WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 1 LATEST 2024-2025 EXAM
350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+
You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle-versus-pedestrian accident. The patient, a 13-year-old male, is
unconscious and has multiple injuries. As you are treating the child, a law enforcement officer advises
you that the child's parents will be at the scene in approximately 15 minutes. What should you do?
Select one:
A. Withhold treatment until the parents arrive and give you consent for treatment.
B. Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital.
C. Begin transport at once and have the parents meet you en route to the hospital.
D. Treat the child at the scene and wait for the parents to arrive and give consent. - ANSWER-B.
Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital.
You respond to the home of a 59-year-old man who is unconscious; has slow, shallow breathing; and has
a weak pulse. The family states that the patient has terminal brain cancer and does not wish to be
resuscitated. They further state that there is a DNR order for this patient, but they are unable to locate it.
You should:
Select one:
A. decide on further action once the DNR order is produced.
B. honor the patient's wishes and withhold all treatment.
C. transport the patient without providing any treatment.
D. begin treatment and contact medical control as needed. - ANSWER-D. begin treatment and contact
medical control as needed.
A 4-year-old boy had an apparent seizure. He is conscious and calm and is sitting on his mother's lap. His
father is sitting in a nearby chair. The child's mother suddenly begins crying uncontrollably, which causes
the child to start crying. You should:
Select one:
A. attempt to calm the child's mother, but avoid separating her from her child because this will increase
her anxiety.
B. ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner tries to calm the mother.
,C. reassure the child's mother that seizures in children are very common and that there is nothing to
worry about.
D. give the child a favorite toy or blanket to hold onto and perform your assessment to the best of your
ability. - ANSWER-B. ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner tries
to calm the mother.
As you are wheeling your patient through the emergency department doors, you receive another call for
a major motor vehicle crash. You should:
Select one:
A. place the patient in a high-visibility area and then respond to the call.
B. leave a copy of the run form with a nurse and then respond to the call.
C. inform the admissions clerk of the situation and then respond at once.
D. respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician. - ANSWER-D. respond only
after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.
Communicating with patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can be facilitated by doing all of the
following, EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. shining a light on your face when you are in a darkened environment.
B. placing yourself in a position to ensure that the patient can see your lips.
C. providing pen and paper if the patient prefers to write his or her response.
D. elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation. - ANSWER-D. elevating the
tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation.
During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask him when his
headache began, but he does not ANSWER your question immediately. You should:
Select one:
A. allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
B. tell him that you cannot help him unless he ANSWERs your questions.
C. repeat your question because he probably did not hear you.
,D. ask him if he frequently experiences severe headaches and nausea. - ANSWER-A. allow him time to
think about the question and respond to it.
Effective therapeutic communication skills require _________.
Select one:
A. supervision by advanced life support personnel
B. correct use of complex medical terminology
C. English-speaking patients or family members
D. verbal and nonverbal communication techniques - ANSWER-D. verbal and nonverbal
communication techniques
Ethnocentrism is defined as:
Select one:
A. considering your own cultural values to be more important when interacting with people of a different
culture.
B. understanding that people from different cultural backgrounds respond to pain and stress differently.
C. subconsciously forcing your cultural values onto a patient because you feel that your own values are
more acceptable.
D. suspecting that a person has an ulterior motive based on the tone of his or her voice when
ANSWERing a question. - ANSWER-A. considering your own cultural values to be more important
when interacting with people of a different culture.
Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's condition. After confirming
that you heard the physician correctly, you should:
Select one:
A. carry out the order and then carefully document it on the run form.
B. advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
C. state that you will not carry out the order because it is inappropriate.
D. obtain consent from the patient and then carry out the order as usual. - ANSWER-B. advise the
physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
, When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's privacy by:
Select one:
A. not disclosing his or her name.
B. refraining from objective statements.
C. withholding medical history data.
D. using coded medical language. - ANSWER-A. not disclosing his or her name.
When relaying patient information via radio, communications should be:
Select one:
A. brief and easily understood.
B. lengthy and complete.
C. spoken in a loud voice.
D. coded and scripted. - ANSWER-A. brief and easily understood.
When you are communicating with an older patient, it is important to remember that:
Select one:
A. your questions should focus exclusively on the patient's obvious problem.
B. most older people think clearly and are capable of ANSWERing questions.
C. speaking loudly and distinctly will ensure that the patient can hear you.
D. hostility and confusion should be presumed to be due to the patient's age. - ANSWER-B. most older
people think clearly and are capable of ANSWERing questions.
Which of the following incidents does NOT require a report to be filed with local authorities?
Select one:
A. Animal bites
B. Gunshot wounds
C. Spousal abuse
D. Cardiac arrest - ANSWER-D. Cardiac arrest
350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+
You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle-versus-pedestrian accident. The patient, a 13-year-old male, is
unconscious and has multiple injuries. As you are treating the child, a law enforcement officer advises
you that the child's parents will be at the scene in approximately 15 minutes. What should you do?
Select one:
A. Withhold treatment until the parents arrive and give you consent for treatment.
B. Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital.
C. Begin transport at once and have the parents meet you en route to the hospital.
D. Treat the child at the scene and wait for the parents to arrive and give consent. - ANSWER-B.
Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital.
You respond to the home of a 59-year-old man who is unconscious; has slow, shallow breathing; and has
a weak pulse. The family states that the patient has terminal brain cancer and does not wish to be
resuscitated. They further state that there is a DNR order for this patient, but they are unable to locate it.
You should:
Select one:
A. decide on further action once the DNR order is produced.
B. honor the patient's wishes and withhold all treatment.
C. transport the patient without providing any treatment.
D. begin treatment and contact medical control as needed. - ANSWER-D. begin treatment and contact
medical control as needed.
A 4-year-old boy had an apparent seizure. He is conscious and calm and is sitting on his mother's lap. His
father is sitting in a nearby chair. The child's mother suddenly begins crying uncontrollably, which causes
the child to start crying. You should:
Select one:
A. attempt to calm the child's mother, but avoid separating her from her child because this will increase
her anxiety.
B. ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner tries to calm the mother.
,C. reassure the child's mother that seizures in children are very common and that there is nothing to
worry about.
D. give the child a favorite toy or blanket to hold onto and perform your assessment to the best of your
ability. - ANSWER-B. ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner tries
to calm the mother.
As you are wheeling your patient through the emergency department doors, you receive another call for
a major motor vehicle crash. You should:
Select one:
A. place the patient in a high-visibility area and then respond to the call.
B. leave a copy of the run form with a nurse and then respond to the call.
C. inform the admissions clerk of the situation and then respond at once.
D. respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician. - ANSWER-D. respond only
after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.
Communicating with patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can be facilitated by doing all of the
following, EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. shining a light on your face when you are in a darkened environment.
B. placing yourself in a position to ensure that the patient can see your lips.
C. providing pen and paper if the patient prefers to write his or her response.
D. elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation. - ANSWER-D. elevating the
tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation.
During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask him when his
headache began, but he does not ANSWER your question immediately. You should:
Select one:
A. allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
B. tell him that you cannot help him unless he ANSWERs your questions.
C. repeat your question because he probably did not hear you.
,D. ask him if he frequently experiences severe headaches and nausea. - ANSWER-A. allow him time to
think about the question and respond to it.
Effective therapeutic communication skills require _________.
Select one:
A. supervision by advanced life support personnel
B. correct use of complex medical terminology
C. English-speaking patients or family members
D. verbal and nonverbal communication techniques - ANSWER-D. verbal and nonverbal
communication techniques
Ethnocentrism is defined as:
Select one:
A. considering your own cultural values to be more important when interacting with people of a different
culture.
B. understanding that people from different cultural backgrounds respond to pain and stress differently.
C. subconsciously forcing your cultural values onto a patient because you feel that your own values are
more acceptable.
D. suspecting that a person has an ulterior motive based on the tone of his or her voice when
ANSWERing a question. - ANSWER-A. considering your own cultural values to be more important
when interacting with people of a different culture.
Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's condition. After confirming
that you heard the physician correctly, you should:
Select one:
A. carry out the order and then carefully document it on the run form.
B. advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
C. state that you will not carry out the order because it is inappropriate.
D. obtain consent from the patient and then carry out the order as usual. - ANSWER-B. advise the
physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
, When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's privacy by:
Select one:
A. not disclosing his or her name.
B. refraining from objective statements.
C. withholding medical history data.
D. using coded medical language. - ANSWER-A. not disclosing his or her name.
When relaying patient information via radio, communications should be:
Select one:
A. brief and easily understood.
B. lengthy and complete.
C. spoken in a loud voice.
D. coded and scripted. - ANSWER-A. brief and easily understood.
When you are communicating with an older patient, it is important to remember that:
Select one:
A. your questions should focus exclusively on the patient's obvious problem.
B. most older people think clearly and are capable of ANSWERing questions.
C. speaking loudly and distinctly will ensure that the patient can hear you.
D. hostility and confusion should be presumed to be due to the patient's age. - ANSWER-B. most older
people think clearly and are capable of ANSWERing questions.
Which of the following incidents does NOT require a report to be filed with local authorities?
Select one:
A. Animal bites
B. Gunshot wounds
C. Spousal abuse
D. Cardiac arrest - ANSWER-D. Cardiac arrest
