NYS EMT Exam Comprehensive Review questions with || || || || || || ||
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Your patient responds to your voice with incomprehensible murmurers. Using the AVPU scale, he
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is classifed as responsive to:
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Verbal stimuli ||
Do vitals signs have to be taken on-scene in every situation?
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No. Vitals should be taken enroute for patients idenitified as high priority for immediate transport
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for definitive care .
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What does SAMPLE stand for? || || || ||
Signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past medical history, last meal, events lead to current
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state.
What forms of abuse are EMS providers mandated to report?
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Child, Spouse, and Elder Abuse must be reported on the PCR/E-PCR and verbally at transfer of
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care. Child abuse must also be reported according to NYS Bureau of EMS Policy #02-01.
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Does a PCR/E-PCR have to be completed when no patient contact is made?
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Yes, even for stand-bys, calls where no patients are located, cancellations, and events.
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, What does HIPAA stand for?
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
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When reporting responsiveness, EMS providers should use _______________ to avoid less clear
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descriptors.
AVPU
For a hypoglycemic patient, when is it appropriate to give oral glucose, juice, or non-diet soda?
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If the patient is alert enough to sit unsupported, follow commands, and drink without assistance.
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When is aspirin contraindicted for an MI patient?
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Recent GI bleed and known allergy. || || || || ||
According to NYS BLS protocol, the administration of nitroglycerin for chest pain is indicated if
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the adult patient's BP is than _____mmHg.
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120
According to NYS BLS protocol, a maximum of ____ total doses of nitroglycerin can be given
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without medical direction to adult chest pain patients.
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When is it appropriate to actively rewarm frostbite in the field?
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accurate detailed answers || ||
Your patient responds to your voice with incomprehensible murmurers. Using the AVPU scale, he
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is classifed as responsive to:
|| || || || ||
Verbal stimuli ||
Do vitals signs have to be taken on-scene in every situation?
|| || || || || || || || || ||
No. Vitals should be taken enroute for patients idenitified as high priority for immediate transport
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for definitive care .
|| || ||
What does SAMPLE stand for? || || || ||
Signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past medical history, last meal, events lead to current
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state.
What forms of abuse are EMS providers mandated to report?
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Child, Spouse, and Elder Abuse must be reported on the PCR/E-PCR and verbally at transfer of
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care. Child abuse must also be reported according to NYS Bureau of EMS Policy #02-01.
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Does a PCR/E-PCR have to be completed when no patient contact is made?
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Yes, even for stand-bys, calls where no patients are located, cancellations, and events.
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, What does HIPAA stand for?
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
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When reporting responsiveness, EMS providers should use _______________ to avoid less clear
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descriptors.
AVPU
For a hypoglycemic patient, when is it appropriate to give oral glucose, juice, or non-diet soda?
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If the patient is alert enough to sit unsupported, follow commands, and drink without assistance.
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When is aspirin contraindicted for an MI patient?
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Recent GI bleed and known allergy. || || || || ||
According to NYS BLS protocol, the administration of nitroglycerin for chest pain is indicated if
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the adult patient's BP is than _____mmHg.
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120
According to NYS BLS protocol, a maximum of ____ total doses of nitroglycerin can be given
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without medical direction to adult chest pain patients.
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When is it appropriate to actively rewarm frostbite in the field?
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