NYS STATE EMT CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS () WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS,
100% GUARANTEED PASS SCORE
ASCORERS
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NYS STATE EMT CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS (2024 /
2025) WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS, 100% GUARANTEED PASS
SCORE
An EMS Provider responds to a call and finds an 8- yr old female with
no pulse or respirations. The patient has a history of terminal brain
cancer. The family states the last time she as seen alive was 5 mins prior
to EMS being called. They also state patient has a DNR oder. In NYS,
EMS personnel may accept which of the following DNR instruments as
valid?
Verbal request from family
A. Written non-hospital
B. DNR or MOLST form
C. Written healthcare proxy
D. Written living will ANS: Written out-of-hospital DNR
OR MOLST FORM
Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-
threatening injury or illness and is:
a. Under police custody
b. A threat to himself and others
c. Under age of 18
d. Unconscious ANS: D. unconscious
The opposite of distal is
a. Superior
b. Medial
c. Lateral
d. Proximal ANS: D. Proximal
The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the most
blood into the aorta is the
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a. Right atrium
b. Left ventricle
c. Right ventricle
d. Left atrium ANS: B. LEFT VENTRICLE
In correct sequence (VERTEBRAE SECTIONS)
and number in each section ANS: cervical (7), thoracic (5), lumbar
(12), sacral (5), and coccygeal (4)
The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: ANS: A. establish a
baseline for additional evaluations
PCR has how many spots for writing vital signs? ANS: 3 spots
When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really
a. Counting pressure waves of blood that the heart sends through an
artery
b. Feeling the swelling of the vein as each wave of blood passes back to
the heart
c. Noting the heartbeats in the column of blood in a large vein
d. Feeling the vibrations of the heart muscles as they push the blood
through ANS: A. counting the pressure waves of blood that the heart
sends through an artery
In people whose skin is darkly pigmented, cyanosis is BEST seen by
observing
a. Mucosal membranes
b. Earlobes
c. Scalp
d. Face ANS: A. mucosal membranes
You are treating an alert 35-year old trauma patient. You palpate a
strong radial pulse of 100. Your partner has taken the patient's blood
pressure and advised you that it is 68/32. You should:
a. Suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate it
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b. Accept the reading as accurate
c. Ask you partner to retake BP reading again in 15 min
d. Treat patient for hypertension immediately ANS: A. suspect the
accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate it yourself
A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the
pressure
a. Exists when heart left ventricle is refilling
b. Due to the contraction of the ventricles of the heart
c. Caused by contraction of the atria of heart
d. Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries ANS: d.
Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries
All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT?
a. Headache
b. Weak pulse
c. Chest pain
d. Nausea ANS: B. weak pulse
sign vs symptom ANS: a sign is a physical manifestation (objective)-
something you can measure
symptom is what the patient tells you about the disease (subjective)
For a patient with a suspected lumbar spinal injury, the BEST device for
moving the patient as a single unit over uneven terrain is the:
A. wheeled stretcher
B. long spine board
C. flexible stretcher
D. short spine board ANS: B. long spine board
Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations
A. chest expansion
B. pupil size
C. blood pressure
QUESTIONS () WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS,
100% GUARANTEED PASS SCORE
ASCORERS
,Page 1 of 34
NYS STATE EMT CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS (2024 /
2025) WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS, 100% GUARANTEED PASS
SCORE
An EMS Provider responds to a call and finds an 8- yr old female with
no pulse or respirations. The patient has a history of terminal brain
cancer. The family states the last time she as seen alive was 5 mins prior
to EMS being called. They also state patient has a DNR oder. In NYS,
EMS personnel may accept which of the following DNR instruments as
valid?
Verbal request from family
A. Written non-hospital
B. DNR or MOLST form
C. Written healthcare proxy
D. Written living will ANS: Written out-of-hospital DNR
OR MOLST FORM
Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-
threatening injury or illness and is:
a. Under police custody
b. A threat to himself and others
c. Under age of 18
d. Unconscious ANS: D. unconscious
The opposite of distal is
a. Superior
b. Medial
c. Lateral
d. Proximal ANS: D. Proximal
The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the most
blood into the aorta is the
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a. Right atrium
b. Left ventricle
c. Right ventricle
d. Left atrium ANS: B. LEFT VENTRICLE
In correct sequence (VERTEBRAE SECTIONS)
and number in each section ANS: cervical (7), thoracic (5), lumbar
(12), sacral (5), and coccygeal (4)
The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: ANS: A. establish a
baseline for additional evaluations
PCR has how many spots for writing vital signs? ANS: 3 spots
When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really
a. Counting pressure waves of blood that the heart sends through an
artery
b. Feeling the swelling of the vein as each wave of blood passes back to
the heart
c. Noting the heartbeats in the column of blood in a large vein
d. Feeling the vibrations of the heart muscles as they push the blood
through ANS: A. counting the pressure waves of blood that the heart
sends through an artery
In people whose skin is darkly pigmented, cyanosis is BEST seen by
observing
a. Mucosal membranes
b. Earlobes
c. Scalp
d. Face ANS: A. mucosal membranes
You are treating an alert 35-year old trauma patient. You palpate a
strong radial pulse of 100. Your partner has taken the patient's blood
pressure and advised you that it is 68/32. You should:
a. Suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate it
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b. Accept the reading as accurate
c. Ask you partner to retake BP reading again in 15 min
d. Treat patient for hypertension immediately ANS: A. suspect the
accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate it yourself
A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the
pressure
a. Exists when heart left ventricle is refilling
b. Due to the contraction of the ventricles of the heart
c. Caused by contraction of the atria of heart
d. Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries ANS: d.
Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries
All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT?
a. Headache
b. Weak pulse
c. Chest pain
d. Nausea ANS: B. weak pulse
sign vs symptom ANS: a sign is a physical manifestation (objective)-
something you can measure
symptom is what the patient tells you about the disease (subjective)
For a patient with a suspected lumbar spinal injury, the BEST device for
moving the patient as a single unit over uneven terrain is the:
A. wheeled stretcher
B. long spine board
C. flexible stretcher
D. short spine board ANS: B. long spine board
Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations
A. chest expansion
B. pupil size
C. blood pressure
