NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAM 2023/2024

NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAM 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 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 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 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 - ANSWER Continue with your initial assessment 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-threatening problems and set priorities