Critical Care Paramedic Exam
– New Release Study Guide &
Practice PDF
What is considered a major contributor to the significant decrease in mortality of
wounded soldiers during the Korean War?
A. Aeromedical evacuations
B. Military Medics
C. Battlefield surgeons
D. Introduction of the tourniquet - answer- A. Aeromedical evacuations
A person's ability to withstand negative pressure or "bounce back" from difficulties is
known as:
A. Stress Management
B. Resilience
C. EAP
D. Emotional well-being - answer- B. Resilience
While assessing and treating a patient what is the appropriate way of managing the
patient's family?
A. Ask them to step out of the room until you're finished
B. Have the POA sign a release of presence for everyone
C. Move quickly to reduce their anxiety and ease their minds.
D. Ask the patient and family if they'd like to be present. - answer- D. Ask the patient
and family if they'd like to be present.
________ is the reaction of the mind and body to a demand for change.
A. Burnout
B. Stress
C. Strain
D. Morbidity - answer- B. Stress
What the purpose of a quality assurance and improvement (QA&I) program?
A. Ensure compliance with medical protocols
B. Identify clinicians who are not good enough for CCT
C. Generate data and improve the service provided
,D. Identify safety benchmarks to help purchase new equipment - answer- C. Generate
data and improve the service provided
What portion of the crew's safety apparel must meet or exceed OSHA standards?
A. Leather Boots
B. Head and eye protection
C. Reflective materials on uniforms
D. Flame-retardant flight suits - answer- B. Head and eye protection
The three steps of the QA&I process are to define quality, collect and gather data, and:
A. Get an understanding of the underlying issue
B. Report back to crews about their performance
C. Allow the medical director to remediate clinicians
D. Prepare the information for CAMTS annual audits - answer- A. Get an understanding
of the underlying issue
How do critical care transport services ensure that there providers maintain proficiency?
A. Numerous education offerings
B. Mandatory competency training
C. Vigorous recruiting practices
D. Encouraging lifelong learning - answer- B. Mandatory competency training
Which of the following would indicate to dispatch that the interfacility transport requires
critical care transport?
A. Infusion pump with electrolytes
B. Wound vacuum
C. Continuous telemetry
D. Intra-aortic balloon pump - answer- D. Intra-aortic balloon pump
How do CCTPs initiate communication with patients and their families?
A. Obtain necessary signatures
B. Allow transferring providers to coordinate it
C. Determine if the patient's condition allows time
D. Introduce themselves and each crew member - answer- D. Introduce themselves and
each crew member
Provide data from your transport system and participating in a database that compares
it to other transport systems is:
A. Benchmarking
B. Quality Improvement
,C. Comprehensive Systemic Evaluation
D. Prohibited by CAMTS - answer- B. Quality Improvement
With the following protects patient from being transferred to another facility, without
being stabilized to the fullest extent by the transferring facility?
A. EMTALA
B. Patient Rights
C. HIPAA
D. COBRA - answer- A. EMTALA
Court action resulting from an EMTALA violation __________ a malpractice lawsuit.
A. Does not prevent patients from filing
B. Protects clinicians from
C. Protects patients from
D. Can occur only after filing - answer- A. Does not prevent patients from filing
The body of law that defines offenses against the rules of the "state" is known as
___________ law
A. Criminal
B. Civil
C. Health Care
D. Federal - answer- A. Criminal
When a CCTP utilizes the organizations protocols, he or she is operating under:
A. Written physician orders
B. Online medical control
C. Off-line medical control
D. Verbal physician orders - answer- C. Off-line medical control
When a person with decision-making capacity is refusing care that you believe to be in
their best interests, you should:
A. Enlist the help of law enforcement to restrain the person as you provide the
necessary care
B. Wait with the person until they change their mind
C. Ust the tools at your disposal to try to convince the person
D. Immediately desist in caring for the person to avoid charges of battery - answer- C.
Ust the tools at your disposal to try to convince the person
In order to file a(n) ________, an attorney must prove that there was a duty to act, a
breach of duty, and that harm resulted from the breath of duty.
, A. Negligence claim
B. Malpractice lawsuit
C. Abandonment claim
D. Libel civil lawsuit - answer- A. Negligence claim
What is necessary for a CCTP to act outside of his or her protocols?
A. Verbal orders from the transferring physician
B. Generally accepted international guidelines
C. Health system standard operating procedures
D. Medical command physician orders - answer- D. Medical command physician orders
Your pediatric CCT unit arrives at a regional hospital to transport a three day old infant
with an atrioventricular septal defect that is extremely unstable. As you enter the room
of the level one NICU, the parents are alarmed and agitated. Uninformed, and confused
about the transport the father says "This hospital is the best in the state," and declines
the transport. How do you manage this patient?
A. Discuss the concerns with the family and sending physician
B. Attempt to obtain consent from the mother
C. Notify child protective services about the paternal negligence
D. Get a signed refusal of care from the father - answer- A. Discuss the concerns with
the family and sending physician
During a fixed wing flight over the Atlantic Ocean, your patient develops a worsening
electrolyte abnormality. This is not covered under your standing orders. How do you
manage this patient if your communication system is unable to reach medical control.?
A. Follow the current treatment plan
B. Manage the patient within you scope of practice
C. Obtain written consent for treatment outside of protocols
D. Draw more blood from another site and rerun the labs - answer- B. Manage the
patient within you scope of practice
While landing at a scene for a PR event, a firefighter walked directly beneath the
helicopter across the LZ. What type of incident occurred?
A. Near miss
B. Safety culture violation
C. Call mitigation
D. Adverse drug event - answer- A. Near miss
What is needed to develop a safety culture?
A. Identifying fault and applying disciplinary action
B. Monthly audits of safety mechanisms in place
– New Release Study Guide &
Practice PDF
What is considered a major contributor to the significant decrease in mortality of
wounded soldiers during the Korean War?
A. Aeromedical evacuations
B. Military Medics
C. Battlefield surgeons
D. Introduction of the tourniquet - answer- A. Aeromedical evacuations
A person's ability to withstand negative pressure or "bounce back" from difficulties is
known as:
A. Stress Management
B. Resilience
C. EAP
D. Emotional well-being - answer- B. Resilience
While assessing and treating a patient what is the appropriate way of managing the
patient's family?
A. Ask them to step out of the room until you're finished
B. Have the POA sign a release of presence for everyone
C. Move quickly to reduce their anxiety and ease their minds.
D. Ask the patient and family if they'd like to be present. - answer- D. Ask the patient
and family if they'd like to be present.
________ is the reaction of the mind and body to a demand for change.
A. Burnout
B. Stress
C. Strain
D. Morbidity - answer- B. Stress
What the purpose of a quality assurance and improvement (QA&I) program?
A. Ensure compliance with medical protocols
B. Identify clinicians who are not good enough for CCT
C. Generate data and improve the service provided
,D. Identify safety benchmarks to help purchase new equipment - answer- C. Generate
data and improve the service provided
What portion of the crew's safety apparel must meet or exceed OSHA standards?
A. Leather Boots
B. Head and eye protection
C. Reflective materials on uniforms
D. Flame-retardant flight suits - answer- B. Head and eye protection
The three steps of the QA&I process are to define quality, collect and gather data, and:
A. Get an understanding of the underlying issue
B. Report back to crews about their performance
C. Allow the medical director to remediate clinicians
D. Prepare the information for CAMTS annual audits - answer- A. Get an understanding
of the underlying issue
How do critical care transport services ensure that there providers maintain proficiency?
A. Numerous education offerings
B. Mandatory competency training
C. Vigorous recruiting practices
D. Encouraging lifelong learning - answer- B. Mandatory competency training
Which of the following would indicate to dispatch that the interfacility transport requires
critical care transport?
A. Infusion pump with electrolytes
B. Wound vacuum
C. Continuous telemetry
D. Intra-aortic balloon pump - answer- D. Intra-aortic balloon pump
How do CCTPs initiate communication with patients and their families?
A. Obtain necessary signatures
B. Allow transferring providers to coordinate it
C. Determine if the patient's condition allows time
D. Introduce themselves and each crew member - answer- D. Introduce themselves and
each crew member
Provide data from your transport system and participating in a database that compares
it to other transport systems is:
A. Benchmarking
B. Quality Improvement
,C. Comprehensive Systemic Evaluation
D. Prohibited by CAMTS - answer- B. Quality Improvement
With the following protects patient from being transferred to another facility, without
being stabilized to the fullest extent by the transferring facility?
A. EMTALA
B. Patient Rights
C. HIPAA
D. COBRA - answer- A. EMTALA
Court action resulting from an EMTALA violation __________ a malpractice lawsuit.
A. Does not prevent patients from filing
B. Protects clinicians from
C. Protects patients from
D. Can occur only after filing - answer- A. Does not prevent patients from filing
The body of law that defines offenses against the rules of the "state" is known as
___________ law
A. Criminal
B. Civil
C. Health Care
D. Federal - answer- A. Criminal
When a CCTP utilizes the organizations protocols, he or she is operating under:
A. Written physician orders
B. Online medical control
C. Off-line medical control
D. Verbal physician orders - answer- C. Off-line medical control
When a person with decision-making capacity is refusing care that you believe to be in
their best interests, you should:
A. Enlist the help of law enforcement to restrain the person as you provide the
necessary care
B. Wait with the person until they change their mind
C. Ust the tools at your disposal to try to convince the person
D. Immediately desist in caring for the person to avoid charges of battery - answer- C.
Ust the tools at your disposal to try to convince the person
In order to file a(n) ________, an attorney must prove that there was a duty to act, a
breach of duty, and that harm resulted from the breath of duty.
, A. Negligence claim
B. Malpractice lawsuit
C. Abandonment claim
D. Libel civil lawsuit - answer- A. Negligence claim
What is necessary for a CCTP to act outside of his or her protocols?
A. Verbal orders from the transferring physician
B. Generally accepted international guidelines
C. Health system standard operating procedures
D. Medical command physician orders - answer- D. Medical command physician orders
Your pediatric CCT unit arrives at a regional hospital to transport a three day old infant
with an atrioventricular septal defect that is extremely unstable. As you enter the room
of the level one NICU, the parents are alarmed and agitated. Uninformed, and confused
about the transport the father says "This hospital is the best in the state," and declines
the transport. How do you manage this patient?
A. Discuss the concerns with the family and sending physician
B. Attempt to obtain consent from the mother
C. Notify child protective services about the paternal negligence
D. Get a signed refusal of care from the father - answer- A. Discuss the concerns with
the family and sending physician
During a fixed wing flight over the Atlantic Ocean, your patient develops a worsening
electrolyte abnormality. This is not covered under your standing orders. How do you
manage this patient if your communication system is unable to reach medical control.?
A. Follow the current treatment plan
B. Manage the patient within you scope of practice
C. Obtain written consent for treatment outside of protocols
D. Draw more blood from another site and rerun the labs - answer- B. Manage the
patient within you scope of practice
While landing at a scene for a PR event, a firefighter walked directly beneath the
helicopter across the LZ. What type of incident occurred?
A. Near miss
B. Safety culture violation
C. Call mitigation
D. Adverse drug event - answer- A. Near miss
What is needed to develop a safety culture?
A. Identifying fault and applying disciplinary action
B. Monthly audits of safety mechanisms in place
