NYS EMT UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When confronted with a patient who has a 2-week history of persistent cough and
night sweats, the proper personal protective equipment for the EMT includes: -
✔✔Disposable medical gloves and a HEPA respirator
✔✔Diseases capable of being spread from one person to another are called: -
✔✔Communicable diseases
✔✔The simplest and most effective way to block the spread of infection is: - ✔✔Hand
washing after every patient contact
✔✔Which of the following is not a source of information at a hazardous materials
transportation accident site? - ✔✔The color of the vehicle
✔✔Which of the following best describes the term "standard of care"? - ✔✔The body of
knowledge, laws, policies, standards, and guidelines set forth by various standard-
setting organizations that provides the basis of prehospital and medical care
,✔✔You respond to the call of an attempted murder. You witness a person removing a
knife from the scene. What should you do? - ✔✔Report it to police and document the
event.
✔✔The Spinal column consists of _______ vertebrae. - ✔✔33
✔✔Two imaginary lines that intersect at the umbilicus form the: - ✔✔Abdominal
quadrants
✔✔Which of the following actions is produced by voluntary or skeletal muscles? -
✔✔Movement of the arms
✔✔Cardiac muscle is responsible for: - ✔✔Pumping of blood
✔✔The air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen from the lungs to the blood
occurs are called: - ✔✔Alveoli
✔✔The capillary level is where: - ✔✔Oxygen is transferred from blood to the cells
✔✔The part of the urinary system that filters the blood and reabsorbs essential
ingredients while excreting waste products is called the: - ✔✔Kidney
✔✔Which of the following best explains why a patient experiences cardiac arrest after
prolonged respiratory arrest? - ✔✔Cardiac hypoxia
✔✔You observe a child with labored breathing leaning forward with the head and neck
thrust forward, seated and perched on both hands. This is the: - ✔✔Tripod position
✔✔The groove formed by the larynx and muscles of the neck is the correct location for
finding the: - ✔✔Carotid pulse
✔✔The chief complaint is best described as: - ✔✔Expression of the patient's main
complaint in his or her own words
✔✔A respiratory rate of 12 to 20 per minute is considered normal for which of the
following patients? - ✔✔Adult
✔✔Obstruction of the airway by the tongue is most likely to result in which of the
following sounds? - ✔✔Snoring
✔✔Narrowing of the upper airway at the level of the vocal cords is most likely to result
in which of the following sounds? - ✔✔Stridor
, ✔✔The pulse palpated to establish the presence or absence of a pulse in an infant is
the: - ✔✔Brachial pulse
✔✔Determining a blood pressure by feeling a distal pulse rather than listening through a
stethoscope is called: - ✔✔Palpation
✔✔Which component of blood pressure is obtained when using the palpation
technique? - ✔✔Systolic
✔✔When capillary refill is 1 second in a child, it is considered: - ✔✔Normal
✔✔Which of the following is not a vital sign? - ✔✔Nausea
✔✔Normal skin temperature is: - ✔✔Warm
✔✔You are transporting a 32-year-old man, who was involved in a high-speed motor
vehicle accident, to the hospital. His initial vital signs were blood pressure 124/72; pulse
104, strong and regular; and respiratory rate 14 and normal. Five minutes after you
obtain this set of vital signs, you repeat the vital signs and determine that the blood
pressure is now 104/70; pulse is 120, weak and regular; and his respiratory rate is 18
and normal. The change in vital signs is probably due to: - ✔✔A worsening in the
patient's condition
✔✔When lifting a patient, you should use the muscles in your: - ✔✔Legs
✔✔An effective method for lifting a very heavy device such as a stretcher is called a: -
✔✔Power lift
✔✔The length of the scoop stretcher should be adjusted to a length longer than the
patient: - ✔✔Before sliding the stretcher under the patient
✔✔The method of quickly removing a patient who is in respiratory arrest or is extremely
unstable from a car is called: - ✔✔Rapid extrication
✔✔Pregnant trauma patients showing signs of hypovolemic shock (without suspected
spinal injury) should be placed in what position? - ✔✔Left lateral recumbent
✔✔Before lifting or carrying a patient, the EMT should do all of the following except: -
✔✔Flex at the waist during the process
✔✔During exhalation, relaxation of the diaphragm causes pressure within the thoracic
cavity to - ✔✔Increase
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When confronted with a patient who has a 2-week history of persistent cough and
night sweats, the proper personal protective equipment for the EMT includes: -
✔✔Disposable medical gloves and a HEPA respirator
✔✔Diseases capable of being spread from one person to another are called: -
✔✔Communicable diseases
✔✔The simplest and most effective way to block the spread of infection is: - ✔✔Hand
washing after every patient contact
✔✔Which of the following is not a source of information at a hazardous materials
transportation accident site? - ✔✔The color of the vehicle
✔✔Which of the following best describes the term "standard of care"? - ✔✔The body of
knowledge, laws, policies, standards, and guidelines set forth by various standard-
setting organizations that provides the basis of prehospital and medical care
,✔✔You respond to the call of an attempted murder. You witness a person removing a
knife from the scene. What should you do? - ✔✔Report it to police and document the
event.
✔✔The Spinal column consists of _______ vertebrae. - ✔✔33
✔✔Two imaginary lines that intersect at the umbilicus form the: - ✔✔Abdominal
quadrants
✔✔Which of the following actions is produced by voluntary or skeletal muscles? -
✔✔Movement of the arms
✔✔Cardiac muscle is responsible for: - ✔✔Pumping of blood
✔✔The air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen from the lungs to the blood
occurs are called: - ✔✔Alveoli
✔✔The capillary level is where: - ✔✔Oxygen is transferred from blood to the cells
✔✔The part of the urinary system that filters the blood and reabsorbs essential
ingredients while excreting waste products is called the: - ✔✔Kidney
✔✔Which of the following best explains why a patient experiences cardiac arrest after
prolonged respiratory arrest? - ✔✔Cardiac hypoxia
✔✔You observe a child with labored breathing leaning forward with the head and neck
thrust forward, seated and perched on both hands. This is the: - ✔✔Tripod position
✔✔The groove formed by the larynx and muscles of the neck is the correct location for
finding the: - ✔✔Carotid pulse
✔✔The chief complaint is best described as: - ✔✔Expression of the patient's main
complaint in his or her own words
✔✔A respiratory rate of 12 to 20 per minute is considered normal for which of the
following patients? - ✔✔Adult
✔✔Obstruction of the airway by the tongue is most likely to result in which of the
following sounds? - ✔✔Snoring
✔✔Narrowing of the upper airway at the level of the vocal cords is most likely to result
in which of the following sounds? - ✔✔Stridor
, ✔✔The pulse palpated to establish the presence or absence of a pulse in an infant is
the: - ✔✔Brachial pulse
✔✔Determining a blood pressure by feeling a distal pulse rather than listening through a
stethoscope is called: - ✔✔Palpation
✔✔Which component of blood pressure is obtained when using the palpation
technique? - ✔✔Systolic
✔✔When capillary refill is 1 second in a child, it is considered: - ✔✔Normal
✔✔Which of the following is not a vital sign? - ✔✔Nausea
✔✔Normal skin temperature is: - ✔✔Warm
✔✔You are transporting a 32-year-old man, who was involved in a high-speed motor
vehicle accident, to the hospital. His initial vital signs were blood pressure 124/72; pulse
104, strong and regular; and respiratory rate 14 and normal. Five minutes after you
obtain this set of vital signs, you repeat the vital signs and determine that the blood
pressure is now 104/70; pulse is 120, weak and regular; and his respiratory rate is 18
and normal. The change in vital signs is probably due to: - ✔✔A worsening in the
patient's condition
✔✔When lifting a patient, you should use the muscles in your: - ✔✔Legs
✔✔An effective method for lifting a very heavy device such as a stretcher is called a: -
✔✔Power lift
✔✔The length of the scoop stretcher should be adjusted to a length longer than the
patient: - ✔✔Before sliding the stretcher under the patient
✔✔The method of quickly removing a patient who is in respiratory arrest or is extremely
unstable from a car is called: - ✔✔Rapid extrication
✔✔Pregnant trauma patients showing signs of hypovolemic shock (without suspected
spinal injury) should be placed in what position? - ✔✔Left lateral recumbent
✔✔Before lifting or carrying a patient, the EMT should do all of the following except: -
✔✔Flex at the waist during the process
✔✔During exhalation, relaxation of the diaphragm causes pressure within the thoracic
cavity to - ✔✔Increase
