NYS EMT-B STATE EXAM WRITTEN (2023 –
2024) 160+ QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS- GRADED A+
1. An EMS Provider responds to a call and finds an 8-year-old female with no pulse
or respirations. The patient has a history of terminal brain cancer. The family
states thelast time she was seen alive was 5 minutes before EMS was called.
They also state the patient has a DNR order. In NYS, EMS personnel may
accept which of the following DNR instruments as valid? - Written out-of-hospital
DNR
2. Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-threatening
injury orillness and is: - unconscious
3. The opposite of distal is - Proximal
4. The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the most blood
intothe aorta is the - LEFT VENTRICLE
5. Incorrect sequence
(VERTEBRAE SECTIONS) - Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal
6. The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: - establish a baseline for additional
evaluations
7. When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really - counting the pressure waves
ofblood that the heart sends through an artery
8. In people whose skin is darkly pigmented, cyanosis is BEST seen by
observing -under the tongue
9. 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
youthat it is 68/32. You should: - a suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading
andreevaluate it yourself
10. A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the pressure –
, that exists when the heart's left ventricle is refilling
(OR heart
11. Which of the following is an example of a symptom?
-Cyanosis
-Chest pain
-Dilated pupils
-Low BP - CHEST PAIN
12. For a patient with a suspected lumbar spinal injury, the BEST device for moving
thepatient as a single unit over uneven terrain is the:
-wheeled stretcher
-long spine board
-flexible stretcher
-short spine board - *flexible stretcher?
13. Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations
-chest expansion
-pupil size
-blood pressure
-skin color - CHEST EXPANSION
14. Unless additional suctioning time is necessary to clear the airway, an adult
patientshould be suctioned for NO LONGER THAN - 15 seconds
15. During single-rescuer CPR, which of the following ventilation devices would be
MOST effective for ventilating a patient
- NRB
- Pocket mask w/ oxygen
- Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
- BVM w/o oxygen - BVM w/o oxygen
16. While performing ventilations on an infant or child in respiratory arrest, you
shouldventilate every - 3-5 seconds
17. The oropharyngeal airway will help keep the tongue away from the - epiglottis
18. You are called to the home of a patient who is on physician-prescribed low- low-
, concentration oxygen and who is NOT in acute respiratory distress. Which type of
oxygen delivery device should you use during transport?
- NRB
- Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
- BVM w/ supplemental oxygen
- Nasal cannula - Non-rebreathing mask
19. An EMS provider is treating a patient who has a head injury resulting from a
blowby a baseball bat. What other problems are likely to be present?
- Hypothermia
- Hypertensive shock due to blood loss
- Spinal injuries
- Lung collapse - Spinal injuries
20. In a HEALTHY person, respiration is controlled by level
- carbon dioxide
- blood sugar
- oxygen
- carbon monoxide - carbon dioxide
- normal stimulus to breathe: HIGH CO2
could be oxygen if talking about the process of respiration
21. In conducting the Primary Assessment of a conscious patient, the EMS
provider must attend to the patient's emergency needs in the order of: -
Respiration, Pulse,and Bleeding
22. A patient with acute respiratory distress requiring oxygen therapy is LEAST likely
toexhibit:
- a slow pulse rate
- anxiety
- nasal flaring
- intercostal muscle retractions - a slow pulse rate
23. After you have determined that the scene is safe, the FIRST step in caring for a
patient is to:
- check for a carotid pulse
- open the airway
2024) 160+ QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS- GRADED A+
1. An EMS Provider responds to a call and finds an 8-year-old female with no pulse
or respirations. The patient has a history of terminal brain cancer. The family
states thelast time she was seen alive was 5 minutes before EMS was called.
They also state the patient has a DNR order. In NYS, EMS personnel may
accept which of the following DNR instruments as valid? - Written out-of-hospital
DNR
2. Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-threatening
injury orillness and is: - unconscious
3. The opposite of distal is - Proximal
4. The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the most blood
intothe aorta is the - LEFT VENTRICLE
5. Incorrect sequence
(VERTEBRAE SECTIONS) - Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal
6. The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: - establish a baseline for additional
evaluations
7. When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really - counting the pressure waves
ofblood that the heart sends through an artery
8. In people whose skin is darkly pigmented, cyanosis is BEST seen by
observing -under the tongue
9. 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
youthat it is 68/32. You should: - a suspect the accuracy of the pressure reading
andreevaluate it yourself
10. A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the pressure –
, that exists when the heart's left ventricle is refilling
(OR heart
11. Which of the following is an example of a symptom?
-Cyanosis
-Chest pain
-Dilated pupils
-Low BP - CHEST PAIN
12. For a patient with a suspected lumbar spinal injury, the BEST device for moving
thepatient as a single unit over uneven terrain is the:
-wheeled stretcher
-long spine board
-flexible stretcher
-short spine board - *flexible stretcher?
13. Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations
-chest expansion
-pupil size
-blood pressure
-skin color - CHEST EXPANSION
14. Unless additional suctioning time is necessary to clear the airway, an adult
patientshould be suctioned for NO LONGER THAN - 15 seconds
15. During single-rescuer CPR, which of the following ventilation devices would be
MOST effective for ventilating a patient
- NRB
- Pocket mask w/ oxygen
- Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
- BVM w/o oxygen - BVM w/o oxygen
16. While performing ventilations on an infant or child in respiratory arrest, you
shouldventilate every - 3-5 seconds
17. The oropharyngeal airway will help keep the tongue away from the - epiglottis
18. You are called to the home of a patient who is on physician-prescribed low- low-
, concentration oxygen and who is NOT in acute respiratory distress. Which type of
oxygen delivery device should you use during transport?
- NRB
- Flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
- BVM w/ supplemental oxygen
- Nasal cannula - Non-rebreathing mask
19. An EMS provider is treating a patient who has a head injury resulting from a
blowby a baseball bat. What other problems are likely to be present?
- Hypothermia
- Hypertensive shock due to blood loss
- Spinal injuries
- Lung collapse - Spinal injuries
20. In a HEALTHY person, respiration is controlled by level
- carbon dioxide
- blood sugar
- oxygen
- carbon monoxide - carbon dioxide
- normal stimulus to breathe: HIGH CO2
could be oxygen if talking about the process of respiration
21. In conducting the Primary Assessment of a conscious patient, the EMS
provider must attend to the patient's emergency needs in the order of: -
Respiration, Pulse,and Bleeding
22. A patient with acute respiratory distress requiring oxygen therapy is LEAST likely
toexhibit:
- a slow pulse rate
- anxiety
- nasal flaring
- intercostal muscle retractions - a slow pulse rate
23. After you have determined that the scene is safe, the FIRST step in caring for a
patient is to:
- check for a carotid pulse
- open the airway
