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Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in accordance with: -The sovereign immunity doctrine -Approved protocols -Professional Standards -Institutional Standards → Professional Standards The extent of medical procedures a EMT is authorized to perform is call...

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NYS EMT Written Exam Questions and
Correct Answers the Latest Update and
Recommended Version
Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in accordance with:




-The sovereign immunity doctrine

-Approved protocols

-Professional Standards

-Institutional Standards

→ Professional Standards


The extent of medical procedures a EMT is authorized to perform is called the:




-Medical release

-Scope of practice/care

-Duty to act

-Physician relationship

-Skill set

→ Scope of practice/care


Which of the following is the EMT's BEST defense in a lawsuit?




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-Excellent documentation of patient care

-Current certification

-Knowledge of all legal aspects of emergency care

-Being proficient


→ Excellent documentation of patient care


EMS providers must be certified to perform legally at their level of training. The New York

State law that establishes this level is the:




-Good Samaritan Law

-General Municipal Law

-Medical License Law

-Public Health Law

→ Public Health Law

→ Public Health Law Article 30, Part 800 covers all Emergency Medical Technicians from
liability except for gross negligence


The first action taken by the EMS provider at the scene of an emergency should be:




-Triage of all victims

-Completion of the initial scene size-up

-Notification to the electric and gas companies



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-Requesting additional ambulances

→ Completion of the initial scene size-up


What is the legal basis for treating a patient whose judgement is impaired because he/she is

unconscious, severely ill, or badly injured?




-Applied consent

-Implied consent

-Informed consent

-Good Samaritan Act

→ Implied consent


Which of the following arteries is the MOST RELIABLE for detecting an adult's pulse?




-Brachial

-Femoral

-Carotid

-Radial?

→ Carotid


Difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, and inability to concentrate are all warning signs of:




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-Type A personality

-Job burn-out

-Diabetes

-Stress


→ Stress


A special kind of stress encountered by emergency responders that results from exposure to

incidents of a critical nature is:




-Pre-incident stress

-Personal stress

-Workplace stress

-Critical incident stress

→ Critical incident stress


Which of the following is a warning sign of stress?




-Isolation

-Loss of appetite

-Problems sleeping

-Anxiety

-All of the above


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