2026 West Coast EMT Block Exam #1 Practice – Correct Answers & Rationales

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West Coast EMT Block Exam #1 ALL QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
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A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will MOST likely experience
serious injuries or death if he or she:
Select one:
A. experiences multiple impacts.
B. is ejected or partially ejected.
C. is wearing only a lap belt.

D. remains within the vehicle. - CORRECT ANSWER B. is ejected or partially
ejected.


QUESTION : According to the American College of Surgeons Committee on
Trauma (ACS-COT), an adult trauma patient should be transported to the highest
level of trauma center if he or she:
Select one:
) A. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which another patient in the same
vehicle was killed.
B. has a systolic blood pressure of less than 110 mm Hg or a heart rate greater
than 110 beats/min.
C. has a bleeding disorder or takes anticoagulant medications and has any blunt
or penetrating injury.
• D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to v
trauma. - CORRECT ANSWER D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13
with a mechanism attributed to v trauma.


QUESTION : Airbags are designed to:
Select one:
A. prevent a second collision inside the car.
B. prevent the driver from sustaining head trauma.


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C. be used with or without a shoulder harness.

D. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries. - CORRECT ANSWER D.
decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.


QUESTION : Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during
extrication will allow the EMT to:
Select one:
A. assess the severity of the third collision of the crash.
B. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact.
C. identify contact points and predict potential injuries.

D. determine the vehicle's speed at the time of impact. - CORRECT ANSWER
C. identify contact points and predict potential injuries.


QUESTION : Factors that should be considered when assessing a patient who
has fallen include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. the surface struck.
B. the speed of the fall.
C. the height of the fall.

D. the primary impact point. - CORRECT ANSWER B. the speed of the fall.


QUESTION : Force acting over a distance is the definition of:
Select one:
A. kinetic energy.
B. potential energy.
C. work.

D. latent energy. - CORRECT ANSWER C. work.




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QUESTION : If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in a crash,
the EMT should:
Select one:
A. transport the survivors only if they have injuries or complain of pain.
B. allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have no obvious injuries.
C. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious trauma.
D. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced obvious trauma. -
CORRECT ANSWER C. suspect that all living occupants experienced the
same serious trauma.


QUESTION : In contrast to a Level Ill trauma center, a Level I trauma center must:
Select one:
A. be involved in trauma prevention programs.
B. have access to an emergency physician within 30 minutes.
C. be able to stabilize patients before transferring to a higher level facility.

D. have general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day. - CORRECT ANSWER D.
have general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day.


QUESTION : Internal injuries caused by gunshot wounds are difficult to predict
because:
Select one:
A. the bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body.
B. the area of damage is usually smaller than the bullet.
C. exit wounds caused by the bullet are usually small.

D. the caliber of the bullet is frequently unknown. - CORRECT ANSWER A.
the bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body.


QUESTION : Signs of a pulmonary blast injury include:
Select one:
A. multiple rib fractures.


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B. an irregular pulse.
C. coughing up blood.

D. vomiting blood. - CORRECT ANSWER C. coughing up blood.


QUESTION : The energy of a moving object is called:
Select one:
A. converted energy.
B. latent energy.
C. kinetic energy.

D. potential energy. - CORRECT ANSWER C. kinetic energy.


QUESTION : The index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as:
Select one:
A. your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying injuries.
B. a predictable pattern that leads to serious injuries.
C. the way in which traumatic injuries occur.

D. the detection of less obvious life-threatening injuries. - CORRECT ANSWER
A. your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying injuries.


QUESTION : The phenomenon of pressure waves emanating from the bullet,
causing damage remote from its path, is known as:
Select one:
A. cavitation.
B. conversion.
C. capitation.

D. congruent. - CORRECT ANSWER A. cavitation.


QUESTION : When assessing an elderly patient who fell, it is important to
remember that:


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