Ambulance Driver Test CA
Private Ambulances may only respond to emergency calls if Correct answers
CHP has them
authorized
to
Definition of Ambulance Correct answers Rescue
vehicle
Vehicle modified to transport injured
people
Code 3 Operation describes Correct answers use of lights
and sirens
Code 3 is justified for 3 reasons Correct answers 1 to
save a lifeundue
2 prevent
suffering
3 prevent
disability
Do guilty vertics that have dismissed by courts still count as
convictions? Correct
answers
Yes
Must all ambulances operating under the same license display the same
name? Correct
answers
Yes
How many hours of service must be provided under each license? Correct
answers
unless the24,
ambulance does not respond to calls from public
agencies.
Fire extinguishers Correct answers must be inspected and serviced
yearly or
immediately after
use
Ambulances will be inspected by CHP Correct answers
initially
yearl
y
and
randonmly
Destination restrictions prevent Correct answers ambulances from taking
long
unnecessarily
routes.
Escorts for patients: The prohibition against unqualified drivers and
attendants
as servingdoes not exclude Correct answers
patient escorts
Family,
other persons concerned with the patients
well being
minors should be allowed to come whenever
possible
Good Samaritan Laws do not protect EMT's when Correct answers acts or
omissions
are performed in a grossly negligent manner or not in
good faith.
, Can CHP grant exceptions to statutory requirements? Correct
answers No
Purpose of DMV ambulance driver test is Correct answers not to
prove driving but to screen those with criminal backgrounds, physical
competence,
disabilities,
poor drivingor
habits.
You do not need an ambulance driving license if Correct answers are a
police officer
firefight
er
or if you are licensed in an a different state and driving in an
emergency into CA.
6 Prerequisites to getting an Ambulance license. Correct answers 1. 18
years
2. Holdold
a valid CA driving
license
3. File a complete application including criminal convictions and certain
traffic
4. Passoffenses
a written
test
5. Submit
fingerprints
6. Complete meddical form
DL-51
Temporary certificates last days Correct answers
180
Regular certificate lasts Correct answers no longer than 5 years, and expires
the same
day as your drivers
license
Conditional validity means that your ambulance license is only valid
when you
Correct have valid drivers
answers
license
medical examination
certificate.
and after one year an (EMT)-I
certificate
Renewal Applications will be excepted Correct answers within 6 months of
expiration
your of
drivers
license.
If your ambulance drivers license is revoked, you can Correct answers
submit afor
request written
a hearing within ten
days.
Hearing committee is composed of Correct answers 3 members representing
the DMV,
CHP, and EMS
Authority.
An ambulance drivers primary responsibility is Correct answers Safe
transport of the
patie
nt
Safe means Correct answers 1. not risking an
accident
2. smooth
driving
a) that does not stress or traumatize the
patient
b) that permits attendant to give
medical care
Negative affects of Code 3 transport include Correct answers 1.
frightening
2. putting apatient
stable patient into
shock
Private Ambulances may only respond to emergency calls if Correct answers
CHP has them
authorized
to
Definition of Ambulance Correct answers Rescue
vehicle
Vehicle modified to transport injured
people
Code 3 Operation describes Correct answers use of lights
and sirens
Code 3 is justified for 3 reasons Correct answers 1 to
save a lifeundue
2 prevent
suffering
3 prevent
disability
Do guilty vertics that have dismissed by courts still count as
convictions? Correct
answers
Yes
Must all ambulances operating under the same license display the same
name? Correct
answers
Yes
How many hours of service must be provided under each license? Correct
answers
unless the24,
ambulance does not respond to calls from public
agencies.
Fire extinguishers Correct answers must be inspected and serviced
yearly or
immediately after
use
Ambulances will be inspected by CHP Correct answers
initially
yearl
y
and
randonmly
Destination restrictions prevent Correct answers ambulances from taking
long
unnecessarily
routes.
Escorts for patients: The prohibition against unqualified drivers and
attendants
as servingdoes not exclude Correct answers
patient escorts
Family,
other persons concerned with the patients
well being
minors should be allowed to come whenever
possible
Good Samaritan Laws do not protect EMT's when Correct answers acts or
omissions
are performed in a grossly negligent manner or not in
good faith.
, Can CHP grant exceptions to statutory requirements? Correct
answers No
Purpose of DMV ambulance driver test is Correct answers not to
prove driving but to screen those with criminal backgrounds, physical
competence,
disabilities,
poor drivingor
habits.
You do not need an ambulance driving license if Correct answers are a
police officer
firefight
er
or if you are licensed in an a different state and driving in an
emergency into CA.
6 Prerequisites to getting an Ambulance license. Correct answers 1. 18
years
2. Holdold
a valid CA driving
license
3. File a complete application including criminal convictions and certain
traffic
4. Passoffenses
a written
test
5. Submit
fingerprints
6. Complete meddical form
DL-51
Temporary certificates last days Correct answers
180
Regular certificate lasts Correct answers no longer than 5 years, and expires
the same
day as your drivers
license
Conditional validity means that your ambulance license is only valid
when you
Correct have valid drivers
answers
license
medical examination
certificate.
and after one year an (EMT)-I
certificate
Renewal Applications will be excepted Correct answers within 6 months of
expiration
your of
drivers
license.
If your ambulance drivers license is revoked, you can Correct answers
submit afor
request written
a hearing within ten
days.
Hearing committee is composed of Correct answers 3 members representing
the DMV,
CHP, and EMS
Authority.
An ambulance drivers primary responsibility is Correct answers Safe
transport of the
patie
nt
Safe means Correct answers 1. not risking an
accident
2. smooth
driving
a) that does not stress or traumatize the
patient
b) that permits attendant to give
medical care
Negative affects of Code 3 transport include Correct answers 1.
frightening
2. putting apatient
stable patient into
shock
