AAOS EMT EXAM REVIEW GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
●● advanced life support (ALS). Answer: Advanced lifesaving
procedures.
●● American with Disabilities Act (ADA). Answer: Comprehensive
legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against
discrimination.
●● automated external defibrillator (AED). Answer: A device that
detects treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia and delivers the
appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
●● certification. Answer: A process in which a person, an institution, or
a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined
standards to provide safe and ethical care.
●● continuous quality improvement (CQI). Answer: A system of internal
and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
●● emergency medical dispatch (EMD). Answer: A 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). Answer: The first trained
individual, such as a police officer, fire fighter, lifeguard, or other
rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical
assistance.
●● emergency medical services (EMS). Answer: A multidisciplinary
system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and
agencies to provide prehosptial emergency care to the sick and injured.
●● emergency medical technician (EMT). Answer: An 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).
Answer: Federal 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. Answer: The delivery of medication
directly into a vein.
COMPLETE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
●● advanced life support (ALS). Answer: Advanced lifesaving
procedures.
●● American with Disabilities Act (ADA). Answer: Comprehensive
legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against
discrimination.
●● automated external defibrillator (AED). Answer: A device that
detects treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia and delivers the
appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
●● certification. Answer: A process in which a person, an institution, or
a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined
standards to provide safe and ethical care.
●● continuous quality improvement (CQI). Answer: A system of internal
and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
●● emergency medical dispatch (EMD). Answer: A 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). Answer: The first trained
individual, such as a police officer, fire fighter, lifeguard, or other
rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical
assistance.
●● emergency medical services (EMS). Answer: A multidisciplinary
system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and
agencies to provide prehosptial emergency care to the sick and injured.
●● emergency medical technician (EMT). Answer: An 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).
Answer: Federal 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. Answer: The delivery of medication
directly into a vein.
