NYS EMT-B WRITTEN REVIEW EXAM 2023 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

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? Written out-of-hospital DNR Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-threatening injury or illness and is: unconscious The opposite of distal is Proximal The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the most blood into the aorta is the LEFT VENTRICLE In correct sequence (VERTEBRAE SECTIONS) cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal **The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: establish a baseline for additional evaluations When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really counting the pressure waves of blood that the heart sends through an artery In people whose skin is darkly pigmeneted, cyanosis is BEST seen by observing under the tongue 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 yourself **A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the pressure a-exists when the heart's left ventricle is refilling (OR heart Which of the following is an example of a symptom? -Cyanosis -Chest pain -Dilated pupils -Low BP CHEST PAIN 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 *fleixble stretcher? Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations -chest expansion -pupil size -blood pressure -skin color CHEST EXPANSION