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NYS EMT-B State Exam Written Questions and Answers 100% Pass 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...

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NYS EMT-B State Exam Written Questions

and Answers 100% Pass


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 - 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 - ANSWER✔✔-D. unconscious


The opposite of distal is




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a. Superior


b. Medial


c. Lateral


d. Proximal - 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 - ANSWER✔✔-B. LEFT VENTRICLE


In correct sequence


(VERTEBRAE SECTIONS)


and number in each section - ANSWER✔✔-cervical (7), thoracic (5), lumbar (12), sacral (5), and coccygeal

(4)


The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: - ANSWER✔✔-A. establish a baseline for additional

evaluations


PCR has how many spots for writing vital signs? - 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

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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 - 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


a. Mucosal membranes


b. Earlobes


c. Scalp


d. Face - 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 - 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


b. Due to the contraction of the ventricles of the heart


c. Caused by contraction of the atria of heart



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d. Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries - ANSWER✔✔-d. Caused by relaxation of the

walls of the major arteries


All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT?


a. Headache


b. Weak pulse


c. Chest pain


d. Nausea - ANSWER✔✔-B. weak pulse


sign vs symptom - ANSWER✔✔-a sign is a physical manifestation (objective)- something you can

measure




symptom is what the patient tells you about the disease (subjective)


For a patient with a suspected lumbar spinal injury, the BEST device for moving the patient as a single

unit over uneven terrain is the:


A. wheeled stretcher


B. long spine board


C. flexible stretcher


D. short spine board - ANSWER✔✔-B. long spine board


Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations


A. chest expansion


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