Ambulance Driver Test CA, Exam Review Questions and answers, VERIFIED/
Private Ambulances may only respond to emergency calls if - ✅✅CHP has authorized them to
Definition of Ambulance - ✅✅Rescue vehicle Vehicle modified to transport injured people
Code 3 Operation describes - ✅✅use of lights and sirens
Code 3 is justified for 3 reasons - ✅✅1 to save a life
- prevent undue suffering
- prevent disability
Do guilty vertics that have dismissed by courts still count as convictions? - ✅✅Yes
Must all ambulances operating under the same license display the same name? - ✅✅Yes
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How many hours of service must be provided under each license? - ✅✅24, unless the ambulance does not respond to calls from public agencies.
Fire extinguishers - ✅✅must be inspected and serviced yearly or immediately after use
Ambulances will be inspected by CHP - ✅✅initially yearly and randonmly
Destination restrictions prevent - ✅✅ambulances from taking unnecessarily long routes.
Escorts for patients: The prohibition against unqualified drivers and attendants serving as patient escorts does not exclude - ✅✅Family, other persons concerned with the patients well being minors should be allowed to come whenever possible
Good Samaritan Laws do not protect EMT's when - ✅✅acts or omissions are performed in a grossly negligent manner or not in good faith.
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Can CHP grant exceptions to statutory requirements? - ✅✅No
Purpose of DMV ambulance driver test is - ✅✅not to prove driving competence, but to screen those with criminal backgrounds, physical disabilities, or poor driving habits.
You do not need an ambulance driving license if - ✅✅are a police officer firefighter or if you are licensed in an a different state and driving in an emergency into CA.
- Prerequisites to getting an Ambulance license. - ✅✅1. 18 years old
- Hold a valid CA driving license
- File a complete application including criminal convictions and certain traffic offenses
- Pass a written test
- Submit fingerprints
- Complete meddical form DL-51
Temporary certificates last _____ days - ✅✅180
Regular certificate lasts - ✅✅no longer than 5 years, and expires the same day as your drivers license
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