West Coast EMT Quiz #1 Questions and Answers | Guaranteed Pass | 2026

West Coast EMT Quiz #1 Questions and Answers | Guaranteed Pass | 2026 EMS (Emergency Medical Services) - answer-system that consists of a team of health care professionals who in each area or jurisdiction are responsible for and provide emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured. EMS system - answer--incident recognition -access 911 -dispatch -First responder -basic life support -advanced life support -transport ground/air -emergency department/facilities -speciality care -patient rehabilitation -prevention awareness -public education Medical direction - answer-Each EMS system must have a physician as a medical director to provide medical oversight that includes overseeing patient care and delegating appropriate medical practices to EMTs and other EMS personnel Stress - answer-is the impact of stressors on your physical and mental well-being Stressors - answer-include emotional, physical, and environmental situations or conditions that cause a variety of physiologic, physical, and psychologic responses.General Adaptation Syndrome - answer-3 stage response Physiologic response to stress - answer-involves reaction between endocrine and nervous system, resulting in chemical and physical response to stress. (fight or flight) Examples of physiologic response - answer--increased heart-rate -increased blood pressure -constricted venous vessels near the skin (cool, damp, clammy skin) -dilated pupils -tensed muscles -increased blood glucose lvls -perspiration -decreased blood flow to GI tract What are the different reactions to stress? - answer-Acute, delayed, and cumulative Acute stress reaction - answer-occur during a stressful situation. Feel nervous and excited and your ability to focus increases Delayed stress reaction - answer-manifest after the stressful event. Cumulative stress reaction - answer-occurs when you are exposed to prolonged or excessive stress. Gets harder and harder to recover from a stressful situation Refusal of care - answer-the declining of care by a competent person; a person has the right to refuse the care of anyone who responds to an emergency scene. Also includes the patients who do not wish to be transported to the hospital but who refuse a certain aspect of care PCR - answer-describes the nature of patients injuries and illness at the scene and the initial treatment you provideCultural imposition - answer-When one person imposes his or her beliefs, values, and practices on another because he or she believe his or her ideals are superior verbal communication - answer-Open-ended questions, closed ended questions open ended questions - answer-are ones in which a pt needs to provide some level of detail to give an answer close ended questions - answer-can be answered very short or single word responses 9 Phases of an Ambulance Call - answer-1. Preparation for call 2. Dispatch 3. En route (confirm response and location) 4. Arrive (confirm arrival) 5. Transfer of patient to ambulance 6. En route to receiving facility (inform dispatch when ready to leave) 7. At receiving facility (report arrival) 8. En route to station (inform in/out service and location) 9. Postrun (inform status, location, avaliability) Principals of safe. lifting and carrying - answer-Good body mechanics used to prevent injury to yourself your partner and the pt. Airway and ventilation equipment - answer-oropharyngeal airways nasopharyngeal airways advanced airway equipment pocket masks bag mask devices suctioning units (portable and mounted)portable oxygen supply mounted oxygen supply Jump kit (5 min kit) - answer-Contains anything you may need in the first 5 min with the pt except semiautomated external defib. -gloves -face shield, mask, googles -triangular bandages -trauma sheers -adhesive tape -universal trauma dressing -soft roller bandages -oropharyngeal airways in adult, child, and infant -BP cuff -stethoscope -penlight -sterile gauze dressing ...etc