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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...
NYS EMT-B WRITTEN REVIEW | 100% Correct
Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version
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? - ✔✔Written out-of-hospital DNR
Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-threatening injury or illness and is: -
✔✔unconscious
The opposite of distal is - ✔✔Proximal
The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the most blood into the aorta is the -
✔✔LEFT VENTRICLE
In correct sequence
(VERTEBRAE SECTIONS) - ✔✔cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal
**The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: - ✔✔establish a baseline for additional evaluations
When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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: - ✔✔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 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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔*fleixble stretcher?
Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations
-chest expansion
-pupil size
-blood pressure
-skin color - ✔✔CHEST EXPANSION
Unless additional suctioning time is necessary to clear the airway, an adult patient should be suctioned
for NO LONGER THAN - ✔✔15 seconds
**During single-rescuer CPR, which of the following ventilation devices would be MOST effective for
ventilating a patient
**While performing ventilations on an infant or child in respiratory arrest, you should ventilate every -
✔✔3-5 seconds
**The oropharyngeal airway will help keep the tongue away from the - ✔✔epiglottis
You are called to the home of a patient who is on physician prescribed low-concentration oxygen and
who is NOT in acute respiratory distress. Which type of oxygen delivery device should you use during
transport?
**An EMS provider is treating a patient who has a head injury resulting from a blow by a baseball bat.
What other problem are likely to be present?
- Hypothermia
- Hypertensive shock due to blood loss
- Spinal injuries
- Lung collapse - ✔✔Spinal injuries
In a HEALTHY person, respiration is controlled by level
- carbon dioxide
- blood sugar
- oxygen
- carbon monoxide - ✔✔carbon dioxide
- normal stimulus to breathe: HIGH CO2
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