EMS Test Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
Which one of the following best illustrates the primary purpose of the modern-day EMS
system? - ANS Decrease the incidence of death and/or disability related to injury and illness
Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of what
document? - ANS The White Paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease
of Modern Society"
An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) comes to you and states that he would like to work
for it your emergency ambulance service. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model,
you inform him of which one of the following? - ANS He will first have to become an
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
As defined by The National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS practitioners
include: - ANS paramedics
An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is interested in
becoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as an EMT that he cannot
presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he will be able to: - ANS administer some
medications.
You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community all EMS practitioners are trained according
to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Which one of the following do you expect the
EMRs to be providing? - ANS automated external defibrillation
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, Which one of the following statements shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her
role and responsibility related to being an EMT? - ANS "My safety comes first and then the
patient's safety."
An ambulance with two EMTs arrived in front of the house for an unknown medical call in a
good section of town. On scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her
husband in the driveway and then dragged back into the house. They continued by stating that
the patient appeared unconscious and was bleeding from the head. Which action with the
EMTs perform next? - ANS Remove the ambulance and themselves from the scene and wait
for the police.
Which one of the following statements made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a
superior or the service supervisor? - ANS "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an
emergency, especially if a child is sick or injured."
An EMT with your service states that he desires to become a paramedic because he wants to
provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of the
following will he be able to provide as a paramedic that he cannot provide as an EMT? -
ANS Advanced patient assessment
A distraught husband awoke to find his 26-year-old wife not breathing and cold to the touch.
Since your assessment indicates that the woman has been dead for some time, you contact
medical direction for authorization to withhold emergency care. The medical director agrees
and the coroner is notified. At this time, your immediate responsibility is: - ANS providing
supportive care to the husband.
You are doing CPR on a male patient who is unresponsive, not breathing, and pulse less.
Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) were on scene first and applied the AED, which did not
deliver a shock to the patient. The patient's wife is crying and asks how her husband is doing.
Your response would be: - ANS "Right now he is not breathing and his heart is not beating,
but we are doing everything we possibly can for him."
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Answers
Which one of the following best illustrates the primary purpose of the modern-day EMS
system? - ANS Decrease the incidence of death and/or disability related to injury and illness
Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of what
document? - ANS The White Paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease
of Modern Society"
An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) comes to you and states that he would like to work
for it your emergency ambulance service. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model,
you inform him of which one of the following? - ANS He will first have to become an
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
As defined by The National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS practitioners
include: - ANS paramedics
An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is interested in
becoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as an EMT that he cannot
presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he will be able to: - ANS administer some
medications.
You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community all EMS practitioners are trained according
to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Which one of the following do you expect the
EMRs to be providing? - ANS automated external defibrillation
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, Which one of the following statements shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her
role and responsibility related to being an EMT? - ANS "My safety comes first and then the
patient's safety."
An ambulance with two EMTs arrived in front of the house for an unknown medical call in a
good section of town. On scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her
husband in the driveway and then dragged back into the house. They continued by stating that
the patient appeared unconscious and was bleeding from the head. Which action with the
EMTs perform next? - ANS Remove the ambulance and themselves from the scene and wait
for the police.
Which one of the following statements made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a
superior or the service supervisor? - ANS "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an
emergency, especially if a child is sick or injured."
An EMT with your service states that he desires to become a paramedic because he wants to
provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of the
following will he be able to provide as a paramedic that he cannot provide as an EMT? -
ANS Advanced patient assessment
A distraught husband awoke to find his 26-year-old wife not breathing and cold to the touch.
Since your assessment indicates that the woman has been dead for some time, you contact
medical direction for authorization to withhold emergency care. The medical director agrees
and the coroner is notified. At this time, your immediate responsibility is: - ANS providing
supportive care to the husband.
You are doing CPR on a male patient who is unresponsive, not breathing, and pulse less.
Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) were on scene first and applied the AED, which did not
deliver a shock to the patient. The patient's wife is crying and asks how her husband is doing.
Your response would be: - ANS "Right now he is not breathing and his heart is not beating,
but we are doing everything we possibly can for him."
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