WEST COAST EMT FINAL EXAM LATEST REAL EXAM
200+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS|AGRADE
What is scope of practice? - ANSWER: What were allowed to do.
What sets scope of practices? - ANSWER: NATHA
What does county level medical director do with state scope of practice? - ANSWER:
They set local protocols.
Online orders are - ANSWER: Are actions that require calling medical control
Standing orders are - ANSWER: Orders in which you do not need to call medical
direction, you can act yourself as an EMT
How much can two people lift? - ANSWER: 220lbs
A person who is 350lbs will need what kind of gurney? - ANSWER: Bariatric Gurney
Who can do all the fancy intubations? - ANSWER: Paramedics, AEMT can do certain
ones
Who can read an EKG? - ANSWER: A paramedic
Who can check a blood sugar? - ANSWER: EMT
Who can help with emergency childbirth? - ANSWER: EMR and up
What does a landing zone for a helicopter have to be? - ANSWER: 100x100
What do you do if you're getting tailgated in an ambulance? - ANSWER: Slow down,
let them pass.
Code 3 transport do lights and sirens have to be used together? - ANSWER: Yes they
do
When first on scene how far from incident do we park? - ANSWER: 100 feet and we
block any lanes that the accident is taking place in.
If you are not the first on a traffic collision, where do you park? - ANSWER: 100 feet
past the scene
What does RPM mean? - ANSWER: Respirations Perfusion Mental Status
To triage what exactly are you looking for in RPM - ANSWER: R Respirations above or
below 30
,P Cap Refill 2 seconds or less
M mental status can do
Steps in triage - ANSWER: Establish Command
Call for additional resources
Have all walkers walk to you and give them GREEN tag
If you come across a patient who is not breathing you, open their airway. If they
begin breathing you give them a RED tag.
If the PT doesn't breath, give them a BLACK tag.
Respirations over 30 get a RED tag.
Respirations under 30 check radial pulse. If radial pulse is absent, control bleeding.
If there is an absent radial pulse we mark them RED.
If there is a Radial pulse we check ALOC. If they answer the simple command they
are Yellow. If they can not they are RED
Steps in JUMPStart Triage - ANSWER: Kids who can walk to you get Green.
All infants get taken to secondary triage.
If they are not breathing, we check pulse. If they have no pulse, they are BLACK.
If they have not breathing, but do have pulse, we position airway. If they breathe
after airway help, they are RED.
If they are not breathing, no pulse, airway position doesn't work, we give rescue
breaths, but they do not work they are BLACK.
If the rescue breaths do work. It is RED.
If they are breathing at 15-45, but no pulse, they are RED.
If they are breathing at 15-45, have a pulse , then we go to AVPU. Appropriate
response is YELLOW. Inappropriate response to AVPU is RED.
When is JumpStart triage used? - ANSWER: 8 years or younger/ under 100 lbs
What is ICS? - ANSWER: Incident Command System
Who is the incident commander? - ANSWER: The overseers of the incident command
system. Either a Single Command (1 person) or Unified Command (Multiple People).
What are the three officers under the incident command staff? What do they do? -
ANSWER: Safety Officer (Keeps everyone safe)
Public Info Officer (Talks to the media)
Liaison Officer (Connects all the branches back to the incident command)
What are the four general staff of a ICS? - ANSWER: Finance
, Logistics
Planning
Operations
What branch of ICS are EMTs under? - ANSWER: Operations, specifically in the
Medical.
In ICS what are the branches under Medical - ANSWER: Triage
Treatment
Transport
What does Triage branch do in medical? - ANSWER: Tally up all patients and their
assigned tag color (category)
What happens at treatment area during ICS/Triage? - ANSWER: Secondary Triage.
Reassessing. Treatment. Package for transport.
What does person in charge of Transport do during triage? - ANSWER: Figure out
what hospital patients go to. Request additional resources for more transport for
patients. Staging
How many people can get transported per ambulance during triage? - ANSWER: 2 at
a time.
What does logistics do during triage? - ANSWER: Take care of food, water, extra
tools, ect...
What does planning branch do during triage? - ANSWER: Come up with plans. New
plans, adjusting plans, etc....
What does finance branch do during triage? - ANSWER: Deal with the reimbursing of
the companies that are helping.
When we are assigned to an MCI, we switch are radio channel to a? - ANSWER:
Tactical channel specific to the event.
Extremity Lift is most useful is in a? - ANSWER: Confined Space
What equipment is used in emergency extrication? - ANSWER: No equipment! Scene
is not safe or patient is critically unstable.
What equipment is used during a Rapid Extrication? - ANSWER: Long backboard and
C collar
What equipment is used during an urgent extrication? - ANSWER: Short back board
(KED) and C-collar
200+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS|AGRADE
What is scope of practice? - ANSWER: What were allowed to do.
What sets scope of practices? - ANSWER: NATHA
What does county level medical director do with state scope of practice? - ANSWER:
They set local protocols.
Online orders are - ANSWER: Are actions that require calling medical control
Standing orders are - ANSWER: Orders in which you do not need to call medical
direction, you can act yourself as an EMT
How much can two people lift? - ANSWER: 220lbs
A person who is 350lbs will need what kind of gurney? - ANSWER: Bariatric Gurney
Who can do all the fancy intubations? - ANSWER: Paramedics, AEMT can do certain
ones
Who can read an EKG? - ANSWER: A paramedic
Who can check a blood sugar? - ANSWER: EMT
Who can help with emergency childbirth? - ANSWER: EMR and up
What does a landing zone for a helicopter have to be? - ANSWER: 100x100
What do you do if you're getting tailgated in an ambulance? - ANSWER: Slow down,
let them pass.
Code 3 transport do lights and sirens have to be used together? - ANSWER: Yes they
do
When first on scene how far from incident do we park? - ANSWER: 100 feet and we
block any lanes that the accident is taking place in.
If you are not the first on a traffic collision, where do you park? - ANSWER: 100 feet
past the scene
What does RPM mean? - ANSWER: Respirations Perfusion Mental Status
To triage what exactly are you looking for in RPM - ANSWER: R Respirations above or
below 30
,P Cap Refill 2 seconds or less
M mental status can do
Steps in triage - ANSWER: Establish Command
Call for additional resources
Have all walkers walk to you and give them GREEN tag
If you come across a patient who is not breathing you, open their airway. If they
begin breathing you give them a RED tag.
If the PT doesn't breath, give them a BLACK tag.
Respirations over 30 get a RED tag.
Respirations under 30 check radial pulse. If radial pulse is absent, control bleeding.
If there is an absent radial pulse we mark them RED.
If there is a Radial pulse we check ALOC. If they answer the simple command they
are Yellow. If they can not they are RED
Steps in JUMPStart Triage - ANSWER: Kids who can walk to you get Green.
All infants get taken to secondary triage.
If they are not breathing, we check pulse. If they have no pulse, they are BLACK.
If they have not breathing, but do have pulse, we position airway. If they breathe
after airway help, they are RED.
If they are not breathing, no pulse, airway position doesn't work, we give rescue
breaths, but they do not work they are BLACK.
If the rescue breaths do work. It is RED.
If they are breathing at 15-45, but no pulse, they are RED.
If they are breathing at 15-45, have a pulse , then we go to AVPU. Appropriate
response is YELLOW. Inappropriate response to AVPU is RED.
When is JumpStart triage used? - ANSWER: 8 years or younger/ under 100 lbs
What is ICS? - ANSWER: Incident Command System
Who is the incident commander? - ANSWER: The overseers of the incident command
system. Either a Single Command (1 person) or Unified Command (Multiple People).
What are the three officers under the incident command staff? What do they do? -
ANSWER: Safety Officer (Keeps everyone safe)
Public Info Officer (Talks to the media)
Liaison Officer (Connects all the branches back to the incident command)
What are the four general staff of a ICS? - ANSWER: Finance
, Logistics
Planning
Operations
What branch of ICS are EMTs under? - ANSWER: Operations, specifically in the
Medical.
In ICS what are the branches under Medical - ANSWER: Triage
Treatment
Transport
What does Triage branch do in medical? - ANSWER: Tally up all patients and their
assigned tag color (category)
What happens at treatment area during ICS/Triage? - ANSWER: Secondary Triage.
Reassessing. Treatment. Package for transport.
What does person in charge of Transport do during triage? - ANSWER: Figure out
what hospital patients go to. Request additional resources for more transport for
patients. Staging
How many people can get transported per ambulance during triage? - ANSWER: 2 at
a time.
What does logistics do during triage? - ANSWER: Take care of food, water, extra
tools, ect...
What does planning branch do during triage? - ANSWER: Come up with plans. New
plans, adjusting plans, etc....
What does finance branch do during triage? - ANSWER: Deal with the reimbursing of
the companies that are helping.
When we are assigned to an MCI, we switch are radio channel to a? - ANSWER:
Tactical channel specific to the event.
Extremity Lift is most useful is in a? - ANSWER: Confined Space
What equipment is used in emergency extrication? - ANSWER: No equipment! Scene
is not safe or patient is critically unstable.
What equipment is used during a Rapid Extrication? - ANSWER: Long backboard and
C collar
What equipment is used during an urgent extrication? - ANSWER: Short back board
(KED) and C-collar
