West Coast EMT block 4 Quiz Test with Answers Rated A
1. A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will B. is ejected or partially
MOST likely experience serious injuries or death if he ejected.
or she:
Select one:
A. experiences multiple impacts.
B. is ejected or partially ejected.
C. is wearing only a lap belt.
D. remains within the vehicle.
2. According to the American College of Surgeons Com- D. has a GCS score of less
mittee on Trauma (ACS-COT), an adult trauma patient than or equal to 13 with a
should be transported to the highest level of trauma mechanism attributed to v
center if he or she: trauma.
Select one:
) A. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which
another patient in the same
vehicle was killed.
B. has a systolic blood pressure of less than 110 mm
Hg or a heart rate greater than 110 beats/min.
C. has a bleeding disorder or takes anticoagulant
medications and has any blunt or penetrating injury.
• D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a
mechanism attributed to v trauma.
3. Airbags are designed to: D. decrease the severity of
Select one: deceleration injuries.
A. prevent a second collision inside the car.
B. prevent the driver from sustaining head trauma.
C. be used with or without a shoulder harness.
D. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.
4.
,West Coast EMT block 4 Quiz Test with Answers Rated A
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle C. identify contact points
during extrication will allow the EMT to: and predict potential in-
Select one: juries.
A. assess the severity of the third collision of the
crash.
B. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact.
C. identify contact points and predict potential in-
juries.
D. determine the vehicle's speed at the time of impact.
5. Factors that should be considered when assessing a B. the speed of the fall.
patient who has fallen include all of the following,
EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. the surface struck.
B. the speed of the fall.
C. the height of the fall.
D. the primary impact point.
6. Force acting over a distance is the definition of: C. work.
Select one:
A. kinetic energy.
B. potential energy.
C. work.
D. latent energy.
7. If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed C. suspect that all liv-
in a crash, the EMT should: ing occupants experi-
Select one: enced the same serious
A. transport the survivors only if they have injuries or trauma.
complain of pain.
B. allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have
,West Coast EMT block 4 Quiz Test with Answers Rated A
no obvious injuries.
C. suspect that all living occupants experienced the
same serious trauma.
D. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experi-
enced obvious trauma.
8. In contrast to a Level Ill trauma center, a Level I trauma D. have general surgeons
center must: in-house 24 hours a day.
Select one:
A. be involved in trauma prevention programs.
B. have access to an emergency physician within 30
minutes.
C. be able to stabilize patients before transferring to a
higher level facility.
D. have general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day.
9. Internal injuries caused by gunshot wounds are diffi- A. the bullet may tumble or
cult to predict because: ricochet within the body.
Select one:
A. the bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body.
B. the area of damage is usually smaller than the
bullet.
C. exit wounds caused by the bullet are usually small.
D. the caliber of the bullet is frequently unknown.
10. Signs of a pulmonary blast injury include: C. coughing up blood.
Select one:
A. multiple rib fractures.
B. an irregular pulse.
C. coughing up blood.
D. vomiting blood.
11. C. kinetic energy.
,West Coast EMT block 4 Quiz Test with Answers Rated A
The energy of a moving object is called:
Select one:
A. converted energy.
B. latent energy.
C. kinetic energy.
D. potential energy.
12. The index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as: A. your awareness and
Select one: concern for potentially se-
A. your awareness and concern for potentially serious rious underlying injuries.
underlying injuries.
B. a predictable pattern that leads to serious injuries.
C. the way in which traumatic injuries occur.
D. the detection of less obvious life-threatening in-
juries.
13. The phenomenon of pressure waves emanating from A. cavitation.
the bullet, causing damage remote from its path, is
known as:
Select one:
A. cavitation.
B. conversion.
C. capitation.
D. congruent.
14. When assessing an elderly patient who fell, it is impor- A. osteoporosis can cause
tant to remember that: a fracture as a result of a
Select one: fall from a standing posi-
A. osteoporosis can cause a fracture as a result of a fall tion.
from a standing position.
B. elderly patients who fall usually have a secondary
head injury.
1. A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will B. is ejected or partially
MOST likely experience serious injuries or death if he ejected.
or she:
Select one:
A. experiences multiple impacts.
B. is ejected or partially ejected.
C. is wearing only a lap belt.
D. remains within the vehicle.
2. According to the American College of Surgeons Com- D. has a GCS score of less
mittee on Trauma (ACS-COT), an adult trauma patient than or equal to 13 with a
should be transported to the highest level of trauma mechanism attributed to v
center if he or she: trauma.
Select one:
) A. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which
another patient in the same
vehicle was killed.
B. has a systolic blood pressure of less than 110 mm
Hg or a heart rate greater than 110 beats/min.
C. has a bleeding disorder or takes anticoagulant
medications and has any blunt or penetrating injury.
• D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a
mechanism attributed to v trauma.
3. Airbags are designed to: D. decrease the severity of
Select one: deceleration injuries.
A. prevent a second collision inside the car.
B. prevent the driver from sustaining head trauma.
C. be used with or without a shoulder harness.
D. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.
4.
,West Coast EMT block 4 Quiz Test with Answers Rated A
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle C. identify contact points
during extrication will allow the EMT to: and predict potential in-
Select one: juries.
A. assess the severity of the third collision of the
crash.
B. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact.
C. identify contact points and predict potential in-
juries.
D. determine the vehicle's speed at the time of impact.
5. Factors that should be considered when assessing a B. the speed of the fall.
patient who has fallen include all of the following,
EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. the surface struck.
B. the speed of the fall.
C. the height of the fall.
D. the primary impact point.
6. Force acting over a distance is the definition of: C. work.
Select one:
A. kinetic energy.
B. potential energy.
C. work.
D. latent energy.
7. If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed C. suspect that all liv-
in a crash, the EMT should: ing occupants experi-
Select one: enced the same serious
A. transport the survivors only if they have injuries or trauma.
complain of pain.
B. allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have
,West Coast EMT block 4 Quiz Test with Answers Rated A
no obvious injuries.
C. suspect that all living occupants experienced the
same serious trauma.
D. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experi-
enced obvious trauma.
8. In contrast to a Level Ill trauma center, a Level I trauma D. have general surgeons
center must: in-house 24 hours a day.
Select one:
A. be involved in trauma prevention programs.
B. have access to an emergency physician within 30
minutes.
C. be able to stabilize patients before transferring to a
higher level facility.
D. have general surgeons in-house 24 hours a day.
9. Internal injuries caused by gunshot wounds are diffi- A. the bullet may tumble or
cult to predict because: ricochet within the body.
Select one:
A. the bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body.
B. the area of damage is usually smaller than the
bullet.
C. exit wounds caused by the bullet are usually small.
D. the caliber of the bullet is frequently unknown.
10. Signs of a pulmonary blast injury include: C. coughing up blood.
Select one:
A. multiple rib fractures.
B. an irregular pulse.
C. coughing up blood.
D. vomiting blood.
11. C. kinetic energy.
,West Coast EMT block 4 Quiz Test with Answers Rated A
The energy of a moving object is called:
Select one:
A. converted energy.
B. latent energy.
C. kinetic energy.
D. potential energy.
12. The index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as: A. your awareness and
Select one: concern for potentially se-
A. your awareness and concern for potentially serious rious underlying injuries.
underlying injuries.
B. a predictable pattern that leads to serious injuries.
C. the way in which traumatic injuries occur.
D. the detection of less obvious life-threatening in-
juries.
13. The phenomenon of pressure waves emanating from A. cavitation.
the bullet, causing damage remote from its path, is
known as:
Select one:
A. cavitation.
B. conversion.
C. capitation.
D. congruent.
14. When assessing an elderly patient who fell, it is impor- A. osteoporosis can cause
tant to remember that: a fracture as a result of a
Select one: fall from a standing posi-
A. osteoporosis can cause a fracture as a result of a fall tion.
from a standing position.
B. elderly patients who fall usually have a secondary
head injury.
