EMT EXAM 1: CHAPTERS 1-5 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
How did EMS begin? - ANS in 1970's with Napoleoinic wars.
Civil wars, Clara Barton created american red cross
WW1
Korean/Vietnam wars lead to trauma centers
1966 EMS standards created by National Highway safety act and US department of
transportation
1970 NREMT (National registry of emergency medical technicians)
1973 NEMSSA passed by congress
What are the guidelines of the NHTSA and what is it - ANS National highway traffic safety
administration.
1. Regulation and policy
2. Resource management: Centralized
3. Human resources and training: Must be at EMT level
4. Transportation: Safe ambulance/helicopter
5. Facilities: Closest APPROPIATE
6. Communications
7. Public information and education
8. Medical direction: Physician medical director
9. Trauma systems: Autopsy
10. Evaluation: QI, QA, TQM
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, What are the components of EMS? - ANS Emergency medical dispatchers
EMS responders
ED hospital/staff
Speciality centers
What are the levels of EMS? - ANS Emergency medical responder
Emergency medical technician
Advanced emergency medical technician AEMT
Paramedic
What are the roles and responsibilities - ANS Personal safety
Safety of crew then patients then bystanders
Patient assessment
Patient care
Lifting and moving
Transport
Transfer of care
Patient advocacy
What physical traits are required of an EMT? - ANS Carry up to 125 lbs
Good eyesight (far and reading)
Awareness of any color vision
Good communication skills (oral and written)
What are good personal traits of an EMT - ANS Pleasant, sincere, cooperative, resourceful,
self starter, emotionally stable, good moral character and respectful
In control of personal habitats non judgmental and fair
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
How did EMS begin? - ANS in 1970's with Napoleoinic wars.
Civil wars, Clara Barton created american red cross
WW1
Korean/Vietnam wars lead to trauma centers
1966 EMS standards created by National Highway safety act and US department of
transportation
1970 NREMT (National registry of emergency medical technicians)
1973 NEMSSA passed by congress
What are the guidelines of the NHTSA and what is it - ANS National highway traffic safety
administration.
1. Regulation and policy
2. Resource management: Centralized
3. Human resources and training: Must be at EMT level
4. Transportation: Safe ambulance/helicopter
5. Facilities: Closest APPROPIATE
6. Communications
7. Public information and education
8. Medical direction: Physician medical director
9. Trauma systems: Autopsy
10. Evaluation: QI, QA, TQM
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, What are the components of EMS? - ANS Emergency medical dispatchers
EMS responders
ED hospital/staff
Speciality centers
What are the levels of EMS? - ANS Emergency medical responder
Emergency medical technician
Advanced emergency medical technician AEMT
Paramedic
What are the roles and responsibilities - ANS Personal safety
Safety of crew then patients then bystanders
Patient assessment
Patient care
Lifting and moving
Transport
Transfer of care
Patient advocacy
What physical traits are required of an EMT? - ANS Carry up to 125 lbs
Good eyesight (far and reading)
Awareness of any color vision
Good communication skills (oral and written)
What are good personal traits of an EMT - ANS Pleasant, sincere, cooperative, resourceful,
self starter, emotionally stable, good moral character and respectful
In control of personal habitats non judgmental and fair
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