West Coast EMT Final
1. 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: A.
routine post delivery care
2. If you could only take two pieces of equipment with you to a patient's side,
you should choose the:: AED and portable suction unit
3. Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays emergency
medical services (EMS)?
A. A system composed exclusively of emergency medical 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: C. A team of health
care professionals who are responsible for providing emergency care
and transportation to the sick and injured
4. Which of the following interventions is used by all levels of EMS
providers?
,A. Automatic transport ventilators
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B. Automated external defibrillator
C. Needle decompression
D. Multilumen airways: B. Automated external defibrillator
5. After assessing a patient's blood glucose level, you accidentally stick
your- self 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. report the
incident to your supervisor after the call.
6. Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when the harasser:
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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.: C. requests sexual
favors in exchange for something else.
7. Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct?
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.: B. There is no vaccine against
HIV infection.
8. While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the ambulance stretch-
er. 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: D. Indirect contact
9. You are transporting an elderly woman who has possibly experienced a
stroke. She is obviously scared but is 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:
1. 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: A.
routine post delivery care
2. If you could only take two pieces of equipment with you to a patient's side,
you should choose the:: AED and portable suction unit
3. Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays emergency
medical services (EMS)?
A. A system composed exclusively of emergency medical 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: C. A team of health
care professionals who are responsible for providing emergency care
and transportation to the sick and injured
4. Which of the following interventions is used by all levels of EMS
providers?
,A. Automatic transport ventilators
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B. Automated external defibrillator
C. Needle decompression
D. Multilumen airways: B. Automated external defibrillator
5. After assessing a patient's blood glucose level, you accidentally stick
your- self 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. report the
incident to your supervisor after the call.
6. Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when the harasser:
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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.: C. requests sexual
favors in exchange for something else.
7. Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct?
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.: B. There is no vaccine against
HIV infection.
8. While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the ambulance stretch-
er. 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: D. Indirect contact
9. You are transporting an elderly woman who has possibly experienced a
stroke. She is obviously scared but is 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:
