OEC LATEST 2026 TEST PAPERS QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔11. Which of the following statements about OEC 5th Edition is false?
a. It contains the most recent information about prehospital care at the time of its
publication.
b. It is a resource text for the NSP OEC course.
c. It is to be used by instructors to teach students the basic concepts of care.
d. It supersedes local medical direction and management directives. - ✔✔d. It
supersedes local medical direction and management directives.
✔✔12. In order to become an "on the hill" OEC Technician, you need to do all of the
following except:
a. complete the OEC course.
b. successfully complete a written exam and a practical exam.
c. demonstrate a level of skiing/boarding and toboggan handling proficiency.
d. successfully complete a three-month candidacy program at your mountain. - ✔✔d.
successfully complete a three-month candidacy program at your mountain.
✔✔13. In order to maintain OEC certification, you must:
a. complete a refresher course that covers one-third of the curriculum every year.
b. complete a refresher course that covers the key objectives of the entire curriculum
every year.
c. complete a refresher course that covers the key objectives of the entire curriculum
every three years.
d. demonstrate CPR and AED skills every two years. - ✔✔a. complete a refresher
course that covers one-third of the curriculum every year.
✔✔14. Which of the following is not an ethical principle that OEC Technicians should
follow?
a. Do not provide an intervention that could cause further harm.
b. Promote the health and well-being of others.
c. Treat others as you would wish to be treated.
d. Protect others and never let them refuse care. - ✔✔d. Protect others and never let
them refuse care.
✔✔15. Good Samaritan laws generally:
a. protect a ski patroller from being sued in every circumstance.
b. apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping people.
c. are the same in every state.
,d. provide enough protection so that you need not to know whether your mountain has
insurance. - ✔✔b. apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping people.
✔✔16. The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person with similar
training would exercise in a similar circumstance is known as:
a. negligence.
b. assault.
c. gross negligence.
d. standard of care breach. - ✔✔a. negligence.
✔✔17. While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow
patroller calls and tells you that your own young child was just injured in the terrain park.
Concerned for your child, you leave the patient's care unfinished and run to the terrain
park. Your action could be viewed as:
a. a breach of ethics.
b. your duty to act.
c. denial of care.
d. abandonment. - ✔✔d. abandonment.
✔✔18. You arrive at the scene of an accident where a 22-year-old female skier has hit a
tree and has a large bleeding cut on her head. When you ask her if she needs help, she
refuses care and says she just needs to sit for a while. Noticing the amount of bleeding,
you calmly express your concern for her, but she continues to say she doesn't want
help. You hesitate to touch her because you are concerned that if you do, she could
accuse you of:
a. assault.
b. battery.
c. breach of duty.
d. duty to act. - ✔✔b. battery.
✔✔19. You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol
jacket you come upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You
recognize that if you approach the collision wearing your patrol jacket, members of the
public may have a reasonable expectation that you will provide care. This expectation is
known as:
a. the absence of negligence.
b. professional ethics.
c. moral obligation.
d. the doctrine of public reliance. - ✔✔d. the doctrine of public reliance.
,✔✔20. While in the aid room treating a patient with a fractured wrist, the patient tells
you that he was skiing on a slope that was too difficult for him, and that he started going
too fast and got out of control. You recognize that this information must be documented
on the accident report because it provides evidence of:
a. gross negligence.
b. assumption of risk.
c. contributory negligence.
d. willful negligence. - ✔✔c. contributory negligence.
✔✔21. Which of the following statements concerning "standard of training" is true?
a. Acting within the "standard of training" is fundamental to reducing an OEC
Technician's legal risk.
b. "Standard of training" is the same thing as "standard of care."
c. "Standard of training" includes the mountain area's protocols.
d. "Standard of training" includes your state's laws and procedures. - ✔✔a. Acting within
the "standard of training" is fundamental to reducing an OEC Technician's legal risk.
✔✔22. Although not required in OEC 5th Edition, your local mountain protocol states
that any time you use a backboard you should always treat the patient as having a
neck/back injury and apply a cervical collar. You recognize that this mountain-specific
requirement is called a:
a. standard of training.
b. standard of care.
c. medical standard.
d. duty to act. - ✔✔b. standard of care.
✔✔23. Which of the following is not considered a form of patient consent?
a. Informed consent
b. Minor consent
c. Implied consent
d. Absolute consent - ✔✔d. Absolute consent
✔✔24. When you approach an injured skier and ask, "May I help you?" and she replies
"Yes," you interpret this "expressed consent" to mean that:
a. you can examine and treat the patient.
b. you can examine, treat, and transport the patient.
c. you can only examine the patient.
d. you can only ask the patient to provide a history. - ✔✔d. you can only ask the patient
to provide a history.
(BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE b)
, ✔✔25. Upon finding an unconscious patient at the scene of a bad accident, your next
step should be to:
a. assume "implied consent" and begin to examine and treat the patient.
b. delay your examination and ask other patrollers to respond as witnesses.
c. delay your examination until you can locate a spouse or a friend of the patient.
d. begin your assessment but not provide any treatment until another patroller arrives. -
✔✔a. assume "implied consent" and begin to examine and treat the patient.
✔✔26. It is a busy Friday night in the aid room when a child arrives complaining of
abdominal pain. The child states that her parents dropped her off and that they are at
the movies. You are concerned because the child is a minor with no adult to give
consent for treatment. You would:
a. recognize that you need the parents' consent and try to reach them by phone.
b. recognize that the child needs to be assessed and that there is implied consent to
treat.
c. recognize that you must have some adult's permission and try to locate an aunt or an
uncle.
d. do as much of an assessment as possible without touching the child to determine if a
life-threatening emergency exists. - ✔✔b. recognize that the child needs to be assessed
and that there is implied consent to treat.
✔✔27. You are skiing down your favorite slope and notice a small group gathered
around a middle-aged man sitting on the ground. You note that the boarder is holding
his wrist and appears in pain. He agrees to have you examine him but then refuses any
more help. You explain the possible consequences of not splinting the wrist and of the
boarder trying to get down the mountain without help. This explanation of the risk of
refusing care is provided in order to:
a. demonstrate that you know how to treat a wrist injury.
b. diminish your risk of being accused of abandonment.
c. reduce your risk of an accusation of battery.
d. help the patient understand why you are about to put the splint on anyway. - ✔✔b.
diminish your risk of being accused of abandonment.
✔✔28. The type of consent that is based on an appreciation and understanding of the
facts, implications, and possible future consequences of an action is known as:
a. implied consent.
b. educated consent.
c. expressed consent.
d. informed consent. - ✔✔d. informed consent.
✔✔29. Which of the following descriptions is the best example of expressed consent?
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔11. Which of the following statements about OEC 5th Edition is false?
a. It contains the most recent information about prehospital care at the time of its
publication.
b. It is a resource text for the NSP OEC course.
c. It is to be used by instructors to teach students the basic concepts of care.
d. It supersedes local medical direction and management directives. - ✔✔d. It
supersedes local medical direction and management directives.
✔✔12. In order to become an "on the hill" OEC Technician, you need to do all of the
following except:
a. complete the OEC course.
b. successfully complete a written exam and a practical exam.
c. demonstrate a level of skiing/boarding and toboggan handling proficiency.
d. successfully complete a three-month candidacy program at your mountain. - ✔✔d.
successfully complete a three-month candidacy program at your mountain.
✔✔13. In order to maintain OEC certification, you must:
a. complete a refresher course that covers one-third of the curriculum every year.
b. complete a refresher course that covers the key objectives of the entire curriculum
every year.
c. complete a refresher course that covers the key objectives of the entire curriculum
every three years.
d. demonstrate CPR and AED skills every two years. - ✔✔a. complete a refresher
course that covers one-third of the curriculum every year.
✔✔14. Which of the following is not an ethical principle that OEC Technicians should
follow?
a. Do not provide an intervention that could cause further harm.
b. Promote the health and well-being of others.
c. Treat others as you would wish to be treated.
d. Protect others and never let them refuse care. - ✔✔d. Protect others and never let
them refuse care.
✔✔15. Good Samaritan laws generally:
a. protect a ski patroller from being sued in every circumstance.
b. apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping people.
c. are the same in every state.
,d. provide enough protection so that you need not to know whether your mountain has
insurance. - ✔✔b. apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping people.
✔✔16. The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person with similar
training would exercise in a similar circumstance is known as:
a. negligence.
b. assault.
c. gross negligence.
d. standard of care breach. - ✔✔a. negligence.
✔✔17. While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow
patroller calls and tells you that your own young child was just injured in the terrain park.
Concerned for your child, you leave the patient's care unfinished and run to the terrain
park. Your action could be viewed as:
a. a breach of ethics.
b. your duty to act.
c. denial of care.
d. abandonment. - ✔✔d. abandonment.
✔✔18. You arrive at the scene of an accident where a 22-year-old female skier has hit a
tree and has a large bleeding cut on her head. When you ask her if she needs help, she
refuses care and says she just needs to sit for a while. Noticing the amount of bleeding,
you calmly express your concern for her, but she continues to say she doesn't want
help. You hesitate to touch her because you are concerned that if you do, she could
accuse you of:
a. assault.
b. battery.
c. breach of duty.
d. duty to act. - ✔✔b. battery.
✔✔19. You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol
jacket you come upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You
recognize that if you approach the collision wearing your patrol jacket, members of the
public may have a reasonable expectation that you will provide care. This expectation is
known as:
a. the absence of negligence.
b. professional ethics.
c. moral obligation.
d. the doctrine of public reliance. - ✔✔d. the doctrine of public reliance.
,✔✔20. While in the aid room treating a patient with a fractured wrist, the patient tells
you that he was skiing on a slope that was too difficult for him, and that he started going
too fast and got out of control. You recognize that this information must be documented
on the accident report because it provides evidence of:
a. gross negligence.
b. assumption of risk.
c. contributory negligence.
d. willful negligence. - ✔✔c. contributory negligence.
✔✔21. Which of the following statements concerning "standard of training" is true?
a. Acting within the "standard of training" is fundamental to reducing an OEC
Technician's legal risk.
b. "Standard of training" is the same thing as "standard of care."
c. "Standard of training" includes the mountain area's protocols.
d. "Standard of training" includes your state's laws and procedures. - ✔✔a. Acting within
the "standard of training" is fundamental to reducing an OEC Technician's legal risk.
✔✔22. Although not required in OEC 5th Edition, your local mountain protocol states
that any time you use a backboard you should always treat the patient as having a
neck/back injury and apply a cervical collar. You recognize that this mountain-specific
requirement is called a:
a. standard of training.
b. standard of care.
c. medical standard.
d. duty to act. - ✔✔b. standard of care.
✔✔23. Which of the following is not considered a form of patient consent?
a. Informed consent
b. Minor consent
c. Implied consent
d. Absolute consent - ✔✔d. Absolute consent
✔✔24. When you approach an injured skier and ask, "May I help you?" and she replies
"Yes," you interpret this "expressed consent" to mean that:
a. you can examine and treat the patient.
b. you can examine, treat, and transport the patient.
c. you can only examine the patient.
d. you can only ask the patient to provide a history. - ✔✔d. you can only ask the patient
to provide a history.
(BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE b)
, ✔✔25. Upon finding an unconscious patient at the scene of a bad accident, your next
step should be to:
a. assume "implied consent" and begin to examine and treat the patient.
b. delay your examination and ask other patrollers to respond as witnesses.
c. delay your examination until you can locate a spouse or a friend of the patient.
d. begin your assessment but not provide any treatment until another patroller arrives. -
✔✔a. assume "implied consent" and begin to examine and treat the patient.
✔✔26. It is a busy Friday night in the aid room when a child arrives complaining of
abdominal pain. The child states that her parents dropped her off and that they are at
the movies. You are concerned because the child is a minor with no adult to give
consent for treatment. You would:
a. recognize that you need the parents' consent and try to reach them by phone.
b. recognize that the child needs to be assessed and that there is implied consent to
treat.
c. recognize that you must have some adult's permission and try to locate an aunt or an
uncle.
d. do as much of an assessment as possible without touching the child to determine if a
life-threatening emergency exists. - ✔✔b. recognize that the child needs to be assessed
and that there is implied consent to treat.
✔✔27. You are skiing down your favorite slope and notice a small group gathered
around a middle-aged man sitting on the ground. You note that the boarder is holding
his wrist and appears in pain. He agrees to have you examine him but then refuses any
more help. You explain the possible consequences of not splinting the wrist and of the
boarder trying to get down the mountain without help. This explanation of the risk of
refusing care is provided in order to:
a. demonstrate that you know how to treat a wrist injury.
b. diminish your risk of being accused of abandonment.
c. reduce your risk of an accusation of battery.
d. help the patient understand why you are about to put the splint on anyway. - ✔✔b.
diminish your risk of being accused of abandonment.
✔✔28. The type of consent that is based on an appreciation and understanding of the
facts, implications, and possible future consequences of an action is known as:
a. implied consent.
b. educated consent.
c. expressed consent.
d. informed consent. - ✔✔d. informed consent.
✔✔29. Which of the following descriptions is the best example of expressed consent?
