NYS EMT CERTIFYING EXAM 2023-2024 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) – A+ GRADED
Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in
accordance with:
1. The sovereign immunity doctrine
2. Approved protocols
3. Professional Standards
4. Institutional Standards - correct answers ✅Professional Standards
As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the
patient as a State Senator. Immediately the press demands to be told what
has happened to the senator. You Should:
1. Advise the press that you are unable to comment
2. Deny the patient is the Senator
3. Tell the press your diagnosis
4. Advise the press to contact the Senator's family - correct answers
✅Advise the press that you are unable to comment
If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS providers
responsibility to
1. Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become
familiar with the new protocols
,2. Continue to use the old protocols because they are already familiar
3. Begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency receives them
4. Operate only when in direct communication with the physician - correct
answers ✅Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to
become familiar with new protocols
During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma patient
complaining loudly of pain in the leg. You should
1. Begin to obtain the history
2. Assess the leg immediately
3. Discontinue the initial Assessment, start the Detailed Physical Exam
4. Continue with your initial assessment - correct answers ✅Continue with
your initial assessment
The overall purpose of the initial Assessment is to
1. Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities
2. Ensure that the airway is open and locate breathing problems
3. Identify and treat major extremity injuries
4. Identify minor problems and provide treatment - correct answers
✅Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities
Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the
1. Atria are contracting
,2. Atria are relaxing
3. Ventricles are contracting
4. Ventricles are relaxing - correct answers ✅Ventricles are contracting
In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult
patient?
1. Head, Neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen
2. Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities
3. Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities
4. Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, and extremities - correct answers
✅Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And Extremities
A driver has crashed into a tree. In what order should you check for the signs
of life-threatening problems in this accident victim?
1. Pulse, respirations, Hemorrhage
2. Respirations, Hemorrhage, and pulse
3. Hemorrhage, Pulse, and Respirations
4. Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage - correct answers ✅Respirations,
Pulse, And hemorrhage
In assessing a pediatric trauma patient's capillary refill time, an abnormal
finding would be a refill time of
1. Greater than 5 seconds
, 2. Less than 2 seconds
3. Greater than 2 seconds
4. Greater than 4 seconds - correct answers ✅Greater than 2 seconds
If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the initial assessment, you
should
1. Finish the initial Assessment and then go back to correct the problem
2. Complete both the initial Assessment and the secondary survey
3. Transport the patient to the hospital immediately
4. Correct the problem before continuing with the initial Assessment -
correct answers ✅Correct the problem before continuing with the initial
Assessment
All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT
1. Headache
2. Weak Pulse
3. Chest Pain
4. Nausea - correct answers ✅Weak Pulse
Which one of the following is an example of a sign?
1. Cyanosis
2. Nausea
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) – A+ GRADED
Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in
accordance with:
1. The sovereign immunity doctrine
2. Approved protocols
3. Professional Standards
4. Institutional Standards - correct answers ✅Professional Standards
As you lift a patient into the rear of the ambulance, a reporter recognizes the
patient as a State Senator. Immediately the press demands to be told what
has happened to the senator. You Should:
1. Advise the press that you are unable to comment
2. Deny the patient is the Senator
3. Tell the press your diagnosis
4. Advise the press to contact the Senator's family - correct answers
✅Advise the press that you are unable to comment
If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS providers
responsibility to
1. Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become
familiar with the new protocols
,2. Continue to use the old protocols because they are already familiar
3. Begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency receives them
4. Operate only when in direct communication with the physician - correct
answers ✅Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to
become familiar with new protocols
During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma patient
complaining loudly of pain in the leg. You should
1. Begin to obtain the history
2. Assess the leg immediately
3. Discontinue the initial Assessment, start the Detailed Physical Exam
4. Continue with your initial assessment - correct answers ✅Continue with
your initial assessment
The overall purpose of the initial Assessment is to
1. Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities
2. Ensure that the airway is open and locate breathing problems
3. Identify and treat major extremity injuries
4. Identify minor problems and provide treatment - correct answers
✅Identify and correct life-threatening problems and set priorities
Systolic blood pressure indicates the pressure when the
1. Atria are contracting
,2. Atria are relaxing
3. Ventricles are contracting
4. Ventricles are relaxing - correct answers ✅Ventricles are contracting
In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult
patient?
1. Head, Neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen
2. Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities
3. Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities
4. Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, and extremities - correct answers
✅Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, And Extremities
A driver has crashed into a tree. In what order should you check for the signs
of life-threatening problems in this accident victim?
1. Pulse, respirations, Hemorrhage
2. Respirations, Hemorrhage, and pulse
3. Hemorrhage, Pulse, and Respirations
4. Respirations, Pulse, And hemorrhage - correct answers ✅Respirations,
Pulse, And hemorrhage
In assessing a pediatric trauma patient's capillary refill time, an abnormal
finding would be a refill time of
1. Greater than 5 seconds
, 2. Less than 2 seconds
3. Greater than 2 seconds
4. Greater than 4 seconds - correct answers ✅Greater than 2 seconds
If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the initial assessment, you
should
1. Finish the initial Assessment and then go back to correct the problem
2. Complete both the initial Assessment and the secondary survey
3. Transport the patient to the hospital immediately
4. Correct the problem before continuing with the initial Assessment -
correct answers ✅Correct the problem before continuing with the initial
Assessment
All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT
1. Headache
2. Weak Pulse
3. Chest Pain
4. Nausea - correct answers ✅Weak Pulse
Which one of the following is an example of a sign?
1. Cyanosis
2. Nausea
