NYS EMT EXAMINERS 2026 LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Upon arrival at a MVA, an EMS provider should immediately assess the scene for
safety, determine the # of patients and the mechanism of injury, and - ✔✔take body
substance isolation precautions
✔✔Which of the following is/are the MOST IMPT personal safety items when
responding to an emergency is: - ✔✔a. Seatbelt and shoulder harness
✔✔In triage, which of the following injuries would be considered to have the HIGHEST
priorities (red) - ✔✔Severe uncontrolled bleeding, open abdominal wounds, severe
head injury
✔✔A single EMS provider finds a non breathing and pulseless victim of a mva lying face
down in the road, and suspects the victim has a spinal injury. The EMS provider should
- ✔✔turn the victim's body as a unit and begin CPR
✔✔If slight gastric distention occurs in a victim as a result of positive-pressure
ventilation, the FIRST action the rescuer should take is to: - ✔✔ensure proper tidal
volume for visible chest rise
, ✔✔When it is necessary to perform CPR while transporting a patient on a stretcher, the
EMS provider should - ✔✔move the stretcher slowly so that effective CPR can continue
✔✔The ratio of compressions to ventilations for one-rescuever CPR on an adult without
an advanced airway is: - ✔✔30 compression to 2 ventilations
✔✔To perform external cardiac compressions on a 4-yr old child, you should use the -
✔✔heel of one hand
✔✔When performing CPR on an infant, the MINIMUM rate of chest compressions is at
least - ✔✔120 per min
✔✔The preferred method of chest compressions on an infant by two healthcare
providers is the - ✔✔two thumb, encircling hands technique
✔✔When performing adult two-rescuever CPR, when should the rescuer palpate the
carotid artery to check for the return of a spontaneous pulse? - ✔✔After 5 cycles of
CPR
✔✔When should ventilations be deliverd during 2 rescuer infant CPR with an advanced
airway in place? - ✔✔Any time during the compressions cycle
✔✔The method of clearing a severe airway obstruction in an unconscious adult patient
is to: - ✔✔administer chest compressions
✔✔As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the patient
as a state senator. The press demands to be told what has happened to the senator,
you should - ✔✔Advise the press that you are unable to comment
✔✔If the patient care protocols have been revised, it's the EMS providers responsiiblity
to - ✔✔Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar w/
the new protocols
✔✔The back surface of the body is known as the - ✔✔posterior surface
✔✔The overall purpose of the Primary Assessment is to - ✔✔Identify and correct life-
threatening problems and set prioriities
✔✔Gaseous exchange in the lungs takes place in the - ✔✔alveoli
✔✔which of the following is the BEST definition of the term" auscultation" - ✔✔listening
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Upon arrival at a MVA, an EMS provider should immediately assess the scene for
safety, determine the # of patients and the mechanism of injury, and - ✔✔take body
substance isolation precautions
✔✔Which of the following is/are the MOST IMPT personal safety items when
responding to an emergency is: - ✔✔a. Seatbelt and shoulder harness
✔✔In triage, which of the following injuries would be considered to have the HIGHEST
priorities (red) - ✔✔Severe uncontrolled bleeding, open abdominal wounds, severe
head injury
✔✔A single EMS provider finds a non breathing and pulseless victim of a mva lying face
down in the road, and suspects the victim has a spinal injury. The EMS provider should
- ✔✔turn the victim's body as a unit and begin CPR
✔✔If slight gastric distention occurs in a victim as a result of positive-pressure
ventilation, the FIRST action the rescuer should take is to: - ✔✔ensure proper tidal
volume for visible chest rise
, ✔✔When it is necessary to perform CPR while transporting a patient on a stretcher, the
EMS provider should - ✔✔move the stretcher slowly so that effective CPR can continue
✔✔The ratio of compressions to ventilations for one-rescuever CPR on an adult without
an advanced airway is: - ✔✔30 compression to 2 ventilations
✔✔To perform external cardiac compressions on a 4-yr old child, you should use the -
✔✔heel of one hand
✔✔When performing CPR on an infant, the MINIMUM rate of chest compressions is at
least - ✔✔120 per min
✔✔The preferred method of chest compressions on an infant by two healthcare
providers is the - ✔✔two thumb, encircling hands technique
✔✔When performing adult two-rescuever CPR, when should the rescuer palpate the
carotid artery to check for the return of a spontaneous pulse? - ✔✔After 5 cycles of
CPR
✔✔When should ventilations be deliverd during 2 rescuer infant CPR with an advanced
airway in place? - ✔✔Any time during the compressions cycle
✔✔The method of clearing a severe airway obstruction in an unconscious adult patient
is to: - ✔✔administer chest compressions
✔✔As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the patient
as a state senator. The press demands to be told what has happened to the senator,
you should - ✔✔Advise the press that you are unable to comment
✔✔If the patient care protocols have been revised, it's the EMS providers responsiiblity
to - ✔✔Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar w/
the new protocols
✔✔The back surface of the body is known as the - ✔✔posterior surface
✔✔The overall purpose of the Primary Assessment is to - ✔✔Identify and correct life-
threatening problems and set prioriities
✔✔Gaseous exchange in the lungs takes place in the - ✔✔alveoli
✔✔which of the following is the BEST definition of the term" auscultation" - ✔✔listening
