Practise prehospital resuscitation, physician oversight, evidence appraisal, and incident decisions for ABEM’s physician EMS subspecialty certification examination. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Read the Emergency Medical Services Certification Examination study guide and official exam sourcesExam outline and official sources
American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) · Current ABEM initial-certification blueprint verified on 2026-10-09. The 2026 Core Content of Emergency Medical Services Medicine was approved March 25, 2026 and applies beginning with the 2027 examination. The workbook label maps to this physician subspecialty examination; the assigned slug is preserved. Detailed subtopic overlap is documented using the historical 2019 issuer outline and current primary professional requirements; the inaccessible 2026 tables are not represented as read.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- ABEM: Emergency Medical Services
- ABEM Publishes 2026 Core Content of Emergency Medical Services Medicine
- ABEM News
- The 2026 Core Content of Emergency Medical Services Medicine
- The Core Content of EMS Medicine — historical 2019 outline
- ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Emergency Medical Services including FAQs
- Emergency Medical Services Medical Director Handbook — June 2026
- Evidence-Based EMS Guidelines & Performance Management
- National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards
- The Capacity to Understand Capacity
- 2025 AHA Guidelines: Adult Advanced Life Support
- 2025 AHA Guidelines: Adult and Pediatric Special Circumstances of Resuscitation
- 2025 AHA Guidelines: Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
- 2025 AHA Guidelines: Adult Basic Life Support
- 2025 AHA/AAP Guidelines: Pediatric Basic Life Support
- 2025 AHA Guidelines: Systems of Care
- 2024 American Heart Association and American Red Cross Guidelines for First Aid
- Clinical Guidance for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Following Disasters and Severe Weather
- Heat-related Illnesses
- Guidelines for Prehospital Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, 3rd Edition: Executive Summary
- Bloodborne Infectious Disease Risk Factors
- Principles of Epidemiology: Lesson 5, Appendix A
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- FEMA IS-200.c: Incident Command and Management
- FEMA IS-700.b: NIMS Command and Coordination
- Hazardous Waste: Decontamination
- 2025-Fall-EMS-Certification-Exam-Scoring-FAQs.pdf
- emilms.fema.gov
Emergency Medical Services Certification Examination
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An adult is pulseless, and the monitor shows ventricular fibrillation. A defibrillator is ready, but vascular access and an advanced airway have not been established. Which action is most appropriate?
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