BLOCK 4 WEST COAST EMT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS .
A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will MOST likely experience serious injuries
or death if he or she:
A. is ejected or partially ejected.
B. experiences multiple impacts
C. Remains within the vehicle
D. is wearing only a lap belt - correct Answers -A. 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:
A. has a bleeding disorder or takes anticoagulant medication and has any blunt or penetrating
injury
B. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to trauma
C. Has a systolic blood pressure of less than 110 mm Hg or a heart rate greater than 110
beats/min
D. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which another patient in the same vehicle was killed
- correct Answers -B. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to
trauma
Airbags are designed to:
A. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.
B. prevent the driver from sustaining head trauma
C. be used with or without a shoulder harness
D. prevent a second collision inside the car - correct Answers -A. decrease the severity of
deceleration injuries.
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during extrication will allow the EMT to:
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, A. identify contact points and predict potential injuries
B. determine the vehicle's speed at the time of impact
C. assess the severity of the third collision of the crash
D. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact - correct Answers -A. 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:
A. the speed of the fall.
B. the surface struck.
C. the height of the fall.
D. the primary impact point. - correct Answers -A. the speed of the fall.
Force acting over a distance is the definition of:
A. latent energy
B. work
C. kinetic energy
D. potential energy - correct Answers -B. work
If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in a crash, the EMT should:
A. allow the survivors to refused transport if they have no obvious injuries
B. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced obvious trauma
C. Transport the survivors only if they have injuries or complain of pain
D. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious trauma - correct Answers -D.
suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious trauma
In contrast to a Level III trauma center, a Level I trauma center must:
A. have general surgeons that are in-house 24 hours a day.
B. be involved in trauma prevention programs
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WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS .
A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will MOST likely experience serious injuries
or death if he or she:
A. is ejected or partially ejected.
B. experiences multiple impacts
C. Remains within the vehicle
D. is wearing only a lap belt - correct Answers -A. 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:
A. has a bleeding disorder or takes anticoagulant medication and has any blunt or penetrating
injury
B. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to trauma
C. Has a systolic blood pressure of less than 110 mm Hg or a heart rate greater than 110
beats/min
D. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which another patient in the same vehicle was killed
- correct Answers -B. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to
trauma
Airbags are designed to:
A. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.
B. prevent the driver from sustaining head trauma
C. be used with or without a shoulder harness
D. prevent a second collision inside the car - correct Answers -A. decrease the severity of
deceleration injuries.
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during extrication will allow the EMT to:
1
, A. identify contact points and predict potential injuries
B. determine the vehicle's speed at the time of impact
C. assess the severity of the third collision of the crash
D. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact - correct Answers -A. 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:
A. the speed of the fall.
B. the surface struck.
C. the height of the fall.
D. the primary impact point. - correct Answers -A. the speed of the fall.
Force acting over a distance is the definition of:
A. latent energy
B. work
C. kinetic energy
D. potential energy - correct Answers -B. work
If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in a crash, the EMT should:
A. allow the survivors to refused transport if they have no obvious injuries
B. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced obvious trauma
C. Transport the survivors only if they have injuries or complain of pain
D. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious trauma - correct Answers -D.
suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious trauma
In contrast to a Level III trauma center, a Level I trauma center must:
A. have general surgeons that are in-house 24 hours a day.
B. be involved in trauma prevention programs
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