NYS EMT WRITTEN EXAM | NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!
What type of wound is characterized by uneven edges?
-Laceration
-Abrasion
-Incision
-Puncture - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Laceration
A patient with a clavicle injury may TYPICALLY exhibit which of the
following?
-Shortening of the injured arm
-Lengthening of the injured arm
-Dropped shoulder
-Dropped wrist - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Dropped shoulder
Nerve endings, sweat glands, and hair roots are located in which layer
of the skin?
,-Epidermis
-Dermis
-Subcutaneous
-Adipose - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Dermis
To assess the circulatory status of a patient's limbs distal to an injury
site, you should check?
-Pulses, skin temperature, and AVPU
-Temperature, crepitus, and grating
-Pulses, skin color, and temperature
-Skin color, AVPU, and crepitus - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Pulses, skin
color, and temperature
A 65 year-old male was involved in a two-car vehicle crash. Upon
examination, he complains of chest pain upon breathing and
tenderness of the sternum. Your initial care would be to:
-Stabilize to sternum.
-Position the patient on his side.
-Administer high concentration oxygen.
,-Administer the patient's prescribed nitroglycerin. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Administer high concentration oxygen.
When checking the lower extremities of a conscious patient for
paralysis, the EMS Provider should FIRST:
-Look for gross deformities and feel for crepitus
-Fee for pedal pulses and crepitus
-Touch the patient's feet and legs and ask the patient if he or she can
feel the touch
-Stick the patient lightly with a pin to see if there is feeling - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Touch the patients feet and legs and ask the patient
if he or she can feel the touch
The MOST SERIOUS problem associated with an injury to a joint is that
this type of injury:
-Is frequently accompanied by nerve and vascular damage
-Often produces grotesque deformity
-Is very difficult to assess
-Is extremely painful - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -Is frequently
accompanied by nerve and vascular damage
A correct statement about skeletal muscles is that they:
, -Relax quickly and are voluntary
-Line the walls of the abdominal organs
-Contract quickly and are involuntary
-Contract slowly and are involuntary - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Relax
quickly and are voluntary
A closed bone or joint injury is BEST defined as an injury:
-With associated muscle spasms or swelling around a joint
-In which there is no break in the continuity of the skin
-Of a long bone with skin discoloration over the affected area
-With associated ligament involvement - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > In
which there is no break in the continuity of the skin
To control a nosebleed in a patient WITHOUT suspected spinal trauma,
the EMS Provider should:
-Have the patient sit upright with the head tilted backward.
-Apply tepid compresses to the patient's face and nose.
-Have the patient positioned forward with the head between the legs.
ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!
What type of wound is characterized by uneven edges?
-Laceration
-Abrasion
-Incision
-Puncture - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Laceration
A patient with a clavicle injury may TYPICALLY exhibit which of the
following?
-Shortening of the injured arm
-Lengthening of the injured arm
-Dropped shoulder
-Dropped wrist - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Dropped shoulder
Nerve endings, sweat glands, and hair roots are located in which layer
of the skin?
,-Epidermis
-Dermis
-Subcutaneous
-Adipose - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Dermis
To assess the circulatory status of a patient's limbs distal to an injury
site, you should check?
-Pulses, skin temperature, and AVPU
-Temperature, crepitus, and grating
-Pulses, skin color, and temperature
-Skin color, AVPU, and crepitus - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Pulses, skin
color, and temperature
A 65 year-old male was involved in a two-car vehicle crash. Upon
examination, he complains of chest pain upon breathing and
tenderness of the sternum. Your initial care would be to:
-Stabilize to sternum.
-Position the patient on his side.
-Administer high concentration oxygen.
,-Administer the patient's prescribed nitroglycerin. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Administer high concentration oxygen.
When checking the lower extremities of a conscious patient for
paralysis, the EMS Provider should FIRST:
-Look for gross deformities and feel for crepitus
-Fee for pedal pulses and crepitus
-Touch the patient's feet and legs and ask the patient if he or she can
feel the touch
-Stick the patient lightly with a pin to see if there is feeling - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Touch the patients feet and legs and ask the patient
if he or she can feel the touch
The MOST SERIOUS problem associated with an injury to a joint is that
this type of injury:
-Is frequently accompanied by nerve and vascular damage
-Often produces grotesque deformity
-Is very difficult to assess
-Is extremely painful - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -Is frequently
accompanied by nerve and vascular damage
A correct statement about skeletal muscles is that they:
, -Relax quickly and are voluntary
-Line the walls of the abdominal organs
-Contract quickly and are involuntary
-Contract slowly and are involuntary - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Relax
quickly and are voluntary
A closed bone or joint injury is BEST defined as an injury:
-With associated muscle spasms or swelling around a joint
-In which there is no break in the continuity of the skin
-Of a long bone with skin discoloration over the affected area
-With associated ligament involvement - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > In
which there is no break in the continuity of the skin
To control a nosebleed in a patient WITHOUT suspected spinal trauma,
the EMS Provider should:
-Have the patient sit upright with the head tilted backward.
-Apply tepid compresses to the patient's face and nose.
-Have the patient positioned forward with the head between the legs.
