EMT 12th Edition FINAL Exam (2025/2026
Latest Exam Prep) | AAOS Emergency Care &
Transportation Study Guide & Verified Q&A
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) - correct answerA team of health care
professionals who, in each area or jurisdiction, are responsible for and provide
emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured.
Advanced EMT (AEMT) - correct answerAn individual who has training in specific
aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of
certain emergency medications.
Advanced life support (ALS) - correct answerAdvanced lifesaving procedures, including
cardiac monitoring, administration of intravenous fluids and medications, and the use of
advanced airway adjuncts. EMTs may be trained in some of these areas.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - correct answerComprehensive legislation that is
designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination.
Automated external defibrillator (AED) - correct answerA device that detects treatable
life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia's (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia)
and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
Certification - correct answerA process in which a person, an institution, or a program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe
and ethical patient care.
Community Paramedicine (CP) - correct answerA health care model in which
experienced paramedics receive advanced training to equip them to provide additional
services in the pre- hospital environment, such as health evaluations, monitoring of
chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy.
Continous quality improvement (CQI) - correct answerA system of internal and external
reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) - correct answerA system that assists dispatchers
in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and in
providing callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.
,Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) - correct answerThe first trained professional,
such as a police officer, firefighters, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of
an emergency to provide initial medical assistance.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - correct answerAn individual who has training in
basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway
adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - correct answerFederal
legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients'
health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy.
Intravenous (IV) Therapy - correct answerThe delivery of medication directly into a vein.
Licensure - correct answerThe process whereby a competent authority, usually the
state, allows people to perform a regulated act.
Medical Control - correct answerPhysician instructions given directly by radio or cell
phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized
by the medical director of the service program.
Medical Director (MD) - correct answerThe physician who authorizes or delegates to the
EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field.
Mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) - correct answerA method of delivering health care
which involves providing health care within the community rather than at a physician's
office or hospital.
National EMS Scope of Practice Model - correct answerA document created by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills
performed by various EMS providers.
Paramedic - correct answerAn individual who has extensive training in advanced life
support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac
monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills.
Primary Prevention - correct answerEfforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever
occurring.
Primary service area (PSA) - correct answerThe designated area in which the EMS
agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and
transportation to the hospital.
Public Health - correct answerFocused on examining the health needs of entire
populations with the goal of preventing health problems.
,Public Safety Access Point - correct answerA call center, staffed by trained personnel
who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and ambulance services.
Quality Control - correct answerThe responsibility of the medical director to ensure the
appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call.
Secondary Prevention - correct answerEfforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness
that you cannot completely prevent.
Which of the following descriptions most accurately portrays emergency medical
services? - correct answerA team of health care professionals who are responsible for
providing emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured
The standards for prehospital emergency care and individuals provide it are typically
regulated by the: - correct answerState office of EMS
An emergency medical service provider who has extensive training in various aspects of
advanced life support is called what - correct answerParamedic
Cardiac monitoring and pharmacological interventions and other advanced treatment
skills or functions of a - correct answerParamedic
Which of the following statements regarding NREMT is correct - correct answerThe
NREMT provides national standard for EMS testing
Court is the national EMS scope of practice model an EMT should be able to - correct
answerAssist a patient with certain prescribed medication's
Which of the following skills are interventions is included in every prehospital
emergency training - correct answerAutomated external defibrillation
The continuous quality improvement process is designed to - correct answeridentify
areas of improvement and provide remedial training if needed
The determination that prompt surgical care in hospital is more important in the
performing time-consuming procedures in the field on a major trauma patient is based
on what - correct answerEMS research
Which of the following scenarios involves the administration of ALS - correct answerA
48-year-old patient whose airway is secured with a supraglottic device
, Which of the following is an example of a primary prevention strategy - correct
answercommunity awareness programs that emphasize the dangers of drinking and
driving
MS as we know it today has origins in 1966 with the publication of - correct answerThe
accidental death and disability: the neglected disease of modern society
Which of the following criteria is required to become a license in employed as an EMT -
correct answerProof of immunization against certain communicable diseases.
A five-year-old boy has fallen and has a severe to forward it to the forearm near the
wrist. He has possibly sustained a fracture of the ___ forearm - correct answerDistal
Fractured humerus just above the elbow will be described as - correct answerDistal
humerus fracture
Topographic term used to describe the location of body parts that are closer to the
midline of the body is - correct answermedial
Relation to the wrist the elbow is.... - correct answerProximal
The____ of the heart is the inferior portion of the ventricles - correct answerApex
A patient in a semi reclined position with the head elevated to facilitate breathing is
the___position - correct answerFowler
A diabetic patient with Polydipsia. This means - correct answerA patient is excessively
thirsty
A pregnant patient is diagnosed with hyper emesis gravidarum. This means - correct
answerShe is excessively vomiting
The term superventricular tachycardia means what - correct answerA rapid heart rate
that originates from above the ventricles
The term "pericardiocentesis" means: - correct answerthe removal of fluid from around
the heart.
Enlargement of the liver is called - correct answerhepatomegaly
After the tourniquet is applied the injury from the patient's leg stops bleeding what is this
called - correct answerHemostasis
Ethnocentrism is defined as: - correct answerconsidering your own cultural values as
more important when interacting with people of a different culture.
Latest Exam Prep) | AAOS Emergency Care &
Transportation Study Guide & Verified Q&A
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) - correct answerA team of health care
professionals who, in each area or jurisdiction, are responsible for and provide
emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured.
Advanced EMT (AEMT) - correct answerAn individual who has training in specific
aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of
certain emergency medications.
Advanced life support (ALS) - correct answerAdvanced lifesaving procedures, including
cardiac monitoring, administration of intravenous fluids and medications, and the use of
advanced airway adjuncts. EMTs may be trained in some of these areas.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - correct answerComprehensive legislation that is
designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination.
Automated external defibrillator (AED) - correct answerA device that detects treatable
life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia's (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia)
and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
Certification - correct answerA process in which a person, an institution, or a program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe
and ethical patient care.
Community Paramedicine (CP) - correct answerA health care model in which
experienced paramedics receive advanced training to equip them to provide additional
services in the pre- hospital environment, such as health evaluations, monitoring of
chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy.
Continous quality improvement (CQI) - correct answerA system of internal and external
reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) - correct answerA system that assists dispatchers
in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and in
providing callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.
,Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) - correct answerThe first trained professional,
such as a police officer, firefighters, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of
an emergency to provide initial medical assistance.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - correct answerAn individual who has training in
basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway
adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - correct answerFederal
legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients'
health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy.
Intravenous (IV) Therapy - correct answerThe delivery of medication directly into a vein.
Licensure - correct answerThe process whereby a competent authority, usually the
state, allows people to perform a regulated act.
Medical Control - correct answerPhysician instructions given directly by radio or cell
phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized
by the medical director of the service program.
Medical Director (MD) - correct answerThe physician who authorizes or delegates to the
EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field.
Mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) - correct answerA method of delivering health care
which involves providing health care within the community rather than at a physician's
office or hospital.
National EMS Scope of Practice Model - correct answerA document created by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills
performed by various EMS providers.
Paramedic - correct answerAn individual who has extensive training in advanced life
support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac
monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills.
Primary Prevention - correct answerEfforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever
occurring.
Primary service area (PSA) - correct answerThe designated area in which the EMS
agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and
transportation to the hospital.
Public Health - correct answerFocused on examining the health needs of entire
populations with the goal of preventing health problems.
,Public Safety Access Point - correct answerA call center, staffed by trained personnel
who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and ambulance services.
Quality Control - correct answerThe responsibility of the medical director to ensure the
appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call.
Secondary Prevention - correct answerEfforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness
that you cannot completely prevent.
Which of the following descriptions most accurately portrays emergency medical
services? - correct answerA team of health care professionals who are responsible for
providing emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured
The standards for prehospital emergency care and individuals provide it are typically
regulated by the: - correct answerState office of EMS
An emergency medical service provider who has extensive training in various aspects of
advanced life support is called what - correct answerParamedic
Cardiac monitoring and pharmacological interventions and other advanced treatment
skills or functions of a - correct answerParamedic
Which of the following statements regarding NREMT is correct - correct answerThe
NREMT provides national standard for EMS testing
Court is the national EMS scope of practice model an EMT should be able to - correct
answerAssist a patient with certain prescribed medication's
Which of the following skills are interventions is included in every prehospital
emergency training - correct answerAutomated external defibrillation
The continuous quality improvement process is designed to - correct answeridentify
areas of improvement and provide remedial training if needed
The determination that prompt surgical care in hospital is more important in the
performing time-consuming procedures in the field on a major trauma patient is based
on what - correct answerEMS research
Which of the following scenarios involves the administration of ALS - correct answerA
48-year-old patient whose airway is secured with a supraglottic device
, Which of the following is an example of a primary prevention strategy - correct
answercommunity awareness programs that emphasize the dangers of drinking and
driving
MS as we know it today has origins in 1966 with the publication of - correct answerThe
accidental death and disability: the neglected disease of modern society
Which of the following criteria is required to become a license in employed as an EMT -
correct answerProof of immunization against certain communicable diseases.
A five-year-old boy has fallen and has a severe to forward it to the forearm near the
wrist. He has possibly sustained a fracture of the ___ forearm - correct answerDistal
Fractured humerus just above the elbow will be described as - correct answerDistal
humerus fracture
Topographic term used to describe the location of body parts that are closer to the
midline of the body is - correct answermedial
Relation to the wrist the elbow is.... - correct answerProximal
The____ of the heart is the inferior portion of the ventricles - correct answerApex
A patient in a semi reclined position with the head elevated to facilitate breathing is
the___position - correct answerFowler
A diabetic patient with Polydipsia. This means - correct answerA patient is excessively
thirsty
A pregnant patient is diagnosed with hyper emesis gravidarum. This means - correct
answerShe is excessively vomiting
The term superventricular tachycardia means what - correct answerA rapid heart rate
that originates from above the ventricles
The term "pericardiocentesis" means: - correct answerthe removal of fluid from around
the heart.
Enlargement of the liver is called - correct answerhepatomegaly
After the tourniquet is applied the injury from the patient's leg stops bleeding what is this
called - correct answerHemostasis
Ethnocentrism is defined as: - correct answerconsidering your own cultural values as
more important when interacting with people of a different culture.
