EMT NYS Certified First Responder (CFR) 60 hrs (NYS CFR) - actual exam questions and answers
Wires across car. Advise victim to: - --Stay in the car
Symptom of blood loss: - --Low blood pressure
A child fall is considered bad if distance is: - --3x child's height / 10 feet
Overdose patient, place them: - --On their side (recovery position)
Definition of Triage: - --Sorting
Patient with communicable disease. CFR should avoid: - --Secretions of any kind
Do not disturb crime scene unless: - --Necessary to treat patient
What law protects the CFR while on duty? - --Public Health Law Amniotic Sac intact while delivering, CFR shall: - --Tear Sac from the face as the head delivers
Pregnancy occurs in the: - --Uterus
Symptom or Sign of Diabetic patient: - --Altered Mental Status (AMS)
Removing wreckage from around victim: - --Disentanglement
T/F a CFR has duty to act while on duty? - --True
Medical term for nosebleed: - --Epistaxis
Arterial Bleed characteristics: - --Spurting and Bright Red color
Place where gas exchange occurs in the lung: - --Alveoli
Systolic blood pressure is: - --Top number (then Diastolic)
Most common cause of airway obstruction in unresponsive patient: - --Tongue
Method of ventilating person with Stoma: - --Mask to Stoma
Preferred place to feel pulse on Infant: - --Brachial
Signs of Shock: - --Pale, Cool, Moist. Rapid Pulse. Anxiety
Superior: - --Towards the Head
Most common spinal injury: - --Cervical (Neck)
Cyanosis indicator: - --Skin/Lips blue (lack of O2)
Most common cause of seizure in children: - --Fever
Definition of a Stroke: - --Sudden interruption of blood flow to a portion of the brain.