Jones and Bartlett EMT Course Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
(A+ Guarantee)
1. an individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support,
such as IV therapy and the administration of certain emergency medications.-
Answer: AEMT
2. advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by
the EMT
Answer: ALS
3. comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabili-
ties against discrimination
,Answer: ADA Act
4. device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ven-
tricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate
electrical shock to the patient.
Answer: AED
5. a health care model in which experienced paramedics receive advanced
training to equip them to provide additional services in the prehospital en-
vironment, such as health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or
conditions, and patient advocacy.
Answer: community paramedicine
6. the delivery of medication directly into a vein
Answer: IV therapy
7. physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct)
or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the
medical director of the service program
Answer: medical control
8. the physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to
provide medical care in the field
Answer: medical director
,9. a method of delivering health care which involves providing health care
within the community rather than at a doctor's office or hospital
Answer: MIH
10. a document created by the NHTSA that outlines the skills performed by
various EMS providers.
Answer: National EMS Scope of Practice Model
11. efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
Answer: primary prevention
12. focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal
of preventing health problems.
Answer: public health
13. efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely
prevent.
Answer: secondary prevention
14. motion of a limb away from the midline
Answer: abduction
15. motion of a limb toward the midline
Answer: adduction
, 16. the front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic
position
Answer: anterior
17. the pointed extremity of a conical structure
Answer: apex
18. a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
Answer: bilateral
19. the vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix
Answer: combining vowel
20. farther inside the body and away from the skin
Answer: deep
21. further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity
Answer: distal
22. the posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand
Answer: dorsal
23. the straightning of a joint
Answer: extension
24. the bending of a joint
Questions with Correct Answers
(A+ Guarantee)
1. an individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support,
such as IV therapy and the administration of certain emergency medications.-
Answer: AEMT
2. advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by
the EMT
Answer: ALS
3. comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabili-
ties against discrimination
,Answer: ADA Act
4. device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ven-
tricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate
electrical shock to the patient.
Answer: AED
5. a health care model in which experienced paramedics receive advanced
training to equip them to provide additional services in the prehospital en-
vironment, such as health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or
conditions, and patient advocacy.
Answer: community paramedicine
6. the delivery of medication directly into a vein
Answer: IV therapy
7. physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct)
or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the
medical director of the service program
Answer: medical control
8. the physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to
provide medical care in the field
Answer: medical director
,9. a method of delivering health care which involves providing health care
within the community rather than at a doctor's office or hospital
Answer: MIH
10. a document created by the NHTSA that outlines the skills performed by
various EMS providers.
Answer: National EMS Scope of Practice Model
11. efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
Answer: primary prevention
12. focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal
of preventing health problems.
Answer: public health
13. efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely
prevent.
Answer: secondary prevention
14. motion of a limb away from the midline
Answer: abduction
15. motion of a limb toward the midline
Answer: adduction
, 16. the front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic
position
Answer: anterior
17. the pointed extremity of a conical structure
Answer: apex
18. a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
Answer: bilateral
19. the vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix
Answer: combining vowel
20. farther inside the body and away from the skin
Answer: deep
21. further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity
Answer: distal
22. the posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand
Answer: dorsal
23. the straightning of a joint
Answer: extension
24. the bending of a joint
