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,Providing care within the scope of practice would be Professional Standards
considered behavior in accordance with:
1. The sovereign immunity doctrine
2. Approved protocols
3. Professional Standards
4. Institutional Standards
As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a Advise the press that you are unable to comment
reporter recognizes the patient as a State Senator.
Immediately the press demands to be told what has
happened to the senator. You Should:
1. Advise the press that you are unable to comment
2. Deny the patient is the Senator
3. Tell the press your diagnosis
4. Advise the press to contact the Senator's family
If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar
EMS providers responsibility to with new protocols
1. Attend in-service training with the agency medical
director to become familiar with the new protocols
2. Continue to use the old protocols because they are
already familiar
3. Begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency
receives them
4. Operate only when in direct communication with the
physician
During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a Continue with your initial assessment
conscious trauma patient complaining loudly of pain in
the leg. You should
1. Begin to obtain the history
2. Assess the leg immediately
3. Discontinue the initial Assessment, start the Detailed
Physical Exam
4. Continue with your initial assessment
The overall purpose of the initial Assessment is to Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities
1. Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set
priorities
2. Ensure that the airway is open and locate breathing
problems
3. Identify and treat major extremity injuries
4. Identify minor problems and provide treatment
Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the Ventricles are contracting
1. Atria are contracting
2. Atria are relaxing
3. Ventricles are contracting
4. Ventricles are relaxing
In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And Extremities
conducted on an adult patient?
1. Head, Neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen
2. Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities
3. Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities
4. Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, and extremities
A driver has crashed into a tree. In what order should Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
you check for the signs of life-threatening problems in
this accident victim?
1. Pulse, respirations, Hemorrhage
2. Respirations, Hemorrhage, and pulse
3. Hemorrhage, Pulse, and Respirations
4. Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
, In assessing a pediatric trauma patient's capillary refill Greater than 2 seconds
time, an abnormal finding would be a refill time of
1. Greater than 5 seconds
2. Less than 2 seconds
3. Greater than 2 seconds
4. Greater than 4 seconds
If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the Correct the problem before continuing with the initial Assessment
initial assessment, you should
1. Finish the initial Assessment and then go back to
correct the problem
2. Complete both the initial Assessment and the
secondary survey
3. Transport the patient to the hospital immediately
4. Correct the problem before continuing with the initial
Assessment
All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT Weak Pulse
1. Headache
2. Weak Pulse
3. Chest Pain
4. Nausea
Which one of the following is an example of a sign? Cyanosis
1. Cyanosis
2. Nausea
3. Dizziness
4. Chest Pain
The "A" in the Mnemonic "AVPU" as it relates to patient Alert
assessment stands for
Alert Verbal Painful Stimuli and Unresponsive
1. Agitated
2. Airway
3. Alert
4. Auscultate
After you have determined that the scene is safe, the first Determine unresponsiveness
step in caring for a patient is to
1. Check for a carotid pulse
2. Open the airway
3. Determine unresponsiveness
4. Check for breathing
The main tube which carries air to the lungs is called the Trachea
1. Trachea
2. Esophagus
3. Bronchiole
4. Alveolus
All of the following are part of the respiratory system Esophagus
EXCEPT the:
1. Alveoli
2. Esophagus
3. Epiglottis
4. Bronchi
Foreign matter is kept from entering the trachea by the Epiglottis
A. Pharynx
B. esophagus
C. Uvula
D. Epiglottis
NYS EMT
All Questions and Correct Answers |
Graded A+ | Verified Answers | Latest
Version (Just Released)
,Providing care within the scope of practice would be Professional Standards
considered behavior in accordance with:
1. The sovereign immunity doctrine
2. Approved protocols
3. Professional Standards
4. Institutional Standards
As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a Advise the press that you are unable to comment
reporter recognizes the patient as a State Senator.
Immediately the press demands to be told what has
happened to the senator. You Should:
1. Advise the press that you are unable to comment
2. Deny the patient is the Senator
3. Tell the press your diagnosis
4. Advise the press to contact the Senator's family
If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar
EMS providers responsibility to with new protocols
1. Attend in-service training with the agency medical
director to become familiar with the new protocols
2. Continue to use the old protocols because they are
already familiar
3. Begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency
receives them
4. Operate only when in direct communication with the
physician
During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a Continue with your initial assessment
conscious trauma patient complaining loudly of pain in
the leg. You should
1. Begin to obtain the history
2. Assess the leg immediately
3. Discontinue the initial Assessment, start the Detailed
Physical Exam
4. Continue with your initial assessment
The overall purpose of the initial Assessment is to Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities
1. Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set
priorities
2. Ensure that the airway is open and locate breathing
problems
3. Identify and treat major extremity injuries
4. Identify minor problems and provide treatment
Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the Ventricles are contracting
1. Atria are contracting
2. Atria are relaxing
3. Ventricles are contracting
4. Ventricles are relaxing
In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And Extremities
conducted on an adult patient?
1. Head, Neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen
2. Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities
3. Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities
4. Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, and extremities
A driver has crashed into a tree. In what order should Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
you check for the signs of life-threatening problems in
this accident victim?
1. Pulse, respirations, Hemorrhage
2. Respirations, Hemorrhage, and pulse
3. Hemorrhage, Pulse, and Respirations
4. Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
, In assessing a pediatric trauma patient's capillary refill Greater than 2 seconds
time, an abnormal finding would be a refill time of
1. Greater than 5 seconds
2. Less than 2 seconds
3. Greater than 2 seconds
4. Greater than 4 seconds
If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the Correct the problem before continuing with the initial Assessment
initial assessment, you should
1. Finish the initial Assessment and then go back to
correct the problem
2. Complete both the initial Assessment and the
secondary survey
3. Transport the patient to the hospital immediately
4. Correct the problem before continuing with the initial
Assessment
All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT Weak Pulse
1. Headache
2. Weak Pulse
3. Chest Pain
4. Nausea
Which one of the following is an example of a sign? Cyanosis
1. Cyanosis
2. Nausea
3. Dizziness
4. Chest Pain
The "A" in the Mnemonic "AVPU" as it relates to patient Alert
assessment stands for
Alert Verbal Painful Stimuli and Unresponsive
1. Agitated
2. Airway
3. Alert
4. Auscultate
After you have determined that the scene is safe, the first Determine unresponsiveness
step in caring for a patient is to
1. Check for a carotid pulse
2. Open the airway
3. Determine unresponsiveness
4. Check for breathing
The main tube which carries air to the lungs is called the Trachea
1. Trachea
2. Esophagus
3. Bronchiole
4. Alveolus
All of the following are part of the respiratory system Esophagus
EXCEPT the:
1. Alveoli
2. Esophagus
3. Epiglottis
4. Bronchi
Foreign matter is kept from entering the trachea by the Epiglottis
A. Pharynx
B. esophagus
C. Uvula
D. Epiglottis
