West Coast EMT Final Exam Study Guide /Verified
Questions & Answers / West Coast EMT 2025/2026
Complete Exam Preparation Material
Description:
This comprehensive study guide includes actual EMT final exam
questions and 100% verified answers tailored for students at
West Coast EMT. It covers essential prehospital care topics such
as respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular conditions, trauma,
shock types, obstetrics, pediatric and geriatric considerations,
medications, and triage systems. A highly detailed and complete
preparation tool for final exams and practical assessments.
Questions and Answers:
what is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? -
Answer:-A slow process of dilation and disruption of the airways
and alveoli caused by chronic bronchial obstruction?
what is the most common form of COPD? -Answer:-emphysema
what is emphysema? -Answer:-a loss of the elastic material in the
lungs that occurs when the alveolar air spaces are chronically
stretched due to inflamed airways and obstruction of airflow out
of the lungs.
,Signs and symptoms of COPD: -Answer:-Patients will chronically
produce sputum, have a chronic cough, and difficulty expelling air
from their lungs, with long expiration phases and wheezing.
Also: crackles, rhonchi, wheezes, or may have severely diminished
breath sounds
ischemic heart disease -Answer:-a group of cardiac disabilities
resulting from an insufficient supply of oxygenated blood to the
heart
myocardial infarction (MI) -Answer:-heart attack; death of
myocardial tissue (infarction) caused by ischemia (loss of blood
flow) as a result of an occlusion (plugging) of a coronary artery;
usually caused by atherosclerosis; symptoms include pain in the
chest or upper body (shoulders, neck, and jaw), shortness of
breath, diaphoresis, and nausea
Angina -Answer:-a condition of episodes of severe chest pain due
to inadequate blood flow to the myocardium
,cardiogenic shock -Answer:-Shock caused by inadequate function
of the heart, or pump failure.
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) -Answer:-A heart attack; death
of heart muscle following obstruction of blood flow to it. Acute in
this context means "new" or "happening right now."
Cardiogenic Hypoperfusion -Answer:-otherwise called
cardiogenic shock
When a child is struck by a car, the area of greatest injury
depends mostly on the: -Answer:-age of the child and the size of
the car that struck him
radiation -Answer:-Energy that is radiated or transmitted in the
form of rays or waves or particles.
Convection -Answer:-The transfer of heat by the movement of a
fluid
, conduction -Answer:-The direct transfer of heat from one
substance to another substance that it is touching.
Evaporation -Answer:-The change of a substance from a liquid to
a gas
Atherosclerosis -Answer:-A disorder in which cholesterol and
calcium build up inside the walls of the blood vessels, forming
plaque, which eventually leads to partial or complete blockage of
blood flow.
arteriosclerosis -Answer:-a disease that causes the arteries to
thicken, harden, and calcify
chemoreceptors -Answer:-chemical sensors in the brain and
blood vessels that identify changing levels of oxygen and carbon
dioxide
Baroreceptors -Answer:-cell that detect changes in blood
pressure
Questions & Answers / West Coast EMT 2025/2026
Complete Exam Preparation Material
Description:
This comprehensive study guide includes actual EMT final exam
questions and 100% verified answers tailored for students at
West Coast EMT. It covers essential prehospital care topics such
as respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular conditions, trauma,
shock types, obstetrics, pediatric and geriatric considerations,
medications, and triage systems. A highly detailed and complete
preparation tool for final exams and practical assessments.
Questions and Answers:
what is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? -
Answer:-A slow process of dilation and disruption of the airways
and alveoli caused by chronic bronchial obstruction?
what is the most common form of COPD? -Answer:-emphysema
what is emphysema? -Answer:-a loss of the elastic material in the
lungs that occurs when the alveolar air spaces are chronically
stretched due to inflamed airways and obstruction of airflow out
of the lungs.
,Signs and symptoms of COPD: -Answer:-Patients will chronically
produce sputum, have a chronic cough, and difficulty expelling air
from their lungs, with long expiration phases and wheezing.
Also: crackles, rhonchi, wheezes, or may have severely diminished
breath sounds
ischemic heart disease -Answer:-a group of cardiac disabilities
resulting from an insufficient supply of oxygenated blood to the
heart
myocardial infarction (MI) -Answer:-heart attack; death of
myocardial tissue (infarction) caused by ischemia (loss of blood
flow) as a result of an occlusion (plugging) of a coronary artery;
usually caused by atherosclerosis; symptoms include pain in the
chest or upper body (shoulders, neck, and jaw), shortness of
breath, diaphoresis, and nausea
Angina -Answer:-a condition of episodes of severe chest pain due
to inadequate blood flow to the myocardium
,cardiogenic shock -Answer:-Shock caused by inadequate function
of the heart, or pump failure.
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) -Answer:-A heart attack; death
of heart muscle following obstruction of blood flow to it. Acute in
this context means "new" or "happening right now."
Cardiogenic Hypoperfusion -Answer:-otherwise called
cardiogenic shock
When a child is struck by a car, the area of greatest injury
depends mostly on the: -Answer:-age of the child and the size of
the car that struck him
radiation -Answer:-Energy that is radiated or transmitted in the
form of rays or waves or particles.
Convection -Answer:-The transfer of heat by the movement of a
fluid
, conduction -Answer:-The direct transfer of heat from one
substance to another substance that it is touching.
Evaporation -Answer:-The change of a substance from a liquid to
a gas
Atherosclerosis -Answer:-A disorder in which cholesterol and
calcium build up inside the walls of the blood vessels, forming
plaque, which eventually leads to partial or complete blockage of
blood flow.
arteriosclerosis -Answer:-a disease that causes the arteries to
thicken, harden, and calcify
chemoreceptors -Answer:-chemical sensors in the brain and
blood vessels that identify changing levels of oxygen and carbon
dioxide
Baroreceptors -Answer:-cell that detect changes in blood
pressure
