2023 EMT Exam Comprehensive Review
(50 + VERIFIED Q & A) All questions answered
- Your patient responds to your voice with incomprehensible murmurers. Using
the AVPU scale, he is classifed as responsive to:
ANS: Verbal stimuli
- Do vitals signs have to be taken on-scene in every situation?
ANS: No. Vitals should be taken enroute for patients idenitified as high priority for immediate transport for definitive care .
- What does SAMPLE stand for?
ANS: Signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past medical history, last
meal, events lead to current state.
- What forms of abuse are EMS providers mandated to report?
ANS: Child, Spouse, and Elder Abuse must be reported on the PCR/E-PCR
and verbally at transfer of care. Child abuse must also be reported according to NYS Bureau of EMS Policy #02-01.
- Does a PCR/E-PCR have to be completed when no patient contact is made?
ANS: Yes, even for stand-bys, calls where no patients are located, cancellations, and events.
- What does HIPAA stand for?
ANS: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
- When reporting responsiveness, EMS providers should use
to avoid less clear descriptors.
ANS: AVPU 1 / 2
- For a hypoglycemic patient, when is it appropriate to give oral glucose, juice,
or non-diet soda?
ANS: If the patient is alert enough to sit unsupported, follow commands, and
drink without assistance.
- When is aspirin contraindicted for an MI patient?
ANS: Recent GI bleed and known allergy.
- According to NYS BLS protocol, the administration of nitroglycerin for chest
pain is indicated if the adult patient's BP is than mmHg.
ANS: 120
- According to NYS BLS protocol, a maximum of total doses of
nitroglycerin can be given without medical direction to adult chest pain patients.
ANS: 3
- When is it appropriate to actively rewarm frostbite in the field?
ANS: The patient does not need to walk further and there will be a transport greater than 30 minutes
- For a genrealized hypothermia patient, pulse checks should last at least
before CPR is started.
ANS: 30-45 seconds
- If severe hypothermia is present, can defibrillation be performed?
ANS: Give a mximum of three shocks, but withhold drugs.
- Your patient acutely developed a high grade fever, has a muffled voice,
stridor, and drooling. You should suspect:
ANS: Epiglottitis (bacterial)
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