WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 2 EXAM ACTUAL
EXAM 2026 | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED ANSWERS
| JUST RELEASED
You are attending to a 27-year-old male driver of a car. According to his
passenger, the patient had been acting strangely while driving, then
slumped forward against the steering wheel, apparently unconscious.
The car drove off the road and struck a telephone pole. The patient
remains unconscious, and physical assessment reveals only a large
hematoma on his right forehead with no other physical signs. Your
patient is a diabetic who had been under a lot of stress lately and may
have missed meals. This is an example of a:
Select one:
A. combination of a psychiatric and trauma emergency.
B. medical emergency.
C. trauma emergency.
D. combination of a medical and trauma emergency. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------D. combination of a medical and trauma
emergency.
"PASTE" is an alternate assessment tool for ___________.
Select one:
,A. respiratory patients
B. seizure patients
C. stroke patients
D. cardiac patients ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A. respiratory
patients
A 30-year-old male presents with acute shortness of breath,
widespread hives, and facial swelling. He denies any past medical
history and takes no medications. During your assessment, you hear
wheezing over all the lung fields. His blood pressure is 90/50 mm Hg
and his heart rate is 110 beats/min. In addition to giving him high-flow
oxygen, the MOST important treatment for this patient is:
Select one:
A. epinephrine.
B. a beta-antagonist.
C. albuterol.
D. an antihistamine. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A.
epinephrine.
A 59-year-old male with a history of emphysema complains of an acute
worsening of his dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain following a forceful
cough. Your assessment reveals that he has a barrel-shaped chest,
,unilaterally diminished breath sounds, and tachycardia. What is the
MOST likely cause of this patient's condition?
Select one:
A. Spontaneous pneumothorax
B. Exacerbation of his COPD
C. Acute pulmonary embolism
D. Rupture of the diaphragm ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A.
Spontaneous pneumothorax
A pleural effusion is MOST accurately defined as:
Select one:
A. fluid accumulation outside the lung.
B. diffuse collapsing of the alveoli.
C. a unilaterally collapsed lung.
D. a bacterial infection of the lung tissue. ---------CORRECT ANSWER------
-----------A. fluid accumulation outside the lung.
Asthma is caused by a response of the:
Select one:
A. immune system.
B. cardiovascular system.
, C. endocrine system.
D. respiratory system. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A. immune
system.
Crackles (rales) are caused by _________.
Select one:
A. severe bronchoconstriction
B. mucus in the larger airways
C. narrowing of the upper airways
D. air passing through fluid ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D. air
passing through fluid
His parents tell you that their son has had a chest infection for the past
two days and when they took him to their family doctor, they were told
it was likely due to the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). They have kept
him well hydrated, but the infection seems to have gotten worse. On
auscultation, you hear decreased air entry bilaterally with fine
expiratory wheezes and the occasional coarse wet crackle. Based on
this information, your patient is most likely suffering from:
Select one:
A. pertussis.
B. epiglottitis.
EXAM 2026 | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED ANSWERS
| JUST RELEASED
You are attending to a 27-year-old male driver of a car. According to his
passenger, the patient had been acting strangely while driving, then
slumped forward against the steering wheel, apparently unconscious.
The car drove off the road and struck a telephone pole. The patient
remains unconscious, and physical assessment reveals only a large
hematoma on his right forehead with no other physical signs. Your
patient is a diabetic who had been under a lot of stress lately and may
have missed meals. This is an example of a:
Select one:
A. combination of a psychiatric and trauma emergency.
B. medical emergency.
C. trauma emergency.
D. combination of a medical and trauma emergency. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------D. combination of a medical and trauma
emergency.
"PASTE" is an alternate assessment tool for ___________.
Select one:
,A. respiratory patients
B. seizure patients
C. stroke patients
D. cardiac patients ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A. respiratory
patients
A 30-year-old male presents with acute shortness of breath,
widespread hives, and facial swelling. He denies any past medical
history and takes no medications. During your assessment, you hear
wheezing over all the lung fields. His blood pressure is 90/50 mm Hg
and his heart rate is 110 beats/min. In addition to giving him high-flow
oxygen, the MOST important treatment for this patient is:
Select one:
A. epinephrine.
B. a beta-antagonist.
C. albuterol.
D. an antihistamine. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A.
epinephrine.
A 59-year-old male with a history of emphysema complains of an acute
worsening of his dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain following a forceful
cough. Your assessment reveals that he has a barrel-shaped chest,
,unilaterally diminished breath sounds, and tachycardia. What is the
MOST likely cause of this patient's condition?
Select one:
A. Spontaneous pneumothorax
B. Exacerbation of his COPD
C. Acute pulmonary embolism
D. Rupture of the diaphragm ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A.
Spontaneous pneumothorax
A pleural effusion is MOST accurately defined as:
Select one:
A. fluid accumulation outside the lung.
B. diffuse collapsing of the alveoli.
C. a unilaterally collapsed lung.
D. a bacterial infection of the lung tissue. ---------CORRECT ANSWER------
-----------A. fluid accumulation outside the lung.
Asthma is caused by a response of the:
Select one:
A. immune system.
B. cardiovascular system.
, C. endocrine system.
D. respiratory system. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A. immune
system.
Crackles (rales) are caused by _________.
Select one:
A. severe bronchoconstriction
B. mucus in the larger airways
C. narrowing of the upper airways
D. air passing through fluid ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D. air
passing through fluid
His parents tell you that their son has had a chest infection for the past
two days and when they took him to their family doctor, they were told
it was likely due to the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). They have kept
him well hydrated, but the infection seems to have gotten worse. On
auscultation, you hear decreased air entry bilaterally with fine
expiratory wheezes and the occasional coarse wet crackle. Based on
this information, your patient is most likely suffering from:
Select one:
A. pertussis.
B. epiglottitis.
