔A fire in a house, apartment building, office, school, plant,
warehouse, or other building
