NYS EMT Written Exam|169
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Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in
accordance with:
-The sovereign immunity doctrine
-Approved protocols
-Professional Standards
-Institutional Standards - -Professional Standards
-The extent of medical procedures a EMT is authorized to perform is called
the:
-Medical release
-Scope of practice/care
-Duty to act
-Physician relationship
-Skill set - -Scope of practice/care
-Which of the following is the EMT's BEST defense in a lawsuit?
-Excellent documentation of patient care
-Current certification
-Knowledge of all legal aspects of emergency care
-Being proficient - -Excellent documentation of patient care
-EMS providers must be certified to perform legally at their level of training.
The New York State law that establishes this level is the:
-Good Samaritan Law
-General Municipal Law
-Medical License Law
-Public Health Law - -Public Health Law
Public Health Law Article 30, Part 800 covers all Emergency Medical
Technicians from liability except for gross negligence
-The first action taken by the EMS provider at the scene of an emergency
should be:
-Triage of all victims
,-Completion of the initial scene size-up
-Notification to the electric and gas companies
-Requesting additional ambulances - -Completion of the initial scene size-up
-What is the legal basis for treating a patient whose judgement is impaired
because he/she is unconscious, severely ill, or badly injured?
-Applied consent
-Implied consent
-Informed consent
-Good Samaritan Act - -Implied consent
-Which of the following arteries is the MOST RELIABLE for detecting an
adult's pulse?
-Brachial
-Femoral
-Carotid
-Radial? - -Carotid
-Difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, and inability to concentrate are all
warning signs of:
-Type A personality
-Job burn-out
-Diabetes
-Stress - -Stress
-A special kind of stress encountered by emergency responders that results
from exposure to incidents of a critical nature is:
-Pre-incident stress
-Personal stress
-Workplace stress
-Critical incident stress - -Critical incident stress
-Which of the following is a warning sign of stress?
-Isolation
-Loss of appetite
-Problems sleeping
-Anxiety
-All of the above - -All of the above
-During the Initial Assessment, after ensuring adequate respiration, what is
the NEST step in caring for a patient?
,-Ensure adequate circulation
-Immobilize angulated fractures
-Check for paralysis of the limbs
-Determine level of consciousness - -Ensure adequate circulation
-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:
-Advise the press that you are unable to comment
-Deny that patient is the Senator
-Tell the press your diagnosis
-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 Provider's
responsibility to:
-Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become
familiar with the new protocols
-Continue to use the old protocols because they are already familiar
-Begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency receives them
-Operate only when in direct communication with the physician - -Attend in-
service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the
new protocols
-You arrive at the scene of an automobile accident where several bystanders
are trying to remove an unconscious patient from one of the vehicles. What
should you do?
-Have police respond to control the crowd
-Apply a cervical collar and help extricate the patient
-Have the crowd stop the extrication process immediately
-Tell the crowd to continue their extrication efforts - -Have the crowd stop
the extrication process immediately
-A single EMT finds a non-breathing pulseless victim of a motor vehicle
accident lying prone in the road he/she suspects a spinal injury, the EMT
should:
-Apply a cervical collar and attempt to ventilate
-Turn the patient's body as a unit and begin CPR
-Leave the patient in place and attempt to apply the principles of CPR
-Do nothing until help arrives - -Turn the patient's body as a unit and begin
CPR
, -During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma
patient complaining loudly of pain in the leg. You should:
-Begin to obtain the history
-Assess the leg immediately
-Discontinue the Initial Assessment, start the Detailed Physical Exam
-Continue with your initial assessment - -Continue with your initial
assessment
-If a EMT is transporting a patient to the hospital and the patient suddenly
stops talking, the next step should be to:
-Consult with an advanced EMS provider
-Repeat the Initial Assessment
-Initiate a priority transport
-Stop the ambulance - -Repeat the Initial Assessment
-The overall purpose of the Initial Assessment is to:
-Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities
-Ensure that airway is open and locate breathing problems
-Identify and treat major extremities injuries
-Identify minor problems and provide treatment - -Identify and correct life
threatening problems and set priorities
-In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult
patient?
-Head, neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen
-Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities
-Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities
-Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, extremities - -Head, neck, chest,
abdomen, pelvis, 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?
-Pulse, respirations, hemorrhage
-Respirations, hemorrhage, pulse
-Hemorrhage, pulse, respirations
-Respirations, pulse, hemorrhage - -Respirations, pulse, hemorrhage
-If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the Initial Assessment,
you should:
Answered Questions with 100%
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Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in
accordance with:
-The sovereign immunity doctrine
-Approved protocols
-Professional Standards
-Institutional Standards - -Professional Standards
-The extent of medical procedures a EMT is authorized to perform is called
the:
-Medical release
-Scope of practice/care
-Duty to act
-Physician relationship
-Skill set - -Scope of practice/care
-Which of the following is the EMT's BEST defense in a lawsuit?
-Excellent documentation of patient care
-Current certification
-Knowledge of all legal aspects of emergency care
-Being proficient - -Excellent documentation of patient care
-EMS providers must be certified to perform legally at their level of training.
The New York State law that establishes this level is the:
-Good Samaritan Law
-General Municipal Law
-Medical License Law
-Public Health Law - -Public Health Law
Public Health Law Article 30, Part 800 covers all Emergency Medical
Technicians from liability except for gross negligence
-The first action taken by the EMS provider at the scene of an emergency
should be:
-Triage of all victims
,-Completion of the initial scene size-up
-Notification to the electric and gas companies
-Requesting additional ambulances - -Completion of the initial scene size-up
-What is the legal basis for treating a patient whose judgement is impaired
because he/she is unconscious, severely ill, or badly injured?
-Applied consent
-Implied consent
-Informed consent
-Good Samaritan Act - -Implied consent
-Which of the following arteries is the MOST RELIABLE for detecting an
adult's pulse?
-Brachial
-Femoral
-Carotid
-Radial? - -Carotid
-Difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, and inability to concentrate are all
warning signs of:
-Type A personality
-Job burn-out
-Diabetes
-Stress - -Stress
-A special kind of stress encountered by emergency responders that results
from exposure to incidents of a critical nature is:
-Pre-incident stress
-Personal stress
-Workplace stress
-Critical incident stress - -Critical incident stress
-Which of the following is a warning sign of stress?
-Isolation
-Loss of appetite
-Problems sleeping
-Anxiety
-All of the above - -All of the above
-During the Initial Assessment, after ensuring adequate respiration, what is
the NEST step in caring for a patient?
,-Ensure adequate circulation
-Immobilize angulated fractures
-Check for paralysis of the limbs
-Determine level of consciousness - -Ensure adequate circulation
-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:
-Advise the press that you are unable to comment
-Deny that patient is the Senator
-Tell the press your diagnosis
-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 Provider's
responsibility to:
-Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become
familiar with the new protocols
-Continue to use the old protocols because they are already familiar
-Begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency receives them
-Operate only when in direct communication with the physician - -Attend in-
service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the
new protocols
-You arrive at the scene of an automobile accident where several bystanders
are trying to remove an unconscious patient from one of the vehicles. What
should you do?
-Have police respond to control the crowd
-Apply a cervical collar and help extricate the patient
-Have the crowd stop the extrication process immediately
-Tell the crowd to continue their extrication efforts - -Have the crowd stop
the extrication process immediately
-A single EMT finds a non-breathing pulseless victim of a motor vehicle
accident lying prone in the road he/she suspects a spinal injury, the EMT
should:
-Apply a cervical collar and attempt to ventilate
-Turn the patient's body as a unit and begin CPR
-Leave the patient in place and attempt to apply the principles of CPR
-Do nothing until help arrives - -Turn the patient's body as a unit and begin
CPR
, -During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma
patient complaining loudly of pain in the leg. You should:
-Begin to obtain the history
-Assess the leg immediately
-Discontinue the Initial Assessment, start the Detailed Physical Exam
-Continue with your initial assessment - -Continue with your initial
assessment
-If a EMT is transporting a patient to the hospital and the patient suddenly
stops talking, the next step should be to:
-Consult with an advanced EMS provider
-Repeat the Initial Assessment
-Initiate a priority transport
-Stop the ambulance - -Repeat the Initial Assessment
-The overall purpose of the Initial Assessment is to:
-Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities
-Ensure that airway is open and locate breathing problems
-Identify and treat major extremities injuries
-Identify minor problems and provide treatment - -Identify and correct life
threatening problems and set priorities
-In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult
patient?
-Head, neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen
-Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities
-Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities
-Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, extremities - -Head, neck, chest,
abdomen, pelvis, 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?
-Pulse, respirations, hemorrhage
-Respirations, hemorrhage, pulse
-Hemorrhage, pulse, respirations
-Respirations, pulse, hemorrhage - -Respirations, pulse, hemorrhage
-If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the Initial Assessment,
you should:
