EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024.
EMT Ambulance Exam Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Code 3 Operation - Answer✔✔-the use of red warning lamps and siren as permitted by California Vehicle
Code section 21055 if vehicles being riven in response to an emergency call
ambulance identification - Answer✔✔-all ambulances operated under a single license must display the
same name. The service name or the name under which the licensee is doing business as (DBA) shall be
displayed on both sides and the rear of each vehicle.
fire extinguisher servicing - Answer✔✔-fire extinguishers must be inspected and serviced yearly or
immediately after use, whichever occurs first (Section 597.1 California code of regulations)
Ambulance inspections - Answer✔✔-Licensees vehicles are all required to be inspected initially and
annually thereafter by CHP personnel
Prerequisites - Answer✔✔-all convictions, including those that were set aside, dismissed or expunged,
must be declared regardless of any court relief which may have been granted under provisions of Penal
Code Sections 1203.4 and 1203.4(a)
Hearing Review Committee - Answer✔✔-following an informal hearing conducted by a DMV reeree a
committee of three members representing the DMV
if endorsement was suspended or ruled against you you have to wait 3 years to apply again.
Page 1/5
, EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024.
Driver Competence - Answer✔✔-it is recommended that a beginning driver, as a minimum, possess an
advanced first aid certificate and a valid certificate in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Transport Considerations - Answer✔✔-ambulance servie personnel should be aware that code 3 is often
unnecessary and sometimes harmful can
1. frighten the patient
2. put a stabilized patient into shock
3. disrupt ongoing medical treatment
4. aggravate certain medical conditions sufficient ot cause death or permanent disability
Certain medical conditions that probably require code 3 operation 5-7% of total trips - Answer✔✔-1.
uncontrolled hemorrhage
2. uncontrolled cardiovascular or respiratory impairment, ex: congestive heart failure
3. complicated impending childbirth, such as a case requiring operative intervention
Special Privileges and/or Exemptions - Answer✔✔-only under the conditions specified in section 21055
VC are drivers of emergency ambulances exempt from the traffic was in Sections 21350 through 22520
VC
When the ambulance is not operated under all of the specified code 3 conditions - Answer✔✔-the driver
must comply with all traffic laws to the same extent as the driver of any other vehicle
Page 2/5
EMT Ambulance Exam Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Code 3 Operation - Answer✔✔-the use of red warning lamps and siren as permitted by California Vehicle
Code section 21055 if vehicles being riven in response to an emergency call
ambulance identification - Answer✔✔-all ambulances operated under a single license must display the
same name. The service name or the name under which the licensee is doing business as (DBA) shall be
displayed on both sides and the rear of each vehicle.
fire extinguisher servicing - Answer✔✔-fire extinguishers must be inspected and serviced yearly or
immediately after use, whichever occurs first (Section 597.1 California code of regulations)
Ambulance inspections - Answer✔✔-Licensees vehicles are all required to be inspected initially and
annually thereafter by CHP personnel
Prerequisites - Answer✔✔-all convictions, including those that were set aside, dismissed or expunged,
must be declared regardless of any court relief which may have been granted under provisions of Penal
Code Sections 1203.4 and 1203.4(a)
Hearing Review Committee - Answer✔✔-following an informal hearing conducted by a DMV reeree a
committee of three members representing the DMV
if endorsement was suspended or ruled against you you have to wait 3 years to apply again.
Page 1/5
, EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024.
Driver Competence - Answer✔✔-it is recommended that a beginning driver, as a minimum, possess an
advanced first aid certificate and a valid certificate in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Transport Considerations - Answer✔✔-ambulance servie personnel should be aware that code 3 is often
unnecessary and sometimes harmful can
1. frighten the patient
2. put a stabilized patient into shock
3. disrupt ongoing medical treatment
4. aggravate certain medical conditions sufficient ot cause death or permanent disability
Certain medical conditions that probably require code 3 operation 5-7% of total trips - Answer✔✔-1.
uncontrolled hemorrhage
2. uncontrolled cardiovascular or respiratory impairment, ex: congestive heart failure
3. complicated impending childbirth, such as a case requiring operative intervention
Special Privileges and/or Exemptions - Answer✔✔-only under the conditions specified in section 21055
VC are drivers of emergency ambulances exempt from the traffic was in Sections 21350 through 22520
VC
When the ambulance is not operated under all of the specified code 3 conditions - Answer✔✔-the driver
must comply with all traffic laws to the same extent as the driver of any other vehicle
Page 2/5
