NYS EMT STATE WRITTEN EXAM

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NYS EMT STATE WRITTEN EXAM

UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT

SOLUTIONS.

An EMS Provider responds to a call and finds an 8- yr old female with no pulse or respirations. The patient has a history of terminal brain cancer. The family states the last time she as seen alive was 5 mins prior to EMS being called. They also state patient has a DNR oder. In NYS, EMS personnel may accept which of the following DNR instruments as valid?Verbal request from family

• Written non-hospital B. DNR or MOLST form
• Written healthcare proxy
• Written living will - correct answer- Written out-of-hospital

DNR

OR MOLST FORM

Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-

threatening injury or illness and is:

• Under police custody
• A threat to himself and others
• Under age of 18
• Unconscious - correct answer- D. unconscious

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The opposite of distal is

• Superior
• Medial
• Lateral
• Proximal - correct answer- D. Proximal

The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the most blood into the aorta is the

• Right atrium
• Left ventricle
• Right ventricle
• Left atrium - correct answer- B. LEFT VENTRICLE

In correct sequence

(VERTEBRAE SECTIONS)

and number in each section - correct answer- cervical (7), thoracic (5), lumbar (12), sacral (5), and coccygeal (4)

The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: - correct answer-

• establish a baseline for additional evaluations

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PCR has how many spots for writing vital signs? - correct answer- 3 spots

When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really

• Counting pressure waves of blood that the heart sends

through an artery

• Feeling the swelling of the vein as each wave of blood

passes back to the heart

• Noting the heartbeats in the column of blood in a large vein
• Feeling the vibrations of the heart muscles as they push the

blood through - correct answer- A. counting the pressure waves of blood that the heart sends through an artery

In people whose skin is darkly pigmented, cyanosis is BEST seen by observing

• Mucosal membranes
• Earlobes
• Scalp
• Face - correct answer- A. mucosal membranes

You are treating an alert 35-year old trauma patient. You palpate a strong radial pulse of 100. Your partner has taken the patient's blood pressure and advised you that it is 68/32. You

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• Suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate

it

• Accept the reading as accurate
• Ask you partner to retake BP reading again in 15 min
• Treat patient for hypertension immediately - correct answer-
• suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate

it yourself

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
• Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries -

correct answer- d. Caused by relaxation of the walls of the major arteries

All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT?

• Headache
• Weak pulse
• Chest pain
• Nausea - correct answer- B. weak pulse

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