NYS EMT-B WRITTEN
REVIEW 2024 Update
**A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the pressure -
✔✔✔ANSWER-a-exists when the heart's left ventricle is refilling
(OR heart
**An EMS provider is treating a patient who has a head injury resulting from a
blow by a baseball bat. What other problem are likely to be present?
- Hypothermia
- Hypertensive shock due to blood loss
- Spinal injuries
- Lung collapse - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Spinal injuries
**During single-rescuer CPR, which of the following ventilation devices would be
MOST effective for ventilating a patient
,- NRB
- Pocket mask w/ oxygen
- Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
- BVM w/o oxygen - ✔✔✔ANSWER-BVM w/o oxygen
**During the Prim. Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma patient
complaining loudly of pain in the leg, you should:
- begin to obtain the history
- assess the leg immediately
- discontinue the Primary Assessment and start the Detailed Physical Examination
- continue with your Primary Assessment - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Continue with
Primary Assessment
**For a trauma victim w/ a respiratory rate of 40/min, shallow and irregular, who
is pale and has a history of emphysema, the MOST APPROPRIATE treatment
would be to:
a. use of a bvm w/ supp oxygen
b. administer low-conc oxygen b/c of emphysema history
c. administer supp oxygen w/ a high-conc mask
d. transport the patient sitting up to ease the patient's dyspnea - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Use of a BVM w/ supp. oxygen
**The oropharyngeal airway will help keep the tongue away from the -
✔✔✔ANSWER-epiglottis
**The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: - ✔✔✔ANSWER-establish a
baseline for additional evaluations
, **While assessing the MOI of a motor vehicle crash, an EMS provider finds that
the airbag has been deployed: The EMS provider should:
a. decontaminate the patient
b. remove the airbag
c. disconnect the battery
d. lift the airbag and check underneath for damage - ✔✔✔ANSWER-d. lift the
airbag and check underneath for damage
**While performing ventilations on an infant or child in respiratory arrest, you
should ventilate every - ✔✔✔ANSWER-3-5 seconds
**You are treating a male patient who has a penetrating chest wound and frothy
bright-red blood at the mouth. About 10 minutes after sealing the chest wall, you
notice the patient's breathing becoems much worse. At this point you should,
a) immediately place the patient on the uninjured side
b) life one corner of the dressing
c) administer positive-pressure ventilation immediately
d) administer pure oxygen to aid respiration - ✔✔✔ANSWER-administer positive
pressure ventilation immediately
*33. If life threatening conditions are identified during the focused history and
physical exam, the EMT should immediately:
a. repeat the Primary Assessment
b. take vital signs
c. begin transportation efforts
REVIEW 2024 Update
**A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the pressure -
✔✔✔ANSWER-a-exists when the heart's left ventricle is refilling
(OR heart
**An EMS provider is treating a patient who has a head injury resulting from a
blow by a baseball bat. What other problem are likely to be present?
- Hypothermia
- Hypertensive shock due to blood loss
- Spinal injuries
- Lung collapse - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Spinal injuries
**During single-rescuer CPR, which of the following ventilation devices would be
MOST effective for ventilating a patient
,- NRB
- Pocket mask w/ oxygen
- Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
- BVM w/o oxygen - ✔✔✔ANSWER-BVM w/o oxygen
**During the Prim. Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma patient
complaining loudly of pain in the leg, you should:
- begin to obtain the history
- assess the leg immediately
- discontinue the Primary Assessment and start the Detailed Physical Examination
- continue with your Primary Assessment - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Continue with
Primary Assessment
**For a trauma victim w/ a respiratory rate of 40/min, shallow and irregular, who
is pale and has a history of emphysema, the MOST APPROPRIATE treatment
would be to:
a. use of a bvm w/ supp oxygen
b. administer low-conc oxygen b/c of emphysema history
c. administer supp oxygen w/ a high-conc mask
d. transport the patient sitting up to ease the patient's dyspnea - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Use of a BVM w/ supp. oxygen
**The oropharyngeal airway will help keep the tongue away from the -
✔✔✔ANSWER-epiglottis
**The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: - ✔✔✔ANSWER-establish a
baseline for additional evaluations
, **While assessing the MOI of a motor vehicle crash, an EMS provider finds that
the airbag has been deployed: The EMS provider should:
a. decontaminate the patient
b. remove the airbag
c. disconnect the battery
d. lift the airbag and check underneath for damage - ✔✔✔ANSWER-d. lift the
airbag and check underneath for damage
**While performing ventilations on an infant or child in respiratory arrest, you
should ventilate every - ✔✔✔ANSWER-3-5 seconds
**You are treating a male patient who has a penetrating chest wound and frothy
bright-red blood at the mouth. About 10 minutes after sealing the chest wall, you
notice the patient's breathing becoems much worse. At this point you should,
a) immediately place the patient on the uninjured side
b) life one corner of the dressing
c) administer positive-pressure ventilation immediately
d) administer pure oxygen to aid respiration - ✔✔✔ANSWER-administer positive
pressure ventilation immediately
*33. If life threatening conditions are identified during the focused history and
physical exam, the EMT should immediately:
a. repeat the Primary Assessment
b. take vital signs
c. begin transportation efforts
