NYS EMT STATE EXAM 3 LATEST 2023-2024
ACTUAL EXAM 100+ QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |AGRADED|
1. 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
2. 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
3. Another name for the left lateral position is?
A. Semi-fowlers
B. Trendelenburg
C. Recovery position
D. Dorsal recumbent
4. 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
5. 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
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,6. The pre-hospital care report (PCR) is considered to be?
A. A part of the patient’s hospital chart
B. A matter of public records
C. Inadmissible in a court of law
D. A research document only
7. When communicating with an elderly patient an EMS provider should?
A. Yell in the patient’s ear
B. Speak only to the family
C. Use written notes
D. Speak to the patient in a normal voice
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
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, 11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. The exchange of oxygen and nutrients from blood cell to tissue cells takes place in
the?
A. Arteries
B. Capillaries
C. Venules
D. Arterioles
15. The OPPOSITE of distal is?
A. Superior
B. Medial
C. Lateral
D. Proximal
16. 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
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ACTUAL EXAM 100+ QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |AGRADED|
1. 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
2. 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
3. Another name for the left lateral position is?
A. Semi-fowlers
B. Trendelenburg
C. Recovery position
D. Dorsal recumbent
4. 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
5. 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
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,6. The pre-hospital care report (PCR) is considered to be?
A. A part of the patient’s hospital chart
B. A matter of public records
C. Inadmissible in a court of law
D. A research document only
7. When communicating with an elderly patient an EMS provider should?
A. Yell in the patient’s ear
B. Speak only to the family
C. Use written notes
D. Speak to the patient in a normal voice
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
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, 11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. The exchange of oxygen and nutrients from blood cell to tissue cells takes place in
the?
A. Arteries
B. Capillaries
C. Venules
D. Arterioles
15. The OPPOSITE of distal is?
A. Superior
B. Medial
C. Lateral
D. Proximal
16. 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
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