WEST COAST EMT BLOCK FINAL EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+ LATEST
A. routine post delivery care
A newborn's one minute APGAR score is 8. Which of the following EMT
interventions will you provide to this newborn?
A. routine post delivery care
B. full resuscitation is needed and reassess APGAR score
C. some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen
D. continue to monitor and reassess the APGAR score in 10 minutes
AED and portable suction unit
If you could only take two pieces of equipment with you to a patient's side, you
should choose the:
C. A team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing
emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured
Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays emergency medical
services (EMS)?
A. A system composed exclusively of emergency medical responders (EMRs) and
emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who are responsible for providing care to
sick and injured patients
,B. A team of paramedics and emergency physicians who are responsible for
providing emergency care to critically injured patients
C. A team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing
emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured
D. A vast network of advanced life support (ALS) providers who provide
definitive emergency care in the prehospital setting
B. Automated external defibrillator
Which of the following interventions is used by all levels of EMS providers?
A. Automatic transport ventilators
B. Automated external defibrillator
C. Needle decompression
D. Multilumen airways
C. report the incident to your supervisor after the call.
After assessing a patient's blood glucose level, you accidentally stick yourself with
the contaminated lancet. You should:
A. discontinue patient care and seek medical attention.
B. immerse your wound in an alcohol-based solution.
C. report the incident to your supervisor after the call.
D. get immunized against hepatitis as soon as possible.
,C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when the harasser:
A. makes rude remarks about a person's body parts.
B. touches another person without his or her consent.
C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
D. stares at certain parts of another person's anatomy.
B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct?
A. HIV is far more contagious than hepatitis B.
B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
C. HIV is easily transmittable in the EMS field.
D. HIV is transmitted exclusively via blood.
D. Indirect contact
While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the ambulance stretcher. Because
the stretcher was not properly cleaned afterward, a virus was transmitted to another
emergency medical technician (EMT) several days later. Which route of
transmission does this scenario describe?
A. Vector-borne transmission
B. Airborne transmission
, C. Direct contact
D. Indirect contact
A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good care of her.
You are transporting an elderly woman who has possibly experienced a stroke. She
is obviously scared but is unable to talk and cannot move the entire right side of
her body. In addition to providing the medical care that she needs, you should:
A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good care of her.
B. reassure her that after proper treatment in the hospital, she will regain her
speech in time.
C. tell her that you understand why she is scared and that everything will likely be
okay.
D. maintain eye contact at all times and tell her that there is no need for her to be
scared.
A. medical director.
The EMT's scope of practice within his or her local response area is defined by the:
A. medical director.
B. state EMS office.
C. EMS supervisor.
D. local health district.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+ LATEST
A. routine post delivery care
A newborn's one minute APGAR score is 8. Which of the following EMT
interventions will you provide to this newborn?
A. routine post delivery care
B. full resuscitation is needed and reassess APGAR score
C. some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen
D. continue to monitor and reassess the APGAR score in 10 minutes
AED and portable suction unit
If you could only take two pieces of equipment with you to a patient's side, you
should choose the:
C. A team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing
emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured
Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays emergency medical
services (EMS)?
A. A system composed exclusively of emergency medical responders (EMRs) and
emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who are responsible for providing care to
sick and injured patients
,B. A team of paramedics and emergency physicians who are responsible for
providing emergency care to critically injured patients
C. A team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing
emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured
D. A vast network of advanced life support (ALS) providers who provide
definitive emergency care in the prehospital setting
B. Automated external defibrillator
Which of the following interventions is used by all levels of EMS providers?
A. Automatic transport ventilators
B. Automated external defibrillator
C. Needle decompression
D. Multilumen airways
C. report the incident to your supervisor after the call.
After assessing a patient's blood glucose level, you accidentally stick yourself with
the contaminated lancet. You should:
A. discontinue patient care and seek medical attention.
B. immerse your wound in an alcohol-based solution.
C. report the incident to your supervisor after the call.
D. get immunized against hepatitis as soon as possible.
,C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when the harasser:
A. makes rude remarks about a person's body parts.
B. touches another person without his or her consent.
C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
D. stares at certain parts of another person's anatomy.
B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct?
A. HIV is far more contagious than hepatitis B.
B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
C. HIV is easily transmittable in the EMS field.
D. HIV is transmitted exclusively via blood.
D. Indirect contact
While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the ambulance stretcher. Because
the stretcher was not properly cleaned afterward, a virus was transmitted to another
emergency medical technician (EMT) several days later. Which route of
transmission does this scenario describe?
A. Vector-borne transmission
B. Airborne transmission
, C. Direct contact
D. Indirect contact
A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good care of her.
You are transporting an elderly woman who has possibly experienced a stroke. She
is obviously scared but is unable to talk and cannot move the entire right side of
her body. In addition to providing the medical care that she needs, you should:
A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good care of her.
B. reassure her that after proper treatment in the hospital, she will regain her
speech in time.
C. tell her that you understand why she is scared and that everything will likely be
okay.
D. maintain eye contact at all times and tell her that there is no need for her to be
scared.
A. medical director.
The EMT's scope of practice within his or her local response area is defined by the:
A. medical director.
B. state EMS office.
C. EMS supervisor.
D. local health district.
