West Coast EMT Block 3 Exam
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Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A patient has shallow breathing, cyanosis, and no chest rise during BVM ventilations. What
should you do?
A. Increase oxygen flow
B. Try a nasal cannula instead
✔✔C. Reposition the airway and check the mask seal
D. Begin chest compressions
After controlling a major bleed with a tourniquet, the patient complains of pain. What is your
next step?
✔✔A. Reassure the patient and monitor for shock
B. Loosen the tourniquet
C. Remove the tourniquet
D. Apply a pressure bandage over it
What is the proper way to treat a flail chest?
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,A. Wrap the chest tightly with a bandage
✔✔B. Provide high-flow oxygen and support ventilation if needed
C. Tape the ribs
D. Place the patient prone
A patient was struck in the head and now has a decreasing level of consciousness and a slow
pulse. What should you suspect?
A. Stroke
✔✔B. Increased intracranial pressure
C. Seizure
D. Hypoglycemia
A patient presents with snoring respirations after a fall. What should you do immediately?
A. Provide oxygen by non-rebreather
B. Begin chest compressions
✔✔C. Open the airway with jaw-thrust
D. Administer glucose
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,A construction worker fell from a ladder and is breathing irregularly. What should you suspect?
✔✔A. Spinal injury
B. Cardiac arrest
C. Stroke
D. Allergic reaction
You arrive to find a man with severe bleeding from his thigh. Direct pressure has failed. What is
the next step?
✔✔A. Apply a tourniquet above the wound
B. Elevate the leg
C. Apply cold packs
D. Wrap it tightly in gauze
A patient is burned on the chest, back, and both arms. What is the best estimate of body surface
area burned?
✔✔A. 36%
B. 18%
C. 24%
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, D. 9%
A woman is having trouble breathing after being punched in the chest. Breath sounds are
diminished on one side. What is this likely?
✔✔A. Pneumothorax
B. Stroke
C. Cardiac arrest
D. Asthma attack
A patient has a gunshot wound to the abdomen with intestines exposed. What should you do?
✔✔A. Cover with moist sterile dressing and keep warm
B. Push the intestines back inside
C. Apply a tourniquet
D. Roll the patient on their side
A child was hit in the chest with a baseball and collapsed. He has no pulse. What is the likely
cause?
A. Asthma
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A patient has shallow breathing, cyanosis, and no chest rise during BVM ventilations. What
should you do?
A. Increase oxygen flow
B. Try a nasal cannula instead
✔✔C. Reposition the airway and check the mask seal
D. Begin chest compressions
After controlling a major bleed with a tourniquet, the patient complains of pain. What is your
next step?
✔✔A. Reassure the patient and monitor for shock
B. Loosen the tourniquet
C. Remove the tourniquet
D. Apply a pressure bandage over it
What is the proper way to treat a flail chest?
1
,A. Wrap the chest tightly with a bandage
✔✔B. Provide high-flow oxygen and support ventilation if needed
C. Tape the ribs
D. Place the patient prone
A patient was struck in the head and now has a decreasing level of consciousness and a slow
pulse. What should you suspect?
A. Stroke
✔✔B. Increased intracranial pressure
C. Seizure
D. Hypoglycemia
A patient presents with snoring respirations after a fall. What should you do immediately?
A. Provide oxygen by non-rebreather
B. Begin chest compressions
✔✔C. Open the airway with jaw-thrust
D. Administer glucose
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,A construction worker fell from a ladder and is breathing irregularly. What should you suspect?
✔✔A. Spinal injury
B. Cardiac arrest
C. Stroke
D. Allergic reaction
You arrive to find a man with severe bleeding from his thigh. Direct pressure has failed. What is
the next step?
✔✔A. Apply a tourniquet above the wound
B. Elevate the leg
C. Apply cold packs
D. Wrap it tightly in gauze
A patient is burned on the chest, back, and both arms. What is the best estimate of body surface
area burned?
✔✔A. 36%
B. 18%
C. 24%
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, D. 9%
A woman is having trouble breathing after being punched in the chest. Breath sounds are
diminished on one side. What is this likely?
✔✔A. Pneumothorax
B. Stroke
C. Cardiac arrest
D. Asthma attack
A patient has a gunshot wound to the abdomen with intestines exposed. What should you do?
✔✔A. Cover with moist sterile dressing and keep warm
B. Push the intestines back inside
C. Apply a tourniquet
D. Roll the patient on their side
A child was hit in the chest with a baseball and collapsed. He has no pulse. What is the likely
cause?
A. Asthma
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