SKI PATROL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
VERSION 2025/2026.
Minnie Dole - ANS - Insurance broker from Greenwich, CT
- Injured ankle while skiing at Stowe and realized the lack of rescue system
- Founded the NSP
10th Mountain Division - ANS - Winter warfare unit
- 7,000 volunteers
- Engaged in combat in Italy in 1944
Confidentiality - ANS The nondisclosure of personal information except to an authorized
person with the need to know
History of OEC - ANS - Initially affiliated with American Red Cross
- Developed OEC to deepen patrollers' medical knowledge
Certification/Recertification - ANS 1. Successfully complete OEC course
2. Pass NSP exam
3. Yearly refreshers (1/3 of course each year)
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,4. Instructor development course
- Standard of training
- Certified for 3 years
Roles of an OEC Technician - ANS Scene Manager
Caregiver
Patient advocate
Role model
(Standard of care)
5 Ethical Principles - ANS 1. Respect autonomy
2. Do no harm
3. Benefit others
4. Be just
5. Be faithful
Good Samaritan Laws - ANS Protect a person from legal liability when they volunteer to
perform an act to help someone else (unless actions are grossly negligent)
Doctrine of Public Reliance - ANS You have the duty to rescue someone when in uniform
Abandonment - ANS To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty,
allegiance, or responsibility
Negligence - ANS The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person with
similar training would exercise in a similar circumstance
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, Duty to act - ANS a person's legal obligation to provide something to another individual
Breach of duty - ANS the failure to perform a promised act or obligation of due care
Once you start providing service, don't stop until... - ANS - all required care has been given
- patient transferred to equal/higher level of care
- patient specifically says they no longer want care
- patient is transferred safely to medical facility
- continued care threatens rescuer's safety
Assumption of risk - ANS - Skiers/riders agree that the sport is dangers
- Documentation for liability purposes
4 types of consent - ANS Expressed, implied, informed, minor
Expressed consent - ANS patient directly gives permission
Implied conseny - ANS Inferred by patient's actions/situation
Informed consent - ANS permission upon further explanation (facts, implications,
consequences)
Minor consent - ANS parent/guardian gives permission
Battery - ANS Act of touching someone without their consent
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100% CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
VERSION 2025/2026.
Minnie Dole - ANS - Insurance broker from Greenwich, CT
- Injured ankle while skiing at Stowe and realized the lack of rescue system
- Founded the NSP
10th Mountain Division - ANS - Winter warfare unit
- 7,000 volunteers
- Engaged in combat in Italy in 1944
Confidentiality - ANS The nondisclosure of personal information except to an authorized
person with the need to know
History of OEC - ANS - Initially affiliated with American Red Cross
- Developed OEC to deepen patrollers' medical knowledge
Certification/Recertification - ANS 1. Successfully complete OEC course
2. Pass NSP exam
3. Yearly refreshers (1/3 of course each year)
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,4. Instructor development course
- Standard of training
- Certified for 3 years
Roles of an OEC Technician - ANS Scene Manager
Caregiver
Patient advocate
Role model
(Standard of care)
5 Ethical Principles - ANS 1. Respect autonomy
2. Do no harm
3. Benefit others
4. Be just
5. Be faithful
Good Samaritan Laws - ANS Protect a person from legal liability when they volunteer to
perform an act to help someone else (unless actions are grossly negligent)
Doctrine of Public Reliance - ANS You have the duty to rescue someone when in uniform
Abandonment - ANS To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty,
allegiance, or responsibility
Negligence - ANS The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person with
similar training would exercise in a similar circumstance
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Duty to act - ANS a person's legal obligation to provide something to another individual
Breach of duty - ANS the failure to perform a promised act or obligation of due care
Once you start providing service, don't stop until... - ANS - all required care has been given
- patient transferred to equal/higher level of care
- patient specifically says they no longer want care
- patient is transferred safely to medical facility
- continued care threatens rescuer's safety
Assumption of risk - ANS - Skiers/riders agree that the sport is dangers
- Documentation for liability purposes
4 types of consent - ANS Expressed, implied, informed, minor
Expressed consent - ANS patient directly gives permission
Implied conseny - ANS Inferred by patient's actions/situation
Informed consent - ANS permission upon further explanation (facts, implications,
consequences)
Minor consent - ANS parent/guardian gives permission
Battery - ANS Act of touching someone without their consent
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
