NYS EMT EXAM WITH 4 DIFFERENT VERSIONS
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You are called to a rural home by the mother of a 4 year old girl. Upon arrival, you
begin to treat a dog-bite wound on the girl's arm when the girl's father comes into
the house and tells you to leave her alone. The mother asks you to continue your
care of the child. Faced with the situation above, you should:
a) separate both parents from the child and sort our the consent issues
b) continue care of the girl in her mother's presence and notify police
c) call the children services division of the state for permission to continue care
d) immediately cease care of the child according to her father's wishes - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔b) continue care of the girl in her mother's presence and notify police
Providing care within the scope practice would be considered to be an accordance
with:
a) the sovereign immunity doctrine
b) state law
c) professional conduct
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d) institutional standards - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B) state law
An accident victim who is a minor has blood spurting from the brachial artery. The
parents are not present. Which one of the following actions should the EMS
provider take?
a) contact the receiving hospital by radio for permission to proceed with
treatment
b) get permission from the police to process with treatment
c) take the child to the hospital but provide no treatment
d) presume that parental consent is implied and proceed with treatment -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d) presume that parental consent is implied and proceed
with treatment
You are called to the residence of a 74-year-old female who has fallen and has a
large area of ecchymosis on her left hip. You are met by a neighbor, who was
caring for the patient while her daughter was out of town. The neighbor explains
that the patient has a history of Alzheimer's and presents a NYS Department of
Health Non-Hospital Order Not to Resuscitate (DNR) form. This patient is unable
to communicate, so you should:
a) contact medical control to have the DNR overridden
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b) treat the patient for a potential hip fracture
c) explain to the neighbor that the patient cannot be treated since there is no one
present to give informed consent
d) explain to the neighbor that a DNR prevents the patient from being treated and
suggest that the neighbor contact the issuing physician to have the order canceled
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) treat the patient for a potential hip fracture
approximately how many liters of blood does an adult male weighing 150 lbs have
in his body?
a) 3 liters
b) 4 liters
c) 6 liters
d) 7 liters - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c) 6 liters
An EMS provider responds to a call and finds an 80-year-old female with no pulse
or respirations. The patient has a history of terminal brain cancer. The family
states that the last time she was seen alive was just 5 minutes prior calling EMS.
They also state that the patient has a DNR order. In New York State, EMS
personnel may accept which of the following DNR instruments as valid?
a) Verbal request from the family
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b) Written nonhospital DNR
c) Written healthcare proxy
d) Written living will - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) written nonhospital DNR
The role of the EMS Provider is to do all of the following except:
a) perform primary assessment
b) provide initial resuscitation
c) provide definite diagnosis
d) package patients for transportation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c) provide definitive
diagnosis
In what position should an unconscious overdose patient be transported to a
hospital?
a) on their side, with feet elevated
b) on their side
c) seated, with head tilted back and legs elevated
d) face down, with head elevated - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) on their side
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