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WEST COAST EMT Final Exam Prep Test
Bank Newest Actual Exam With
Complete 320 Questions And Correct
Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)
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A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should:
Select one:
A. start CPR and transport immediately.
B. begin CPR until an AED is available.
C. withhold CPR until he is defibrillated.
D. determine if he has a valid living will. - - ANS✔️--B. begin CPR until an AED is available.
Gastric distention will MOST likely occur:
Select one:
a. when you deliver minimal tidal volume.
b.
c. in patients who are intubated.
d. when the airway is completely obstructed.
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e. if you ventilate a patient too quickly. - - ANS✔️--e. if you ventilate a patient too quickly.
If an object is visible in the unconscious patient's airway, you should __________.
Select one:
A. leave it in place
B. continue chest compressions
C. remove it
D. place the patient on his or her side - - ANS✔️--C. remove it
In most cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is caused by:
Select one:
A. a cardiac dysrhythmia.
B. severe chest trauma.
C. respiratory arrest.
D. a drug overdose. - - ANS✔️--C. respiratory arrest.
Several attempts to adequately open a trauma patient's airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver have
been unsuccessful. You should:
Select one:
A. try opening the airway by lifting up on the chin.
B. suction the airway and reattempt the jaw-thrust maneuver.
C. tilt the head back while lifting up on the patient's neck.
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D. carefully perform the head tilt-chin lift maneuver. - - ANS✔️--D. carefully perform the head
tilt-chin lift maneuver.
Signs of a sudden severe upper airway obstruction include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. grasping the throat.
B. acute cyanosis.
C. inability to speak.
D. forceful coughing. - - ANS✔️--D. forceful coughing.
The impedance threshold device (ITD) may improve circulation during active compression-
decompression CPR by:
Select one:
A. limiting the amount of air that enters the lungs during the recoil phase between chest
compressions, which results in negative intrathoracic pressure and improved cardiac filling.
B. maintaining increased intrathoracic pressure during the downward stroke of each chest
compression, which forces more blood from both of the ventricles.
C. drawing all of the air out of the lungs in between chest compressions, which causes positive
intrathoracic pressure and a reduction of blood return to the right side of the heart.
D. maximizing the amount of air in the lungs following chest recoil, which hyperinflates the
lungs and forces more blood from the ventricle during each compression. - - ANS✔️--A. limiting
the amount of air that enters the lungs during the recoil phase between chest compressions,
which results in negative intrathoracic pressure and improved cardiac filling.
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What is the correct compression-to-ventilation ratio for adult CPR?
Select one:
A. 30:2
B. 5:1
C. 30:1
D. 3:2 - - ANS✔️--A. 30:2
When performing CPR on a child, you should compress the chest:
Select one:
A. to a depth of 1 to 2 inches.
B. with one or two hands.
C. until a radial pulse is felt.
D. 80 to 100 times per minute. - - ANS✔️--B. with one or two hands.
While rescuer one is finishing his or her fifth cycle of 30 compressions, rescuer two should:
Select one:
A. give two breaths and prepare to start compressions.
B. suction the patient's mouth and give two more ventilations.
C. assess for a carotid pulse for 15 seconds.
D. move to the opposite side of the patient's chest. - - ANS✔️--D. move to the opposite side of the
patient's chest.
WEST COAST EMT Final Exam Prep Test
Bank Newest Actual Exam With
Complete 320 Questions And Correct
Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)
|Already Graded A+
A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should:
Select one:
A. start CPR and transport immediately.
B. begin CPR until an AED is available.
C. withhold CPR until he is defibrillated.
D. determine if he has a valid living will. - - ANS✔️--B. begin CPR until an AED is available.
Gastric distention will MOST likely occur:
Select one:
a. when you deliver minimal tidal volume.
b.
c. in patients who are intubated.
d. when the airway is completely obstructed.
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e. if you ventilate a patient too quickly. - - ANS✔️--e. if you ventilate a patient too quickly.
If an object is visible in the unconscious patient's airway, you should __________.
Select one:
A. leave it in place
B. continue chest compressions
C. remove it
D. place the patient on his or her side - - ANS✔️--C. remove it
In most cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is caused by:
Select one:
A. a cardiac dysrhythmia.
B. severe chest trauma.
C. respiratory arrest.
D. a drug overdose. - - ANS✔️--C. respiratory arrest.
Several attempts to adequately open a trauma patient's airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver have
been unsuccessful. You should:
Select one:
A. try opening the airway by lifting up on the chin.
B. suction the airway and reattempt the jaw-thrust maneuver.
C. tilt the head back while lifting up on the patient's neck.
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D. carefully perform the head tilt-chin lift maneuver. - - ANS✔️--D. carefully perform the head
tilt-chin lift maneuver.
Signs of a sudden severe upper airway obstruction include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. grasping the throat.
B. acute cyanosis.
C. inability to speak.
D. forceful coughing. - - ANS✔️--D. forceful coughing.
The impedance threshold device (ITD) may improve circulation during active compression-
decompression CPR by:
Select one:
A. limiting the amount of air that enters the lungs during the recoil phase between chest
compressions, which results in negative intrathoracic pressure and improved cardiac filling.
B. maintaining increased intrathoracic pressure during the downward stroke of each chest
compression, which forces more blood from both of the ventricles.
C. drawing all of the air out of the lungs in between chest compressions, which causes positive
intrathoracic pressure and a reduction of blood return to the right side of the heart.
D. maximizing the amount of air in the lungs following chest recoil, which hyperinflates the
lungs and forces more blood from the ventricle during each compression. - - ANS✔️--A. limiting
the amount of air that enters the lungs during the recoil phase between chest compressions,
which results in negative intrathoracic pressure and improved cardiac filling.
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What is the correct compression-to-ventilation ratio for adult CPR?
Select one:
A. 30:2
B. 5:1
C. 30:1
D. 3:2 - - ANS✔️--A. 30:2
When performing CPR on a child, you should compress the chest:
Select one:
A. to a depth of 1 to 2 inches.
B. with one or two hands.
C. until a radial pulse is felt.
D. 80 to 100 times per minute. - - ANS✔️--B. with one or two hands.
While rescuer one is finishing his or her fifth cycle of 30 compressions, rescuer two should:
Select one:
A. give two breaths and prepare to start compressions.
B. suction the patient's mouth and give two more ventilations.
C. assess for a carotid pulse for 15 seconds.
D. move to the opposite side of the patient's chest. - - ANS✔️--D. move to the opposite side of the
patient's chest.
