West Coast EMT
ACTUAL Block
Exam #1 LATEST
2025 WITH
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT
VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED
A+ GUARANTEED
100% PASS
,Prehospital patient care decisions should be
based on __________.
Select one:
A. the experiences of EMTs
B. the opinions of physicians
C. an EMS agency's fiscal resources
D. EMS research - ANSWER-D. EMS research
To minimize the risk of injuring yourself when
lifting or moving a patient, you should:
Select one:
A. avoid the use of log rolls or body drags.
B. use a direct carry whenever possible.
C. flex at the waist instead of the hips.
D. keep the weight as close to your body as
possible. - ANSWER-D. keep the weight as
close to your body as possible.
To protect a restrained patient and prevent him
from using leverage to break free, the EMT
should secure __________.
Select one:
A. only the patient's torso
B. both arms at the patient's sides
C. one arm above the head
,D. both arms above the head - ANSWER-C.
one arm above the head
Upon arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle
crash, you find a single patient still seated in his
car. There are no scene hazards. As you
approach the vehicle, you note that the patient
is semiconscious and has a large laceration to
his forehead. You should:
Select one:
A. apply a vest-style extrication device before
attempting to move the patient.
B. direct your partner to apply manual in-line
support of the patient's head.
C. slide a long backboard under his buttocks
and lay him sideways on the board.
D. apply a cervical collar and quickly remove
the patient with a clothes drag. - ANSWER-B.
direct your partner to apply manual in-line
support of the patient's head.
When moving a conscious, weak patient down
a flight of stairs, you should:
Select one:
, A. assist the patient in walking down the stairs
and place him or her on the wheeled stretcher
at the bottom of the stairs.
B. secure the patient to a scoop stretcher and
carry him or her headfirst down the stairs to the
awaiting stretcher.
C. collapse the undercarriage of the wheeled
stretcher and carefully carry the patient down
the stairs on the stretcher.
D. place the wheeled stretcher at the bottom of
the stairs and carry the patient down the stairs
with a stair chair. - ANSWER-D. place the
wheeled stretcher at the bottom of the stairs
and carry the patient down the stairs with a stair
chair.
The ability to handle multiple tasks based on
their priority is called __________.
Select one:
A. patient empathy
B. patient advocacy
C. integrity
D. time management - ANSWER-D. time
management
ACTUAL Block
Exam #1 LATEST
2025 WITH
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT
VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED
A+ GUARANTEED
100% PASS
,Prehospital patient care decisions should be
based on __________.
Select one:
A. the experiences of EMTs
B. the opinions of physicians
C. an EMS agency's fiscal resources
D. EMS research - ANSWER-D. EMS research
To minimize the risk of injuring yourself when
lifting or moving a patient, you should:
Select one:
A. avoid the use of log rolls or body drags.
B. use a direct carry whenever possible.
C. flex at the waist instead of the hips.
D. keep the weight as close to your body as
possible. - ANSWER-D. keep the weight as
close to your body as possible.
To protect a restrained patient and prevent him
from using leverage to break free, the EMT
should secure __________.
Select one:
A. only the patient's torso
B. both arms at the patient's sides
C. one arm above the head
,D. both arms above the head - ANSWER-C.
one arm above the head
Upon arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle
crash, you find a single patient still seated in his
car. There are no scene hazards. As you
approach the vehicle, you note that the patient
is semiconscious and has a large laceration to
his forehead. You should:
Select one:
A. apply a vest-style extrication device before
attempting to move the patient.
B. direct your partner to apply manual in-line
support of the patient's head.
C. slide a long backboard under his buttocks
and lay him sideways on the board.
D. apply a cervical collar and quickly remove
the patient with a clothes drag. - ANSWER-B.
direct your partner to apply manual in-line
support of the patient's head.
When moving a conscious, weak patient down
a flight of stairs, you should:
Select one:
, A. assist the patient in walking down the stairs
and place him or her on the wheeled stretcher
at the bottom of the stairs.
B. secure the patient to a scoop stretcher and
carry him or her headfirst down the stairs to the
awaiting stretcher.
C. collapse the undercarriage of the wheeled
stretcher and carefully carry the patient down
the stairs on the stretcher.
D. place the wheeled stretcher at the bottom of
the stairs and carry the patient down the stairs
with a stair chair. - ANSWER-D. place the
wheeled stretcher at the bottom of the stairs
and carry the patient down the stairs with a stair
chair.
The ability to handle multiple tasks based on
their priority is called __________.
Select one:
A. patient empathy
B. patient advocacy
C. integrity
D. time management - ANSWER-D. time
management
