EMT FINAL 200 QUESTIONS
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
EMERGENCY TEST PAPER GRADED
A+
◉ EMT Training Guidelines.
Answer: Meets or exceeds the guidelines recommended by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
◉ EMS Medical Director's Authority.
Answer: The EMS medical director can expand the EMT's scope of
practice but cannot limit it without state approval.
◉ Exposure Determination in Infection Control.
Answer: Defines who is at risk for contact with blood and body fluids
and which tasks pose a risk of exposure.
◉ Waterless Handwashing Substitute.
Answer: It is important to wash your hands with soap and water at the
hospital.
◉ Physiologic Manifestations of Stress.
Answer: Includes perspiration, increased blood glucose levels, and
dilated pupils.
,◉ Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Reaction.
Answer: A newly certified EMT becomes extremely nauseated and
diaphoretic at the scene of an incident involving grotesque injuries.
◉ Hepatitis B Vaccine Immunity.
Answer: Vaccination against hepatitis B provides partial immunity for
life.
◉ Vaccination with the hepatitis B vaccine.
Answer: Confers immunity against hepatitis A.
◉ OSHA.
Answer: Requires that your employer offer you the vaccine free of
charge.
◉ Protected Health Information (PHI).
Answer: Includes location of the call, treatment rendered, assessment
findings, and patient history.
◉ Legal duty to act.
Answer: Clearly exists when a bystander encounters a victim who is not
breathing.
◉ Best protection against legal liability when a patient refuses care.
,Answer: Thoroughly document the entire event.
◉ Correction of a mistake in PCR documentation.
Answer: Draw a single horizontal line through the error, initial it, and
write the correct data next to it.
◉ Appropriate action in a domestic violence situation.
Answer: Seek a safe place and request law enforcement assistance.
◉ Response to a dying patient's family.
Answer: Avoid saying 'Things will get better in time.'
◉ Response to a patient asking about her husband after a crash.
Answer: Let clergy or hospital staff relay the bad news if possible.
◉ Patient care transfer.
Answer: Official transfer does not occur until the EMT gives a radio
report to the receiving medical facility.
◉ Patient's last blood pressure reading error.
Answer: You should draw a single horizontal line through the error,
initial it, and write the correct data next to it.
◉ Assessment of a patient with severe headache.
, Answer: Allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
◉ Response to a patient with decision-making capacity refusing care.
Answer: Ensure that the family is aware of the risks.
◉ Inappropriate statement to a dying patient's family.
Answer: Saying 'This must be painful for you.' is appropriate.
◉ Inappropriate statement to a dying patient's family.
Answer: Saying 'Tell me how you are feeling.' is appropriate.
◉ Inappropriate statement to a dying patient's family.
Answer: Saying 'It is okay to be angry and sad.' is appropriate.
◉ Emergency response to a motor vehicle crash.
Answer: Tell her that he is being resuscitated by other EMTs.
◉ Legal duty to act scenario.
Answer: A call is received 15 minutes prior to shift change.
◉ Legal duty to act scenario.
Answer: The EMT hears of a cardiac arrest after his or her shift ends.
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
EMERGENCY TEST PAPER GRADED
A+
◉ EMT Training Guidelines.
Answer: Meets or exceeds the guidelines recommended by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
◉ EMS Medical Director's Authority.
Answer: The EMS medical director can expand the EMT's scope of
practice but cannot limit it without state approval.
◉ Exposure Determination in Infection Control.
Answer: Defines who is at risk for contact with blood and body fluids
and which tasks pose a risk of exposure.
◉ Waterless Handwashing Substitute.
Answer: It is important to wash your hands with soap and water at the
hospital.
◉ Physiologic Manifestations of Stress.
Answer: Includes perspiration, increased blood glucose levels, and
dilated pupils.
,◉ Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Reaction.
Answer: A newly certified EMT becomes extremely nauseated and
diaphoretic at the scene of an incident involving grotesque injuries.
◉ Hepatitis B Vaccine Immunity.
Answer: Vaccination against hepatitis B provides partial immunity for
life.
◉ Vaccination with the hepatitis B vaccine.
Answer: Confers immunity against hepatitis A.
◉ OSHA.
Answer: Requires that your employer offer you the vaccine free of
charge.
◉ Protected Health Information (PHI).
Answer: Includes location of the call, treatment rendered, assessment
findings, and patient history.
◉ Legal duty to act.
Answer: Clearly exists when a bystander encounters a victim who is not
breathing.
◉ Best protection against legal liability when a patient refuses care.
,Answer: Thoroughly document the entire event.
◉ Correction of a mistake in PCR documentation.
Answer: Draw a single horizontal line through the error, initial it, and
write the correct data next to it.
◉ Appropriate action in a domestic violence situation.
Answer: Seek a safe place and request law enforcement assistance.
◉ Response to a dying patient's family.
Answer: Avoid saying 'Things will get better in time.'
◉ Response to a patient asking about her husband after a crash.
Answer: Let clergy or hospital staff relay the bad news if possible.
◉ Patient care transfer.
Answer: Official transfer does not occur until the EMT gives a radio
report to the receiving medical facility.
◉ Patient's last blood pressure reading error.
Answer: You should draw a single horizontal line through the error,
initial it, and write the correct data next to it.
◉ Assessment of a patient with severe headache.
, Answer: Allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
◉ Response to a patient with decision-making capacity refusing care.
Answer: Ensure that the family is aware of the risks.
◉ Inappropriate statement to a dying patient's family.
Answer: Saying 'This must be painful for you.' is appropriate.
◉ Inappropriate statement to a dying patient's family.
Answer: Saying 'Tell me how you are feeling.' is appropriate.
◉ Inappropriate statement to a dying patient's family.
Answer: Saying 'It is okay to be angry and sad.' is appropriate.
◉ Emergency response to a motor vehicle crash.
Answer: Tell her that he is being resuscitated by other EMTs.
◉ Legal duty to act scenario.
Answer: A call is received 15 minutes prior to shift change.
◉ Legal duty to act scenario.
Answer: The EMT hears of a cardiac arrest after his or her shift ends.
