NYS EMT EXAM PRACTICE TEST #1 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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The role of the EMS Provider is to do all of the following except:
a) perform primary assessment
b) provide initial resuscitation
c) provide definite diagnosis
d) package patients for transportation - c) provide definitive diagnosis
In what position should an unconscious overdose patient ...
NYS EMT EXAM PRACTICE TEST #1
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
The role of the EMS Provider is to do all of the following except:
a) perform primary assessment
b) provide initial resuscitation
c) provide definite diagnosis
d) package patients for transportation - ✔✔ c) provide definitive diagnosis
In what position should an unconscious overdose patient be transported to a hospital?
a) on their side, with feet elevated
b) on their side
c) seated, with head tilted back and legs elevated
d) face down, with head elevated - ✔✔ b) on their side
Which of the following pieces of equipment is especially designed and useful for removing patients from heights or for carrying them over rough terrain or rubble?
a) splint fram stretcher
b) full spine board
c) stokes basket
d) D-ring stretcher - ✔✔ c) stokes basket
The prehospital care report (PCR) is considered to be:
a) a part of the patient's hospital chart
b) a matter of public record
c) inadmissible in a court of law
d) a research document only - ✔✔ a) a part of the patient's hospital chart
EMS providers must be certified to perform legally at their level of training. the NYS law that establishes this level is the:
a) good samaritan law
b) general municipal law
c) medical license law
d) public health law - ✔✔ d) public health law
If consent is refused by a conscious and mentally competent adult, that person CANNOT be treated without:
a) consent from the immediate family b) a court of order
c) consent from the police
d) orders from medical control - ✔✔ d) orders from medical control
You are called to a rural home by the mother of a 4 year old girl. Upon arrival, you
begin to treat a dog-bite wound on the girl's arm when the girl's father comes into the house and tells you to leave her alone. The mother asks you to continue your care of the child. Faced with the situation above, you should:
a) separate both parents from the child and sort our the consent issues
b) continue care of the girl in her mother's presence and notify police
c) call the children services division of the state for permission to continue care
d) immediately cease care of the child according to her father's wishes - ✔✔ b) continue care of the girl in her mother's presence and notify police
Providing care within the scope practice would be considered to be an accordance with:
a) the sovereign immunity doctrine
b) state law
c) professional conduct
d) institutional standards - ✔✔ B) state law
An accident victim who is a minor has blood spurting from the brachial artery. The
parents are not present. Which one of the following actions should the EMS provider take?
a) contact the receiving hospital by radio for permission to proceed with treatment
b) get permission from the police to process with treatment
c) take the child to the hospital but provide no treatment
d) presume that parental consent is implied and proceed with treatment - ✔✔ d) presume that parental consent is implied and proceed with treatment
You are called to the residence of a 74-year-old female who has fallen and has a large area of ecchymosis on her left hip. You are met by a neighbor, who was caring for the patient while her daughter was out of town. The neighbor explains that the patient has a history of Alzheimer's and presents a NYS Department of Health Non-Hospital Order Not to Resuscitate (DNR) form. This patient is unable to communicate, so you should:
a) contact medical control to have the DNR overridden
b) treat the patient for a potential hip fracture
c) explain to the neighbor that the patient cannot be treated since there is no one present to give informed consent d) explain to the neighbor that a DNR prevents the patient from being treated and suggest that the neighbor contact the issuing physician to have the order canceled - ✔✔ b) treat the patient for a potential hip fracture
approximately how many liters of blood does an adult male weighing 150 lbs have in his body?
a) 3 liters
b) 4 liters
c) 6 liters
d) 7 liters - ✔✔ c) 6 liters
An EMS provider responds to a call and finds an 80-year-old female with no pulse or respirations. The patient has a history of terminal brain cancer. The family states
that the last time she was seen alive was just 5 minutes prior calling EMS. They also state that the patient has a DNR order. In New York State, EMS personnel may accept which of the following DNR instruments as valid?
a) Verbal request from the family
b) Written nonhospital DNR
c) Written healthcare proxy
d) Written living will - ✔✔ b) written nonhospital DNR
the opposite of distal is:
a) superior
b) medial
c) lateral
d) proximal - ✔✔ d) proximal
The alveoli of the lungs are in close contact with the: a)Diaphragm b) Main-stem bronchus c) Pulmonary capillaries d) Pulmonary arteries - ✔✔ c) pulmonary capillaries
The tubelike anatomical structure that carries air from the throat to the lungs is the:
a) Pharynx b) Larynx
c) Trachea d) Esophagus - ✔✔ c) trachea
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