AAOS 12TH EDITION CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES COURSE 2025/2026 | QUESTION
BANK | VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
| EMS FOUNDATIONS & PATIENT CARE STUDY GUIDE |
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Intavenous (IV) Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER -The delivery of medication
directly into a vein.
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER -The process whereby a competent authority,
usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act.
Medical Control - CORRECT ANSWER -Physician instructions that are given
directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by
protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of
the service program.
Medical Director - CORRECT ANSWER -The physician who authorizes or
delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field.
Mobile Integrated Health Care - CORRECT ANSWER -A method of delivering
health care that involves providing health care within the community rather than
at a physician's office or hospital.
National EMS Scope of Practice Model - CORRECT ANSWER -A document
created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that
outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers.
Paramedic - CORRECT ANSWER -An individual who has extensive training in
advanced life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency
, pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and
treatment skills.
Primary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Efforts to prevent an injury or
illness from ever occurring.
Primary Service Area - CORRECT ANSWER -The designated area in which
the EMS agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care
and transportation to the hospital.
Public Health - CORRECT ANSWER -The branch of medicine that is focused
on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing
health problems.
Public Safety Access Point - CORRECT ANSWER -A call center, staffed by
trained personnel who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire,
and ambulance services.
Quality Control - CORRECT ANSWER -Oversight by the medical director to
ensure the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call.
Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Efforts to limit the effects of an
injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.
Acute Stress Reactions - CORRECT ANSWER -Reactions to stress that occur
during a traumatic situation.
Aerosol-Generating Procedure - CORRECT ANSWER -Treatments that
increase the risk for transmission of infections that are spread through the air or
by droplets; CPR is an example.
MEDICAL SERVICES COURSE 2025/2026 | QUESTION
BANK | VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
| EMS FOUNDATIONS & PATIENT CARE STUDY GUIDE |
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Intavenous (IV) Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER -The delivery of medication
directly into a vein.
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER -The process whereby a competent authority,
usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act.
Medical Control - CORRECT ANSWER -Physician instructions that are given
directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by
protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of
the service program.
Medical Director - CORRECT ANSWER -The physician who authorizes or
delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field.
Mobile Integrated Health Care - CORRECT ANSWER -A method of delivering
health care that involves providing health care within the community rather than
at a physician's office or hospital.
National EMS Scope of Practice Model - CORRECT ANSWER -A document
created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that
outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers.
Paramedic - CORRECT ANSWER -An individual who has extensive training in
advanced life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency
, pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and
treatment skills.
Primary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Efforts to prevent an injury or
illness from ever occurring.
Primary Service Area - CORRECT ANSWER -The designated area in which
the EMS agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care
and transportation to the hospital.
Public Health - CORRECT ANSWER -The branch of medicine that is focused
on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing
health problems.
Public Safety Access Point - CORRECT ANSWER -A call center, staffed by
trained personnel who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire,
and ambulance services.
Quality Control - CORRECT ANSWER -Oversight by the medical director to
ensure the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call.
Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Efforts to limit the effects of an
injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.
Acute Stress Reactions - CORRECT ANSWER -Reactions to stress that occur
during a traumatic situation.
Aerosol-Generating Procedure - CORRECT ANSWER -Treatments that
increase the risk for transmission of infections that are spread through the air or
by droplets; CPR is an example.
