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WEST COAST EMT BLOCK3 EXAM
2025|ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A 40-year-old patient without a history of seizures experiences a generalized
(tonic-clonic) seizure. The LEAST likely cause of this seizure is:
A: a serious infection
B: a brain tumor
C: epilepsy
D: intercranial bleeding - correct-answer-C: epilepsy
A patient who is experiencing aphasia is:
A: not able to swallow without choking
B: experiencing a right hemispheric stroke
C: unable to produce or understand speech
D: usually conscious but has slurred speech - correct-answer-C: unable to produce
or understand speech
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A patient who is possibly experiencing a stroke is NOT eligible for thrombolytic
(fibrinolytic) therapy if he or she:
A: has a GCS score that is less than 8
B: has had a prior heart attack
C: is older than 60 years of age
D: has bleeding within the brain - correct-answer-D: has bleeding within the brain
A patient with an altered mental status is:
A: typically alert but is confused as to preceding events
B: usually able to be aroused with a painful stimulus
C: completely unresponsive to all forms of stimuli
D: not thinking clearly or is incapable of being aroused - correct-answer-D: not
thinking clearly or is incapable of being aroused
Components of the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale include:
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A: arm drift, memory, and grip strength
B: speech, pupil reaction, and memory
C: facial droop, speech, and pupil size
D: arm drift, speech, and facial droop - correct-answer-D: arm drigt, speech, and
facial droop
Febrile seizures:
A: are usually benign but should be evaluated
B: are also referred to as absence seizures
C: often result in permanent brain damage
D: occur when a child's fever rises slowly - correct-answer-A: are usually benign
but should be evaluated
Individuals with chronic alcoholism are predisposed to intracranial bleeding and
hypoglycemia secondary to abnormalities in the:
A: pancreas
B: kidneys
C: brain
D: liver - correct-answer-D: liver
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Muscle control and body coordination are controlled by the:
A: brain stem
B: cerebral cortex
C: cerebellum
D: cerebrum - correct-answer-C: cerebellum
Status epilepticus is characterized by:
A: generalized seizures that last less than 5 minutes
B: an absence seizure that is not preceded by an aura
C: prolonged seizures without a return of consciousness
D: profound tachycardia and total muscle flaccidity - correct-answer-C: prolonged
seizures without a return of consciousness
The most basic functions of the body, such as breathing, blood pressure, and
swallowing, are controlled by the:
WEST COAST EMT BLOCK3 EXAM
2025|ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A 40-year-old patient without a history of seizures experiences a generalized
(tonic-clonic) seizure. The LEAST likely cause of this seizure is:
A: a serious infection
B: a brain tumor
C: epilepsy
D: intercranial bleeding - correct-answer-C: epilepsy
A patient who is experiencing aphasia is:
A: not able to swallow without choking
B: experiencing a right hemispheric stroke
C: unable to produce or understand speech
D: usually conscious but has slurred speech - correct-answer-C: unable to produce
or understand speech
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A patient who is possibly experiencing a stroke is NOT eligible for thrombolytic
(fibrinolytic) therapy if he or she:
A: has a GCS score that is less than 8
B: has had a prior heart attack
C: is older than 60 years of age
D: has bleeding within the brain - correct-answer-D: has bleeding within the brain
A patient with an altered mental status is:
A: typically alert but is confused as to preceding events
B: usually able to be aroused with a painful stimulus
C: completely unresponsive to all forms of stimuli
D: not thinking clearly or is incapable of being aroused - correct-answer-D: not
thinking clearly or is incapable of being aroused
Components of the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale include:
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A: arm drift, memory, and grip strength
B: speech, pupil reaction, and memory
C: facial droop, speech, and pupil size
D: arm drift, speech, and facial droop - correct-answer-D: arm drigt, speech, and
facial droop
Febrile seizures:
A: are usually benign but should be evaluated
B: are also referred to as absence seizures
C: often result in permanent brain damage
D: occur when a child's fever rises slowly - correct-answer-A: are usually benign
but should be evaluated
Individuals with chronic alcoholism are predisposed to intracranial bleeding and
hypoglycemia secondary to abnormalities in the:
A: pancreas
B: kidneys
C: brain
D: liver - correct-answer-D: liver
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Muscle control and body coordination are controlled by the:
A: brain stem
B: cerebral cortex
C: cerebellum
D: cerebrum - correct-answer-C: cerebellum
Status epilepticus is characterized by:
A: generalized seizures that last less than 5 minutes
B: an absence seizure that is not preceded by an aura
C: prolonged seizures without a return of consciousness
D: profound tachycardia and total muscle flaccidity - correct-answer-C: prolonged
seizures without a return of consciousness
The most basic functions of the body, such as breathing, blood pressure, and
swallowing, are controlled by the:
