WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 2 PRACTICE TEST
2026 300 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ AED and portable suction unit. Answer: 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.
Answer: 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. Answer: 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.. Answer: 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.. Answer:
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.. Answer: 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. Answer: 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.. Answer: 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.. Answer: 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.
◉ A. have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the patient is
deceased.. Answer: You and your partner arrive at the scene of a major
motor vehicle crash. The driver, a young male, is severely entrapped in
his car. He has an open head injury and massive facial trauma. He is
unresponsive, is not breathing, and does not have a palpable carotid
pulse. You should:
2026 300 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ AED and portable suction unit. Answer: 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.
Answer: 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. Answer: 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.. Answer: 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.. Answer:
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.. Answer: 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. Answer: 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.. Answer: 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.. Answer: 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.
◉ A. have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the patient is
deceased.. Answer: You and your partner arrive at the scene of a major
motor vehicle crash. The driver, a young male, is severely entrapped in
his car. He has an open head injury and massive facial trauma. He is
unresponsive, is not breathing, and does not have a palpable carotid
pulse. You should:
