EMT STATE EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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EMT.
The role of the EMS Provider is to do all of the following EXCEPT: -answer- Provide definitive diagnosis
In what portion should an unconscious overdose patient be transported to a hospital? -answer- On his/her side
Which of the following pieces of equipment is especially designed and useful f...
EMT STATE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
The role of the EMS Provider is to do all of the following EXCEPT: -answer- ✔Provide
definitive diagnosis
In what portion should an unconscious overdose patient be transported to a hospital? -
answer- ✔On his/her side
Which of the following pieces of equipment is especially designed and useful for
removing patients from heights or for carrying them over rough terrain or rubble? -
answer- ✔Stokes basket
The prehospital care report (PCR) is considered to be: -answer- ✔A part of the patients
hospital chart
EMS providers must be certified to perform legally at their level of training. The New
York State law that establishes this level is the: -answer- ✔Public Health Law
In consent is refused by a conscious and mentally competent adult, that person
CANNOT be treated without: -answer- ✔Orders from Medical Control
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 girls 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: -answer- ✔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:
-answer- ✔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? -answer- ✔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: -
answer- ✔Treat the patient for a potential hip fracture
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Approximately how many liters of blood does an adult male weighing 150 lb have in his
body? -answer- ✔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? -answer- ✔Written nonhospital DNR
The OPPOSITE of distal is: -answer- ✔Proximal
The alveoli of the lungs are in close contact with the: -answer- ✔Pulmonary capillaries
The tubelike anatomical structure that carries air from the throat to the lungs is the: -
answer- ✔Trachea
The smooth glistening membranous sac in the body that surrounds each lung is called
the: -answer- ✔Pleura
The oropharyngeal airway is MOST APPROPRIATELY used in a/an: -answer-
✔Unconscious patient being ventilated by a bag-valve-mask
You are suctioning a trauma patient who has large blood clots present in the mouth.
You should: -answer- ✔Sweet the clots out of the mouth before suctioning
Which liter flow is INAPPRORIATE for oxygen administration via a nasal cannula? -
answer- ✔7-8 liters/minute
Food and liquids are prevented from entering the trachea by the: -answer- ✔Epiglottis
In caring for a non-breathing patient with a stoma or tracheotomy tube, the EMS
Provider must: -answer- ✔Ventilate through the neck opening
When you arrive at a scene of a motor vehicle accident, your FIRST concern must be: -
answer- ✔Ensure your own safety
While assessing the mechanism of injury at the motor vehicle crash, an EMS Provider
notice that the airbag has been deployed. The EMS Provider should: -answer- ✔Lift the
airbag and check underneath for damage
In people whose skin is darkly pigmented, cyanosis is BEST seen by observing: -
answer- ✔Mucosal membranes
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A 65-year-old male was involved in a two-car motor vehicle crash. Upon examination,
he complains of chest pain when breathing and tenderness of the sternum. Your
INITIAL care should include: -answer- ✔Administering high-concentration oxygen
In assessing a pediatric trauma patients capillary refill time, an abnormal finding would
be a refill time, an abnormal finding would be a refill time of: -answer- ✔Greater than 2
seconds
A patient with acute respiratory distress requiring oxygen therapy is LEAST likely to
exhibit: -answer- ✔A slow pulse rate
In an unstable patient, the primary assessment should be repeated at least every: -
answer- ✔b. 5 minutes
When you take a pulse of a patient, you are really: -answer- ✔Counting the pressure
waves of blood that the heart sends through an artery
A patient is found lying supine along a roadside. There are no witnesses to describe
what happened. Which of the following steps should be done FIRST? -answer- ✔Asset
for unresponsiveness
For a trauma victim with a respiratory rate of 40/min, shallow and irregular, who is pale
and has a history of emphysema, the MOST APPROPRIATE treatment would be to: -
answer- ✔Use a bag-valve-mask with supplemental oxygen
The most reliable early indicator used to assess a patients overall condition is the
patients -answer- ✔Mental status
In assessing a trauma patient, an EMS Provider should consider the patients past: -
answer- ✔Medical history
All of the following are considered signs EXCEPT: -answer- ✔Nausea
The diastolic blood pressure is the level of pressure present during: -answer-
✔Relaxation of the heart
Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the: -answer- ✔Ventricles are
contracting
If life-threatening conditions are identified during the Secondary Assessment, the EMS
provider should IMMEDIATELY: -answer- ✔Provide life-saving interventions
If the EMS Provider conducting a patient assessment discovers eye pupils of unequal
size, he/she should suspect: -answer- ✔Head injury
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