NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAM
Questions and Answers
1.Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered
behavior in accordance with
1. The sovereign immunity doctrine
2. Approved protocols
3. Professional Standards
4. Institutional Standards
Answer Professional Standards
2.As you lift a patient into the rear of 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
Answer Advise the press that you are unable to comment
3.If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS
providers 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
Answer Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to
become familiar with new protocols
4.During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma
pa- tient 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
Answer Continue with your initial assessment
5.The overall purpose of the initial Assessment is to
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
Answer Identify and correct life-threat- ening problems and set priorities
,6.Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the
1. Atria are contracting
2. Atria are relaxing
3. Ventricles are contracting
4. Ventricles are relaxing
Answer Ventricles are contracting
7.In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually 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
Answer Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And Extremities
8.A driver has crashed into a tree. In 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
Answer Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
, 9.In assessing a pediatric trauma 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
Answer Greater than 2 seconds
10.If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the 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
Answer Correct the problem before continuing with the initial
Assessment
11.All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT
1. Headache
2. Weak Pulse
3. Chest Pain
4. Nausea
Answer Weak Pulse
Questions and Answers
1.Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered
behavior in accordance with
1. The sovereign immunity doctrine
2. Approved protocols
3. Professional Standards
4. Institutional Standards
Answer Professional Standards
2.As you lift a patient into the rear of 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
Answer Advise the press that you are unable to comment
3.If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS
providers 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
Answer Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to
become familiar with new protocols
4.During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma
pa- tient 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
Answer Continue with your initial assessment
5.The overall purpose of the initial Assessment is to
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
Answer Identify and correct life-threat- ening problems and set priorities
,6.Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the
1. Atria are contracting
2. Atria are relaxing
3. Ventricles are contracting
4. Ventricles are relaxing
Answer Ventricles are contracting
7.In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually 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
Answer Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And Extremities
8.A driver has crashed into a tree. In 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
Answer Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
, 9.In assessing a pediatric trauma 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
Answer Greater than 2 seconds
10.If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the 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
Answer Correct the problem before continuing with the initial
Assessment
11.All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT
1. Headache
2. Weak Pulse
3. Chest Pain
4. Nausea
Answer Weak Pulse
