NYS EMT-B State Exam Written Latest Update -

NYS EMT-B State Exam Written Latest Update - ual Exam 200+ Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ 40-yr old female has difficulty breathing. You determine she has an open airway nad an altered mental status. Her respirations are 8 and shallow. The MOST important step for the EMS provider to take is to

• ask family members of the patients if there's a history of COPD
• assist patient's respiratory efforts w/ high conc oxygen using a BVM
• watch patient carefully and obtain vital signs

d) assess the use of accessory muscles while breathing - CORRECT ANSWER: b)

assist patient's respiratory efforts w/ high conc oxygen using a BVM

• A 62-yr old male is complaining of breathing difficulty and left arm pain radiating to

the right jaw. Vital signs BP 90/60, P= 120, R=24. The patient should be administed: -

CORRECT ANSWER: A. high-conc oxygen and should be placed in a position of

comfort for ease of breathing

• Stages of Grief: - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Denial
• Anger
• Bargaining
• Depression
• Acceptance

A 21 yr old male is found sitting in an automobile in a parking lot. He has an altered mental status and a history of diabetes. Your attempt to question him yields little info, as his responses are inappropriate for the questions. Your treatment for this patient

include:

• Suctioning patients airway
• Full immobilization of patients head neck and spine
• Administration of a glucose solution by mouth 1 / 4

• Open airway with OPA - CORRECT ANSWER: C. Administration of a glucose solution

by mouth

• AMS//likely hypoglycemia

A 25-yr old woman is in active labor. The umbilical cord is presenting through the

vagina. You would:

• Gently pull on cord
• Massage uterus
• Replace cord in vagina
• Place mom supine with hips elevated, administer O2 and transport - CORRECT

ANSWER: D. place the mother in a supine position with hips elevated, administer

oxygen, and transport

A 28-yr old patient presents supine on the floor, unconscious, unresponsive, and with snoring respirations at a rate of 6 per minute. Bystanders report that the patient is diabetic, taken no medications, and may have ingested heroin half an hour prior to the EMS Provider's arrival. After opening the patient's airway, the EMS provider should: -

CORRECT ANSWER: insert an airway adjunct and ventilate w/ 100% oxygen using a

BVM

A 65-yr old male was involve in a two motor vehicle crash. Upon examination, he complains of chest pain when breathing and tenderness of the sternum. Your INITIAL

care should include:

A stabilizing the sternum B positioning the patient on his side C administering high-concentration oxygen

D administering the patient's prescribed nitroglycerin - CORRECT ANSWER: C

Administering high-conc oxygen

A building contractor, under tremendous pressure to meet a job deadline, experiences diffuse pain in his chest. The pain lasts for several minutes, then disappears w/ rest.The EMS provider should suspect a- angina pectoris 2 / 4

b- muscular cramps c- pulmonary edema

d- congestive heart failure - CORRECT ANSWER: A. angina pectoris

A characteristics of arterial bleeding is that it - CORRECT ANSWER: flows from the wound in distinct spurts

A child drank some unknown fluid. You arrive at the scene and note the following signs: Child's mouth and lips are burned, child is coughing and gagging. What should you do?

• administer syrup of ipecac
• administer activated charcoal and induce vomiting
• call the medical or poison control center for advice
• administer syrup of ipepac and activated charcoal - CORRECT ANSWER: c- call the

medical or poison control center for advice

• wouldn't use ipecac bc of corrosiveness-burned lips

A closed bone or joint injury is BEST defined as an injury - CORRECT ANSWER: In

which there is no break in the continuity of the skin

A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the pressure

• Exists when heart left ventricle is refilling
• Due to the contraction of the ventricles of the heart
• Caused by contraction of the atria of heart

d. Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries - CORRECT ANSWER: d.

Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries

A correct statement about skeletal muscles is that they - CORRECT ANSWER: relax

quickly and are voluntary

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A diabetic emergency with a rapid onset is due to: - CORRECT ANSWER: too much insulin (causes very low blood sugar)

HYPOGLYCEMIA

____

CAUSES

• takes too much insulin

-reduces sugar intake by not eating overexercises/overexerts -vomits -increases the metabolic rate in conditions such as fever or shivering

SIGNS -rapid onset -drunken stupor -pale, sweaty skin, -tachycardia -rapid breathing -seizures

RESULTS

-starvation of brain cells -altered mental status -unconsciousness -permanent brain damage

A localized soft tissue injury characterized by swelling & bruising is called a/an -

CORRECT ANSWER: contusion

A localized soft tissue injury characterized by swelling and bruising

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