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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 - answer✔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
-Requesting additional ambulances - answer✔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?
-Critical incident stress - answer✔Critical incident stress
Which of the following is a warning sign of stress?
-Isolation
-Loss of appetite
-Problems sleeping
-Anxiety
-All of the above - answer✔All of the above
During the Initial Assessment, after ensuring adequate respiration, what is the NEST step in
caring for a patient?
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-Check for paralysis of the limbs
-Determine level of consciousness - answer✔Ensure adequate circulation
As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the patient as a state
senator. Immediately, the press demands to be told what has happened to the Senator. You
should:
-Advise the press that you are unable to comment
-Deny that patient is the Senator
-Tell the press your diagnosis
-Advise the press to contact the Senator's family - answer✔Advise the press that you are unable
to comment
If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS Provider's responsibility to:
-Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the new
protocols
-Continue to use the old protocols because they are already familiar
-Begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency receives them
-Operate only when in direct communication with the physician - answer✔Attend in-service
training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the new protocols
You arrive at the scene of an automobile accident where several bystanders are trying to
remove an unconscious patient from one of the vehicles. What should you do?
-Have police respond to control the crowd
-Apply a cervical collar and help extricate the patient
-Have the crowd stop the extrication process immediately
-Tell the crowd to continue their extrication efforts - answer✔Have the crowd stop the
extrication process immediately
A single EMT finds a non-breathing pulseless victim of a motor vehicle accident lying prone in
the road he/she suspects a spinal injury, the EMT should:
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