EMS SCOPE OF AND CERTIFICATION UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

EMS SCOPE OF AND CERTIFICATION UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. What is the National EMS Scope of Practice Model?
Answer:
an element of the Education Agenda, identifies levels of national EMS providers and defines the minimum
knowledge and skills for each level.

Question:
2. What is Scope of Practice?
Answer:
Defines legally allowable actions.

Question:
3. What are the levels of EMS Providers?
Answer:
- Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
- Paramedic

Question:
4. Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
Answer:
the first step in the national EMS career ladder. An EMR is the person who is often first on the scene of an
emergency. (Police officers, firefighters, and security guards)

Question:
5. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Answer:
the second step in the national EMS career ladder. The primary focus of an EMT is to provide basic
emergency medical care to critical and emergent patients and to provide transportation.

Question:
6. Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
Answer:
the third step in the national EMS career ladder. The primary focus of an AEMT is to provide basic and
limited advanced emergency medical care to critical and emergent patients and to transport patients.

Question:
7. Paramedic
Answer:
is the fourth step in the national EMS career ladder. The primary focus of a Paramedic is to provide basic
and advanced emergency medical care to critical and emergent patients and to transport patients.

, Question:
8. Three levels of National EMS providers:
Answer:
- Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (EMT-Basic)
- Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate (EMT-Intermediate)
- Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-Paramedic)

Question:
9. First Responder (FR)
Answer:
which precedes EMT-Basic, is not a national level of EMS provider.

Question:
10. Scope of Practice of an EMR DOES NOT include:
Answer:
- Nasopharyngeal airway
- Venturi mask
- Use of a tourniquet
- Use of a cervical collar
- Rigid and soft splinting
- Automated blood pressure

Question:
11. Scope of Practice of an EMR and FR:
Answer:
Auto-injection for self or peer care

Question:
12. Compared to a First Responder, the scope of practice of an EMR does not include the use of a cervical
collar.
Answer:
true

Question:
13. According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, how many levels of national EMS providers
are there?
Answer:
4

Question:
14. What must all EMS providers follow?
Answer:
Their state's scope of practice.

Question:
15. What does the National EMS Scope of Practice Model do?