EMT STATE EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(2024 LATEST UPDATE)CORRECT 100%
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NYS EMT STATE WRITTEN 2024
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NYS EMT STATE WRITTEN 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 f...
EMT STATE EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(2024 LATEST UPDATE)CORRECT 100%
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
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
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
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