Ems New York State Written Test
When caring for a patient who takes multiple medications it is best to:
a. Document the medications on your patient care report, but leave them at home so
they do not get misplaced.
b. Take all the patients’ medications with you to the hospital and document them on
your patient care report
c. Send the patients medications to the hospital with a family member or other persons
who will safe guard them
d. Let the hospital staff retrieve the patients’ medical records which should show a list of
his or her current medications - answer Correct Answer:
b. take all the patients medications with you to the hospital and document them on your
patient care report
Which of the following assessment findings is MOST indicative of a cardiovascular
problem?
a. Unequal breath sounds
b. Jugular venous distention
c. Use of the accessory muscles
d. Palpable pain to the epigastrium region - answerCorrect Answer:
b. Jugular Venous Distention
Which of the following medications would an EMT be LEAST likely to administer to a
patient with a medical complaint?
a. Aspirin
b. Ibuprofen
c. Albuterol
d. Oral glucose - answerCorrect Answer:
,b. Ibuprofen
Which of the following statements regarding hepatitis A is correct?
a. Hepatitis A can only be transmitted by a patient who has an acute infection
b. Infection with hepatitis A causes chronic illness with a high mortality rate
c. Hepatitis A is primarily transmitted via contact with blood or other bodily fluids
d. although there is no vaccine against hepatitis A, treatment is usually successful -
answerCorrect Answer:
a. Hepatitis A can only be transmitted by a patient who has an acute infection
Patients with tuberculosis pose the greatest risk for transmitting the disease when they:
a. Cough
b. Vomit
c. Are bleeding
d. Have a fever - answerCorrect Answer:
a. Cough
In order for efficient pulmonary gas exchange to occur:
a. The percentage of inhaled carbon dioxide must exceed the percentage of inhaled
oxygen
b. There must be low quantities of pulmonary surfactant to allow for full alveolar
expansion
c. the pulmonary capillaries must be completely constricted and the alveoli must be
collapsed
d. oxygen and carbon dioxide must be able to freely diffuse across the alveolar-
capillary membrane - answerCorrect Answer:
d. Oxygen and carbondioxide must be able to freely diffuse across alveolar- capillary
membrane
In a healthy individual, the brain stem simulates breathing on the basis of:
,a. increased oxygen levels
b. decreased oxygen levels
c. increased carbon dioxide levels
d. decreased carbon dioxide levels - answerCorrect Answer:
c. Increased carbon dioxide levels
When the level of arterial carbon dioxide rises above normal:
a. The brain stem inhibits respirations
b. Respirations increase in rate and depth
c. Exhalation lasts longer than inhalation
d. Respirations decrease in rate and depth - answerCorrect answer:
b. respirations increase in rate and depth
Which of the following statements regarding hypoxic drive is correct?
a. The hypoxic drive stimulates a person to breathe on the basis of low oxygen levels
b. Chronic carbon dioxide elimination often results in activation of the hypoxic drive
c. The hypoxic drive serves as the primary stimulus for breathing in healthy individuals
d. 100% supplemental oxygen will always cause apnea in patients with hypoxic drive -
answerCorrect Answer:
a. the hypoxic drive stimulates a person to breathe on the basis of low oxygen levels
Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) would MOST likely be
contraindicated in which of the following situations?
a. Pulmonary edema, history of hypertension, and anxiety
b. Difficulty breathing, two-word dyspnea, and tachycardia
c. Shortness of breath and blood pressure of 76/56 mm Hg
, d. Conscious and alert patient with an oxygen saturation of 85% - answerCorrect
Answer:
c. Shortness of breath and blood pressure of 76/56 mm Hg
Alkalosis is a condition that occurs when:
a. Blood acidity is reduced by excessive breathing
b. Dangerous acids accumulate in the blood stream
c. The level of carbon dioxide in the blood increases
d. Slow, shallow breathing eliminates too much carbon dioxide. - answerCorrect
Answer:
a. Blood acidity is reduced by excessive breathing
When auscultating the lungs of a patient with respiratory distress, you hear adventitious
sounds. This means that the patient has:
a. Normal breath sounds
b. Abnormal breath sounds
c. Diminished breath sounds
d. An absence of breath sounds - answerCorrect Answer:
b. Abnormal breath sounds
A conscious alert 29 year old female with a history of asthma complains of difficulty
breathing that began after her morning jog. The temperature outside is 40 degrees
Fahrenheit. on exam you hear bilateral expiratory wheezing. after providing
supplemental oxygen you should:
a. Place her in a recumbent position to facilitate breathing
b. Contact medical control and administer an antihistamine
c. Call medical control and ask how to proceed with treatment
d. Determine if she has been prescribed a beta-agonist inhaler - answerCorrect Answer:
d. Determine if she has been prescribed a beta-agonist inhaler
When caring for a patient who takes multiple medications it is best to:
a. Document the medications on your patient care report, but leave them at home so
they do not get misplaced.
b. Take all the patients’ medications with you to the hospital and document them on
your patient care report
c. Send the patients medications to the hospital with a family member or other persons
who will safe guard them
d. Let the hospital staff retrieve the patients’ medical records which should show a list of
his or her current medications - answer Correct Answer:
b. take all the patients medications with you to the hospital and document them on your
patient care report
Which of the following assessment findings is MOST indicative of a cardiovascular
problem?
a. Unequal breath sounds
b. Jugular venous distention
c. Use of the accessory muscles
d. Palpable pain to the epigastrium region - answerCorrect Answer:
b. Jugular Venous Distention
Which of the following medications would an EMT be LEAST likely to administer to a
patient with a medical complaint?
a. Aspirin
b. Ibuprofen
c. Albuterol
d. Oral glucose - answerCorrect Answer:
,b. Ibuprofen
Which of the following statements regarding hepatitis A is correct?
a. Hepatitis A can only be transmitted by a patient who has an acute infection
b. Infection with hepatitis A causes chronic illness with a high mortality rate
c. Hepatitis A is primarily transmitted via contact with blood or other bodily fluids
d. although there is no vaccine against hepatitis A, treatment is usually successful -
answerCorrect Answer:
a. Hepatitis A can only be transmitted by a patient who has an acute infection
Patients with tuberculosis pose the greatest risk for transmitting the disease when they:
a. Cough
b. Vomit
c. Are bleeding
d. Have a fever - answerCorrect Answer:
a. Cough
In order for efficient pulmonary gas exchange to occur:
a. The percentage of inhaled carbon dioxide must exceed the percentage of inhaled
oxygen
b. There must be low quantities of pulmonary surfactant to allow for full alveolar
expansion
c. the pulmonary capillaries must be completely constricted and the alveoli must be
collapsed
d. oxygen and carbon dioxide must be able to freely diffuse across the alveolar-
capillary membrane - answerCorrect Answer:
d. Oxygen and carbondioxide must be able to freely diffuse across alveolar- capillary
membrane
In a healthy individual, the brain stem simulates breathing on the basis of:
,a. increased oxygen levels
b. decreased oxygen levels
c. increased carbon dioxide levels
d. decreased carbon dioxide levels - answerCorrect Answer:
c. Increased carbon dioxide levels
When the level of arterial carbon dioxide rises above normal:
a. The brain stem inhibits respirations
b. Respirations increase in rate and depth
c. Exhalation lasts longer than inhalation
d. Respirations decrease in rate and depth - answerCorrect answer:
b. respirations increase in rate and depth
Which of the following statements regarding hypoxic drive is correct?
a. The hypoxic drive stimulates a person to breathe on the basis of low oxygen levels
b. Chronic carbon dioxide elimination often results in activation of the hypoxic drive
c. The hypoxic drive serves as the primary stimulus for breathing in healthy individuals
d. 100% supplemental oxygen will always cause apnea in patients with hypoxic drive -
answerCorrect Answer:
a. the hypoxic drive stimulates a person to breathe on the basis of low oxygen levels
Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) would MOST likely be
contraindicated in which of the following situations?
a. Pulmonary edema, history of hypertension, and anxiety
b. Difficulty breathing, two-word dyspnea, and tachycardia
c. Shortness of breath and blood pressure of 76/56 mm Hg
, d. Conscious and alert patient with an oxygen saturation of 85% - answerCorrect
Answer:
c. Shortness of breath and blood pressure of 76/56 mm Hg
Alkalosis is a condition that occurs when:
a. Blood acidity is reduced by excessive breathing
b. Dangerous acids accumulate in the blood stream
c. The level of carbon dioxide in the blood increases
d. Slow, shallow breathing eliminates too much carbon dioxide. - answerCorrect
Answer:
a. Blood acidity is reduced by excessive breathing
When auscultating the lungs of a patient with respiratory distress, you hear adventitious
sounds. This means that the patient has:
a. Normal breath sounds
b. Abnormal breath sounds
c. Diminished breath sounds
d. An absence of breath sounds - answerCorrect Answer:
b. Abnormal breath sounds
A conscious alert 29 year old female with a history of asthma complains of difficulty
breathing that began after her morning jog. The temperature outside is 40 degrees
Fahrenheit. on exam you hear bilateral expiratory wheezing. after providing
supplemental oxygen you should:
a. Place her in a recumbent position to facilitate breathing
b. Contact medical control and administer an antihistamine
c. Call medical control and ask how to proceed with treatment
d. Determine if she has been prescribed a beta-agonist inhaler - answerCorrect Answer:
d. Determine if she has been prescribed a beta-agonist inhaler
