NYS EMT B CORRECT FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔You are assisting in an emergency childbirth/ The baby's head has completely
emerged and you are supporting it with one hand. At this point you should
a. Gently pull on baby's head to ensure delivery
b. Apply pressure to babys head to avoid explosive delivery
c. Turn baby's head to one side
d. Remove cord if it is wrapped around the neck - ✔✔D. remove the cord if it is wrapped
around the infant's neck
✔✔A 25-yr old woman is in active labor. The umbilical cord is presenting through the
vagina. You would:
a. Gently pull on cord
b. Massage uterus
c. Replace cord in vagina
d. Place mom supine with hips elevated, administer O2 and transport - ✔✔D. place the
mother in a supine position with hips elevated, administer oxygen, and transport
✔✔During breach delivery, what should you do if the baby's head is not delivered after
the body - ✔✔with a gloved hand, establish an airway for the baby
✔✔How would you describe bleeding from a vein - ✔✔Dark red, flowing steadily
, ✔✔To control a nosebleed in a patient WITHOUT suspected spinal traujma, the EMS
provider should - ✔✔pinch the patient's nostrils together and sit the patient leaning
forward to allow drainage
✔✔All of the following cojnditions can lead to hypoperfusion (SHOCK) except:
A. dilated blood vessels/pooling blood in extremities
B. loss of fluid volume
C. inc fluid volume
D. dec cardiac output - ✔✔increased fluid volume
✔✔A localized soft tissue injury characterized by swelling and bruising
a. Contusion
b. Avulsion
c. Laceration
d. Abrasion - ✔✔contusion
✔✔Contusion
Avulsion:
Laceration:
Abrasion:
Definitions - ✔✔Contusion Bruise
Avulsion: flap
Laceration: jagged cut
Abrasion: road rash
✔✔You are treating a male patient who has a penetrating chest wound and frothy
bright-red blood at the mouth. About 10 minutes after sealing the chest wall, you notice
the patient's breathing becoems much worse. At this point you should,
a) immediately place the patient on the uninjured side
b) lift one corner of the dressing
c) administer positive-pressure ventilation immediately
d) administer pure oxygen to aid respiration - ✔✔b) lift one corner of the dressing
✔✔Which of the following best describes an evisceration - ✔✔bowel loops protruding
through the abdomen
✔✔tension pneumothorax - ✔✔a type of pneumothorax in which air that enters the
chest cavity is prevented from escaping
✔✔mediastinum includes - ✔✔heart, aorta, esophagus, trachea, thymus gland
✔✔Which of the following BEST describes evisceration - ✔✔Bowel loops protruding
through the abdomen
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔You are assisting in an emergency childbirth/ The baby's head has completely
emerged and you are supporting it with one hand. At this point you should
a. Gently pull on baby's head to ensure delivery
b. Apply pressure to babys head to avoid explosive delivery
c. Turn baby's head to one side
d. Remove cord if it is wrapped around the neck - ✔✔D. remove the cord if it is wrapped
around the infant's neck
✔✔A 25-yr old woman is in active labor. The umbilical cord is presenting through the
vagina. You would:
a. Gently pull on cord
b. Massage uterus
c. Replace cord in vagina
d. Place mom supine with hips elevated, administer O2 and transport - ✔✔D. place the
mother in a supine position with hips elevated, administer oxygen, and transport
✔✔During breach delivery, what should you do if the baby's head is not delivered after
the body - ✔✔with a gloved hand, establish an airway for the baby
✔✔How would you describe bleeding from a vein - ✔✔Dark red, flowing steadily
, ✔✔To control a nosebleed in a patient WITHOUT suspected spinal traujma, the EMS
provider should - ✔✔pinch the patient's nostrils together and sit the patient leaning
forward to allow drainage
✔✔All of the following cojnditions can lead to hypoperfusion (SHOCK) except:
A. dilated blood vessels/pooling blood in extremities
B. loss of fluid volume
C. inc fluid volume
D. dec cardiac output - ✔✔increased fluid volume
✔✔A localized soft tissue injury characterized by swelling and bruising
a. Contusion
b. Avulsion
c. Laceration
d. Abrasion - ✔✔contusion
✔✔Contusion
Avulsion:
Laceration:
Abrasion:
Definitions - ✔✔Contusion Bruise
Avulsion: flap
Laceration: jagged cut
Abrasion: road rash
✔✔You are treating a male patient who has a penetrating chest wound and frothy
bright-red blood at the mouth. About 10 minutes after sealing the chest wall, you notice
the patient's breathing becoems much worse. At this point you should,
a) immediately place the patient on the uninjured side
b) lift one corner of the dressing
c) administer positive-pressure ventilation immediately
d) administer pure oxygen to aid respiration - ✔✔b) lift one corner of the dressing
✔✔Which of the following best describes an evisceration - ✔✔bowel loops protruding
through the abdomen
✔✔tension pneumothorax - ✔✔a type of pneumothorax in which air that enters the
chest cavity is prevented from escaping
✔✔mediastinum includes - ✔✔heart, aorta, esophagus, trachea, thymus gland
✔✔Which of the following BEST describes evisceration - ✔✔Bowel loops protruding
through the abdomen
