NYS EMT-B WRITTEN REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE!!

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? - ANSWER-Written out-of-hospital DNR Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-threatening injury or illness and is: - ANSWER-unconscious The opposite of distal is - ANSWER-Proximal The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the most blood into the aorta is the - ANSWER-LEFT VENTRICLE In correct sequence (VERTEBRAE SECTIONS) - ANSWER-cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal **The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: - ANSWER-establish a baseline for additional evaluations When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really - ANSWER-counting the pressure waves of blood that the heart sends through an artery In people whose skin is darkly pigmeneted, cyanosis is BEST seen by observing - ANSWER-under the tongue 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: - 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 - ANSWER-a-exists when the heart's left ventricle is refilling (OR heart Which of the following is an example of a symptom? -Cyanosis -Chest pain -Dilated pupils -Low BP - ANSWER-CHEST PAIN 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: -wheeled stretcher -long spine board -flexible stretcher -short spine board - ANSWER-*fleixble stretcher? Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations -chest expansion -pupil size -blood pressure -skin color - ANSWER-CHEST EXPANSION Unless additional suctioning time is necessary to clear the airway, an adult patient should be suctioned for N