New York State EMT Basic Written Exam
New York State EMT Basic Written Exam
Version 2 Exam PREDICTOR VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
GRADED A+ GUARANTEED PASS ACE YR
EXAM
A 65 year-old male was involved in a two-car motor vehicle crash. Upon examination, he
complains of chest pain upon breathing and tenderness of the sternum. Your INITIAL care
would be to:
a) Stabilize the sternum
b) Position the patient on his side
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c) Administer high-concentration oxygen
d) administer the patient's prescribed nitroglycerin
c) Administer high-concentration oxygen
A chest injury may interfere mechanically with the functioning of the:
a) Xiphoid process
b) Sternum
c) Lungs
d) Brain
c) lungs
You are treating a male patient who has a penetrating chest wound and frothy bright-red blood
at the mouth. About 10 minutes after sealing the chest wall, you notice that the patient's
breathing becomes much worse. At this point, you should:
a) Immediately place the patient on his uninjured side
b) Lift one corner of the dressing
c) Administer positive-pressure ventilation immediately
d) Administer pure oxygen to aid respiration
b) Lift one corner of the dressing
Signs and symptoms of multiple broken ribs include:
a) Unequal chest expansion, inadequate breathing, deformity, and pain
b) Rapid breathing, chest pain, rapid weak pulse, and cyanosis
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c) Equal chest expansion, slow weak pulse, cyanosis, and chest pain
d) Slow breathing, cyanosis, chest pain, and rapid weak pulse
a) Unequal chest expansion, inadequate breathing, deformity, and pain
You are called to treat a patient with a chest injury. There is no suspected spinal injury. How
should this patient be transported?
a) Prone with the head turned to the side
b) Supine with feet elevated
c) In a position of comfort
d) On the uninjured side
c) In a position of comfort
A high school football player has received a hard direct blow to the abdomen. Which of the
following may indicate internal bleeding?
a) Profuse bleeding from the bowels, deep slow breathing, slow pulse
b) Weak rapid pulse, tenderness, guarding, or pain in the abdomen
c) Deep slow breathing, normal pulse, warm dry skin
d) Warm dry skin, rapid pulse, nausea, deep regular breathing
b) Weak rapid pulse, tenderness, guarding, or pain in the abdomen
Upon arriving at the scene of an accident, you find a victim who has bowel loops protruding
through an abdominal laceration. You should cover the loops:
a) And apply direct pressure
b) As you would an impaled object
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c) With a dry sterile absorbent dressing
d) With a moist sterile dressing
d) With a moist sterile dressing
A patient m severe pain due to an abdominal injury should be placed in which of the following
positions?
a) One leg up, the other one straight
b) In a position of comfort
c) Both legs stretched out straight
d) In a prone position
b) In a position of comfort
A patient with a history of diabetes has an altered mental status due to a diabetic emergency.
The EMS Provider should:
a) Administer a sugar concentrate, if there is no danger that the patient will aspirate
b) Encourage the patient to take an insulin solution orally, if there is no danger that the patient
will aspirate
c) Administer a sugar concentrate by mouth to an unconscious patient only
d) Defer all treatment and transport the patient to the hospital
a) Administer a sugar concentrate, if there is no danger that the patient will aspirate
You are treating a patient who is complaining of chest pain and difficulty breathing. You
should have the patient lie:
a) Flat and take slow deep breaths
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New York State EMT Basic Written Exam
Version 2 Exam PREDICTOR VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
GRADED A+ GUARANTEED PASS ACE YR
EXAM
A 65 year-old male was involved in a two-car motor vehicle crash. Upon examination, he
complains of chest pain upon breathing and tenderness of the sternum. Your INITIAL care
would be to:
a) Stabilize the sternum
b) Position the patient on his side
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, New York State EMT Basic Written Exam
c) Administer high-concentration oxygen
d) administer the patient's prescribed nitroglycerin
c) Administer high-concentration oxygen
A chest injury may interfere mechanically with the functioning of the:
a) Xiphoid process
b) Sternum
c) Lungs
d) Brain
c) lungs
You are treating a male patient who has a penetrating chest wound and frothy bright-red blood
at the mouth. About 10 minutes after sealing the chest wall, you notice that the patient's
breathing becomes much worse. At this point, you should:
a) Immediately place the patient on his uninjured side
b) Lift one corner of the dressing
c) Administer positive-pressure ventilation immediately
d) Administer pure oxygen to aid respiration
b) Lift one corner of the dressing
Signs and symptoms of multiple broken ribs include:
a) Unequal chest expansion, inadequate breathing, deformity, and pain
b) Rapid breathing, chest pain, rapid weak pulse, and cyanosis
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c) Equal chest expansion, slow weak pulse, cyanosis, and chest pain
d) Slow breathing, cyanosis, chest pain, and rapid weak pulse
a) Unequal chest expansion, inadequate breathing, deformity, and pain
You are called to treat a patient with a chest injury. There is no suspected spinal injury. How
should this patient be transported?
a) Prone with the head turned to the side
b) Supine with feet elevated
c) In a position of comfort
d) On the uninjured side
c) In a position of comfort
A high school football player has received a hard direct blow to the abdomen. Which of the
following may indicate internal bleeding?
a) Profuse bleeding from the bowels, deep slow breathing, slow pulse
b) Weak rapid pulse, tenderness, guarding, or pain in the abdomen
c) Deep slow breathing, normal pulse, warm dry skin
d) Warm dry skin, rapid pulse, nausea, deep regular breathing
b) Weak rapid pulse, tenderness, guarding, or pain in the abdomen
Upon arriving at the scene of an accident, you find a victim who has bowel loops protruding
through an abdominal laceration. You should cover the loops:
a) And apply direct pressure
b) As you would an impaled object
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c) With a dry sterile absorbent dressing
d) With a moist sterile dressing
d) With a moist sterile dressing
A patient m severe pain due to an abdominal injury should be placed in which of the following
positions?
a) One leg up, the other one straight
b) In a position of comfort
c) Both legs stretched out straight
d) In a prone position
b) In a position of comfort
A patient with a history of diabetes has an altered mental status due to a diabetic emergency.
The EMS Provider should:
a) Administer a sugar concentrate, if there is no danger that the patient will aspirate
b) Encourage the patient to take an insulin solution orally, if there is no danger that the patient
will aspirate
c) Administer a sugar concentrate by mouth to an unconscious patient only
d) Defer all treatment and transport the patient to the hospital
a) Administer a sugar concentrate, if there is no danger that the patient will aspirate
You are treating a patient who is complaining of chest pain and difficulty breathing. You
should have the patient lie:
a) Flat and take slow deep breaths
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