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NYS EMT EXAM PRACTICE TEST #1
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
The role of the EMS Provider is to do all of the following except:
a) perform primary assessment
b) provide initial resuscitation
c) provide definite diagnosis
d) package patients for transportation - ✔✔c) provide definitive diagnosis
In what position should an unconscious overdose patient be transported to
a hospital?
a) on their side, with feet elevated
b) on their side
c) seated, with head tilted back and legs elevated
d) face down, with head elevated - ✔✔b) on their side
Which of the following pieces of equipment is especially designed and
useful for removing patients from heights or for carrying them over rough
terrain or rubble?
a) splint fram stretcher
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b) full spine board
c) stokes basket
d) D-ring stretcher - ✔✔c) stokes basket
The prehospital care report (PCR) is considered to be:
a) a part of the patient's hospital chart
b) a matter of public record
c) inadmissible in a court of law
d) a research document only - ✔✔a) a part of the patient's hospital chart
EMS providers must be certified to perform legally at their level of training.
the NYS law that establishes this level is the:
a) good samaritan law
b) general municipal law
c) medical license law
d) public health law - ✔✔d) public health law
If consent is refused by a conscious and mentally competent adult, that
person CANNOT be treated without:
a) consent from the immediate family
b) a court of order
c) consent from the police
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d) orders from medical control - ✔✔d) orders from medical control
You are called to a rural home by the mother of a 4 year old girl. Upon
arrival, you begin to treat a dog-bite wound on the girl's arm when the girl's
father comes into the house and tells you to leave her alone. The mother
asks you to continue your care of the child. Faced with the situation above,
you should:
a) separate both parents from the child and sort our the consent issues
b) continue care of the girl in her mother's presence and notify police
c) call the children services division of the state for permission to continue
care
d) immediately cease care of the child according to her father's wishes -
✔✔b) continue care of the girl in her mother's presence and notify police
Providing care within the scope practice would be considered to be an
accordance with:
a) the sovereign immunity doctrine
b) state law
c) professional conduct
d) institutional standards - ✔✔B) state law
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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 process with treatment
c) take the child to the hospital but provide no treatment
d) presume that parental consent is implied and proceed with treatment -
✔✔d) presume that parental consent is implied and proceed with treatment
You are called to the residence of a 74-year-old female who has fallen and
has a large area of ecchymosis on her left hip. You are met by a neighbor,
who was caring for the patient while her daughter was out of town. The
neighbor explains that the patient has a history of Alzheimer's and presents
a NYS Department of Health Non-Hospital Order Not to Resuscitate (DNR)
form. This patient is unable to communicate, so you should:
a) contact medical control to have the DNR overridden
b) treat the patient for a potential hip fracture
c) explain to the neighbor that the patient cannot be treated since there is
no one present to give informed consent
NYS EMT EXAM PRACTICE TEST #1
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
The role of the EMS Provider is to do all of the following except:
a) perform primary assessment
b) provide initial resuscitation
c) provide definite diagnosis
d) package patients for transportation - ✔✔c) provide definitive diagnosis
In what position should an unconscious overdose patient be transported to
a hospital?
a) on their side, with feet elevated
b) on their side
c) seated, with head tilted back and legs elevated
d) face down, with head elevated - ✔✔b) on their side
Which of the following pieces of equipment is especially designed and
useful for removing patients from heights or for carrying them over rough
terrain or rubble?
a) splint fram stretcher
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b) full spine board
c) stokes basket
d) D-ring stretcher - ✔✔c) stokes basket
The prehospital care report (PCR) is considered to be:
a) a part of the patient's hospital chart
b) a matter of public record
c) inadmissible in a court of law
d) a research document only - ✔✔a) a part of the patient's hospital chart
EMS providers must be certified to perform legally at their level of training.
the NYS law that establishes this level is the:
a) good samaritan law
b) general municipal law
c) medical license law
d) public health law - ✔✔d) public health law
If consent is refused by a conscious and mentally competent adult, that
person CANNOT be treated without:
a) consent from the immediate family
b) a court of order
c) consent from the police
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d) orders from medical control - ✔✔d) orders from medical control
You are called to a rural home by the mother of a 4 year old girl. Upon
arrival, you begin to treat a dog-bite wound on the girl's arm when the girl's
father comes into the house and tells you to leave her alone. The mother
asks you to continue your care of the child. Faced with the situation above,
you should:
a) separate both parents from the child and sort our the consent issues
b) continue care of the girl in her mother's presence and notify police
c) call the children services division of the state for permission to continue
care
d) immediately cease care of the child according to her father's wishes -
✔✔b) continue care of the girl in her mother's presence and notify police
Providing care within the scope practice would be considered to be an
accordance with:
a) the sovereign immunity doctrine
b) state law
c) professional conduct
d) institutional standards - ✔✔B) state law
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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 process with treatment
c) take the child to the hospital but provide no treatment
d) presume that parental consent is implied and proceed with treatment -
✔✔d) presume that parental consent is implied and proceed with treatment
You are called to the residence of a 74-year-old female who has fallen and
has a large area of ecchymosis on her left hip. You are met by a neighbor,
who was caring for the patient while her daughter was out of town. The
neighbor explains that the patient has a history of Alzheimer's and presents
a NYS Department of Health Non-Hospital Order Not to Resuscitate (DNR)
form. This patient is unable to communicate, so you should:
a) contact medical control to have the DNR overridden
b) treat the patient for a potential hip fracture
c) explain to the neighbor that the patient cannot be treated since there is
no one present to give informed consent
