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2025 /2026 NYS EMT STATE EXAM|ACTUAL
250Qs&As|LATEST UPDATE|A+GRADE
Which of the following arteries is the MOST RELIABLE for detecting an adult's pulse?
- Brachial
- Femoral
- Carotid
- Radial?
- ANSWER- Carotid Difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, and inability to concentrate are all warningsigns of:
- Type A personality
- Job burn-out
- Diabetes
- Stress
- ANSWER- Stress A special kind of stress encountered by emergency responders that results from exposure to incidents of a critical nature is:
- Pre-incident stress
- Personal stress
- Workplace stress
- Critical incident stress – ANSWER- Critical incident stress Which of the following is a warning sign of stress?
- Isolation
- Loss of appetite
- Problems sleeping
- Anxiety
- All of the above - ANSWER- All of the above During the Initial Assessment, after ensuring adequate respiration, what is theNEST step in caring for a patient?
- Ensure adequate circulation
- Immobilize angulated fractures
- Check for paralysis of the limbs
- Determine level of consciousness
- ANSWER- Ensure adequate circulation 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:
- Advise the press that you are unable to comment
- Apply a cervical collar and attempt to ventilate
- Turn the patient's body as a unit and begin CPR
- Leave the patient in place and attempt to apply the principles of CPR
- Do nothing until help arrives
- ANSWER- Turn the patient's body as a unit and begin CPR During the Initial 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 Initial Assessment, start the Detailed Physical Exam
- Continue with your initial assessment
- ANSWER- Continue with your initialassessment If a EMT is transporting a patient to the hospital and the patient suddenly stopstalking, the next step should be to:
- Consult with an advanced EMS provider
- Repeat the Initial Assessment
- Initiate a priority transport
- Stop the ambulance - ANSWER- Repeat the Initial Assessment The overall purpose of the Initial Assessment is to:
- Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities
- Ensure that airway is open and locate breathing problems
- Identify and treat major extremities injuries
- Identify minor problems and provide treatment
- ANSWER- Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult patient?
- Head, neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen
- Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities
- Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities
- Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, extremities
- ANSWER- Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities A driver has crashed into a tree. In what order should you check for the signs oflife-threatening problems in this accident victim?
- Pulse, respirations, hemorrhage
- Respirations, hemorrhage, pulse
- Hemorrhage, pulse, respirations
- Respirations, pulse, hemorrhage – ANSWER- Respirations, pulse, hemorrhage If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the Initial Assessment, you should:
- Finish the Initial Assessment and then go back to correct the problem
- Complete both the Initial Assessment and the secondary survey
- Transport the patient to the hospital immediately
You are assessing an unconscious patient who responds to a sternal rub bymoaning. Using AVPU how would this patient be described:
- Alert
- Verbally
- Painful stimulus
- Unresponsive – ANSWER- Painful stimulus AVPU determines level of consciousness After you have determined that the scene is safe, the FIRST step in caring for apatient is to:
- Check for a carotid pulse
- Open the airway
- Determine unresponsiveness
- Check for breathing
- ANSWER- Determine unresponsiveness When performing a physical exam, the EMT must inspect and palpate fordeformities, tenderness, swelling, and:
- Open injuries
- Opportunistic infections
- Occlusive injuries
- Osteoporosis
- ANSWER- Open injuries
Deformities, Open injuries, Tenderness, Swelling Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in accordance with:
- The sovereign immunity doctrine
- Approved protocols
- Professional Standards
- Institutional Standards
- ANSWER- Professional Standards The extent of medical procedures a EMT is authorized to perform is called the:
- Medical release
- Scope of practice/care
- Duty to act
- Physician relationship
- Skill set
- ANSWER- Scope of practice/care Which of the following is the EMT's BEST defense in a lawsuit?
- Excellent documentation of patient care
- Current certification
- Knowledge of all legal aspects of emergency care
- Being proficient
- ANSWER- Excellent documentation of patient care
The main tube which carries air to the lungs is called the:
- trachea
- esophagus
- bronchiole
- alveolus - ANSWER- Trachea All of the following are part of the respiratory system EXCEPT the:
- Alveoli
- Esophagus
- Epiglottis
- Bronchi - ANSWER- Esophagus Foreign matter is kept from entering the trachea by the:
- Pharynx
- Esophagus
- Uvula
- Epiglottis - ANSWER- Epiglottis A stoma can be defined as:
- An artificial trachea that carries air from the pharynx into the lungs
- An opening from the front of the throat directly into the esophagus
- An opening from the front of the throat directly into the trachea
- The tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach - ANSWER- An opening fromthe front of the throat directly into the trachea Which of the following is a recognizable sign of a foreign body partial airway obstruction with poor air exchange:
- Deep rapid respirations
- A high pitched noise while inhaling
- Hyperventilation
- Silent crying - ANSWER- A high pitched noise while inhaling A previously conscious patient with a partial airway obstruction starts to becomeunconscious, and the patient's "crowing" noises have stopped. The EMT should:
- Continue to treat the patient as a partial airway obstruction patient
- Treat the patient as a complete airway obstruction patient
- Administer oxygen by a non-rebreather mask
- Suction the patient's pharynx - ANSWER- Treat the patient as a complete airway obstruction patient The signs and symptoms of inadequate breathing are:
- A sudden attack of a dry hacking cough with pain
- Immediate air hunger and mild cyanosis followed by slow and shallow respirations
- Sudden shortness of breath with productive cough producing rusty sputum
Vital signs for a stable patient is every 15 minutes When you are administering mouth-to-mask ventilations without supplemental oxygen, approximately how much oxygen are you providing for the non- breathingpatient:
- 16%
- 18%
- 20%
- 21% - ANSWER- 16% With supplemental oxygen 50% Standard oxygen cylinders are fully pressurized to approximately:
- 1500 psi
- 2000 psi
- 2500 psi
- 3000 psi - ANSWER- 2000 psi Which of the following is a description of the correct placement for AEDelectrodes?
- Under the right clavicle and over the lower left rib cage
- Under the right clavicle and on the patients lower stomach
- On the sternum and over the lower left rib cage
- Over the right lower rib cage and over the left lower rib cage - ANSWER- Underthe right clavicle (white lead) and over the lower left rib cage (red lead) Which of the statements about using an AED is TRUE?
- While the AED is analyzing the patient's rhythm, it is acceptable to be touchingthe patient or continue performing CPR
- The AED will ask the user to interpret the heart rhythm
- CPR must be stopped for the entire cycle of analysis for the AED to accuratelyassess the patient's heart rhythm
- First responders should immediately attach an AED to every patient - ANSWER- CPR must be stopped for the entire cycle of analysis for the AED to accurately assess the patient's heart rhythm In which of the following situations can an AED be used?
- A conscious patient experiencing trouble breathing
- A patient in cardiac arrest
- An unconscious child who has a pulse
- A conscious adult having chest pain - ANSWER- A patient in cardiac arrest According to the CPR guidelines, when ventilating a non-breathing child howmany times per minute should ventilations be performed?
- 10 to 15
- 10 to 20
- 15 to 20
- Finger sweeps, back slaps, and abdominal thrusts - ANSWER- Back slaps andchest thrusts The management of airway obstruction in the unconscious infant includes:
- Back slaps and chest thrusts
- Back slaps, abdominal thrusts, and chest thrusts
- Perform CPR and check mouth after each cycle
- Finger sweeps, back slaps, and abdominal thrusts - ANSWER- Perform CPR andcheck mouth after each cycle Infant, child, and adult unconscious airway obstruction check mouth then perform CPR and check mouth again after each cycle In caring for a non-breathing patient with a stoma or tracheostomy tube; the EMSProvider must:
- Use a nasopharyngeal airway
- Use extra force with each ventilation
- Cover the neck opening
- Ventilate through the neck opening - ANSWER- Ventilate through the neckopening A correct statement concerning airway management of a patient who has asuspected spinal cord injury is that:
- The cord injury takes precedence over the airway; the patient can be ventilated only if this can be done without moving the cord
- The airway takes precedence over the cord injury; the airway must be openedregardless of the damage it might do to the cord
- There is no difference in management; in the presence of a cord injury, the airwayis still opened in the usual way
- Special techniques must be employed to open the airway without moving the cord
- ANSWER- Special techniques must be employed to open the airway without moving the cord The ratio of compression to ventilations when one or two rescuers apply CPR to anadult is:
- 15:
- 15:
- 30:
- 30:2 - ANSWER- 30: Child and infant one rescuer - 30:2Child and infant two rescuer 15: When CPR is being performed on a child, the rate of chest compression is:
- 60/min
- 70/min
- 100/min
- 120/min - ANSWER- 100/min
- Fold the fingers under and make a firm fist
- Hold the fingers outward and slightly away from the chest wall
- Allow the fingers to curve and conform to the patients chest - ANSWER- Holdthe fingers outward and slightly away from the chest wall You are performing two-rescuer CPR on a child. The rescuer who has been ventilating informs you that the patient is now breathing spontaneously. Whatshould you do?
- Continue to provide ventilations and compressions, since you should not stop CPR once you have begun
- Stop compressions and place the child in recovery position
- Keep both hands on the sternum in order to be ready to resume compressions
- Stop the ventilations but continue with the compressions - ANSWER- Stopcompressions and place the child in recovery position When performing two-rescuer CPR; how often should the rescuer palpate thecarotid artery to check for the return of a spontaneous pulse:
- Every 2 minutes
- Every 5 minutes
- Every 10 cycles
- Every minute - ANSWER- Every 2 minutes Which of the following statements concerning the performance of CPR isCORRECT?
- Quick jabs and sudden jerking movement should be avoided when compressingthe chest
- Quick jabs are effective in providing pulses of blood to the brain
- 70% of the cycle should be compression and 30% of the cycle should be relaxation
- Quick jabs produce jets of blood flow out of the heart and enhance stroke volume
- ANSWER- Quick jabs and sudden jerking movement should be avoided when compressing the chest To perform external cardiac compressions on a four-year-old child, you should usethe:
- Tips of the fingers
- Thumbs of both hands
- Heel of one hand
- Heel of your foot - ANSWER- Heel of one hand The area of external cardiac compression on an infant should be:
- At the nipple line
- One finger-width above the nipple line
- One finger-width below the nipple line
- The upper half of the sternum - ANSWER- One finger-width below the nippleline Or 2 - Thumb encircling the chest with 2 person CPR
