NYS EMT-B WRITTEN REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.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 order. In NYS, EMS personnel may
accept which of the following DNR instruments as valid?
Answer Written out-of-hospital DNR
2.Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-
threatening injury or illness and is
Answer unconscious
3.The opposite of distal is
Answer Proximal
4.The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the
most blood into the aorta is the
Answer LEFT VENTRICLE
5.In correct sequence
(VERTEBRAE SECTIONS)
Answer cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal
,6.**The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to
Answer establish a baseline for additional evaluations
7.When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really
Answer counting the pressure waves of blood that the heart sends
through an artery
8.In people whose skin is darkly pigmeneted, cyanosis is BEST seen
by observing
Answer under the tongue
9.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
Answer a- suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate
it yourself
10.**A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the
pres- sure
Answer a-exists when the heart's left ventricle is refilling
(OR heart
11.Which of the following is an example of a symptom?
-Cyanosis
,-Chest pain
-Dilated pupils
-Low BP
Answer CHEST PAIN
12.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
-wheeled stretcher
-long spine board
-flexible stretcher
-short spine board
Answer *fleixble stretcher?
13.Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations
-chest expansion
-pupil size
-blood pressure
-skin color
Answer CHEST EXPANSION
14.Unless additional suctioning time is necessary to clear the airway, an
adult patient should be suctioned for NO LONGER THAN
Answer 15 seconds
, 15.**During single-rescuer CPR, which of the following ventilation
devices would be MOST effective for ventilating a patient
- NRB
- Pocket mask w/ oxygen
- Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
- BVM w/o oxygen
Answer BVM w/o oxygen
16.**While performing ventilations on an infant or child in respiratory
arrest, you should ventilate every
Answer 3-5 seconds
17.**The oropharyngeal airway will help keep the tongue away from the
Answer -
Epiglottis
18.You are called to the home of a patient who is on physician prescribed
low-concentration oxygen and who is NOT in acute respiratory distress.
Which type of oxygen delivery device should you use during transport?
- NRB
- Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
- BVM w/ supplemental oxgyen
- Nasal cannula
Answer Non-rebreathing mask
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.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 order. In NYS, EMS personnel may
accept which of the following DNR instruments as valid?
Answer Written out-of-hospital DNR
2.Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-
threatening injury or illness and is
Answer unconscious
3.The opposite of distal is
Answer Proximal
4.The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the
most blood into the aorta is the
Answer LEFT VENTRICLE
5.In correct sequence
(VERTEBRAE SECTIONS)
Answer cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal
,6.**The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to
Answer establish a baseline for additional evaluations
7.When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really
Answer counting the pressure waves of blood that the heart sends
through an artery
8.In people whose skin is darkly pigmeneted, cyanosis is BEST seen
by observing
Answer under the tongue
9.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
Answer a- suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate
it yourself
10.**A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the
pres- sure
Answer a-exists when the heart's left ventricle is refilling
(OR heart
11.Which of the following is an example of a symptom?
-Cyanosis
,-Chest pain
-Dilated pupils
-Low BP
Answer CHEST PAIN
12.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
-wheeled stretcher
-long spine board
-flexible stretcher
-short spine board
Answer *fleixble stretcher?
13.Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations
-chest expansion
-pupil size
-blood pressure
-skin color
Answer CHEST EXPANSION
14.Unless additional suctioning time is necessary to clear the airway, an
adult patient should be suctioned for NO LONGER THAN
Answer 15 seconds
, 15.**During single-rescuer CPR, which of the following ventilation
devices would be MOST effective for ventilating a patient
- NRB
- Pocket mask w/ oxygen
- Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
- BVM w/o oxygen
Answer BVM w/o oxygen
16.**While performing ventilations on an infant or child in respiratory
arrest, you should ventilate every
Answer 3-5 seconds
17.**The oropharyngeal airway will help keep the tongue away from the
Answer -
Epiglottis
18.You are called to the home of a patient who is on physician prescribed
low-concentration oxygen and who is NOT in acute respiratory distress.
Which type of oxygen delivery device should you use during transport?
- NRB
- Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
- BVM w/ supplemental oxgyen
- Nasal cannula
Answer Non-rebreathing mask
