WEST COAST EMT FINAL ACTUAL EXAM/ EMT FINAL TEST FOR THE
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WEST COAST RECENT VERSION ALL 260 QUESTIONS NAD
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CORRECT ANSWERS/ BEST GRADED A
1. A newborn's one minute APGAR A. routine post delivery care
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 re-
assess APGAR score
C. some resuscitation assistance
such as oxygen
D. continue to monitor and reassess
the APGAR score in 10 minutes
2. If you could only take two pieces of AED and portable suction unit
equipment with you to a patient's
side, you should choose the:
3. Which of the following descriptions C. A team of health care professionals who are re-
MOST accurately portrays emer- sponsible for providing emergency care and trans-
gency medical services (EMS)? portation to the sick and injured
A. A system composed exclusively
of emergency medical responders
(EMRs) and emergency medical tech-
nicians (EMTs) who are responsible
for providing care to sick and injured
patients
B. A team of paramedics and emer-
gency physicians who are responsi-
ble for providing emergency care to
critically injured patients
C. A team of health care profession-
als who are responsible for providing
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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 pre-
hospital setting
4. Which of the following interventions B. Automated external defibrillator
is used by all levels of EMS providers?
A. Automatic transport ventilators
B. Automated external defibrillator
C. Needle decompression
D. Multilumen airways
5. After assessing a patient's blood C. report the incident to your supervisor after the
glucose level, you accidentally stick call.
yourself with the contaminated
lancet. You should:
A. discontinue patient care and seek
medical attention.
B. immerse your wound in an alco-
hol-based solution.
C. report the incident to your super-
visor after the call.
D. get immunized against hepatitis
as soon as possible.
6. Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harass- C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something
ment, occurs when the harasser: else.
A. makes rude remarks about a per-
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son'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.
7. Which of the following statements re- B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
garding HIV is correct?
A. HIV is far more contagious than
hepatitis B.
B. There is no vaccine against HIV in-
fection.
C. HIV is easily transmittable in the
EMS field.
D. HIV is transmitted exclusively via
blood.
8. While providing care to a patient, D. Indirect contact
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 de-
scribe?
A. Vector-borne transmission
B. Airborne transmission
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C. Direct contact
D. Indirect contact
9. You are transporting an elderly A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that
woman who has possibly experi- you will take good care of her.
enced a stroke. She is obviously
scared but is unable to talk and can-
not 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 re-
gain her speech in time.
C. tell her that you understand why
she is scared and that everything will
likely be okay.
D. maintain eye contact at all times
and tell her that there is no need for
her to be scared.
10. The EMT's scope of practice within his A. medical director.
or her local response area is defined
by the:
A. medical director.
B. state EMS office.
west coast emt final exam review
WEST COAST RECENT VERSION ALL 260 QUESTIONS NAD
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CORRECT ANSWERS/ BEST GRADED A
1. A newborn's one minute APGAR A. routine post delivery care
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 re-
assess APGAR score
C. some resuscitation assistance
such as oxygen
D. continue to monitor and reassess
the APGAR score in 10 minutes
2. If you could only take two pieces of AED and portable suction unit
equipment with you to a patient's
side, you should choose the:
3. Which of the following descriptions C. A team of health care professionals who are re-
MOST accurately portrays emer- sponsible for providing emergency care and trans-
gency medical services (EMS)? portation to the sick and injured
A. A system composed exclusively
of emergency medical responders
(EMRs) and emergency medical tech-
nicians (EMTs) who are responsible
for providing care to sick and injured
patients
B. A team of paramedics and emer-
gency physicians who are responsi-
ble for providing emergency care to
critically injured patients
C. A team of health care profession-
als who are responsible for providing
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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 pre-
hospital setting
4. Which of the following interventions B. Automated external defibrillator
is used by all levels of EMS providers?
A. Automatic transport ventilators
B. Automated external defibrillator
C. Needle decompression
D. Multilumen airways
5. After assessing a patient's blood C. report the incident to your supervisor after the
glucose level, you accidentally stick call.
yourself with the contaminated
lancet. You should:
A. discontinue patient care and seek
medical attention.
B. immerse your wound in an alco-
hol-based solution.
C. report the incident to your super-
visor after the call.
D. get immunized against hepatitis
as soon as possible.
6. Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harass- C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something
ment, occurs when the harasser: else.
A. makes rude remarks about a per-
, west coast emt final exam review
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hc17oc
son'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.
7. Which of the following statements re- B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
garding HIV is correct?
A. HIV is far more contagious than
hepatitis B.
B. There is no vaccine against HIV in-
fection.
C. HIV is easily transmittable in the
EMS field.
D. HIV is transmitted exclusively via
blood.
8. While providing care to a patient, D. Indirect contact
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 de-
scribe?
A. Vector-borne transmission
B. Airborne transmission
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C. Direct contact
D. Indirect contact
9. You are transporting an elderly A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that
woman who has possibly experi- you will take good care of her.
enced a stroke. She is obviously
scared but is unable to talk and can-
not 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 re-
gain her speech in time.
C. tell her that you understand why
she is scared and that everything will
likely be okay.
D. maintain eye contact at all times
and tell her that there is no need for
her to be scared.
10. The EMT's scope of practice within his A. medical director.
or her local response area is defined
by the:
A. medical director.
B. state EMS office.
