EMR EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
A person who is able to perform basic life support skills and limited advanced life support skills.
Correct Answer: Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
The use of specialized equipment such as cardiac monitors, defibrillators, intravenous fluids,
drug infusion, and endotracheal intubation to stabilize a patient's condition. Correct Answer:
Advanced Life Support (ALS)
A hospital with adequate medical resources to provide continuing care to sick or injured patients
who are transported after field treatment by EMRs. Correct Answer: Appropriate Medical
Facility
Emergency lifesaving procedures performed without advanced emergency procedures to
stabilize the conditions of patients who have experienced sudden illness or injury. Correct
Answer: Basic Life Support (BLS)
Delivery of an electric current through a person's chest wall and heart for the purpose of ending
lethal heart rhythms such as ventricular fibrillation. Correct Answer: Defibrillation
The first medically trained person to arrive on the scene. Correct Answer: Emergency Medical
Responder (EMR)
A person who is trained and certified to provide basic life support and certain other noninvasive
prehospital medical procedures. Correct Answer: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
A fire, police, or EMS agency; a 9-1-1 center; or a seven-digit telephone number used by one or
all of the emergency agencies to receive and dispatch request for emergency care. Correct
Answer: Emergency Response Communications Center OR Public Safety Answering Point
(PSAP)
Persons trained and certified to provide advanced life support. Correct Answer: Paramedics
The second stage of the grief process, when the person experiencing grief becomes upset or
angry at the grief-causing event or other situation. Correct Answer: Anger
The third stage of the grief reaction, when the person experiencing grief barters to change the
grief-causing event. Correct Answer: Bargaining
A system of psychological support designed to reduce stress on emergency personnel after a
major stress-producing incident. Correct Answer: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CIDS)
The first stage of a grief reaction, when the person experiencing grief rejects the grief-causing
event. Correct Answer: Denial
A person who is able to perform basic life support skills and limited advanced life support skills.
Correct Answer: Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
The use of specialized equipment such as cardiac monitors, defibrillators, intravenous fluids,
drug infusion, and endotracheal intubation to stabilize a patient's condition. Correct Answer:
Advanced Life Support (ALS)
A hospital with adequate medical resources to provide continuing care to sick or injured patients
who are transported after field treatment by EMRs. Correct Answer: Appropriate Medical
Facility
Emergency lifesaving procedures performed without advanced emergency procedures to
stabilize the conditions of patients who have experienced sudden illness or injury. Correct
Answer: Basic Life Support (BLS)
Delivery of an electric current through a person's chest wall and heart for the purpose of ending
lethal heart rhythms such as ventricular fibrillation. Correct Answer: Defibrillation
The first medically trained person to arrive on the scene. Correct Answer: Emergency Medical
Responder (EMR)
A person who is trained and certified to provide basic life support and certain other noninvasive
prehospital medical procedures. Correct Answer: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
A fire, police, or EMS agency; a 9-1-1 center; or a seven-digit telephone number used by one or
all of the emergency agencies to receive and dispatch request for emergency care. Correct
Answer: Emergency Response Communications Center OR Public Safety Answering Point
(PSAP)
Persons trained and certified to provide advanced life support. Correct Answer: Paramedics
The second stage of the grief process, when the person experiencing grief becomes upset or
angry at the grief-causing event or other situation. Correct Answer: Anger
The third stage of the grief reaction, when the person experiencing grief barters to change the
grief-causing event. Correct Answer: Bargaining
A system of psychological support designed to reduce stress on emergency personnel after a
major stress-producing incident. Correct Answer: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CIDS)
The first stage of a grief reaction, when the person experiencing grief rejects the grief-causing
event. Correct Answer: Denial
