FDNY EMS FINAL EXAM Part 1 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Certification - Correct Answer-Exam is used to ensure all health care providers have at
least the same basic level of knowledge and skill
Licensure - Correct Answer-The process by which states ensure applicant competency
in an examination setting.
Medical director - Correct Answer-A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for
the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
Medical control - Correct Answer-provided either off-line (indirect) or online (direct), as
authorized by the medical director.
Online = Directions given over the phone or radio
Offline = standing orders
Consent - Correct Answer-To give permission
Decision making capacity - Correct Answer-Ability to understand the information and to
make a choice regarding appropriate medical care.
Expressed Consent (actual consent) - Correct Answer-Type of consent given when
patient verbally or otherwise acknowledge that he or she wants you to provide care or
transport. May also be nonverbal
Informed consent - Correct Answer-Permission for treatment given by a competent
patient after the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been
explained.
Implied consent - Correct Answer-A patient who is unconscious or otherwise incapable
to make a rational decision. A serious medical condition exists and should never be
used unless there is a threat to life or a limb.
Foraman magnum - Correct Answer-The opening at the base of the skull through which
the spinal cord passes from the brain
The face is composed of how many bones? - Correct Answer-14 bones
-Maxillae, Zygomas, Orbit, Mandible
Spinal column has how many vertebrae? - Correct Answer-33 bones make the
vertebrae
