NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question 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
Correct Answer
Professional Standards
Question 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
Correct Answer
Advise the press that you are unable to comment
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,Question 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
Correct Answer
Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with new protocols
Question 4
During the Initial Assessment, you are 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
Correct Answer
Continue with your initial assessment
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,Question 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
Correct Answer
Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities
Question 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
Correct Answer
Ventricles are contracting
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, Question 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
Correct Answer
Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And Extremities
Question 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
Correct Answer
Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
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ANSWERS
Question 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
Correct Answer
Professional Standards
Question 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
Correct Answer
Advise the press that you are unable to comment
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,Question 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
Correct Answer
Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with new protocols
Question 4
During the Initial Assessment, you are 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
Correct Answer
Continue with your initial assessment
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,Question 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
Correct Answer
Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities
Question 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
Correct Answer
Ventricles are contracting
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, Question 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
Correct Answer
Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And Extremities
Question 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
Correct Answer
Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage
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