WEST COAST EMT FINAL 2024/2025 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT AND VERIFIED
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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.
D. Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital. -CORRECT
ANSWER-You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle-versus-pedestrian accident. The patient,
a 13-year-old male, is unconscious and has multiple injuries. As you are treating the child, a
law enforcement officer advises you that the child's parents will be at the scene in
approximately 15 minutes. What should you do?
A. Treat the child at the scene and wait for the parents to arrive and give consent.
B. Begin transport at once and have the parents meet you en route to the hospital.
C. Withhold treatment until the parents arrive and give you consent for treatment.
D. Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital.
A. bind his legs together on the backboard, keep him warm, and transport without delay. -
CORRECT ANSWER-A 21-year-old male was thrown over the handlebars of his motorcycle
when he rear-ended a car that was stopped at a red light. He was wearing a helmet, which
he removed prior to your arrival. He is conscious, but restless, and has closed deformities to
both of his femurs. His skin is pale, his heart rate is rapid and weak, and his respirations are
rapid and shallow. You should:
A. bind his legs together on the backboard, keep him warm, and transport without delay.
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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.
D. Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital. -CORRECT
ANSWER-You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle-versus-pedestrian accident. The patient,
a 13-year-old male, is unconscious and has multiple injuries. As you are treating the child, a
law enforcement officer advises you that the child's parents will be at the scene in
approximately 15 minutes. What should you do?
A. Treat the child at the scene and wait for the parents to arrive and give consent.
B. Begin transport at once and have the parents meet you en route to the hospital.
C. Withhold treatment until the parents arrive and give you consent for treatment.
D. Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital.
A. bind his legs together on the backboard, keep him warm, and transport without delay. -
CORRECT ANSWER-A 21-year-old male was thrown over the handlebars of his motorcycle
when he rear-ended a car that was stopped at a red light. He was wearing a helmet, which
he removed prior to your arrival. He is conscious, but restless, and has closed deformities to
both of his femurs. His skin is pale, his heart rate is rapid and weak, and his respirations are
rapid and shallow. You should:
A. bind his legs together on the backboard, keep him warm, and transport without delay.
