NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS

Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in accordance with: 1. The sovereign immunity doctrine 2. Approved protocols 3. Professional Standards 4. Institutional Standards - Professional Standards As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the patient as a State Senator. Immediately the press demands to be told what has happened to the senator. You Should: 1. Advise the press that you are unable to comment 2. Deny the patient is the Senator 3. Tell the press your diagnosis 4. Advise the press to contact the Senator's family - Advise the press that you are unable to comment If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS providers responsibility to 1. Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the new protocols 2. Continue to use the old protocols because they are already familiar 3. Begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency receives them 4. Operate only when in direct communication with the physician - Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with new protocols During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma patient complaining loudly of pain in the leg. You should 1. Begin to obtain the history 2. Assess the leg immediately 3. Discontinue the initial Assessment, start the Detailed Physical Exam 4. Continue with your initial assessment - Continue with your initial assessment The overall purpose of the initial Assessment is to 1. Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities 2. Ensure that the airway is open and locate breathing problems 3. Identify and treat major extremity injuries 4. Identify minor problems and provide treatment - Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the 1. Atria are contracting 2. Atria are relaxing 3. Ventricles are contracting 4. Ventricles are relaxing - Ventricles are contracting In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult patient? 1. Head, Neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen 2. Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities 3. Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities 4. Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, and extremities - Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And Extremities A driver has crashed into a tree. In what order should you check for the signs of life-threatening problems in this accident victim? 1. Pulse, respirations, Hemorrhage 2. Respirations, Hemorrhage, and pulse 3. Hemorrhage, Pulse, and Respirations 4. Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage - Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage In assessing a pediatric trauma patient's capillary refill time, an abnormal finding would be a refill time of 1. Greater than 5 seconds 2. Less than 2 seconds 3. Greater than 2 seconds 4. Greater than 4 seconds - Greater than 2 seconds If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the initial assessment, you should 1. Finish the initial Assessment and then go back to correct the problem 2. Complete both the initial Assessment and the secondary survey 3. Transport the patient to the hospital immediately 4. Correct the problem before continuing with the initial Assessment - Correct the problem before continuing with the initial Assessment All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT 1. Headache 2. Weak Pulse 3. Chest Pain 4. Nausea - Weak Pulse Which one of the following is an example of a sign? 1. Cyanosis 2. Nausea 3. Dizziness 4. Chest Pain - Cyanosis The "A" in the Mnemonic "AVPU" as it relates to patient assessment stands for 1. Agitated 2. Airway 3. Alert 4. Auscultate - Alert Alert Verbal Painful Stimuli and Unresponsive After you have determined that the scene is safe, the first step in caring for a patient is to 1. Check for a carotid pulse 2. Open the airway 3. Determine unresponsiveness 4. Check for breathing - Determine unresponsiveness The main tube which carries air to the lungs is called the 1. Trachea 2. Esophagus 3. Bronchiole 4. Alveolus - Trachea All of the following are part of the respiratory system EXCEPT the: 1. Alveoli 2. Esophagus 3. Epiglottis 4. Bronchi - Esophagus Foreign matter is kept from entering the trachea by the A. Pharynx B. esophagus C. Uvula D. Epiglottis - Epiglottis A stoma can be defined as 1. An artificial trachea that carries air from the pharynx into the lungs 2. An opening from the front of the throat directly into the esophagus 3. An opening from the front of the throat directly into the trachea 4. The tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach - An opening from the from of the throat directly into the trachea A previously conscious patient with a partial airway obstruction starts to become unconscious, and the patient's "crowing" noises have stopped. The EMT should 1. Continue to treat the patient as a partial airway obstruction patient 2. Treat the patient as a complete airway obstruction patient 3. Administer oxygen by a non-rebreather mask 4. Suction the patient's pharynx - Treat the patient as a complete airway obstruction patient You arrive at the scene of a call and find an unconscious adult victim. The initial attempt to ventilate proves unsuccessful. The NEXT step should be A. Deliver 5 abdominal thrusts B. Check carotid pulse C. Reposition the head and attempt to ventilate again D. Reposition the head and perform a finger sweep - Reposition the head and attempt to ventilate again When taking vital signs on an unstable patient it is important to take them every 1. 2-3 mins 2. 5 mins 3. 10 mins 4. 15 mins - 5 mins -Vital signs for a stable patient is every 15 mins When you are administering mouth-to-mask ventilations without supplemental oxygen, approximately how much oxygen are you providing for the nonrebreathing patient 1. 16% 2. 18% 3. 20% 4. 21% - 16% with supplemental oxygen- 50% According to the CPR guidelines, when ventilating a non-rebreathing child (1-8 years old), how many times per minute should ventilations be performed 1. 10-15 2. 10-20 3. 15-20 4. When ventilations are being performed on a victim who is suspected of having a spinal injury, the victims neck should be kept in a 1. Prone Position 2. Hyperextended position 3. Neutral position 4. Flexed position - Neutral position The management of airway obstruction in the conscious infant includes 1. Back slaps and chest thrusts 2. Back slaps, abdominal thrusts, and chest thrusts 3. Abdominal thrusts and chest thrusts 4. Finger sweeps, back slaps, and abdominal thrusts - Back slaps and chest thrusts