WEST COAST EMT JBL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+) LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will MOST likely experience
serious injuries or death if he or she:
A. experiences multiple impacts
B. is wearing only a lap belt
C. is ejected or partially ejected
D. remains within the vehicle - CORRECT ANSWER - C. is ejected or partially
ejected
According to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-
COT), an adult trauma patient should be transported to the highest level of trauma
center if he or she:
A. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which another patient in the same
vehicle was killed
B. has a bleeding disorder or takes anticoagulant medications and has any blunt or
penetrating injury
C. has a systolic blood pressure of less than 110 mm Hg or a heart rate greater than
110 beats/min
D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to
trauma - CORRECT ANSWER - D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13
with a mechanism attributed to trauma
,Airbags are designed to:
A. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries
B. prevent the driver from sustaining head trauma
C. prevent a second collision inside the car
D. be used with or without a shoulder harness - CORRECT ANSWER - A.
decrease the severity of deceleration injuries
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during extrication will allow
the EMT to:
A. determine the vehicles speed at the time of impact
B. identify contact points and predict potential injuries
C. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact
D. assess the severity of the third collision of the crash - CORRECT ANSWER -
B. identify contact points and predict potential injuries
Factors that should be considered when assessing a patient who has fallen include
all of the following, EXCEPT:
A. the speed of the fall
B. the surface struck
C. the height of the fall
D. the primary impact point - CORRECT ANSWER - A. the speed of the fall
,Force acting over a distance is the definition of:
A. latent energy
B. work
C. kinetic energy
D. potential energy - CORRECT ANSWER - B. work
If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in a crash, the EMT should:
A. transport the survivors only if they have injuries or complain of pain
B. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious trauma
C. allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have no obvious injuries
D. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced obvious trauma -
CORRECT ANSWER - B. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same
serious trauma
In contrast to a Level lll trauma center, a level l trauma center must:
A. have access to an emergency physician within 30 minutes
B. be able to stabilize patients before transferring to a higher level facility
C. have general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day
D. be involved in trauma prevention programs - CORRECT ANSWER - C. have
general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day
, Internal injuries caused by gunshot wounds are difficult to predict because:
A. exit wounds caused by the bullet are usually small
B. the area of damage is usually smaller than the bullet
C. the caliber of the bullet is frequently unknown
D. the bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body - CORRECT ANSWER - D.
the bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body
Signs of a pulmonary blast injury include:
A. coughing up blood
B. multiple rib fractures
C. an irregular pulse
D. vomiting blood - CORRECT ANSWER - A. coughing up blood
The energy of a moving object is called:
A. converted energy
B. kinetic energy
C. potential energy
D. latent energy - CORRECT ANSWER - B. kinetic energy
The index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as:
A. the detection of less obvious life threatening injuries
(VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+) LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will MOST likely experience
serious injuries or death if he or she:
A. experiences multiple impacts
B. is wearing only a lap belt
C. is ejected or partially ejected
D. remains within the vehicle - CORRECT ANSWER - C. is ejected or partially
ejected
According to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-
COT), an adult trauma patient should be transported to the highest level of trauma
center if he or she:
A. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which another patient in the same
vehicle was killed
B. has a bleeding disorder or takes anticoagulant medications and has any blunt or
penetrating injury
C. has a systolic blood pressure of less than 110 mm Hg or a heart rate greater than
110 beats/min
D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to
trauma - CORRECT ANSWER - D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13
with a mechanism attributed to trauma
,Airbags are designed to:
A. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries
B. prevent the driver from sustaining head trauma
C. prevent a second collision inside the car
D. be used with or without a shoulder harness - CORRECT ANSWER - A.
decrease the severity of deceleration injuries
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during extrication will allow
the EMT to:
A. determine the vehicles speed at the time of impact
B. identify contact points and predict potential injuries
C. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact
D. assess the severity of the third collision of the crash - CORRECT ANSWER -
B. identify contact points and predict potential injuries
Factors that should be considered when assessing a patient who has fallen include
all of the following, EXCEPT:
A. the speed of the fall
B. the surface struck
C. the height of the fall
D. the primary impact point - CORRECT ANSWER - A. the speed of the fall
,Force acting over a distance is the definition of:
A. latent energy
B. work
C. kinetic energy
D. potential energy - CORRECT ANSWER - B. work
If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in a crash, the EMT should:
A. transport the survivors only if they have injuries or complain of pain
B. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious trauma
C. allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have no obvious injuries
D. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced obvious trauma -
CORRECT ANSWER - B. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same
serious trauma
In contrast to a Level lll trauma center, a level l trauma center must:
A. have access to an emergency physician within 30 minutes
B. be able to stabilize patients before transferring to a higher level facility
C. have general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day
D. be involved in trauma prevention programs - CORRECT ANSWER - C. have
general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day
, Internal injuries caused by gunshot wounds are difficult to predict because:
A. exit wounds caused by the bullet are usually small
B. the area of damage is usually smaller than the bullet
C. the caliber of the bullet is frequently unknown
D. the bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body - CORRECT ANSWER - D.
the bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body
Signs of a pulmonary blast injury include:
A. coughing up blood
B. multiple rib fractures
C. an irregular pulse
D. vomiting blood - CORRECT ANSWER - A. coughing up blood
The energy of a moving object is called:
A. converted energy
B. kinetic energy
C. potential energy
D. latent energy - CORRECT ANSWER - B. kinetic energy
The index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as:
A. the detection of less obvious life threatening injuries
