NYS EMT-B PRACTICE QUESTIONS 3 Already Passed

NYS EMT-B PRACTICE QUESTIONS 3 Already Passed The role of the ems provider is to do all of the following EXCEPT: a. Perform primary assessment b. Provide initial resuscitation c. Provide definitive diagnosis d. Package patients for transportation C As a part of infection control procedures, it is ESSENTIAL that the EMS provider: a. Dispose of all equipment used after each call b. Wash his/her hands after treating each patient c. Wash his/her clothes after each patient contact d. Avoid casual contact with any patients B Another name for the left lateral position is a. Semi-fowlers b. Trendelenburg c. Recovery position d. Dorsal recumbent C In what position should an unconscious overdose patient be transported to a hospital? a. On his/her back, with feet elevated b. On his/her side c. Seated, with head tilted back and legs elevated d. Facedown, with head elevated B A single EMS provider finds a non-breathing and pulseless victim of a motor vehicle accident lying face down in the road, and suspects that the victim has a spinal injury. The EMS provider should: a. Do nothing until help arrives b. Leave the victim in place and attempt to apply the principles of CPR c. Turn the victim's body as a unit and begin CPR d. Apply an extrication collar and attempt to ventilate C The pre-hospital care report (PCR) is considered to be a. A part of the patients hospital chart b. A matter of public records c. Inadmissible in a court of law d. A research document only A When communicating with an elderly patient an EMS provider should a. Yell in the patients ear b. Speak only to the family c. Use written notes d. Speak to the patient in a normal voice D An EMS provider is called to the scene of an accident and notices conditions, which suggest that the patient has been involved in a crime. The EMS Provider should: a. Continue patient care and report the incident to the police at the earliest convenient time b. Stop patient care and call the police c. Continue patient care and maintain patient confidentiality by not reporting the suspicions d. Place the patient in restraints and then summon the