West Coast EMT - Block 4 Questions
and Answers | Latest Version |
2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A pregnant woman in her third trimester is experiencing painless vaginal bleeding. What
condition should you suspect?
A. Ectopic pregnancy
✔✔B. Placenta previa
C. Abruptio placentae
D. Threatened miscarriage
You arrive to assist with a birth. After delivery, the baby is not crying or breathing. What is your
first step?
✔✔A. Dry, warm, and stimulate the baby
B. Begin chest compressions
C. Intubate immediately
D. Give blow-by oxygen
A newborn has a heart rate of 50 bpm after drying and stimulating. What should you do next?
1
,A. Continue stimulation for one more minute
B. Give oxygen via nasal cannula
✔✔C. Begin chest compressions and ventilations
D. Give oral glucose
What does crowning mean during childbirth?
A. The baby's head has turned
B. The placenta is visible
✔✔C. The baby’s head is visible at the vaginal opening
D. The water has broken
You are called for a 2-year-old with stridor and a barking cough. What condition do you suspect?
A. Asthma
✔✔B. Croup
C. Pneumonia
D. Foreign body obstruction
Which of the following is a common sign of child abuse?
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,A. Fever and cough
✔✔B. Multiple bruises in various stages of healing
C. Loud crying
D. Vomiting after eating
What is the proper way to open an infant’s airway for ventilations?
✔✔A. Use a neutral head position
B. Use a head-tilt, chin-lift fully
C. Perform a jaw-thrust only
D. Extend the neck backward
You deliver a baby and observe meconium-stained fluid. The baby is not crying or breathing.
What should you do?
✔✔A. Suction the mouth and nose before ventilating
B. Perform CPR immediately
C. Call for ALS backup and wait
D. Give blow-by oxygen only
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, A pregnant woman in her second trimester is involved in a car accident. She complains of
abdominal pain. What should you suspect?
A. Labor
B. Preeclampsia
✔✔C. Abruptio placentae
D. Placenta previa
A child with a high fever suddenly begins having a generalized seizure. What’s the likely cause?
A. Low blood sugar
✔✔B. Febrile seizure
C. Epilepsy
D. Child abuse
Which age group is most likely to have separation anxiety during EMS treatment?
A. Newborns
B. Adolescents
✔✔C. Toddlers
D. Infants
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and Answers | Latest Version |
2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A pregnant woman in her third trimester is experiencing painless vaginal bleeding. What
condition should you suspect?
A. Ectopic pregnancy
✔✔B. Placenta previa
C. Abruptio placentae
D. Threatened miscarriage
You arrive to assist with a birth. After delivery, the baby is not crying or breathing. What is your
first step?
✔✔A. Dry, warm, and stimulate the baby
B. Begin chest compressions
C. Intubate immediately
D. Give blow-by oxygen
A newborn has a heart rate of 50 bpm after drying and stimulating. What should you do next?
1
,A. Continue stimulation for one more minute
B. Give oxygen via nasal cannula
✔✔C. Begin chest compressions and ventilations
D. Give oral glucose
What does crowning mean during childbirth?
A. The baby's head has turned
B. The placenta is visible
✔✔C. The baby’s head is visible at the vaginal opening
D. The water has broken
You are called for a 2-year-old with stridor and a barking cough. What condition do you suspect?
A. Asthma
✔✔B. Croup
C. Pneumonia
D. Foreign body obstruction
Which of the following is a common sign of child abuse?
2
,A. Fever and cough
✔✔B. Multiple bruises in various stages of healing
C. Loud crying
D. Vomiting after eating
What is the proper way to open an infant’s airway for ventilations?
✔✔A. Use a neutral head position
B. Use a head-tilt, chin-lift fully
C. Perform a jaw-thrust only
D. Extend the neck backward
You deliver a baby and observe meconium-stained fluid. The baby is not crying or breathing.
What should you do?
✔✔A. Suction the mouth and nose before ventilating
B. Perform CPR immediately
C. Call for ALS backup and wait
D. Give blow-by oxygen only
3
, A pregnant woman in her second trimester is involved in a car accident. She complains of
abdominal pain. What should you suspect?
A. Labor
B. Preeclampsia
✔✔C. Abruptio placentae
D. Placenta previa
A child with a high fever suddenly begins having a generalized seizure. What’s the likely cause?
A. Low blood sugar
✔✔B. Febrile seizure
C. Epilepsy
D. Child abuse
Which age group is most likely to have separation anxiety during EMS treatment?
A. Newborns
B. Adolescents
✔✔C. Toddlers
D. Infants
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