WEST COAST EMT FINAL COMPLETE
EXAM 2023/2024.
• 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?
• routine post delivery care
• full resuscitation is needed and reassess APGAR score
• some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen
• 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 emer- gency 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?
• Automatic transport ventilators
• Automated external defibrillator
• Needle decompression
• 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:
• discontinue patient care and seek medical attention.
• immerse your wound in an alcohol-based solution.
• report the incident to your supervisor after the call.
• get immunized against hepatitis as soon as possible.
West Coast EMT Final
• C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something
else.: Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when
the harasser:
• makes rude remarks about a person's body parts.
• touches another person without his or her consent.
• requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
• stares at certain parts of another person's anatomy.
,• B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.: Which of the
following state- ments regarding HIV is correct?
• HIV is far more contagious than hepatitis B.
• There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
• HIV is easily transmittable in the EMS field.
• 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?
• Vector-borne transmission
• Airborne transmission
• Direct contact
• 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:
• acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take
good care of her.
• reassure her that after proper treatment in the hospital, she
will regain her speech in time.
, • tell her that you understand why she is scared and that
everything will likely be okay.
• 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:
• medical director.
• state EMS office.
• EMS supervisor.
• local health district.
• A. have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that
the patient is deceased.: 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:
• have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the patient
is deceased.
• ventilate the patient for 5 minutes and then stop if there is no
response.
• stop any active bleeding and advise dispatch to send a
paramedic crew.
• request the fire department to extricate the patient so you can
begin CPR.
EXAM 2023/2024.
• 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?
• routine post delivery care
• full resuscitation is needed and reassess APGAR score
• some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen
• 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 emer- gency 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?
• Automatic transport ventilators
• Automated external defibrillator
• Needle decompression
• 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:
• discontinue patient care and seek medical attention.
• immerse your wound in an alcohol-based solution.
• report the incident to your supervisor after the call.
• get immunized against hepatitis as soon as possible.
West Coast EMT Final
• C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something
else.: Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when
the harasser:
• makes rude remarks about a person's body parts.
• touches another person without his or her consent.
• requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
• stares at certain parts of another person's anatomy.
,• B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.: Which of the
following state- ments regarding HIV is correct?
• HIV is far more contagious than hepatitis B.
• There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
• HIV is easily transmittable in the EMS field.
• 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?
• Vector-borne transmission
• Airborne transmission
• Direct contact
• 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:
• acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take
good care of her.
• reassure her that after proper treatment in the hospital, she
will regain her speech in time.
, • tell her that you understand why she is scared and that
everything will likely be okay.
• 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:
• medical director.
• state EMS office.
• EMS supervisor.
• local health district.
• A. have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that
the patient is deceased.: 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:
• have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the patient
is deceased.
• ventilate the patient for 5 minutes and then stop if there is no
response.
• stop any active bleeding and advise dispatch to send a
paramedic crew.
• request the fire department to extricate the patient so you can
begin CPR.
