WEST COAST EMT EXAM 1 TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following is an effective stress management
strategy?
Select one:
A. Requesting overtime to occupy your mind
B. Developing a social network outside of EMS
C. Frequently reflecting on troublesome calls
D. Modestly increasing caffeine consumption. Answer: B. Developing
a social network outside of EMS
◉ Which of the following scenarios MOST accurately depicts a
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reaction?
Select one:
A. An EMT is emotionally exhausted and depressed after a school
bus crash involving critical injuries and the death of several children.
B. A newly certified EMT becomes extremely nauseated and
diaphoretic at the scene of an incident involving grotesque injuries.
C. An EMT with many years of field experience becomes irritable
with her coworkers and experiences headaches and insomnia.
,D. An EMT becomes distracted at the scene of a motor vehicle crash
involving the same type of car in which a child was previously killed..
Answer: D. An EMT becomes distracted at the scene of a motor
vehicle crash involving the same type of car in which a child was
previously killed.
◉ Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct?
Select one:
A. HIV is easily transmittable in the EMS field.
B. HIV is transmitted exclusively via blood.
C. HIV is far more contagious than hepatitis B.
D. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.. Answer: D. There is no
vaccine against HIV infection.
◉ Which of the following statements regarding the different stages
of the grieving process is correct?
Select one:
A. The stages of the grieving process may occur simultaneously.
B. It is rare that people will jump back and forth between stages.
C. Bargaining is the most unpleasant stage of the grieving process.
D. The grieving process typically begins with severe depression..
Answer: A. The stages of the grieving process may occur
simultaneously.
,◉ Which of the following would provide the EMT with the BEST
cover in a situation involving active gunfire?
Select one:
A. A concrete barricade
B. Behind a car door
C. A large cluster of shrubs
D. Stacked empty barrels. Answer: A. A concrete barricade
◉ 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?
Select one:
A. Direct contact
B. Airborne transmission
C. Indirect contact
D. Vector-borne transmission. Answer: C. Indirect contact
◉ 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:
Select one:
, A. reassure her that after proper treatment in the hospital, she will
regain her speech in time.
B. maintain eye contact at all times and tell her that there is no need
for her to be scared.
C. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good
care of her.
D. tell her that you understand why she is scared and that everything
will likely be okay.. Answer: C. acknowledge that she is scared and
tell her that you will take good care of her.
◉ As an EMT, the standards of emergency care are often partially
based on:
Select one:
A. locally accepted protocols.
B. the wishes of the general public.
C. a consensus among paramedic supervisors.
D. the priorities of the medical director.. Answer: A. locally accepted
protocols.
◉ During your monthly internal quality improvement (QI) meeting,
you review several patient care reports (PCRs) with the staff of your
EMS system. You identify the patient's name, age, and sex, and then
discuss the treatment that was provided by the EMTs in the field. By
taking this approach to the QI process, you:
Select one:
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following is an effective stress management
strategy?
Select one:
A. Requesting overtime to occupy your mind
B. Developing a social network outside of EMS
C. Frequently reflecting on troublesome calls
D. Modestly increasing caffeine consumption. Answer: B. Developing
a social network outside of EMS
◉ Which of the following scenarios MOST accurately depicts a
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reaction?
Select one:
A. An EMT is emotionally exhausted and depressed after a school
bus crash involving critical injuries and the death of several children.
B. A newly certified EMT becomes extremely nauseated and
diaphoretic at the scene of an incident involving grotesque injuries.
C. An EMT with many years of field experience becomes irritable
with her coworkers and experiences headaches and insomnia.
,D. An EMT becomes distracted at the scene of a motor vehicle crash
involving the same type of car in which a child was previously killed..
Answer: D. An EMT becomes distracted at the scene of a motor
vehicle crash involving the same type of car in which a child was
previously killed.
◉ Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct?
Select one:
A. HIV is easily transmittable in the EMS field.
B. HIV is transmitted exclusively via blood.
C. HIV is far more contagious than hepatitis B.
D. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.. Answer: D. There is no
vaccine against HIV infection.
◉ Which of the following statements regarding the different stages
of the grieving process is correct?
Select one:
A. The stages of the grieving process may occur simultaneously.
B. It is rare that people will jump back and forth between stages.
C. Bargaining is the most unpleasant stage of the grieving process.
D. The grieving process typically begins with severe depression..
Answer: A. The stages of the grieving process may occur
simultaneously.
,◉ Which of the following would provide the EMT with the BEST
cover in a situation involving active gunfire?
Select one:
A. A concrete barricade
B. Behind a car door
C. A large cluster of shrubs
D. Stacked empty barrels. Answer: A. A concrete barricade
◉ 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?
Select one:
A. Direct contact
B. Airborne transmission
C. Indirect contact
D. Vector-borne transmission. Answer: C. Indirect contact
◉ 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:
Select one:
, A. reassure her that after proper treatment in the hospital, she will
regain her speech in time.
B. maintain eye contact at all times and tell her that there is no need
for her to be scared.
C. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good
care of her.
D. tell her that you understand why she is scared and that everything
will likely be okay.. Answer: C. acknowledge that she is scared and
tell her that you will take good care of her.
◉ As an EMT, the standards of emergency care are often partially
based on:
Select one:
A. locally accepted protocols.
B. the wishes of the general public.
C. a consensus among paramedic supervisors.
D. the priorities of the medical director.. Answer: A. locally accepted
protocols.
◉ During your monthly internal quality improvement (QI) meeting,
you review several patient care reports (PCRs) with the staff of your
EMS system. You identify the patient's name, age, and sex, and then
discuss the treatment that was provided by the EMTs in the field. By
taking this approach to the QI process, you:
Select one:
