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West Coast EMT Block 4 Quiz – 2025/ 2026 Test Bank
with Verified Questions & Answers (PDF Study
Guide)||Latest Exam!!!!
A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will
MOST likely experience serious injuries or death if he 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. - Answer-B. is ejected or
partially ejected.
According to the American College of Surgeons
Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT), an adult trauma
patient should be transported to the highest level of
trauma center if he or she:
Select one:
) A. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which another
patient in the same
vehicle was killed.
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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. - Answer-D. has a GCS
score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism
attributed to v trauma.
Airbags are designed to:
Select one:
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. - Answer-
D. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during
extrication will allow the EMT to:
Select one:
A. assess the severity of the third collision of the crash.
B. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact.
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C. identify contact points and predict potential injuries.
D. determine the vehicle's speed at the time of impact. -
Answer-C. identify contact points and predict potential
injuries.
Factors that should be considered when assessing a
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. - Answer-B. the speed of the
fall.
Force acting over a distance is the definition of:
Select one:
A. kinetic energy.
B. potential energy.
C. work.
D. latent energy. - Answer-C. work.
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If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in
a crash, the EMT should:
Select one:
A. transport the survivors only if they have injuries or
complain of pain.
B. allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have no
obvious injuries.
C. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same
serious trauma.
D. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced
obvious trauma. - Answer-C. suspect that all living
occupants experienced the same serious trauma.
In contrast to a Level Ill trauma center, a Level I trauma
center must:
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.
West Coast EMT Block 4 Quiz – 2025/ 2026 Test Bank
with Verified Questions & Answers (PDF Study
Guide)||Latest Exam!!!!
A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will
MOST likely experience serious injuries or death if he 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. - Answer-B. is ejected or
partially ejected.
According to the American College of Surgeons
Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT), an adult trauma
patient should be transported to the highest level of
trauma center if he or she:
Select one:
) A. was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which another
patient in the same
vehicle was killed.
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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. - Answer-D. has a GCS
score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism
attributed to v trauma.
Airbags are designed to:
Select one:
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. - Answer-
D. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during
extrication will allow the EMT to:
Select one:
A. assess the severity of the third collision of the crash.
B. recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact.
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C. identify contact points and predict potential injuries.
D. determine the vehicle's speed at the time of impact. -
Answer-C. identify contact points and predict potential
injuries.
Factors that should be considered when assessing a
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. - Answer-B. the speed of the
fall.
Force acting over a distance is the definition of:
Select one:
A. kinetic energy.
B. potential energy.
C. work.
D. latent energy. - Answer-C. work.
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If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in
a crash, the EMT should:
Select one:
A. transport the survivors only if they have injuries or
complain of pain.
B. allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have no
obvious injuries.
C. suspect that all living occupants experienced the same
serious trauma.
D. rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced
obvious trauma. - Answer-C. suspect that all living
occupants experienced the same serious trauma.
In contrast to a Level Ill trauma center, a Level I trauma
center must:
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.
