WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 4 EXAM
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CORRECT ANSWERS | 2025/2026
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A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will MOST likely
experience serious injuries or death if he or she:
Select one:
A. experiences multiple impacts.
B. is ejected or partially ejected.
C. is wearing only a lap belt.
D. remains within the vehicle. - ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔-B. is ejected or
partially ejected.
According to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
(ACS-COT), an adult trauma patient should be transported to the
highest level of trauma center if he or she:
Select one:
,) A. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which another patient in
the same
vehicle was killed.
B. has a systolic blood pressure of less than 110 mm Hg or a heart rate
greater than 110 beats/min.
C. has a bleeding disorder or takes anticoagulant medications and has
any blunt or penetrating injury.
• D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism
attributed to v trauma. - ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔-D. has a GCS
score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to v
trauma.
Airbags are designed to:
Select one:
A. prevent a second collision inside the car.
B. prevent the driver from sustaining head trauma.
C. be used with or without a shoulder harness.
D. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries. - ✔✔CORRECT
ANSWER✔-D. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during extrication
will allow the EMT to:
Select one:
A. assess the severity of the third collision of the crash.
B. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact.
,C. identify contact points and predict potential injuries.
D. determine the vehicle's speed at the time of impact. - ✔✔ANSWER
✔✔-C. identify contact points and predict potential injuries.
Factors that should be considered when assessing a patient who has
fallen include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. the surface struck.
B. the speed of the fall.
C. the height of the fall.
D. the primary impact point. - ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔-B. the speed of
the fall.
Force acting over a distance is the definition of:
Select one:
A. kinetic energy.
B. potential energy.
C. work.
D. latent energy. - ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔-C. work.
If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in a crash, the
EMT should:
Select one:
A. transport the survivors only if they have injuries or complain of pain.
, B. allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have no obvious
injuries.
C. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious
trauma.
D. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced obvious
trauma. - ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔-C. suspect that all living occupants
experienced the same serious trauma.
In contrast to a Level Ill trauma center, a Level I trauma center must:
Select one:
A. be involved in trauma prevention programs.
B. have access to an emergency physician within 30 minutes.
C. be able to stabilize patients before transferring to a higher level
facility.
D. have general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day. - ✔✔CORRECT
ANSWER✔-
D. have general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day.
Internal injuries caused by gunshot wounds are difficult to predict
because:
Select one:
A. the bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body.
B. the area of damage is usually smaller than the bullet.
C. exit wounds caused by the bullet are usually small.
REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS | 2025/2026
UPDATED
A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will MOST likely
experience serious injuries or death if he or she:
Select one:
A. experiences multiple impacts.
B. is ejected or partially ejected.
C. is wearing only a lap belt.
D. remains within the vehicle. - ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔-B. is ejected or
partially ejected.
According to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
(ACS-COT), an adult trauma patient should be transported to the
highest level of trauma center if he or she:
Select one:
,) A. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which another patient in
the same
vehicle was killed.
B. has a systolic blood pressure of less than 110 mm Hg or a heart rate
greater than 110 beats/min.
C. has a bleeding disorder or takes anticoagulant medications and has
any blunt or penetrating injury.
• D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism
attributed to v trauma. - ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔-D. has a GCS
score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to v
trauma.
Airbags are designed to:
Select one:
A. prevent a second collision inside the car.
B. prevent the driver from sustaining head trauma.
C. be used with or without a shoulder harness.
D. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries. - ✔✔CORRECT
ANSWER✔-D. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during extrication
will allow the EMT to:
Select one:
A. assess the severity of the third collision of the crash.
B. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact.
,C. identify contact points and predict potential injuries.
D. determine the vehicle's speed at the time of impact. - ✔✔ANSWER
✔✔-C. identify contact points and predict potential injuries.
Factors that should be considered when assessing a patient who has
fallen include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. the surface struck.
B. the speed of the fall.
C. the height of the fall.
D. the primary impact point. - ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔-B. the speed of
the fall.
Force acting over a distance is the definition of:
Select one:
A. kinetic energy.
B. potential energy.
C. work.
D. latent energy. - ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔-C. work.
If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in a crash, the
EMT should:
Select one:
A. transport the survivors only if they have injuries or complain of pain.
, B. allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have no obvious
injuries.
C. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious
trauma.
D. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced obvious
trauma. - ✔✔CORRECT ANSWER✔-C. suspect that all living occupants
experienced the same serious trauma.
In contrast to a Level Ill trauma center, a Level I trauma center must:
Select one:
A. be involved in trauma prevention programs.
B. have access to an emergency physician within 30 minutes.
C. be able to stabilize patients before transferring to a higher level
facility.
D. have general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day. - ✔✔CORRECT
ANSWER✔-
D. have general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day.
Internal injuries caused by gunshot wounds are difficult to predict
because:
Select one:
A. the bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body.
B. the area of damage is usually smaller than the bullet.
C. exit wounds caused by the bullet are usually small.
