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NYS EMT-B PRACTICE QUESTIONS 3|110 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023
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NYS EMT-B PRACTICE QUESTIONS 3|110QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023
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
police to the scene - -A
-An accident victim who is a minor has blood spurting from the brachial
artery. The parents are not present. Which one of the following actions
should the EMS provider take?
a. Contact the receiving hospital by radio for permission
to proceed with treatment
b. Get permission from the police to proceed with
treatment
c. Take the child to the hospital but provide no treatment
d. Presume that parental consent is implied and
proceed with treatment - -D
-An EMS provider responds to a call and finds an 80-
year-old female with no pulse or respirations. The patient has a history of
terminal brain cancer. The family states that the last time she was seen alive
was just 5 minutes prior to calling EMS. They also state that the patient has a
DNR order in New York State, EMS personnel may accept which of the
following DNR instruments as valid?
a. Verbal request from family
b. Written nonhospital DNR
c. Written healthcare proxy
d. Written living will - -B
-At the scene of a crime, the EMS provider should
remember to:
a. Remove the patient from the crime scene before
beginning treatment
b. Refrain from touching anything not associated with
the care of the patient
, c. Wait until the police arrive before transporting the
patient
d. Document statements of bystanders regarding the
nature of the crime - -B
-Which of the following is the term used to designate an agreement by a
conscious, mentally competent adult patient to accept emergency care?
a. Standard of care
b. Informed consent
c. Duty to act
d. Implied consent - -B
-Providing care within the scope of practice would be
considered to be in accordance with
a. The sovereign immunity doctrine
b. State law
c. Professional conduct
d. Institutional standards - -B
-The exchange of oxygen and nutrients from blood cell to tissue cells takes
place in the
a. Arteries
b. Capillaries
c. Venules
d. Arterioles - -B
-The OPPOSITE of distal is:
a. Superior
b. Medial
c. Lateral
d. Proximal - -D
-Anatomically, the term "superior", in relation to other
human body structure, is defined as:
a. Toward the head
b. Bigger than
c. In front of
d. Better than - -A
-The alveoli of the lungs are in close contact with:
a. Diaphragm
b. Main-stem bronchus
c. Pulmonary capillaries
d. Pulmonary arteries - -C
-All of the following are part of the respiratory system
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