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West Coast EMT Final Exam (Latest Update) 100%
Verified Questions & Answers.
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 - ✔✔✔A. routine
post-delivery care
If you could only take two pieces of equipment with you to a patient's side, you should
choose the: - ✔✔✔AED and portable suction unit
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 - ✔✔✔C. A team of health care professionals
who are responsible for providing emergency care and transportation to the sick and
injured
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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 - ✔✔✔B. Automated external defibrillator
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. report the incident to
your supervisor after the call.
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. - ✔✔✔C. requests sexual favors
in exchange for something else.
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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. - ✔✔✔B. There is no vaccine against HIV
infection.
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 - ✔✔✔D. 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:
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.
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D. maintain eye contact at all times and tell her that there is no need for her to be
scared. - ✔✔✔A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good
care of her.
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. medical director.
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. - ✔✔✔A.
have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the patient is deceased.
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?
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West Coast EMT Final Exam (Latest Update) 100%
Verified Questions & Answers.
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 - ✔✔✔A. routine
post-delivery care
If you could only take two pieces of equipment with you to a patient's side, you should
choose the: - ✔✔✔AED and portable suction unit
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 - ✔✔✔C. A team of health care professionals
who are responsible for providing emergency care and transportation to the sick and
injured
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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 - ✔✔✔B. Automated external defibrillator
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. report the incident to
your supervisor after the call.
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. - ✔✔✔C. requests sexual favors
in exchange for something else.
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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. - ✔✔✔B. There is no vaccine against HIV
infection.
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 - ✔✔✔D. 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:
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.
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D. maintain eye contact at all times and tell her that there is no need for her to be
scared. - ✔✔✔A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good
care of her.
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. medical director.
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. - ✔✔✔A.
have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the patient is deceased.
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?
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