WEST COAST EMT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
A. routine post delivery care - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 who are responsible for providing
emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured - CORRECT ANSWER
- 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
B. Automated external defibrillator - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 the call. - CORRECT ANSWER -
After assessing a patient's blood glucose level, you 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 something else. - CORRECT ANSWER
- Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when 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 infection. - CORRECT ANSWER - 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.
D. Indirect contact - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 tell her that you will take good care of her. -
CORRECT ANSWER - 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:
, 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. - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 confirm that the patient is deceased. -
CORRECT ANSWER - You and your partner arrive at the scene of a major motor
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.
(VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
A. routine post delivery care - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 who are responsible for providing
emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured - CORRECT ANSWER
- 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
B. Automated external defibrillator - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 the call. - CORRECT ANSWER -
After assessing a patient's blood glucose level, you 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 something else. - CORRECT ANSWER
- Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when 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 infection. - CORRECT ANSWER - 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.
D. Indirect contact - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 tell her that you will take good care of her. -
CORRECT ANSWER - 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:
, 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. - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 confirm that the patient is deceased. -
CORRECT ANSWER - You and your partner arrive at the scene of a major motor
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.
