WITH VALIDATED SOLUTIONS
2025/2026
Cardiac monitoring, pharmacologic interventions, and other advanced
treatment skills are functions of the:
A. AEMT
B. EMR
C. EMT
D. Paramedic - Correct Answers-D. Paramedic
Obtaining continuing medical education is the responsibility of the:
A. EMS medical director
B. EMS training officer
C. Individual state
D. The person holding the certification/ license - Correct Answers-D. The
person holding the certification/ license
If it is not possible to adequately clean your ambulance at the hospital
following a call, you should:
A. Thoroughly wash the back of the ambulance at a local car wash or similar
facility
B. thoroughly and effectively clean all high- contact surfaces with an anti-
bacterial solution
C. Clean your ambulance at your station in a designated area that is well
ventilated
D. Quickly wipe down all high- contact surfaces with an anti fungal solution -
Correct Answers-C. Clean your ambulance at your station in a designated area
that is well ventilated
While you are on duty, your partner asks you out on a date and touches you in
an appropriate location with your consent, You should:
A. Notify law enforcement personnel and have your partner arrested
B. Tell your partner to stop and report the incident to your supervisor
C. Confine personal activities to when off from work.
D. Warn your partner that you will report him it her if it happens again -
Correct Answers-C. Confine personal activities to when off from work
Shortly after you load your patient, a 50-year-old man with abdominal pain,
into the ambulance, he tells you that he changed his mind and does not want
to go to the hospital. The patient is conscious and alert and has no signs of
,mental incapacitation. You are suspicious that the man has a significant
underlying condition and feel strongly that he should go to the hospital. Which
of the following statements regarding this situation is correct?
A. Because of your suspicion, the best approach is to transport him to the
hospital
B. Any patient who refuses EMS treatment must legally sign a patient refusal
form
C. Once the patient is in the ambulance, he cannot legally refuse EMS
treatment
D. A mentally competent adult can withdraw his or her consent to treat at any
time - Correct Answers-D. A mentally competent adult can withdraw his or her
consent to treat at any time
Which of the following patients has decision - making capacity and can legally
refuse emergency medical treatment:
A. A man who is staggering and states that he has had 3 beers
B. Diabetic woman who is conscious and alert with severe abdominal pain
C. A confused young male who says he is president
D. A diabetic woman who has slurred speech and is not aware of the date -
Correct Answers-B. Diabetic woman who is conscious and alert with severe
abdominal pain
At the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you determine that there are two
critically injured patients and that another ambulance is needed. You attempt
to contact the dispatcher with your portable radio but are unsuccessful. You
should:
A. Use the mobile radio in the ambulance to contact dispatch
B. Make another attempt to contact dispatch from an area of higher terrain
C. Place both patients in the ambulance and transport them at once
D. Ask a police officer to call dispatch with his portable radio - Correct
Answers-A. Use the mobile radio in the ambulance to contact dispatch
Information included in a radio report to the receiving hospital should include
all of the following, EXCEPT:
A. Avoiding a preliminary diagnosis of the patients problems
B. A long drawn out history of the patients current problem
C. A brief summary of the care you provided
D. Your perception of the severity of the problem - Correct Answers-B. A long
drawn out history of the patients current problem
In relation to the wrist, the elbow is:
A. Distal
B. Lateral
C. Medial
D. Proximal - Correct Answers-D. Proximal
, Your patient has been involved in an MVA. The term MVA stands for:
A. Motor vehicle accident
B. Mitral valve accumulation
C. Multiple vascular accidents
D. Motor vehicle crash - Correct Answers-A Motor vehicle accident
Key hormones of the sympathetic nervous system include:
A. Norepinephrine and Acetylcholine
B. Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
C. Epinephrine and Noradrenaline
D. Acetylcholine and Insulin - Correct Answers-B. Epinephrine and
Norepinephrine
Stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system would result in:
A. Vasoconstriction
B. Tachycardia
C. A strong pulse
D. A slower heart rate - Correct Answers-D. A slower heart rate
At what age does separation anxiety typically peak in infants and small
children?
A. 10 to 18 months
B. 18 to 24 months
C. 24 to 36 months
D. 6 to 8 months - Correct Answers-A. 10 to 18 months
The posterior fontanelle fuses together between the ages of:
A. 18 months
B. 3 months
C. 8 months
D. 14 months - Correct Answers-B. 3 months
Situations in which you should use the rapid extrication technique include all
of the following, EXCEPT:
A. A patient who blocks access to another seriously injured patient
B. A patient who needs immediate care that requires a supine position
C. A patient whose condition requires immediate transport to the hospital
D. A patient who can properly access while still in the vehicle - Correct
Answers-D. A patient who can properly access while still in the vehicle
When carrying a patient up or down stairs, you should avoid:
A. Flexing the body at the knee
B. The use of a long backboard or stretcher
C. Using a wheeled stretcher whenever possible
D. The use of more than two EMTs - Correct Answers-A. Flexing the body at
the knee