WEST COAST EMT BLOCK FINAL EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ hemorrhagic stroke
Answer: a stroke where the blood loss is caused by the rupture of
a blood vessel
◉ Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Answer: Temporary stroke like symptoms that resolve within a 24
hour period due to a clot dissolving
◉ BEFAST (stroke)
Answer: Balance, Eyes, Facial Droop, Arm Drift, Speech, Time
◉ Beck's triad
Answer: hypotension, JVD, muffled heart sounds
◉ Cushing's triad
Answer: Due to ICP, signs of High Blood Pressure, Decreased Heart
Rate, Rapid Respirations
, ◉ Linear skull fracture
Answer: Account for 80% of skull fractures; also referred to as
nondisplaced skull fractures; not associated with deformities to
the skull.
◉ depressed skull fracture
Answer: a fracture of the skull with one of the skull bones
depressed/torn loose & pushed below normal surface; symptoms
depend on area, epilepsy common, bleeding; signs such as
drainage, nuchal rigidity, seizures, etc.; reduce intercranial
pressure.
◉ basilar skull fracture
Answer: Usually occurs following diffuse impact to the head (such
as in falls, motor vehicle crashes); S/S: Raccoon Eyes, Battle Sign
◉ Open skull fracture
Answer: a skull fracture with an associated open wound to the
overlying scalp
◉ appendicular skeleton
Answer: bones of the shoulder, pelvis, and upper and lower
extremities
◉ axial skeleton
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ hemorrhagic stroke
Answer: a stroke where the blood loss is caused by the rupture of
a blood vessel
◉ Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Answer: Temporary stroke like symptoms that resolve within a 24
hour period due to a clot dissolving
◉ BEFAST (stroke)
Answer: Balance, Eyes, Facial Droop, Arm Drift, Speech, Time
◉ Beck's triad
Answer: hypotension, JVD, muffled heart sounds
◉ Cushing's triad
Answer: Due to ICP, signs of High Blood Pressure, Decreased Heart
Rate, Rapid Respirations
, ◉ Linear skull fracture
Answer: Account for 80% of skull fractures; also referred to as
nondisplaced skull fractures; not associated with deformities to
the skull.
◉ depressed skull fracture
Answer: a fracture of the skull with one of the skull bones
depressed/torn loose & pushed below normal surface; symptoms
depend on area, epilepsy common, bleeding; signs such as
drainage, nuchal rigidity, seizures, etc.; reduce intercranial
pressure.
◉ basilar skull fracture
Answer: Usually occurs following diffuse impact to the head (such
as in falls, motor vehicle crashes); S/S: Raccoon Eyes, Battle Sign
◉ Open skull fracture
Answer: a skull fracture with an associated open wound to the
overlying scalp
◉ appendicular skeleton
Answer: bones of the shoulder, pelvis, and upper and lower
extremities
◉ axial skeleton
