NYS EMT EXAM COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
1. The primary advantage of a nasopharyngeal airway is:
ANS: that it can be usedin a patient who has an intact gag reflex.
2. BVM's must have a volume of at least mL for newborns and infants.-
ANS: 500 (Child BVM)
3. For infants and children, ventilations should be delivered every
- seconds once an advanced airway is in place.
ANS: 2-3 (20-30 breathsper minute)
4. When an advanced airway is in place you should not pause compressionsfor
ventilations.
True or False
ANS: True
5. Which should occur first:
Turn on the AED or Attach the AED patches
ANS: Turn on the AED
6. For EMT's, a maximum of defibrillations should occur before begin-
ning transport.
ANS: 3
7. You are at a local elementary school at an event, off duty, when a child
collapses in sudden cardiac arrest. An AED is available, but it does not have
pediatric patches, you should:
ANS: Ensure quality CPR and use the adult patchesto assess for a shockable
rhythm.
8. The time goal for recognition of stroke symptoms until time of arrival ata
stroke center is hours.
ANS: 3.5
, 9. Skin exposed to chemicals should be flushed for at least minutes.-
ANS: 20
10. Burn patients with burns less than % can be treated with moistened
dressings for comfort.
ANS: 10% (NYS protocol)
11. An open fracture is
ANS: any open wound near a suspected bone injury.
12. When can a limb be manually realigned?
ANS: Severe long bone fracture withdeformity. Dislocations should only be
repositioned if distal cyanosis and loss ofdistal pulses occurs.
13. When is extremity traction contraindicated?
ANS: Injury close to the knee, hip,or pelvis, partial amputation or avulsion with
bone separation, and injury to the lower leg or ankle.
14. Trauma Field Triage decisions are based 3 criteria. Those are:
ANS: Injuriesfound, vitals, mechanism of injury.
15. Adult trauma patients with a respiratory rates less than or greater
than should be transported to the trauma center.
ANS: 10 or 29
16. Chemical burns to the eyes must be irrigated for a minimum of
minutes.
ANS: 20
17. For eyes injuries you should bandage
(the injured eye/both eyes)
ANS: Both eyes to reduce sympathetic eye movement.
18. Your patient is on a NRB at 12 lpm.The reservoir fully collapses with each
1. The primary advantage of a nasopharyngeal airway is:
ANS: that it can be usedin a patient who has an intact gag reflex.
2. BVM's must have a volume of at least mL for newborns and infants.-
ANS: 500 (Child BVM)
3. For infants and children, ventilations should be delivered every
- seconds once an advanced airway is in place.
ANS: 2-3 (20-30 breathsper minute)
4. When an advanced airway is in place you should not pause compressionsfor
ventilations.
True or False
ANS: True
5. Which should occur first:
Turn on the AED or Attach the AED patches
ANS: Turn on the AED
6. For EMT's, a maximum of defibrillations should occur before begin-
ning transport.
ANS: 3
7. You are at a local elementary school at an event, off duty, when a child
collapses in sudden cardiac arrest. An AED is available, but it does not have
pediatric patches, you should:
ANS: Ensure quality CPR and use the adult patchesto assess for a shockable
rhythm.
8. The time goal for recognition of stroke symptoms until time of arrival ata
stroke center is hours.
ANS: 3.5
, 9. Skin exposed to chemicals should be flushed for at least minutes.-
ANS: 20
10. Burn patients with burns less than % can be treated with moistened
dressings for comfort.
ANS: 10% (NYS protocol)
11. An open fracture is
ANS: any open wound near a suspected bone injury.
12. When can a limb be manually realigned?
ANS: Severe long bone fracture withdeformity. Dislocations should only be
repositioned if distal cyanosis and loss ofdistal pulses occurs.
13. When is extremity traction contraindicated?
ANS: Injury close to the knee, hip,or pelvis, partial amputation or avulsion with
bone separation, and injury to the lower leg or ankle.
14. Trauma Field Triage decisions are based 3 criteria. Those are:
ANS: Injuriesfound, vitals, mechanism of injury.
15. Adult trauma patients with a respiratory rates less than or greater
than should be transported to the trauma center.
ANS: 10 or 29
16. Chemical burns to the eyes must be irrigated for a minimum of
minutes.
ANS: 20
17. For eyes injuries you should bandage
(the injured eye/both eyes)
ANS: Both eyes to reduce sympathetic eye movement.
18. Your patient is on a NRB at 12 lpm.The reservoir fully collapses with each
