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NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAMQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
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Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in accordance with:
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1. The sovereign immunity doctrine
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2. Approved protocols
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3. Professional Standards
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4. Institutional Standards - ANSWER Professional Standards
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As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the patient as a State Senator. I
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mmediately the press demands to be told what has happened to the senator. You Should:
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1. Advise the press that you are unable to comment
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2. Deny the patient is the Senator
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3. Tell the press your diagnosis
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4. Advise the press to contact the Senator's family -
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ANSWER Advise the press that you are unable to comment
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If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS providers responsibility to
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1. Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the new protocols
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2. Continue to use the old protocols because they are already familiar
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3. Begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency receives them
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4. Operate only when in direct communication with the physician - ANSWER Attend in-
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service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with new protocols
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During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma patient complaining loudly of pain in
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the leg. You should
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,1. Begin to obtain the history
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2. Assess the leg immediately
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3. Discontinue the initial Assessment, start the Detailed Physical Exam
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4. Continue with your initial assessment - ANSWER Continue with your initial assessment
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The overall purpose of the initial Assessment is to
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1. Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities
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2. Ensure that the airway is open and locate breathing problems
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3. Identify and treat major extremity injuries
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4. Identify minor problems and provide treatment - ANSWER Identify and correct life-
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threatening problems and set priorities
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Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the
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1. Atria are contracting
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2. Atria are relaxing
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3. Ventricles are contracting
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4. Ventricles are relaxing - ANSWER Ventricles are contracting
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In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult patient?
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1. Head, Neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen
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2. Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities
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3. Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities
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4. Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, and extremities -
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ANSWER Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And Extremities
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,A driver has crashed into a tree. In what order should you check for the signs of life-
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threatening problems in this accident victim?
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1. Pulse, respirations, Hemorrhage
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2. Respirations, Hemorrhage, and pulse
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3. Hemorrhage, Pulse, and Respirations
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4. Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage - ANSWER Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
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In assessing a pediatric trauma patient's capillary refill time, an abnormal finding would be a refill time of
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1. Greater than 5 seconds
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2. Less than 2 seconds
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3. Greater than 2 seconds
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4. Greater than 4 seconds - ANSWER Greater than 2 seconds
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If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the initial assessment, you should
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1. Finish the initial Assessment and then go back to correct the problem
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2. Complete both the initial Assessment and the secondary survey
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3. Transport the patient to the hospital immediately
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4. Correct the problem before continuing with the initial Assessment -
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ANSWER Correct the problem before continuing with the initial Assessment
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All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT
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1. Headache
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2. Weak Pulse
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3. Chest Pain
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4. Nausea - ANSWER Weak Pulse
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, Which one of the following is an example of a sign?
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1. Cyanosis
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2. Nausea
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3. Dizziness
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4. Chest Pain - ANSWER Cyanosis
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The "A" in the Mnemonic "AVPU" as it relates to patient assessment stands for
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1. Agitated
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2. Airway
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3. Alert
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4. Auscultate - ANSWER Alert
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Alert Verbal Painful Stimuli and Unresponsive
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After you have determined that the scene is safe, the first step in caring for a patient is to
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1. Check for a carotid pulse
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2. Open the airway
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3. Determine unresponsiveness
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4. Check for breathing - ANSWER Determine unresponsiveness
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The main tube which carries air to the lungs is called the
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1. Trachea
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2. Esophagus
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3. Bronchiole
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