emt final exam review guide 2025
Proper lifting techniques include:
Keep the weight close to your body
Lift with legs
Don't reach
Lift using palms up
The number one cause of EMT injury is from
improper lifting position
Your first concern is always
your own saftey
If you are the first unit on a Hazmat Scene
set up a safe zone
Always approach a hazmat scene and park your ambulance
upwind and uphill
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
early intervention that occurs at the scene or shortly after the scene of an incident, designed
to stop the negative stress process that may occur in the hour immediately following a
disaster response
best accomplished if commenced within a 24-72 hours of the incident
Public Health Law Article 30, Part 800
contains the rules and regulations in reference to EMS & immunities. An EMT cannot be
held liable unless gross negligence can be proven.
The Good Samaritan Act
does not cover the EMT in NYS
NYS EMS liability is covered under
NYS Public Health Law
,Negligance
Deviation from standard of care by law.
Criteria to prove:
Duty to act
Breach of duty
Injury occurred
Proximate cause
Proximate cause
injury resulted from the improper action or failure to act
Assault and Battery
(unlawfully placing someone in fear of immediate bodily harm) & (unlawful touching)
Consent
agreement by the patient to accept medical intervention
Informed (Actual) Consent
A patient is told, in a manner they can understand, the nature and extent of the procedure to
be performed and the possible risks. The patient fully understands the procedures, risks
involved, and accepts.
Implied Consent
The unconscious, mentally impaired, or child patient under age 18 in a true emergency, in
which there is a significant risk of death, disability or deterioration of the condition, the LAW
assumes that the patient or guardian would give their consent.
Abandonment
the termination of the provider-patient relationship without consent from the patient and not
allowing the patient time to find another provider while care is still needed.
Transferrin a patient to another health care professional who is not of equal or higher training
than you.
Delegated Practice
The system Medical Director who is a physician delegates the rescuer to carry out actions
on their behalf. Example is on line medical direction (medical control) or off line medical
direction (standing orders and/or protocols).
Quality Improvement
,a system of internal and external audits, that monitors every aspect of pre-hospital care to
achieve optimal excellence in-patient services rendered. When quality issues are
discovered, suggestions are made to prevent re occurrence.
Observations at the scene
subjective
Physical findings
objective
PCR's
No personal comments from the EMT
If you didn't write it, you didn't do it
Draw one line through an error, initial it, date it, continue
Have a family member, witness, or police officer sign the RMA
An EMT's best protection against possible legal proceedings is:
quality patient care and well-written PCR's
Pronouncement of Death
Rigor Mortis
Dependent Lividity
Decapitation
Decomposition
Patient submerged greater than 1 hour or injury not compatible with life
Valid NYS Pre-hospial DNR or MOLST form with patient
Brady
slow
Contra/anti
against
Des/dis/dys
Disorder, difficult
Tachy
fast
, Cardio
heart
Cerebro
brain
Cephalo
head
Hemi
half
Hypo
deficient/below
Hyper
above/excess
Inter
between
Intra
inside
Anterior (ventral)
towards the front of the body or part
Posterior (dorsal)
towards the back of the body or body part
Superior
above; upper
Inferior
below, lower
Proper lifting techniques include:
Keep the weight close to your body
Lift with legs
Don't reach
Lift using palms up
The number one cause of EMT injury is from
improper lifting position
Your first concern is always
your own saftey
If you are the first unit on a Hazmat Scene
set up a safe zone
Always approach a hazmat scene and park your ambulance
upwind and uphill
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
early intervention that occurs at the scene or shortly after the scene of an incident, designed
to stop the negative stress process that may occur in the hour immediately following a
disaster response
best accomplished if commenced within a 24-72 hours of the incident
Public Health Law Article 30, Part 800
contains the rules and regulations in reference to EMS & immunities. An EMT cannot be
held liable unless gross negligence can be proven.
The Good Samaritan Act
does not cover the EMT in NYS
NYS EMS liability is covered under
NYS Public Health Law
,Negligance
Deviation from standard of care by law.
Criteria to prove:
Duty to act
Breach of duty
Injury occurred
Proximate cause
Proximate cause
injury resulted from the improper action or failure to act
Assault and Battery
(unlawfully placing someone in fear of immediate bodily harm) & (unlawful touching)
Consent
agreement by the patient to accept medical intervention
Informed (Actual) Consent
A patient is told, in a manner they can understand, the nature and extent of the procedure to
be performed and the possible risks. The patient fully understands the procedures, risks
involved, and accepts.
Implied Consent
The unconscious, mentally impaired, or child patient under age 18 in a true emergency, in
which there is a significant risk of death, disability or deterioration of the condition, the LAW
assumes that the patient or guardian would give their consent.
Abandonment
the termination of the provider-patient relationship without consent from the patient and not
allowing the patient time to find another provider while care is still needed.
Transferrin a patient to another health care professional who is not of equal or higher training
than you.
Delegated Practice
The system Medical Director who is a physician delegates the rescuer to carry out actions
on their behalf. Example is on line medical direction (medical control) or off line medical
direction (standing orders and/or protocols).
Quality Improvement
,a system of internal and external audits, that monitors every aspect of pre-hospital care to
achieve optimal excellence in-patient services rendered. When quality issues are
discovered, suggestions are made to prevent re occurrence.
Observations at the scene
subjective
Physical findings
objective
PCR's
No personal comments from the EMT
If you didn't write it, you didn't do it
Draw one line through an error, initial it, date it, continue
Have a family member, witness, or police officer sign the RMA
An EMT's best protection against possible legal proceedings is:
quality patient care and well-written PCR's
Pronouncement of Death
Rigor Mortis
Dependent Lividity
Decapitation
Decomposition
Patient submerged greater than 1 hour or injury not compatible with life
Valid NYS Pre-hospial DNR or MOLST form with patient
Brady
slow
Contra/anti
against
Des/dis/dys
Disorder, difficult
Tachy
fast
, Cardio
heart
Cerebro
brain
Cephalo
head
Hemi
half
Hypo
deficient/below
Hyper
above/excess
Inter
between
Intra
inside
Anterior (ventral)
towards the front of the body or part
Posterior (dorsal)
towards the back of the body or body part
Superior
above; upper
Inferior
below, lower
