NYS EMT WRITTEN TEST REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS |2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in accordance with:
1. the sovereign immunity doctrine
2. approved protocols
3. professional standards
4. institutional standards
3. professional standards
The extent of medical procedures an EMT is authorized to perform is called the:
1. Medical release
2. Scope of practice/care
3. duty to act
4. physician relationship
2. Scope of practice/care
which of the following is the EMT's best defense in a lawsuit?
1. excellent documentation of patient care
2. current certification
3. knowledge of all legal aspects of emergency care
4. Being proficient.
1. excellent documentation of patient care
ems providers must be certified to perform legally at their level of training. the new york state
law that establishes this level is:
1. good samartitan law
2. general meunicipal law
3. medical license
4. public health law
4. public health law
the first action taken by the ems provider at the scene of an emergency should be:
1. triage all victims
2. completion of the initial size up
3. notification to the electric and gas companies
4. requesting additional ambulances
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,2. completion of the initial size up
what is the legal basis for treating a patient whose judgment is impaired because he/she is
unconscious, AMS, severely ill, or badly injured?
1. applied consent
2. implied consent
3. informed consent
4. good samaritan act (non certified responders)
2. implied consent
which of the following arteries is the most reliable for detecting an adults pulse?
1. brachial
2. femoral
3. carotid
4. radial
3. carotid
difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, and inability to concentrate are all warning signs of:
1. type a personality
2. job burn out
3. diabetes
4. stress
4. stress
a special kind of stress encountered by emergency responders that results from exposure. to
incidents of a critical nature is:
1. pre-incident stress
2. personal stress
3. workplace stress
4. critical incident stress
4. critical incident stress
which of the following is a warning sign of stress?
1. isolation
2. anxiety
3. problems sleeping
4. all of the above
4. all of the above
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,during the inital assessment, after ensuring adequate respiration, what is the next step in
caring for a patient?
1. ensure adequate circulation
2. immobilize angulated fractures
3. check for paralysis of the limbs
4. determine level of consciousness
1. ensure adequate circulation
as you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the patient as a
state senator. immediately, the press demands to be told what has happend to the senator.
you should:
1. advise the press that you are unable to comment
2. deny the patient is the senator
3. tell the press your diagnosis
4. advise the press to contact the senators family
1. advise the press that you are unable to comment
if the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the ems providers responsibility to:
1. attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the new
protocols
2. continue to use the old protocols because they are already familiar
3. begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency receives them
4. operate only when in direct communication with the physician
1. attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the new
protocols
you arrive at the scene of an automobile accident where several bystanders are trying to
remove an unconscious patient from one of the vehicles. what should you do?
1. have police respond to control the crowd
2. apply a cervical collar and help extricate the patient
3. have the crowd stop the extrication process immediately
4. tell the crowd to continue their extrication efforts
3. have the crowd stop the extrication process immediately
a single emt finds a non-breathing pulseless victim of a motor vehicle accident lying prone in
the road he/she suspects a spinal injury, the emt should:
1. apply a cervical collar and attempt to ventilate
2. turn the patients body as a unit and begin cpr
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, 3. leave the patient in place an attempt to apply the principles of cpr
4. do nothing until help arrives
2. turn the patients body as a unit and begin cpr
during the inital assessment, you are assessing a conscious truama patient complaining loudly
of pain in the leg, you should:
1. begin to obtain the history
2. assess the leg immediately
3. discontinue the inital assessment, start the detailed physical exam
4. continue with your initial assessment
4. continue with your inital assessment
if a emt is transporting a patient to the hospital and the patient suddenly stops talking, the
next step should be to:
1. consult with an advanced emt provider
2. repeat the initial assessment
3. initiate a priority transport
4. stop the ambulance
2. repeat the initial assessment
the overall purpose of the initial assessment is to:
1. Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities.
2. Ensure that the airway is open and locate breathing problems.
3. Identify and treat major extremity injuries.
4. Identify minor problems and provide treatment.
1. Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities
In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult patient?
1. Head, neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen.
2. Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities.
3. Head, neck abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities.
4. Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, extremities.
2. Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities.
a driver has crashed into a tree. in what order should you check for the signs of life-
threatening problems in this accident victim?
1. Pulse, respirations, hemorrhage.
2. Respirations, hemorrhage, pulse.
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ANSWERS |2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in accordance with:
1. the sovereign immunity doctrine
2. approved protocols
3. professional standards
4. institutional standards
3. professional standards
The extent of medical procedures an EMT is authorized to perform is called the:
1. Medical release
2. Scope of practice/care
3. duty to act
4. physician relationship
2. Scope of practice/care
which of the following is the EMT's best defense in a lawsuit?
1. excellent documentation of patient care
2. current certification
3. knowledge of all legal aspects of emergency care
4. Being proficient.
1. excellent documentation of patient care
ems providers must be certified to perform legally at their level of training. the new york state
law that establishes this level is:
1. good samartitan law
2. general meunicipal law
3. medical license
4. public health law
4. public health law
the first action taken by the ems provider at the scene of an emergency should be:
1. triage all victims
2. completion of the initial size up
3. notification to the electric and gas companies
4. requesting additional ambulances
1|Page
,2. completion of the initial size up
what is the legal basis for treating a patient whose judgment is impaired because he/she is
unconscious, AMS, severely ill, or badly injured?
1. applied consent
2. implied consent
3. informed consent
4. good samaritan act (non certified responders)
2. implied consent
which of the following arteries is the most reliable for detecting an adults pulse?
1. brachial
2. femoral
3. carotid
4. radial
3. carotid
difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, and inability to concentrate are all warning signs of:
1. type a personality
2. job burn out
3. diabetes
4. stress
4. stress
a special kind of stress encountered by emergency responders that results from exposure. to
incidents of a critical nature is:
1. pre-incident stress
2. personal stress
3. workplace stress
4. critical incident stress
4. critical incident stress
which of the following is a warning sign of stress?
1. isolation
2. anxiety
3. problems sleeping
4. all of the above
4. all of the above
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,during the inital assessment, after ensuring adequate respiration, what is the next step in
caring for a patient?
1. ensure adequate circulation
2. immobilize angulated fractures
3. check for paralysis of the limbs
4. determine level of consciousness
1. ensure adequate circulation
as you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the patient as a
state senator. immediately, the press demands to be told what has happend to the senator.
you should:
1. advise the press that you are unable to comment
2. deny the patient is the senator
3. tell the press your diagnosis
4. advise the press to contact the senators family
1. advise the press that you are unable to comment
if the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the ems providers responsibility to:
1. attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the new
protocols
2. continue to use the old protocols because they are already familiar
3. begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency receives them
4. operate only when in direct communication with the physician
1. attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the new
protocols
you arrive at the scene of an automobile accident where several bystanders are trying to
remove an unconscious patient from one of the vehicles. what should you do?
1. have police respond to control the crowd
2. apply a cervical collar and help extricate the patient
3. have the crowd stop the extrication process immediately
4. tell the crowd to continue their extrication efforts
3. have the crowd stop the extrication process immediately
a single emt finds a non-breathing pulseless victim of a motor vehicle accident lying prone in
the road he/she suspects a spinal injury, the emt should:
1. apply a cervical collar and attempt to ventilate
2. turn the patients body as a unit and begin cpr
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, 3. leave the patient in place an attempt to apply the principles of cpr
4. do nothing until help arrives
2. turn the patients body as a unit and begin cpr
during the inital assessment, you are assessing a conscious truama patient complaining loudly
of pain in the leg, you should:
1. begin to obtain the history
2. assess the leg immediately
3. discontinue the inital assessment, start the detailed physical exam
4. continue with your initial assessment
4. continue with your inital assessment
if a emt is transporting a patient to the hospital and the patient suddenly stops talking, the
next step should be to:
1. consult with an advanced emt provider
2. repeat the initial assessment
3. initiate a priority transport
4. stop the ambulance
2. repeat the initial assessment
the overall purpose of the initial assessment is to:
1. Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities.
2. Ensure that the airway is open and locate breathing problems.
3. Identify and treat major extremity injuries.
4. Identify minor problems and provide treatment.
1. Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities
In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult patient?
1. Head, neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen.
2. Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities.
3. Head, neck abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities.
4. Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, extremities.
2. Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities.
a driver has crashed into a tree. in what order should you check for the signs of life-
threatening problems in this accident victim?
1. Pulse, respirations, hemorrhage.
2. Respirations, hemorrhage, pulse.
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