NYS EMT Written Exam Q&As Latest Update 2024
Rules and responsibilities - correct answers ✅Drive to the patient safely
Have directions and know how to get to location
Patient Care
Patient Packaging
Look & Act Professional
Medical Direction: On-Line Direction - correct answers ✅On the phone with
MD
Medical Direction: Off-Line Direction - correct answers ✅Pre-Written or
Standing Orders (Protocols - Standing Orders)
definitve signs of death - correct answers ✅Dependent lividity (blood at the
lowest point of the body/discoloration)
Rigor mortis (stiffening of body muscles)
Putrefaction (decomposition of body tissues)
Obvious mortal injury (decapitation)
,Stages of Grieving Process - correct answers ✅1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
Dealing with Dying Patient - correct answers ✅1. Maintain patient dignity
2. Show respect for the patient
3. Communicate with the family
4. Allow family members to express themselves
5. Do Not give false assurances
6. Listen to the family
7. Use a gentle tone of voice
Stress - Warning Signs - correct answers ✅1. Irritability
2. Unable to concentrate
3. Anxiety
4. Loss of appetite or over eating
,5. Isolation
6. Loss of interest in work, sex, etc.
7. Increased alcohol use
Dealing with Stress - correct answers ✅Critical Incident Stress Debriefing:
(CISD) program in which severely stressful job-related incidents
are discussed. These meeting are held within 24 to 72 hours after an
incident.
Standard of Care - correct answers ✅The way another equally trained
person would act to treat a patient
Scope of Practice - correct answers ✅The Skills you are allowed to use
Duty to Act - correct answers ✅an EMT has a duty to act only when on duty
Public Health Law 800 - correct answers ✅EMT Cannot be held liable unless
negligence is proven
, Good Samaritan Law - correct answers ✅Does not cover EMT in New York
State
Negligence - correct answers ✅Failure to provide same level of care as
another equally trained EMT
Abandonment - correct answers ✅Termination of patient care without
transferring care to equal or higher medical Authority
Refusal of Care (CMA) - correct answers ✅is when anyone over the age of
18 & competent refused care. Also applies if under the age of 18 if patient is
pregnant, married or an emancipated minor seeking treatment for a sexually
transmitted disease
Assault/Harassment - correct answers ✅Unlawfully placing a patient in fear
of bodily harm
Confidentiality - correct answers ✅anything discussed between EMT and
patient care cannot be disclosed unless to designated individuals such as
hospital personal involved in patients care
Rules and responsibilities - correct answers ✅Drive to the patient safely
Have directions and know how to get to location
Patient Care
Patient Packaging
Look & Act Professional
Medical Direction: On-Line Direction - correct answers ✅On the phone with
MD
Medical Direction: Off-Line Direction - correct answers ✅Pre-Written or
Standing Orders (Protocols - Standing Orders)
definitve signs of death - correct answers ✅Dependent lividity (blood at the
lowest point of the body/discoloration)
Rigor mortis (stiffening of body muscles)
Putrefaction (decomposition of body tissues)
Obvious mortal injury (decapitation)
,Stages of Grieving Process - correct answers ✅1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
Dealing with Dying Patient - correct answers ✅1. Maintain patient dignity
2. Show respect for the patient
3. Communicate with the family
4. Allow family members to express themselves
5. Do Not give false assurances
6. Listen to the family
7. Use a gentle tone of voice
Stress - Warning Signs - correct answers ✅1. Irritability
2. Unable to concentrate
3. Anxiety
4. Loss of appetite or over eating
,5. Isolation
6. Loss of interest in work, sex, etc.
7. Increased alcohol use
Dealing with Stress - correct answers ✅Critical Incident Stress Debriefing:
(CISD) program in which severely stressful job-related incidents
are discussed. These meeting are held within 24 to 72 hours after an
incident.
Standard of Care - correct answers ✅The way another equally trained
person would act to treat a patient
Scope of Practice - correct answers ✅The Skills you are allowed to use
Duty to Act - correct answers ✅an EMT has a duty to act only when on duty
Public Health Law 800 - correct answers ✅EMT Cannot be held liable unless
negligence is proven
, Good Samaritan Law - correct answers ✅Does not cover EMT in New York
State
Negligence - correct answers ✅Failure to provide same level of care as
another equally trained EMT
Abandonment - correct answers ✅Termination of patient care without
transferring care to equal or higher medical Authority
Refusal of Care (CMA) - correct answers ✅is when anyone over the age of
18 & competent refused care. Also applies if under the age of 18 if patient is
pregnant, married or an emancipated minor seeking treatment for a sexually
transmitted disease
Assault/Harassment - correct answers ✅Unlawfully placing a patient in fear
of bodily harm
Confidentiality - correct answers ✅anything discussed between EMT and
patient care cannot be disclosed unless to designated individuals such as
hospital personal involved in patients care
