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pg. 1 NYS EMT-B State Written Exam Newest 2025 Actual Exam| Complete 200 Real Exam Questions and Correct Verified Answers/ Graded A+ (Brand New!!)
An EMS provider is treating a patient who has a head injury resulting from a blow by a baseball bat. What other problem are likely to be present?
- Hypothermia
- Hypertensive shock due to blood loss
- Spinal injuries
- Lung collapse - Correct Answer - C. Spinal injuries
In a HEALTHY person, respiration is controlled by level
- carbon dioxide
- blood sugar
- oxygen
- carbon monoxide - Correct Answer - A. carbon dioxide
- normal stimulus to breathe: HIGH CO2
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, Bleeding
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- Pulse, Respiration, Bleeding - Correct Answer - A. Respiration, Pulse,
Bleeding
A patient with acute respiratory distress requiring oxygen therapy is
LEAST likely to exhibit:
- a slow pulse rate
- anxiety
- nasal flaring
- intercostal muscle retractions - Correct Answer - A. slow pulse rate
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
- determine unresponsiveness
- check for breathing - Correct Answer - C. Determine
unresponsiveness
(GEN IMP, LOC, CC)
During the Prim. Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma
patient complaining loudly of pain in the leg, you should:
- begin to obtain the history
- assess the leg immediately
- discontinue the Primary Assessment and start the Detailed Physical
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- continue with your Primary Assessment - Correct Answer - D.
Continue with Primary Assessment
Which of the following measures is NOT part of the Primary Assessment of an accident victim?
- assessing the pulse quality
- manual stabilization of the cervical spine
- suctioning of the airway
- taking patient history - Correct Answer - D. Taking patient history
Any physical exam of a patient should begin with A inspection B manipulation C stabilization D palpation - Correct Answer - A inspection
A 65-yr old male was involve in a two motor vehicle crash. Upon examination, he complains of chest pain when breathing and tenderness
of the sternum. Your INITIAL care should include:
A stabilizing the sternum B positioning the patient on his side C administering high-concentration oxygen D administering the patient's prescribed nitroglycerin - Correct Answer - C Administering high-conc oxygen
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pg. 4 When spinal injuries are suspected, the EMS provider should FIRST A hyperextend the neck to secure the airway B determine the extent of the paralysis C apply an extrication collar D apply manual stabilization and secure the airway - Correct Answer - D apply manual stabilization and secure the airway
For a trauma victim w/ a respiratory rate of 40/min, shallow and irregular, who is pale and has a history of emphysema, the MOST
APPROPRIATE treatment would be to:
- use of a bvm w/ supp oxygen
- administer low-conc oxygen b/c of emphysema history
- administer supp oxygen w/ a high-conc mask
- transport the patient sitting up to ease the patient's dyspnea - Correct
Answer - A. Use of a BVM w/ supp. oxygen
If the EMS provider is unable to find a patient's peripheral pulse during
a Primary Assessment, next step should be to:
- turn on the AED
- palpate the carotid pulse
- open the airway and insert an OPA
- check breathing and begin CPR - Correct Answer - b. palpate the
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carotid pulse