WEST COAST EMT FINAL EXAM
WITH QUESTION AND ANSWER
100% GRADED A+
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Terms in this set (266)
A. routine post delivery care A newborn's one minute APGAR score is 8. Which of the
following EMT interventions will you provide to this newborn?
A. routine post delivery care
B. full resuscitation is needed and reassess APGAR score
C. some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen
D. continue to monitor and reassess the APGAR score in 10
minutes
AED and portable suction unit If you could only take two pieces of equipment with you to a
patient's side, you should choose the:
,C. A team of health care professionals Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays
who are responsible for providing emergency medical services (EMS)?
emergency care and transportation to
the sick and A. A system composed exclusively of emergency medical
injured responders (EMRs) and emergency medical technicians
(EMTs) who are responsible for providing care to sick and
injured patients
B. A team of paramedics and emergency physicians who are
responsible for providing emergency care to critically injured
patients
C. A team of health care professionals who are responsible
for providing emergency care and transportation to the
sick and
injured
D. A vast network of advanced life support (ALS) providers
who provide definitive emergency care in the
prehospital setting
,B. Automated external defibrillator Which of the following interventions is used by all levels of
EMS providers?
A. Automatic transport ventilators
B. Automated external defibrillator
C. Needle decompression
D. Multilumen airways
C. report the incident to your supervisor After assessing a patient's blood glucose level, you
after the call. accidentally stick yourself with the contaminated lancet.
You should:
A. discontinue patient care and seek medical attention.
B. immerse your wound in an alcohol-based solution.
C. report the incident to your supervisor after the call.
D. get immunized against hepatitis as soon as possible.
C. requests sexual favors in exchange for Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when
something else. the harasser:
A. makes rude remarks about a person's body parts.
B. touches another person without his or her consent.
C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
D. stares at certain parts of another person's anatomy.
B. There is no vaccine against HIV Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct?
infection.
A. HIV is far more contagious than hepatitis B.
B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
C. HIV is easily transmittable in the EMS field.
D. HIV is transmitted exclusively via blood.
D. Indirect contact While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the
ambulance stretcher. Because the stretcher was not
properly cleaned afterward, a virus was transmitted to
another
emergency medical technician (EMT) several days later.
Which route of transmission does this scenario
describe?
A. Vector-borne transmission
B. Airborne transmission
C. Direct contact
D. Indirect contact
, A. acknowledge that she is scared and You are transporting an elderly woman who has possibly
tell her that you will take good care of experienced a stroke. She is obviously scared but is
her. unable to talk and cannot move the entire right side of
her body. In addition to providing the medical care
that she needs, you
should:
A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you
will take good care of her.
B. reassure her that after proper treatment in the hospital,
she will regain her speech in time.
C. tell her that you understand why she is scared and that
everything will likely be okay.
D. maintain eye contact at all times and tell her that there is
no need for her to be scared.
A. medical director. The EMT's scope of practice within his or her local
response area is defined by the:
A. medical director.
B. state EMS office.
C. EMS supervisor.
D. local health district.
A. have your partner check for a pulse to You and your partner arrive at the scene of a major motor
confirm that the patient is deceased. vehicle crash. The driver, a young male, is severely
entrapped in his car. He has an open head injury and
massive facial
trauma. He is unresponsive, is not breathing, and does not
have a palpable carotid pulse. You should:
A. have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the
patient is deceased.
B. ventilate the patient for 5 minutes and then stop if there
is no response.
C. stop any active bleeding and advise dispatch to send a
paramedic crew.
D. request the fire department to extricate the patient so
you can begin CPR.
WITH QUESTION AND ANSWER
100% GRADED A+
Students also studied
C
Terms in this set (266)
A. routine post delivery care A newborn's one minute APGAR score is 8. Which of the
following EMT interventions will you provide to this newborn?
A. routine post delivery care
B. full resuscitation is needed and reassess APGAR score
C. some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen
D. continue to monitor and reassess the APGAR score in 10
minutes
AED and portable suction unit If you could only take two pieces of equipment with you to a
patient's side, you should choose the:
,C. A team of health care professionals Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays
who are responsible for providing emergency medical services (EMS)?
emergency care and transportation to
the sick and A. A system composed exclusively of emergency medical
injured responders (EMRs) and emergency medical technicians
(EMTs) who are responsible for providing care to sick and
injured patients
B. A team of paramedics and emergency physicians who are
responsible for providing emergency care to critically injured
patients
C. A team of health care professionals who are responsible
for providing emergency care and transportation to the
sick and
injured
D. A vast network of advanced life support (ALS) providers
who provide definitive emergency care in the
prehospital setting
,B. Automated external defibrillator Which of the following interventions is used by all levels of
EMS providers?
A. Automatic transport ventilators
B. Automated external defibrillator
C. Needle decompression
D. Multilumen airways
C. report the incident to your supervisor After assessing a patient's blood glucose level, you
after the call. accidentally stick yourself with the contaminated lancet.
You should:
A. discontinue patient care and seek medical attention.
B. immerse your wound in an alcohol-based solution.
C. report the incident to your supervisor after the call.
D. get immunized against hepatitis as soon as possible.
C. requests sexual favors in exchange for Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when
something else. the harasser:
A. makes rude remarks about a person's body parts.
B. touches another person without his or her consent.
C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
D. stares at certain parts of another person's anatomy.
B. There is no vaccine against HIV Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct?
infection.
A. HIV is far more contagious than hepatitis B.
B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
C. HIV is easily transmittable in the EMS field.
D. HIV is transmitted exclusively via blood.
D. Indirect contact While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the
ambulance stretcher. Because the stretcher was not
properly cleaned afterward, a virus was transmitted to
another
emergency medical technician (EMT) several days later.
Which route of transmission does this scenario
describe?
A. Vector-borne transmission
B. Airborne transmission
C. Direct contact
D. Indirect contact
, A. acknowledge that she is scared and You are transporting an elderly woman who has possibly
tell her that you will take good care of experienced a stroke. She is obviously scared but is
her. unable to talk and cannot move the entire right side of
her body. In addition to providing the medical care
that she needs, you
should:
A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you
will take good care of her.
B. reassure her that after proper treatment in the hospital,
she will regain her speech in time.
C. tell her that you understand why she is scared and that
everything will likely be okay.
D. maintain eye contact at all times and tell her that there is
no need for her to be scared.
A. medical director. The EMT's scope of practice within his or her local
response area is defined by the:
A. medical director.
B. state EMS office.
C. EMS supervisor.
D. local health district.
A. have your partner check for a pulse to You and your partner arrive at the scene of a major motor
confirm that the patient is deceased. vehicle crash. The driver, a young male, is severely
entrapped in his car. He has an open head injury and
massive facial
trauma. He is unresponsive, is not breathing, and does not
have a palpable carotid pulse. You should:
A. have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the
patient is deceased.
B. ventilate the patient for 5 minutes and then stop if there
is no response.
C. stop any active bleeding and advise dispatch to send a
paramedic crew.
D. request the fire department to extricate the patient so
you can begin CPR.
