JB LEARNING EMT CHAPTERS 1-9 EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS
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Continuing education in EMS serves to:
A. Enforce mandatory attendance at agency-specific training
B. Provide an ongoing review and audit of the EMS system
C. Confirm research and statistical findings in prehospital care
D. Maintain, update, and expand the EMT's knowledge and skills - (answer)D. Maintain, update, and
expand the EMT's knowledge and skills
Obtaining continuing medical education is the responsibility of:
A. State Bureau of EMS
B. EMS training officer
C. EMS medical director
D. individual EMT - (answer)D. individual EMT
An EMS provider who has extensive training in various aspects of advanced life support (ALS) is called
a(n):
A. Paramedic
B. Advanced EMT (AEMT)
C. EMR
D. EMT - (answer)A. Paramedic
According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, an EMT should be able to:
A. Administer epinephrine via the subcutaneous route
B. Insert a peripheral IV line and infuse fluids
C. Interpret a basic (ECG) rhythm and treat accordingly
,D. assist a patient with certain prescribed medications - (answer)D. assist a patient with certain
prescribed medications
The continuous quality improvement (CQI) process is designed to:
A. administer punitive actions to EMTs who do not follow local protocols
B. identify areas of improvement and provide remedial training if needed
C. focus specifically on the quality of emergency care provided to the patient
D. ensure that all EMTs maintain licensure through the state EMS office - (answer)B. identify areas of
improvement and provide remedial training if needed
EMS as we know it today had its origins in 1966 with the publication of:
A. Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured
B. the Department of Transportation's White Paper: Death and Dying
C. the Emergency Medical Services Act
D. Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society - (answer)D. Accidental
Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
Which of the following skills or interventions is included at every level of prehospital emergency
training?
A. Oral glucose for hypoglycemia
B. Intranasal medication administration
C. Use of manually triggered ventilator
D. Automated external defibrillation - (answer)D. Automated external defibrillation
Which of the following criteria is required to become licensed and employed as an EMT?
A. Proof of immunization against certain communicable diseases
B. Demonstration of the ability to lift and carry at least 200 pounds
C. A minimum of 60 college credit hours that focus on health care
D. Successful completion of a recognized bystander CPR course - (answer)A. Proof of immunization
against certain communicable diseases
, Which of the following scenarios involves the administration of ALS?
A. A 64 year old patient who is given aspirin for suspected cardiac chest pain
B. A 48 year old patient whose airway is secured with a supraglottic device
C. A 61 year old patient who is receiving humidified supplemental oxygen
D. A 53 year old patient who is assisted with his prescribe nitroglycerin - (answer)B. A 48 year old patient
whose airway is secured with a supraglottic device
The EMT certification exam is designed to:
A. ensure that EMTs are competent and have the same level of knowledge and skills
B. Identify those EMTs who are prepared for advanced levels of training
C. rank EMTs based on performance on the certification exam
D. Provide EMTs with the best possible wage once certification is achieved - (answer)A. ensure that EMTs
are competent and have the same level of knowledge and skills
Which of the following is an example is a primary prevention strategy?
A. Community awareness programs that emphasize the dangers of drinking and driving
B. Teaching a group of new parents how to perform one and two rescuer infant CPR
C. The construction of a guardrail on a dangerous curve following a fatal motor vehicle crash
D. Protecting a patient's spine from further injury after a fall from a significant height - (answer)A.
Community awareness programs that emphasize the dangers of drinking and driving
Cardiac monitoring, pharmacologic interventions, and other advanced treatment skills are functions of
the:
A. EMR
B. EMT
C. AEMT
D. paramedic - (answer)D. paramedic
WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED | GET A+
Continuing education in EMS serves to:
A. Enforce mandatory attendance at agency-specific training
B. Provide an ongoing review and audit of the EMS system
C. Confirm research and statistical findings in prehospital care
D. Maintain, update, and expand the EMT's knowledge and skills - (answer)D. Maintain, update, and
expand the EMT's knowledge and skills
Obtaining continuing medical education is the responsibility of:
A. State Bureau of EMS
B. EMS training officer
C. EMS medical director
D. individual EMT - (answer)D. individual EMT
An EMS provider who has extensive training in various aspects of advanced life support (ALS) is called
a(n):
A. Paramedic
B. Advanced EMT (AEMT)
C. EMR
D. EMT - (answer)A. Paramedic
According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, an EMT should be able to:
A. Administer epinephrine via the subcutaneous route
B. Insert a peripheral IV line and infuse fluids
C. Interpret a basic (ECG) rhythm and treat accordingly
,D. assist a patient with certain prescribed medications - (answer)D. assist a patient with certain
prescribed medications
The continuous quality improvement (CQI) process is designed to:
A. administer punitive actions to EMTs who do not follow local protocols
B. identify areas of improvement and provide remedial training if needed
C. focus specifically on the quality of emergency care provided to the patient
D. ensure that all EMTs maintain licensure through the state EMS office - (answer)B. identify areas of
improvement and provide remedial training if needed
EMS as we know it today had its origins in 1966 with the publication of:
A. Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured
B. the Department of Transportation's White Paper: Death and Dying
C. the Emergency Medical Services Act
D. Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society - (answer)D. Accidental
Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
Which of the following skills or interventions is included at every level of prehospital emergency
training?
A. Oral glucose for hypoglycemia
B. Intranasal medication administration
C. Use of manually triggered ventilator
D. Automated external defibrillation - (answer)D. Automated external defibrillation
Which of the following criteria is required to become licensed and employed as an EMT?
A. Proof of immunization against certain communicable diseases
B. Demonstration of the ability to lift and carry at least 200 pounds
C. A minimum of 60 college credit hours that focus on health care
D. Successful completion of a recognized bystander CPR course - (answer)A. Proof of immunization
against certain communicable diseases
, Which of the following scenarios involves the administration of ALS?
A. A 64 year old patient who is given aspirin for suspected cardiac chest pain
B. A 48 year old patient whose airway is secured with a supraglottic device
C. A 61 year old patient who is receiving humidified supplemental oxygen
D. A 53 year old patient who is assisted with his prescribe nitroglycerin - (answer)B. A 48 year old patient
whose airway is secured with a supraglottic device
The EMT certification exam is designed to:
A. ensure that EMTs are competent and have the same level of knowledge and skills
B. Identify those EMTs who are prepared for advanced levels of training
C. rank EMTs based on performance on the certification exam
D. Provide EMTs with the best possible wage once certification is achieved - (answer)A. ensure that EMTs
are competent and have the same level of knowledge and skills
Which of the following is an example is a primary prevention strategy?
A. Community awareness programs that emphasize the dangers of drinking and driving
B. Teaching a group of new parents how to perform one and two rescuer infant CPR
C. The construction of a guardrail on a dangerous curve following a fatal motor vehicle crash
D. Protecting a patient's spine from further injury after a fall from a significant height - (answer)A.
Community awareness programs that emphasize the dangers of drinking and driving
Cardiac monitoring, pharmacologic interventions, and other advanced treatment skills are functions of
the:
A. EMR
B. EMT
C. AEMT
D. paramedic - (answer)D. paramedic
