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NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAM|154 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAM|154COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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
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