EMT EXAM 1 VOCAB 2025
Definition of Emergency Medical Services <correct answer>Team of healthcare
professionals who are responsible for and provide emergency care and transportation to
the sick and injured
Four levels of EMT training and licensure <correct answer>Emergency Medical
Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician,
Paramedic
Definition of Certification <correct answer>A certification exam ensures all health care
providers have the same basic level of knowledge and skill
Definition of Licensure <correct answer>process by which states ensure applicant
competency in an examination setting
-requirements follow guidelines recommended in the current National Highway Traffic
Safety
Licensure Requirements <correct answer>High school diploma or equivalent
Proof of immunization against certain communicable diseases
Successful completion of a background check and drug screening
Valid driver's license
Successful completion of a recognized health care provider basic life support/
cardiopulmonary resuscitation course
Successful completion of a state-approved EMT course
Successful completion of a state-recognized written certification examination
Demonstrate the mental and physical ability necessary to safely and properly perform
all the tasks and functions of an EMT
Compliance with other state, local and employer provisions
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 <correct answer>Protects people who have a
disability from being denied access to programs and services that are provided by state
and local governments and prohibits employers from failing to provide full and equal
employment to the disabled
History: WW1 <correct answer>Volunteer ambulances were organized and personnel
went overseas to provide care for the wounded.
History: WW2 <correct answer>The military trained special corpsmen to provide care in
the field and bring casualties to aid stations staffed by nurses and physicians.
, History: Korean Conflict <correct answer>Evolution of the field medic and rapid
helicopter evacuation to Mobile Army Surgical Hospital units where immediate surgical
intervention could be performed.
Advances made in the immediate care of trauma patients.
History: pre 1970 <correct answer>Domestic emergency care, As recently as the 1960s
and early 1970s, emergency ambulance service and care varied widely across the
United States.
In most cases, emergency vehicles were staffed with a driver and an attendant who had
some basic first aid training.
History: Origins of Modern EMS <correct answer>The White Paper revealed the serious
inadequacy of prehospital emergency care and transportation in many areas.
Congress mandated two federal agencies to create funding sources and programs to
develop improved systems of prehospital emergency care
White Paper <correct answer>Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease
of Modern Society- 1966
Two Federal Agencies to improve prehospital care <correct answer>The NHTSA of the
DOT, through the Highway Safety Act of 1966
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now known as the Department of
Health and Human Services), through the Emergency Medical Services Development
Act of 1973
Orange Book <correct answer>Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and
Injured—in 1971
History: 1970s <correct answer>DOT published the first curriculum to serve as the
guideline for EMT training.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons prepared and published the first EMT
textbook—the Orange Book
Each state developed legislation, and the EMS system expanded
Emergency medicine became a recognized medical specialty, and fully staffed EDs
became the accepted standard of care.
DOT developed a recommended National Standard Curriculum for the training of
paramedics and identified a part of the course to serve as training for EMTs.
Definition of Emergency Medical Services <correct answer>Team of healthcare
professionals who are responsible for and provide emergency care and transportation to
the sick and injured
Four levels of EMT training and licensure <correct answer>Emergency Medical
Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician,
Paramedic
Definition of Certification <correct answer>A certification exam ensures all health care
providers have the same basic level of knowledge and skill
Definition of Licensure <correct answer>process by which states ensure applicant
competency in an examination setting
-requirements follow guidelines recommended in the current National Highway Traffic
Safety
Licensure Requirements <correct answer>High school diploma or equivalent
Proof of immunization against certain communicable diseases
Successful completion of a background check and drug screening
Valid driver's license
Successful completion of a recognized health care provider basic life support/
cardiopulmonary resuscitation course
Successful completion of a state-approved EMT course
Successful completion of a state-recognized written certification examination
Demonstrate the mental and physical ability necessary to safely and properly perform
all the tasks and functions of an EMT
Compliance with other state, local and employer provisions
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 <correct answer>Protects people who have a
disability from being denied access to programs and services that are provided by state
and local governments and prohibits employers from failing to provide full and equal
employment to the disabled
History: WW1 <correct answer>Volunteer ambulances were organized and personnel
went overseas to provide care for the wounded.
History: WW2 <correct answer>The military trained special corpsmen to provide care in
the field and bring casualties to aid stations staffed by nurses and physicians.
, History: Korean Conflict <correct answer>Evolution of the field medic and rapid
helicopter evacuation to Mobile Army Surgical Hospital units where immediate surgical
intervention could be performed.
Advances made in the immediate care of trauma patients.
History: pre 1970 <correct answer>Domestic emergency care, As recently as the 1960s
and early 1970s, emergency ambulance service and care varied widely across the
United States.
In most cases, emergency vehicles were staffed with a driver and an attendant who had
some basic first aid training.
History: Origins of Modern EMS <correct answer>The White Paper revealed the serious
inadequacy of prehospital emergency care and transportation in many areas.
Congress mandated two federal agencies to create funding sources and programs to
develop improved systems of prehospital emergency care
White Paper <correct answer>Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease
of Modern Society- 1966
Two Federal Agencies to improve prehospital care <correct answer>The NHTSA of the
DOT, through the Highway Safety Act of 1966
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now known as the Department of
Health and Human Services), through the Emergency Medical Services Development
Act of 1973
Orange Book <correct answer>Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and
Injured—in 1971
History: 1970s <correct answer>DOT published the first curriculum to serve as the
guideline for EMT training.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons prepared and published the first EMT
textbook—the Orange Book
Each state developed legislation, and the EMS system expanded
Emergency medicine became a recognized medical specialty, and fully staffed EDs
became the accepted standard of care.
DOT developed a recommended National Standard Curriculum for the training of
paramedics and identified a part of the course to serve as training for EMTs.
