EMT FINAL EXAM 2024 WITH ALL THE 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Proper lifting techniques include::
ANS>>Keep the weight close to your body Lift with legs
Don't reach
Lift using palms up
2. The number one cause of EMT injury is from:
ANS>> improper lifting position
3. Your first concern is always:
ANS>> your own safety
4. If you are the first unit on a Hazmat Scene:
ANS>>set up a safe zone
5. Always approach a hazmat scene and park your ambulance:
ANS>> upwind and uphill
6. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing:
ANS>> early intervention that occurs at the scene or shortly after the scene of an
incident, designed to stop the negative stress process that may occur in the hour immediately following a
disaster response
best accomplished if commenced within a 24-72 hours of the incident
7. Public Health Law Article 30, Part 800:
ANS>>contains the rules and regulations in reference to EMS & immunities. An EMT
cannot be held liable unless gross negligence can be proven.
8. The Good Samaritan Act:
ANS>> does not cover the EMT in NYS
9. NYS EMS liability is covered under:
,EMT FINAL EXAM 2024 WITH ALL THE 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
ANS>>NYS Public Health Law
10. Negligance:
ANS>>Deviation from standard of care by law.
Criteria to prove:
Duty to act
Breach of
duty Injury
occurred
Proximate
cause
11. Proximate cause:
ANS>> injury resulted from the improper action or failure to act
12. Assault and Battery:
ANS>> (unlawfully placing someone in fear of immediate bodily harm) & (unlawful touch-
ing)
13. Consent:
ANS>>agreement by the patient to accept medical intervention
14. Informed (Actual) Consent:
ANS>>A patient is told, in a manner they can understand, the nature and extent of the
procedure to be performed and the possible risks. The patient fully understands the procedures, risks
involved, and accepts.
15. Implied Consent:
ANS>> The unconscious, mentally impaired, or child patient under age 18 in a true
emergency, in which there is a significant risk of death, disability or deterioration of the condition, the
LAW assumes that the patient or guardian would give their consent.
,EMT FINAL EXAM 2024 WITH ALL THE 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
16. Abandonment:
ANS>> the termination of the provider-patient relationship without consent from the patient
and not allowing the patient time to find another provider while care is still needed.
ransferrin a patient to another health care professional who is not of equal or higher training than you.
17. Delegated Practice:
ANS>> The system Medical Director who is a physician delegates the rescuer to carry out
actions on their behalf. Example is on line medical direction (medical control) or ott line medical
direction (standing orders and/or protocols).
18. Quality Improvement:
ANS>> a system of internal and external audits, that monitors every aspect of pre-hospital
care to achieve optimal excellence in-patient services rendered. When quality issues are discovered,
suggestions are made to prevent re occurrence.
19. Observations at the scene:
ANS>> subjective
20. Physical findings:
ANS>>objective
21. PCR's:
ANS>> No personal comments from
the EMT If you didn't write it, you didn't do it
raw one line through an error, initial it, date it, continue
Have a family member, witness, or police oflcer sign
the RMA
22. An EMT's best protection against possible legal proceedings is::
ANS>> quality patient care and well-written PCR's
,EMT FINAL EXAM 2024 WITH ALL THE 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
23. Pronouncement of Death:
ANS>> Rigor Mortis Dependent
Lividity
ecapitation
Decomposition
atient submerged greater than 1 hour or injury not compatible with life
Valid NYS Pre-hospial DNR or MOLST form with patient
24. Brady:
ANS>>slow
25. Contra/anti:
ANS>> against
26. Des/dis/dys:
ANS>>Disorder, diflcult
27. Tachy:
ANS>> fast
28. Cardio:
ANS>> heart
29. Cerebro:
ANS>> brain
30. Cephalo:
ANS>> head
31. Hemi:
ANS>>half
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Proper lifting techniques include::
ANS>>Keep the weight close to your body Lift with legs
Don't reach
Lift using palms up
2. The number one cause of EMT injury is from:
ANS>> improper lifting position
3. Your first concern is always:
ANS>> your own safety
4. If you are the first unit on a Hazmat Scene:
ANS>>set up a safe zone
5. Always approach a hazmat scene and park your ambulance:
ANS>> upwind and uphill
6. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing:
ANS>> early intervention that occurs at the scene or shortly after the scene of an
incident, designed to stop the negative stress process that may occur in the hour immediately following a
disaster response
best accomplished if commenced within a 24-72 hours of the incident
7. Public Health Law Article 30, Part 800:
ANS>>contains the rules and regulations in reference to EMS & immunities. An EMT
cannot be held liable unless gross negligence can be proven.
8. The Good Samaritan Act:
ANS>> does not cover the EMT in NYS
9. NYS EMS liability is covered under:
,EMT FINAL EXAM 2024 WITH ALL THE 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
ANS>>NYS Public Health Law
10. Negligance:
ANS>>Deviation from standard of care by law.
Criteria to prove:
Duty to act
Breach of
duty Injury
occurred
Proximate
cause
11. Proximate cause:
ANS>> injury resulted from the improper action or failure to act
12. Assault and Battery:
ANS>> (unlawfully placing someone in fear of immediate bodily harm) & (unlawful touch-
ing)
13. Consent:
ANS>>agreement by the patient to accept medical intervention
14. Informed (Actual) Consent:
ANS>>A patient is told, in a manner they can understand, the nature and extent of the
procedure to be performed and the possible risks. The patient fully understands the procedures, risks
involved, and accepts.
15. Implied Consent:
ANS>> The unconscious, mentally impaired, or child patient under age 18 in a true
emergency, in which there is a significant risk of death, disability or deterioration of the condition, the
LAW assumes that the patient or guardian would give their consent.
,EMT FINAL EXAM 2024 WITH ALL THE 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
16. Abandonment:
ANS>> the termination of the provider-patient relationship without consent from the patient
and not allowing the patient time to find another provider while care is still needed.
ransferrin a patient to another health care professional who is not of equal or higher training than you.
17. Delegated Practice:
ANS>> The system Medical Director who is a physician delegates the rescuer to carry out
actions on their behalf. Example is on line medical direction (medical control) or ott line medical
direction (standing orders and/or protocols).
18. Quality Improvement:
ANS>> a system of internal and external audits, that monitors every aspect of pre-hospital
care to achieve optimal excellence in-patient services rendered. When quality issues are discovered,
suggestions are made to prevent re occurrence.
19. Observations at the scene:
ANS>> subjective
20. Physical findings:
ANS>>objective
21. PCR's:
ANS>> No personal comments from
the EMT If you didn't write it, you didn't do it
raw one line through an error, initial it, date it, continue
Have a family member, witness, or police oflcer sign
the RMA
22. An EMT's best protection against possible legal proceedings is::
ANS>> quality patient care and well-written PCR's
,EMT FINAL EXAM 2024 WITH ALL THE 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
23. Pronouncement of Death:
ANS>> Rigor Mortis Dependent
Lividity
ecapitation
Decomposition
atient submerged greater than 1 hour or injury not compatible with life
Valid NYS Pre-hospial DNR or MOLST form with patient
24. Brady:
ANS>>slow
25. Contra/anti:
ANS>> against
26. Des/dis/dys:
ANS>>Disorder, diflcult
27. Tachy:
ANS>> fast
28. Cardio:
ANS>> heart
29. Cerebro:
ANS>> brain
30. Cephalo:
ANS>> head
31. Hemi:
ANS>>half
