NYS EMT Certifying Exam Study Guide 2026–2027
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Providing care within the scope of Professional Standards
practice would be 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 Advise the press that you are unable to comment
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:
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 Attend in-service training with the agency medical
been revised, it is the EMS providers director to become familiar with new protocols
responsibility to
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 Continue with your initial assessment
assessing a 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 Identify and correct life-threatening problems and
Assessment is to 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 Ventricles are contracting
pressure when the
1. Atria are contracting
2. Atria are relaxing
3. Ventricles are contracting
4. Ventricles are relaxing
, In what order is the Detailed Physical Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And
Exam usually conducted on an adult Extremities
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 Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
what order should 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 Greater than 2 seconds
patient's capillary refill 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
| New York State EMT Practice Questions & Review
Play your way to mastery with fun games
Match Blocks Charms NEW
Terms in this set (154)
Providing care within the scope of Professional Standards
practice would be 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 Advise the press that you are unable to comment
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:
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 Attend in-service training with the agency medical
been revised, it is the EMS providers director to become familiar with new protocols
responsibility to
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 Continue with your initial assessment
assessing a 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 Identify and correct life-threatening problems and
Assessment is to 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 Ventricles are contracting
pressure when the
1. Atria are contracting
2. Atria are relaxing
3. Ventricles are contracting
4. Ventricles are relaxing
, In what order is the Detailed Physical Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And
Exam usually conducted on an adult Extremities
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 Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
what order should 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 Greater than 2 seconds
patient's capillary refill 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
