HOSA EMT PRACTICE TEST EXAM SCRIPT
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What vaccinations should EMTs receive annually? Answer: PPD
tuberculin test and Influenza vaccine.
◉ How often should Tetanus prophylaxis be administered? Answer:
Every 10 years.
◉ What does the acronym DNR stand for? Answer: Do Not
Resuscitate.
◉ What should an EMT do when encountering a potentially violent
scene? Answer: Do not enter and call law enforcement for safety.
◉ What is the 'Duty to Act' for EMTs? Answer: EMTs are required by
law to care for a patient who requires and consents to it while on
duty.
◉ What defines the 'Scope of Practice' for EMTs? Answer: It defines
what an EMT can and cannot do by law.
,◉ What is the 'Standard of Care'? Answer: The level of care that the
average, prudent provider would practice in a given community.
◉ What types of patient consent exist? Answer: Expressed, implied,
and consent for minors.
◉ What is implied consent? Answer: Assumed consent if a patient is
unresponsive or unable to make a rational decision.
◉ What should an EMT do if a patient refuses treatment? Answer:
Ask the patient to sign a refusal form and document the
conversation.
◉ What are Advanced Directives? Answer: Instructions given in
advance regarding medical treatment preferences.
◉ What is HIPAA? Answer: Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act, which protects patient confidentiality.
◉ What does COBRA stand for? Answer: Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act.
◉ What is a tort? Answer: A wrongful act, injury, or damage;
negligence is an example.
,◉ What constitutes negligence? Answer: When an EMT has a duty to
act, breaches that duty, and causes harm to the patient.
◉ What is abandonment in the context of EMT care? Answer:
Stopping treatment without transferring care to someone with
appropriate expertise.
◉ What is assault in medical terms? Answer: An act or threat to
inflict harm on a patient.
◉ What is battery in a medical context? Answer: Touching a patient
without consent.
◉ What is false imprisonment? Answer: Keeping and transporting a
patient without consent.
◉ What is defamation? Answer: Releasing damaging information
about a patient; can be slander (verbal) or libel (written).
◉ What is the Supine position? Answer: Lying face up.
◉ What is the Prone position? Answer: Lying face down.
, ◉ What does Fowler's Position refer to? Answer: Lying in a reclining
chair with the upper body elevated at a 45 to 60 degree angle.
◉ What is the Trendelenburg Position? Answer: Lying supine with
feet elevated above the head.
◉ What is the Midline in anatomical terms? Answer: A vertical line
through the center of the body that divides left and right.
◉ What does the sagittal plane divide the body into? Answer: Left
and right planes.
◉ What is the midclavicular line? Answer: A vertical line bisecting
the clavicle on the front of the body.
◉ What does the term 'medial' refer to? Answer: Towards the
midline of the body.
◉ What does 'lateral' mean? Answer: Away from the midline of the
body.
◉ What is the difference between bilateral and unilateral? Answer:
Bilateral refers to both sides, while unilateral refers to one side.
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What vaccinations should EMTs receive annually? Answer: PPD
tuberculin test and Influenza vaccine.
◉ How often should Tetanus prophylaxis be administered? Answer:
Every 10 years.
◉ What does the acronym DNR stand for? Answer: Do Not
Resuscitate.
◉ What should an EMT do when encountering a potentially violent
scene? Answer: Do not enter and call law enforcement for safety.
◉ What is the 'Duty to Act' for EMTs? Answer: EMTs are required by
law to care for a patient who requires and consents to it while on
duty.
◉ What defines the 'Scope of Practice' for EMTs? Answer: It defines
what an EMT can and cannot do by law.
,◉ What is the 'Standard of Care'? Answer: The level of care that the
average, prudent provider would practice in a given community.
◉ What types of patient consent exist? Answer: Expressed, implied,
and consent for minors.
◉ What is implied consent? Answer: Assumed consent if a patient is
unresponsive or unable to make a rational decision.
◉ What should an EMT do if a patient refuses treatment? Answer:
Ask the patient to sign a refusal form and document the
conversation.
◉ What are Advanced Directives? Answer: Instructions given in
advance regarding medical treatment preferences.
◉ What is HIPAA? Answer: Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act, which protects patient confidentiality.
◉ What does COBRA stand for? Answer: Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act.
◉ What is a tort? Answer: A wrongful act, injury, or damage;
negligence is an example.
,◉ What constitutes negligence? Answer: When an EMT has a duty to
act, breaches that duty, and causes harm to the patient.
◉ What is abandonment in the context of EMT care? Answer:
Stopping treatment without transferring care to someone with
appropriate expertise.
◉ What is assault in medical terms? Answer: An act or threat to
inflict harm on a patient.
◉ What is battery in a medical context? Answer: Touching a patient
without consent.
◉ What is false imprisonment? Answer: Keeping and transporting a
patient without consent.
◉ What is defamation? Answer: Releasing damaging information
about a patient; can be slander (verbal) or libel (written).
◉ What is the Supine position? Answer: Lying face up.
◉ What is the Prone position? Answer: Lying face down.
, ◉ What does Fowler's Position refer to? Answer: Lying in a reclining
chair with the upper body elevated at a 45 to 60 degree angle.
◉ What is the Trendelenburg Position? Answer: Lying supine with
feet elevated above the head.
◉ What is the Midline in anatomical terms? Answer: A vertical line
through the center of the body that divides left and right.
◉ What does the sagittal plane divide the body into? Answer: Left
and right planes.
◉ What is the midclavicular line? Answer: A vertical line bisecting
the clavicle on the front of the body.
◉ What does the term 'medial' refer to? Answer: Towards the
midline of the body.
◉ What does 'lateral' mean? Answer: Away from the midline of the
body.
◉ What is the difference between bilateral and unilateral? Answer:
Bilateral refers to both sides, while unilateral refers to one side.
