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NYS EMT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS A+ 2025/2026

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You respond to the call of an attempted murder. You witness a person removing a knife from the scene. What should you do? - Report it to police and document the event. The Spinal column consists of _______ vertebrae. - 33 Two imaginary lines that intersect at the umbilicus form the: - Abdominal...

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NYS EMT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
A+ 2025/2026
✔✔You respond to the call of an attempted murder. You witness a person removing a
knife from the scene. What should you do? - ✔✔Report it to police and document the
event.

✔✔The Spinal column consists of _______ vertebrae. - ✔✔33

✔✔Two imaginary lines that intersect at the umbilicus form the: - ✔✔Abdominal
quadrants

✔✔Which of the following actions is produced by voluntary or skeletal muscles? -
✔✔Movement of the arms

✔✔Cardiac muscle is responsible for: - ✔✔Pumping of blood

✔✔The air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen from the lungs to the blood
occurs are called: - ✔✔Alveoli

✔✔The capillary level is where: - ✔✔Oxygen is transferred from blood to the cells

✔✔The part of the urinary system that filters the blood and reabsorbs essential
ingredients while excreting waste products is called the: - ✔✔Kidney

✔✔Which of the following best explains why a patient experiences cardiac arrest after
prolonged respiratory arrest? - ✔✔Cardiac hypoxia

✔✔You observe a child with labored breathing leaning forward with the head and neck
thrust forward, seated and perched on both hands. This is the: - ✔✔Tripod position

✔✔The groove formed by the larynx and muscles of the neck is the correct location for
finding the: - ✔✔Carotid pulse

✔✔The chief complaint is best described as: - ✔✔Expression of the patient's main
complaint in his or her own words

✔✔A respiratory rate of 12 to 20 per minute is considered normal for which of the
following patients? - ✔✔Adult

✔✔Obstruction of the airway by the tongue is most likely to result in which of the
following sounds? - ✔✔Snoring

,✔✔Narrowing of the upper airway at the level of the vocal cords is most likely to result
in which of the following sounds? - ✔✔Stridor

✔✔The pulse palpated to establish the presence or absence of a pulse in an infant is
the: - ✔✔Brachial pulse

✔✔Determining a blood pressure by feeling a distal pulse rather than listening through a
stethoscope is called: - ✔✔Palpation

✔✔Which component of blood pressure is obtained when using the palpation
technique? - ✔✔Systolic

✔✔When capillary refill is 1 second in a child, it is considered: - ✔✔Normal

✔✔Which of the following is not a vital sign? - ✔✔Nausea

✔✔Normal skin temperature is: - ✔✔Warm

✔✔You are transporting a 32-year-old man, who was involved in a high-speed motor
vehicle accident, to the hospital. His initial vital signs were blood pressure 124/72; pulse
104, strong and regular; and respiratory rate 14 and normal. Five minutes after you
obtain this set of vital signs, you repeat the vital signs and determine that the blood
pressure is now 104/70; pulse is 120, weak and regular; and his respiratory rate is 18
and normal. The change in vital signs is probably due to: - ✔✔A worsening in the
patient's condition

✔✔When lifting a patient, you should use the muscles in your: - ✔✔Legs

✔✔An effective method for lifting a very heavy device such as a stretcher is called a: -
✔✔Power lift

✔✔The length of the scoop stretcher should be adjusted to a length longer than the
patient: - ✔✔Before sliding the stretcher under the patient

✔✔The method of quickly removing a patient who is in respiratory arrest or is extremely
unstable from a car is called: - ✔✔Rapid extrication

✔✔Pregnant trauma patients showing signs of hypovolemic shock (without suspected
spinal injury) should be placed in what position? - ✔✔Left lateral recumbent

✔✔Before lifting or carrying a patient, the EMT should do all of the following except: -
✔✔Flex at the waist during the process

, ✔✔During exhalation, relaxation of the diaphragm causes pressure within the thoracic
cavity to - ✔✔Increase

✔✔The accessory muscles of expiration are primarily noted by observing the: - ✔✔Neck

✔✔During positive-pressure ventilation, effective tidal volume is evaluated primarily on
the basis of: - ✔✔Chest excursion

✔✔Gastric distention is a common complication of: - ✔✔Forceful ventilation

✔✔Which of the following administration devices can provide approximately 90%
oxygen delivery to the patient? - ✔✔Non-rebreather mask

✔✔The jaw thrust without head tilt is the primary airway maneuver used for: -
✔✔Suspected spinal injury patients

✔✔To ensure proper sizing, an oropharyngeal airway is measured from the angle of the
jaw to the: - ✔✔Corner of the patient's mouth

✔✔A pressure compensated flowmeter measures liter flow with a: - ✔✔Gravity-fed ball

✔✔A cyanotic patient who cannot speak or cough is most likely suffering a: -
✔✔Complete airway obstruction

✔✔On removing a 4-year-old child from a pool, you note respirations 3 per minute.
What breathing rate would you use on this patient? - ✔✔1 breath every 3 seconds

✔✔A typical adult bag-valve-mask consists of all of the following except. - ✔✔A pop-off
vale

✔✔When ventilating a patient using the bag-valve-mask:. - ✔✔Supplemental oxygen at
15 L/min should be used

✔✔Which of the following is not a component of scene size-up? - ✔✔Taking the vital
signs of the patient

✔✔What is the formal name of traffic cones, ambulance lights, and flares used at the
scene of a crash? - ✔✔Traffic delineation devices

✔✔What is an ideal location to first evaluate a motor vehicle collision? - ✔✔100 feet
away, uphill and upwind

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