West Coast EMT Block 2026/2027 Exam verified with correct
answers A+ Graded
In 2009, the H1N1 virus accounted for over 200,000 deaths worldwide in the form of the
swine flu. In 1919, a similar outbreak of the H1N1 occurred in the form of the Spanish
flu. Starting in Kansas City, the virus spread rapidly worldwide, claiming up to 50 million
lives. These are both examples of:
Select one:
A. epidemics.
B. parasitic infection.
C. uncontrolled outbreaks.
D. pandemics. -correct answer >>>D. pandemics.
In which of the following situations would it be MOST appropriate to utilize an air
medical transportation service?
Select one:
A. 29-year-old woman who is 18 weeks pregnant, has light vaginal bleeding, and stable
vital signs
B. 50-year-old conscious woman with severe nausea and vomiting, fever, and chills of 3
days' duration
C. 43-year-old man experiencing a heart attack, and the closest appropriate hospital is
15 minutes away
D. 61-year-old man with signs and symptoms of a stroke and a ground transport time of
50 minutes -correct answer >>>D. 61-year-old man with signs and symptoms of a
stroke and a ground transport time of 50 minutes
It is especially important to assess pulse, sensation, and movement in all extremities as
well as pupillary reactions in patients with a suspected ___________ problem.
Select one:
A. endocrine
B. respiratory
C. cardiac
D. neurologic -correct answer >>>D. neurologic
Most patients with an infectious disease will have _________.
Select one:
A. a low blood glucose level
B. abdominal pain
C. seizures
D. a fever -correct answer >>>D. a fever
Most treatments provided in the prehospital setting are intended to _________.
Select one:
A. reduce the need for transport to the hospital
,B. confirm the patient's diagnosis
C. address the patient's symptoms
D. correct the patient's underlying problem -correct answer >>>C. address the patient's
symptoms
The BEST way to prevent infection from whooping cough is to:
Select one:
A. routinely place a surgical mask on all respiratory patients.
B. ask all patients if they have recently traveled abroad.
C. get vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
D. wear a HEPA mask when treating any respiratory patient. -correct answer >>>C. get
vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
The determination of whether a medical patient is a high-priority or low-priority transport
is typically made:
Select one:
A. as soon as the patient voices his or her chief complaint.
B. after the primary assessment has been completed.
C. upon completion of a detailed secondary assessment.
D. once the patient's baseline vital signs are known. -correct answer >>>B. after the
primary assessment has been completed.
When assessing a patient with a medical complaint, which of the following would MOST
likely reveal the cause of the problem?
Select one:
A. Baseline vital signs
B. Index of suspicion
C. Medical history
D. Primary assessment -correct answer >>>C. Medical history
When caring for a patient with an altered mental status and signs of circulatory
compromise, you should:
Select one:
A. perform a detailed secondary assessment prior to transporting the patient.
B. have a paramedic unit respond to the scene if it is less than 15 minutes away.
C. limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if possible.
D. transport immediately and begin all emergency treatment en route to the hospital. -
correct answer >>>C. limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if possible.
When forming your general impression of a patient with a medical complaint, it is
important to remember that:
Select one:
A. most serious medical conditions do not present with obvious symptoms.
B. it is during the general impression that assessment of the ABCs occurs.
C. the conditions of many medical patients may not appear serious at first.
,D. the majority of medical patients you encounter are also injured. -correct answer
>>>C. the conditions of many medical patients may not appear serious at first.
Which of the following conditions is NOT categorized as a psychiatric condition?
Select one:
A. Alzheimer disease
B. Depression
C. Schizophrenia
D. Substance abuse -correct answer >>>D. Substance abuse
Which of the following is bacterium resistant to most antibiotics and causes skin
abscesses?
Select one:
A. Whooping cough
B. MRSA
C. H1N1
D. Avian flu -correct answer >>>B. MRSA
Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for complications caused by the
influenza virus?
Select one:
A. 50-year-old woman moderate obesity
B. 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes
C. 12-year-old child with a fractured arm
D. 39-year-old man with mild hypertension -correct answer >>>B. 68-year-old woman
with type 2 diabetes
You and your EMT partner arrive at the residence of a 50-year-old man who complains
of weakness. Your primary assessment reveals that he is critically ill and will require
aggressive treatment. The closest hospital is 25 miles away. You should:
Select one:
A. administer oxygen via nonrebreathing mask and obtain as much of his medical
history as possible.
B. manage all threats to airway, breathing, and circulation and consider requesting an
ALS unit.
C. load him into the ambulance, begin transport, and perform all treatment en route to
the hospital.
D. perform a detailed secondary assessment, assess his vital signs, and then transport
rapidly. -correct answer >>>B. manage all threats to airway, breathing, and circulation
and consider requesting an ALS unit.
You are attending to a 27-year-old male driver of a car. According to his passenger, the
patient had been acting strangely while driving, then slumped forward against the
steering wheel, apparently unconscious. The car drove off the road and struck a
telephone pole. The patient remains unconscious, and physical assessment reveals
only a large hematoma on his right forehead with no other physical signs. Your patient
, is a diabetic who had been under a lot of stress lately and may have missed meals. This
is an example of a:
Select one:
A. combination of a psychiatric and trauma emergency.
B. medical emergency.
C. trauma emergency.
D. combination of a medical and trauma emergency. -correct answer >>>D.
combination of a medical and trauma emergency.
"PASTE" is an alternate assessment tool for ___________.
Select one:
A. respiratory patients
B. seizure patients
C. stroke patients
D. cardiac patients -correct answer >>>A. respiratory patients
Ten days after treating a 34-year-old patient with tuberculosis, you are given a
tuberculin skin test, which yields a positive result. This MOST likely indicates that:
Select one:
A. the disease is dormant in your body, but will probably never cause symptoms.
B. you are actively infected with tuberculosis and should be treated immediately.
C. you were exposed to another infected person prior to treating the 34-year-old patient.
D. you contracted the disease by casual contact instead of exposure to secretions. -
correct answer >>>C. you were exposed to another infected person prior to treating the
34-year-old patient.
After sizing up the scene of a patient with a possible infectious disease, your next
priority should be to:
Select one:
A. contact medical control.
B. notify law enforcement.
C. quickly access the patient.
D. take standard precautions. -correct answer >>>D. take standard precautions.
An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:
Select one:
A. any disease that enters the body via the bloodstream and renders the immune
system nonfunctional.
B. the invasion of the human body by a bacterium that cannot be destroyed by
antibiotics or other drugs.
C. a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms
within the body.
D. a disease that can be spread from one person or species to another through a
number of mechanisms. -correct answer >>>C. a medical condition caused by the
growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the body.
answers A+ Graded
In 2009, the H1N1 virus accounted for over 200,000 deaths worldwide in the form of the
swine flu. In 1919, a similar outbreak of the H1N1 occurred in the form of the Spanish
flu. Starting in Kansas City, the virus spread rapidly worldwide, claiming up to 50 million
lives. These are both examples of:
Select one:
A. epidemics.
B. parasitic infection.
C. uncontrolled outbreaks.
D. pandemics. -correct answer >>>D. pandemics.
In which of the following situations would it be MOST appropriate to utilize an air
medical transportation service?
Select one:
A. 29-year-old woman who is 18 weeks pregnant, has light vaginal bleeding, and stable
vital signs
B. 50-year-old conscious woman with severe nausea and vomiting, fever, and chills of 3
days' duration
C. 43-year-old man experiencing a heart attack, and the closest appropriate hospital is
15 minutes away
D. 61-year-old man with signs and symptoms of a stroke and a ground transport time of
50 minutes -correct answer >>>D. 61-year-old man with signs and symptoms of a
stroke and a ground transport time of 50 minutes
It is especially important to assess pulse, sensation, and movement in all extremities as
well as pupillary reactions in patients with a suspected ___________ problem.
Select one:
A. endocrine
B. respiratory
C. cardiac
D. neurologic -correct answer >>>D. neurologic
Most patients with an infectious disease will have _________.
Select one:
A. a low blood glucose level
B. abdominal pain
C. seizures
D. a fever -correct answer >>>D. a fever
Most treatments provided in the prehospital setting are intended to _________.
Select one:
A. reduce the need for transport to the hospital
,B. confirm the patient's diagnosis
C. address the patient's symptoms
D. correct the patient's underlying problem -correct answer >>>C. address the patient's
symptoms
The BEST way to prevent infection from whooping cough is to:
Select one:
A. routinely place a surgical mask on all respiratory patients.
B. ask all patients if they have recently traveled abroad.
C. get vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
D. wear a HEPA mask when treating any respiratory patient. -correct answer >>>C. get
vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
The determination of whether a medical patient is a high-priority or low-priority transport
is typically made:
Select one:
A. as soon as the patient voices his or her chief complaint.
B. after the primary assessment has been completed.
C. upon completion of a detailed secondary assessment.
D. once the patient's baseline vital signs are known. -correct answer >>>B. after the
primary assessment has been completed.
When assessing a patient with a medical complaint, which of the following would MOST
likely reveal the cause of the problem?
Select one:
A. Baseline vital signs
B. Index of suspicion
C. Medical history
D. Primary assessment -correct answer >>>C. Medical history
When caring for a patient with an altered mental status and signs of circulatory
compromise, you should:
Select one:
A. perform a detailed secondary assessment prior to transporting the patient.
B. have a paramedic unit respond to the scene if it is less than 15 minutes away.
C. limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if possible.
D. transport immediately and begin all emergency treatment en route to the hospital. -
correct answer >>>C. limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if possible.
When forming your general impression of a patient with a medical complaint, it is
important to remember that:
Select one:
A. most serious medical conditions do not present with obvious symptoms.
B. it is during the general impression that assessment of the ABCs occurs.
C. the conditions of many medical patients may not appear serious at first.
,D. the majority of medical patients you encounter are also injured. -correct answer
>>>C. the conditions of many medical patients may not appear serious at first.
Which of the following conditions is NOT categorized as a psychiatric condition?
Select one:
A. Alzheimer disease
B. Depression
C. Schizophrenia
D. Substance abuse -correct answer >>>D. Substance abuse
Which of the following is bacterium resistant to most antibiotics and causes skin
abscesses?
Select one:
A. Whooping cough
B. MRSA
C. H1N1
D. Avian flu -correct answer >>>B. MRSA
Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for complications caused by the
influenza virus?
Select one:
A. 50-year-old woman moderate obesity
B. 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes
C. 12-year-old child with a fractured arm
D. 39-year-old man with mild hypertension -correct answer >>>B. 68-year-old woman
with type 2 diabetes
You and your EMT partner arrive at the residence of a 50-year-old man who complains
of weakness. Your primary assessment reveals that he is critically ill and will require
aggressive treatment. The closest hospital is 25 miles away. You should:
Select one:
A. administer oxygen via nonrebreathing mask and obtain as much of his medical
history as possible.
B. manage all threats to airway, breathing, and circulation and consider requesting an
ALS unit.
C. load him into the ambulance, begin transport, and perform all treatment en route to
the hospital.
D. perform a detailed secondary assessment, assess his vital signs, and then transport
rapidly. -correct answer >>>B. manage all threats to airway, breathing, and circulation
and consider requesting an ALS unit.
You are attending to a 27-year-old male driver of a car. According to his passenger, the
patient had been acting strangely while driving, then slumped forward against the
steering wheel, apparently unconscious. The car drove off the road and struck a
telephone pole. The patient remains unconscious, and physical assessment reveals
only a large hematoma on his right forehead with no other physical signs. Your patient
, is a diabetic who had been under a lot of stress lately and may have missed meals. This
is an example of a:
Select one:
A. combination of a psychiatric and trauma emergency.
B. medical emergency.
C. trauma emergency.
D. combination of a medical and trauma emergency. -correct answer >>>D.
combination of a medical and trauma emergency.
"PASTE" is an alternate assessment tool for ___________.
Select one:
A. respiratory patients
B. seizure patients
C. stroke patients
D. cardiac patients -correct answer >>>A. respiratory patients
Ten days after treating a 34-year-old patient with tuberculosis, you are given a
tuberculin skin test, which yields a positive result. This MOST likely indicates that:
Select one:
A. the disease is dormant in your body, but will probably never cause symptoms.
B. you are actively infected with tuberculosis and should be treated immediately.
C. you were exposed to another infected person prior to treating the 34-year-old patient.
D. you contracted the disease by casual contact instead of exposure to secretions. -
correct answer >>>C. you were exposed to another infected person prior to treating the
34-year-old patient.
After sizing up the scene of a patient with a possible infectious disease, your next
priority should be to:
Select one:
A. contact medical control.
B. notify law enforcement.
C. quickly access the patient.
D. take standard precautions. -correct answer >>>D. take standard precautions.
An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:
Select one:
A. any disease that enters the body via the bloodstream and renders the immune
system nonfunctional.
B. the invasion of the human body by a bacterium that cannot be destroyed by
antibiotics or other drugs.
C. a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms
within the body.
D. a disease that can be spread from one person or species to another through a
number of mechanisms. -correct answer >>>C. a medical condition caused by the
growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the body.
