NYS EMT-Basic State Exam
Actual Questions and Revised Answers
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This exam features: 120 multiple-choice ques & Ans
1. The role of the ems provider is to do all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. Perform primary assessment
b. Provide initial resuscitation
c. Provide definitive diagnosis
d. Package patients for transportation
Ans: C.
2. As a part of infection control procedures, it is ESSENTIAL
that the EMS provider:
a. Dispose of all equipment used after each call
b. Wash his/her hands after treating each patient
c. Wash his/her clothes after each patient contact
d. Avoid casual contact with any patients
Ans: B.
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,3. Another name for the left lateral position is
a. Semi-fowlers
b. Trendelenburg
c. Recovery position
d. Dorsal recumbent
Ans: C.
4. In what position should an unconscious overdose patient be
transported to a hospital?
a. On his/her back, with feet elevated
b. On his/her side
c. Seated, with head tilted back and legs elevated
d. Facedown, with head elevated
Ans: B.
5. A single EMS provider finds a non-breathing and pulseless
victim of a motor vehicle accident lying face down in the road,
and suspects that the victim has a spinal injury. The EMS
provider should:
a. Do nothing until help arrives
b. Leave the victim in place and attempt to
apply the principles of CPR
c. Turn the victim's body as a unit and begin CPR
d. Apply an extrication collar and attempt to ventilate
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, Ans: C.
6. The pre-hospital care report (PCR) is considered to be
a. A part of the patients hospital chart
b. A matter of public records
c. Inadmissible in a court of law
d. A research document only
Ans: A.
7. When communicating with an elderly
patient an EMS provider should
a. Yell in the patients ear
b. Speak only to the family
c. Use written notes
d. Speak to the patient in a normal voice
Ans: D.
8. An EMS provider is called to the scene of an accident and
notices condi- tions, which suggest that the patient has been
involved in a crime. The EMS Provider should:
a. Continue patient care and report the
incident to the police at the earliest
convenient time
b. Stop patient care and call the police
c. Continue patient care and maintain
patient confidentiality by not
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, reporting the suspicions
d. Place the patient in restraints and then
summon the police to the scene
Ans: A.
9. An accident victim who is a minor has blood spurting from the
brachial artery. The parents are not present. Which one of the
following actions should the EMS provider take?
a. Contact the receiving hospital by radio for
permission to proceed with treatment
b. Get permission from the police to
proceed with treatment
c. Take the child to the hospital but provide no treatment
d. Presume that parental consent is
implied and proceed with treatment
Ans: D.
10. An EMS provider responds to a call and finds an 80-
year-old female with no pulse or respirations. The patient has a
history of terminal brain cancer. The family states that the last
time she was seen alive was just 5 minutes prior to calling
EMS. They also state that the patient has a DNR order in New
York State, EMS personnel may accept which of the following
DNR instruments as valid?
a. Verbal request from family
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Actual Questions and Revised Answers
100% Guarantee Pass Score
This exam features: 120 multiple-choice ques & Ans
1. The role of the ems provider is to do all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. Perform primary assessment
b. Provide initial resuscitation
c. Provide definitive diagnosis
d. Package patients for transportation
Ans: C.
2. As a part of infection control procedures, it is ESSENTIAL
that the EMS provider:
a. Dispose of all equipment used after each call
b. Wash his/her hands after treating each patient
c. Wash his/her clothes after each patient contact
d. Avoid casual contact with any patients
Ans: B.
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,3. Another name for the left lateral position is
a. Semi-fowlers
b. Trendelenburg
c. Recovery position
d. Dorsal recumbent
Ans: C.
4. In what position should an unconscious overdose patient be
transported to a hospital?
a. On his/her back, with feet elevated
b. On his/her side
c. Seated, with head tilted back and legs elevated
d. Facedown, with head elevated
Ans: B.
5. A single EMS provider finds a non-breathing and pulseless
victim of a motor vehicle accident lying face down in the road,
and suspects that the victim has a spinal injury. The EMS
provider should:
a. Do nothing until help arrives
b. Leave the victim in place and attempt to
apply the principles of CPR
c. Turn the victim's body as a unit and begin CPR
d. Apply an extrication collar and attempt to ventilate
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, Ans: C.
6. The pre-hospital care report (PCR) is considered to be
a. A part of the patients hospital chart
b. A matter of public records
c. Inadmissible in a court of law
d. A research document only
Ans: A.
7. When communicating with an elderly
patient an EMS provider should
a. Yell in the patients ear
b. Speak only to the family
c. Use written notes
d. Speak to the patient in a normal voice
Ans: D.
8. An EMS provider is called to the scene of an accident and
notices condi- tions, which suggest that the patient has been
involved in a crime. The EMS Provider should:
a. Continue patient care and report the
incident to the police at the earliest
convenient time
b. Stop patient care and call the police
c. Continue patient care and maintain
patient confidentiality by not
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, reporting the suspicions
d. Place the patient in restraints and then
summon the police to the scene
Ans: A.
9. An accident victim who is a minor has blood spurting from the
brachial artery. The parents are not present. Which one of the
following actions should the EMS provider take?
a. Contact the receiving hospital by radio for
permission to proceed with treatment
b. Get permission from the police to
proceed with treatment
c. Take the child to the hospital but provide no treatment
d. Presume that parental consent is
implied and proceed with treatment
Ans: D.
10. An EMS provider responds to a call and finds an 80-
year-old female with no pulse or respirations. The patient has a
history of terminal brain cancer. The family states that the last
time she was seen alive was just 5 minutes prior to calling
EMS. They also state that the patient has a DNR order in New
York State, EMS personnel may accept which of the following
DNR instruments as valid?
a. Verbal request from family
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