EMT Block 1 Exam Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the primary responsibility of an EMT during a call?
✔✔To ensure personal and scene safety before providing patient care
Who authorizes EMTs to provide emergency medical care in the field?
✔✔The medical director
What is the term for written protocols and standing orders issued by a medical director?
✔✔Offline medical direction
What is the first step in patient assessment once the scene is secure?
✔✔Perform the primary (initial) assessment
What is the best way to prevent disease transmission during patient care?
✔✔Use personal protective equipment (PPE)
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,What is the legal term for the obligation to provide care once you begin treatment?
✔✔Duty to act
What is the term for a patient giving permission for treatment after being informed of the risks
and benefits?
✔✔Informed consent
What is it called when an EMT provides care without the patient’s consent?
✔✔Assault
What is the best position to place an unresponsive, breathing patient with no spinal injury?
✔✔Recovery position
What is the term for terminating patient care without transferring it to someone of equal or
higher training?
✔✔Abandonment
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,What must you do before transporting a patient who refuses care?
✔✔Ensure they are mentally competent and have signed a refusal form
Why should an EMT document everything accurately and thoroughly?
✔✔To ensure continuity of care and legal protection
What should you always do when correcting an error on a written patient care report?
✔✔Draw a single line through the error, initial it, and write the correction
What is the term for a written document that states a patient’s wishes for medical treatment in
advance?
✔✔Advance directive
What type of communication involves eye contact, posture, and gestures?
✔✔Nonverbal communication
What must you do before transferring care to another EMS provider or hospital staff?
✔✔Give an oral report and patient history
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, What federal law protects the privacy of patient health information?
✔✔HIPAA
What is the safest way to lift a patient without causing injury to yourself?
✔✔Lift with your legs, not your back
What is the term for helping move a patient from one location to another?
✔✔Patient transfer
When using a stair chair, where should the strongest rescuer be positioned?
✔✔At the head of the patient
What is the correct way to restrain a violent patient?
✔✔Use only as much force as necessary and follow local protocols
What should an EMT do if they are exposed to blood or bodily fluids?
✔✔Report the exposure immediately and follow agency protocols
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the primary responsibility of an EMT during a call?
✔✔To ensure personal and scene safety before providing patient care
Who authorizes EMTs to provide emergency medical care in the field?
✔✔The medical director
What is the term for written protocols and standing orders issued by a medical director?
✔✔Offline medical direction
What is the first step in patient assessment once the scene is secure?
✔✔Perform the primary (initial) assessment
What is the best way to prevent disease transmission during patient care?
✔✔Use personal protective equipment (PPE)
1
,What is the legal term for the obligation to provide care once you begin treatment?
✔✔Duty to act
What is the term for a patient giving permission for treatment after being informed of the risks
and benefits?
✔✔Informed consent
What is it called when an EMT provides care without the patient’s consent?
✔✔Assault
What is the best position to place an unresponsive, breathing patient with no spinal injury?
✔✔Recovery position
What is the term for terminating patient care without transferring it to someone of equal or
higher training?
✔✔Abandonment
2
,What must you do before transporting a patient who refuses care?
✔✔Ensure they are mentally competent and have signed a refusal form
Why should an EMT document everything accurately and thoroughly?
✔✔To ensure continuity of care and legal protection
What should you always do when correcting an error on a written patient care report?
✔✔Draw a single line through the error, initial it, and write the correction
What is the term for a written document that states a patient’s wishes for medical treatment in
advance?
✔✔Advance directive
What type of communication involves eye contact, posture, and gestures?
✔✔Nonverbal communication
What must you do before transferring care to another EMS provider or hospital staff?
✔✔Give an oral report and patient history
3
, What federal law protects the privacy of patient health information?
✔✔HIPAA
What is the safest way to lift a patient without causing injury to yourself?
✔✔Lift with your legs, not your back
What is the term for helping move a patient from one location to another?
✔✔Patient transfer
When using a stair chair, where should the strongest rescuer be positioned?
✔✔At the head of the patient
What is the correct way to restrain a violent patient?
✔✔Use only as much force as necessary and follow local protocols
What should an EMT do if they are exposed to blood or bodily fluids?
✔✔Report the exposure immediately and follow agency protocols
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