NYS Protocol&
& Operations
& Operations
The document that serves as the official legal record of patient care provided during an EMS call.
What is a Prehospital Care Report (PCR)?
The ideal flow rate for a non-rebreather mask
What is 12-15 liter per minute (LPM)
The initial dosage and method of administering Aspirin for suspected acute coronary syndrome per NYS BLS protocols.
What is 324 mg (4 x 81 mg chewable tablets)?
he immediate first step in controlling severe, life-threatening external extremity bleeding.
What is applying direct pressure?
The five assessment criteria evaluated in a newborn APGAR score.
What are Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respiration?
The minimum age required under NYS DOH regulations to sit for the EMT-Basic certification exam.
What is 17 years old?
The airway adjunct indicated for an unresponsive patient without an intact gag reflex.
What is an Oropharyngeal Airway (OPA)?
The four components of the FAST acronym used to evaluate potential stroke patients.
What are Facial droop, Arm drift, Speech difficulty, and Time of onset?
The action indicated when direct pressure fails to control severe external bleeding on an arm or leg.
What is applying a commercial tourniquet?
The two specific time intervals post-birth when an APGAR score is routinely calculated.
What are 1 minute and 5 minutes?
The primary priority for an EMT upon arriving at any emergency call before making patient contact.
What is Scene Safety?
The sound caused by partial upper airway obstruction, often described as high-pitched on inspiration.
What is stridor?
The contraindication for administering Nitroglycerin related to medication taken within the past 24–48 hours.
What are erectile dysfunction medications (PDE-5 inhibitors like Sildenafil/Tadalafil)?
The burn classification rule used to estimate the Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) burned in adult patients.
What is the Rule of Nines?
The three components of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT).
What are Appearance, Work of Breathing, and Circulation to Skin?
Per NYS BLS protocols, the form required when a competent adult patient chooses not to receive treatment or transport.
What is a Refusal of Medical Attention / Informed Refusal form?
he oxygen delivery device that delivers precise oxygen concentrations between 24% and 50%, often used for COPD patients.
What is a Venturi mask?
The target blood glucose level threshold below which a patient is considered hypoglycemic under NYS BLS protocols.
What is less than 60 mg/dL?
The classic clinical triad of signs for cardiac tamponade (Beck's Triad).
What are low blood pressure (hypotension), muffled heart sounds, and distended neck veins (JVD)?
The position a pregnant patient in her third trimester should be placed in to prevent supine hypotensive syndrome during transport.
What is the left lateral recumbent (left side-lying) position?
Under NYS Public Health Law, the entity authorized to provide online medical direction to prehospital personnel.
What is Medical Control (or the Medical Control Physician)?
Per NYS protocols, the maximum time an EMT should spend suctioning an adult patient's airway in a single pass.
What is 15 seconds?
The maximum total number of Nitroglycerin doses an EMT may assist a patient with, including doses taken prior to EMS arrival, provided systolic BP remains above 120 mmHg.
What is 3 doses?
Per NYS trauma triage guidelines, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score threshold that criteria-triggers transport to a designated trauma center.
What is a GCS of less than or equal to 13?
Per NYS BLS protocols, the chest compression-to-ventilation ratio for two-rescuer CPR on an infant or child.
What is 15:2?