SKI PATROL ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ The course called "Outdoor Emergency Care" was created by the National
Ski Patrol to:.
Answer: Provide a standard of training for OEC Technicians and others
involved in outdoorrecreation.
◍ When was the National Ski Patrol (NSP) founded?.
Answer: 1938
◍ Who was the founder and first National Director?.
Answer: Charles Minot Dole
◍ The person who first organized a volunteer "ski patrol" and then was asked
to organize anational patrol was:.
Answer: Minnie Dole
◍ Although the National Ski Patrol was originally a subcommittee of the
National SkiAssociation, the NSP became an independent organization in:.
Answer: 1953
◍ The creed of the National Ski Patrol is:.
Answer: "Service and Safety."
◍ The 10th Mountain Division was founded:.
Answer: When Minnie Dole convinced the U.S. Army that a winter warfare
unit would be valuable.
◍ The first emergency responder textbook created exclusively for ski
patrollers was titled:.
Answer: Winter Emergency Care
,◍ In what year were women admitted to the NSP?.
Answer: 1942
◍ Before the advent of Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC), from what
organization did patrollers get their first aid training from?.
Answer: American Red Cross(1938 Winter First Aid Manual)
◍ Dole and other NSP members helped form and train what famous US Army
group?.
Answer: 10th Mountain Division
◍ Dr. Warren Bowman is considered the father of Outdoor Emergency Care
because he:.
Answer: Created the concept of "intermediate" medical care for ski
patrollers
◍ In what year was the first "Rusty" jacket introduced?.
Answer: 1948 (Rainier Red)
◍ The 5th Edition of Outdoor Emergency Care:.
Answer: Exceeds the knowledge and skills identified by the U.S.
Department of Transportation forEmergency Medical Responder.
◍ In order to maintain OEC certification, you must:.
Answer: complete a refresher course that covers one-third of the curriculum
every year.
◍ Good Samaritan laws generally:.
Answer: Apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping
people.
◍ The failure to exercise the care that is not up to the technician's standard of
training is called:.
Answer: Negligence
◍ Where was the first NSP national office and where did it move to in 1949?.
Answer: New York and moved to Denver, Colorado
, ◍ In what year was the gold cross adopted as the official NSP emblem?.
Answer: 1964
◍ When was Nordic skiing added to the NSP?.
Answer: 1974
◍ What US President granted the NSP its federal charter and when?.
Answer: Jimmy Carter 1980
◍ While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow
patroller callsand tells you that your own young child was just injured in the
terrain park. Concerned for yourchild, you leave the patient's care unfinished
and run to the terrain park. Your action could beviewed as:.
Answer: Abandonment
◍ You arrive at the scene of an accident where a 22-year-old female skier has
hit a tree and hasa large bleeding cut on her head. When you ask her if she
needs help, she refuses care and saysshe just needs to sit for a while.
Noticing the amount of bleeding, you calmly express yourconcern for her,
but she continues to say she doesn't want help. You hesitate to touch
herbecause you are concerned that if you do, she could accuse you of:.
Answer: Battery
◍ In what year did Winter Emergency Care, later renamed OEC, come into
being.
Answer: 1985-87
◍ The national office moved to its current location in 1987.
Answer: 138 South Van Gordon, Lakewood, CO
◍ At its 50th anniversary, how many patrols and patrollers did the NSP have?.
Answer: 625 Patrols and >24,000 members
◍ You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your
patrol jacket youcome upon a car collision in which people appear to be
injured. You recognize that if youapproach the collision wearing your patrol
jacket, members of the public may have a reasonableexpectation that you
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ The course called "Outdoor Emergency Care" was created by the National
Ski Patrol to:.
Answer: Provide a standard of training for OEC Technicians and others
involved in outdoorrecreation.
◍ When was the National Ski Patrol (NSP) founded?.
Answer: 1938
◍ Who was the founder and first National Director?.
Answer: Charles Minot Dole
◍ The person who first organized a volunteer "ski patrol" and then was asked
to organize anational patrol was:.
Answer: Minnie Dole
◍ Although the National Ski Patrol was originally a subcommittee of the
National SkiAssociation, the NSP became an independent organization in:.
Answer: 1953
◍ The creed of the National Ski Patrol is:.
Answer: "Service and Safety."
◍ The 10th Mountain Division was founded:.
Answer: When Minnie Dole convinced the U.S. Army that a winter warfare
unit would be valuable.
◍ The first emergency responder textbook created exclusively for ski
patrollers was titled:.
Answer: Winter Emergency Care
,◍ In what year were women admitted to the NSP?.
Answer: 1942
◍ Before the advent of Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC), from what
organization did patrollers get their first aid training from?.
Answer: American Red Cross(1938 Winter First Aid Manual)
◍ Dole and other NSP members helped form and train what famous US Army
group?.
Answer: 10th Mountain Division
◍ Dr. Warren Bowman is considered the father of Outdoor Emergency Care
because he:.
Answer: Created the concept of "intermediate" medical care for ski
patrollers
◍ In what year was the first "Rusty" jacket introduced?.
Answer: 1948 (Rainier Red)
◍ The 5th Edition of Outdoor Emergency Care:.
Answer: Exceeds the knowledge and skills identified by the U.S.
Department of Transportation forEmergency Medical Responder.
◍ In order to maintain OEC certification, you must:.
Answer: complete a refresher course that covers one-third of the curriculum
every year.
◍ Good Samaritan laws generally:.
Answer: Apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping
people.
◍ The failure to exercise the care that is not up to the technician's standard of
training is called:.
Answer: Negligence
◍ Where was the first NSP national office and where did it move to in 1949?.
Answer: New York and moved to Denver, Colorado
, ◍ In what year was the gold cross adopted as the official NSP emblem?.
Answer: 1964
◍ When was Nordic skiing added to the NSP?.
Answer: 1974
◍ What US President granted the NSP its federal charter and when?.
Answer: Jimmy Carter 1980
◍ While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow
patroller callsand tells you that your own young child was just injured in the
terrain park. Concerned for yourchild, you leave the patient's care unfinished
and run to the terrain park. Your action could beviewed as:.
Answer: Abandonment
◍ You arrive at the scene of an accident where a 22-year-old female skier has
hit a tree and hasa large bleeding cut on her head. When you ask her if she
needs help, she refuses care and saysshe just needs to sit for a while.
Noticing the amount of bleeding, you calmly express yourconcern for her,
but she continues to say she doesn't want help. You hesitate to touch
herbecause you are concerned that if you do, she could accuse you of:.
Answer: Battery
◍ In what year did Winter Emergency Care, later renamed OEC, come into
being.
Answer: 1985-87
◍ The national office moved to its current location in 1987.
Answer: 138 South Van Gordon, Lakewood, CO
◍ At its 50th anniversary, how many patrols and patrollers did the NSP have?.
Answer: 625 Patrols and >24,000 members
◍ You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your
patrol jacket youcome upon a car collision in which people appear to be
injured. You recognize that if youapproach the collision wearing your patrol
jacket, members of the public may have a reasonableexpectation that you
