Emergency PreparednessTest + SkillsTeam Event

Emergency Medical Technician

Two-person teams take a 50-question EMT test, then top teams run a 12-minute scenario such as trauma or medical assessment, BVM ventilation, splinting, bleeding control, cardiac arrest with AED or oxygen delivery.

The AI judge does not score skill stations. Use the practice test for Round One.

About this event

Emergency Medical Technician is a two-person team event for the Secondary and Postsecondary/Collegiate divisions, sponsored by the NAEMT Foundation, and is the right event for students enrolled in an EMT course (the rules say to compete at your highest level of training). Each member takes a 50-question multiple-choice test in 60 minutes written from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured (Pollak), Limmer's Emergency Care and the AHA BLS Provider Manual. Patient assessment and basic life support each carry 20 percent; trauma and pediatrics and childbirth 16 percent each; medical emergencies 14, environmental emergencies 10 and special situations 4. Top teams advance to Round Two, a secret scenario with a 12-minute limit for reading and patient care, drawn from nine skills: trauma patient assessment, medical patient assessment, bag-valve-mask ventilation of an apneic adult with suction and an oral airway, long bone or joint immobilization, bleeding control and shock management, cardiac arrest management with AED, oxygen administration by non-rebreather mask (tank assembly is simulated), an epinephrine auto-injector and nasal naloxone. Teams bring a responder bag from the published list plus a manual watch with a second hand. A 70 percent combined skill score is needed to place; the test score is added to the skill score and ties go to the higher test score.

Test day

What to expect

Round One test, then skill stations

Round One is a 50-question test in 60 minutes; the top scorers advance to Round Two, the skill stations. Official format: 50-question test, 60 minutes (each member), then a 12-minute team skill scenario for top teams.

Written from the test plan

Questions follow the event's published test plan, section by section, and are written from the listed reference texts. Practice questions here are drawn in the same proportions.

How you advance

How many advance from regionals to states and on to the International Leadership Conference (ILC) depends on your association's rules. Study the official test plan: it lists each section and its share of the test.

What judges score

Skill I: Patient Assessment, TraumaSkill II: Patient Assessment, MedicalSkill III: BVM Ventilation: Apneic Adult PatientSkill IV: Joint Immobilization / Long Bone ImmobilizationSkill V: Bleeding Control / Shock ManagementSkill VI: Cardiac Arrest Management / AEDSkill VII: Oxygen Administration by Non-Rebreather MaskSkill VIII: Administer Auto-inject EpiPenSkill IX: Administer Naloxone (Nasal Spray NARCAN)

What's on the test

Patient Assessment · 20%Basic Life Support · 20%Trauma · 16%Medical Emergencies · 14%Pediatrics and Childbirth · 16%Environmental Emergencies · 10%Special Situations · 4%

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