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NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
A+.

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 - correct answer. 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 - correct answer. 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 - correct answer.
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 - correct answer. 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 - correct answer. 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 - correct answer. 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 - correct answer. 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 - correct answer. 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 - correct answer. 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 answer.
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 - correct answer. Weak Pulse

Which one of the following is an example of a sign?

1. Cyanosis
2. Nausea
3. Dizziness
4. Chest Pain - correct answer. Cyanosis

The "A" in the Mnemonic "AVPU" as it relates to patient assessment stands for

1. Agitated
2. Airway
3. Alert
4. Auscultate - correct answer. 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 - correct answer. Determine unresponsiveness

The main tube which carries air to the lungs is called the

1. Trachea
2. Esophagus
3. Bronchiole
4. Alveolus - correct answer. Trachea

All of the following are part of the respiratory system EXCEPT the:

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