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NYS EMT-B State Exam Written Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
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NYS EMT-B State Exam WrittenQuestions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
An EMS Provider responds to a call and finds an 8- yr old
female with no pulse or respirations. The patient has a history
of terminal brain cancer. The family states the last time she
as seen alive was 5 mins prior to EMS being called. They also
state patient has a DNR oder. In NYS, EMS personnel may
accept which of the following DNR instruments as valid?
Verbal request from family
A. Written non-hospital B. DNR or MOLST form
C. Written healthcare proxy
D. Written living will - Correct Answer ✅Written out-of-
hospital DNR
OR MOLST FORM
Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-
threatening injury or illness and is:
a. Under police custody
b. A threat to himself and others
c. Under age of 18
d. Unconscious - Correct Answer ✅D. unconscious
,NYS EMT-B State Exam Written
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
The opposite of distal is
a. Superior
b. Medial
c. Lateral
d. Proximal - Correct Answer ✅D. Proximal
The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that
pumps the most blood into the aorta is the
a. Right atrium
b. Left ventricle
c. Right ventricle
d. Left atrium - Correct Answer ✅B. LEFT VENTRICLE
In correct sequence
(VERTEBRAE SECTIONS)
and number in each section - Correct Answer ✅cervical (7),
thoracic (5), lumbar (12), sacral (5), and coccygeal (4)
,NYS EMT-B State Exam Written
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: - Correct
Answer ✅A. establish a baseline for additional evaluations
PCR has how many spots for writing vital signs? - Correct
Answer ✅3 spots
When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really
a. Counting pressure waves of blood that the heart sends
through an artery
b. Feeling the swelling of the vein as each wave of blood
passes back to the heart
c. Noting the heartbeats in the column of blood in a large
vein
d. Feeling the vibrations of the heart muscles as they push
the blood through - Correct Answer ✅A. counting the
pressure waves of blood that the heart sends through an
artery
In people whose skin is darkly pigmented, cyanosis is BEST
seen by observing
, NYS EMT-B State Exam Written
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
a. Mucosal membranes
b. Earlobes
c. Scalp
d. Face - Correct Answer ✅A. mucosal membranes
You are treating an alert 35-year old trauma patient. You
palpate a strong radial pulse of 100. Your partner has taken
the patient's blood pressure and advised you that it is 68/32.
You should:
a. Suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and
reevaluate it
b. Accept the reading as accurate
c. Ask you partner to retake BP reading again in 15 min
d. Treat patient for hypertension immediately - Correct
Answer ✅A. suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading
and reevaluate it yourself
A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is
the pressure
a. Exists when heart left ventricle is refilling
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