WEST COAST EMT BLOCK FINAL EXAM BANK |COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS| 2026 LATEST UPDATED| A+
A. routine post delivery care - (answer)A newborn's one minute APGAR score is 8. Which of the
following EMT interventions will you provide to this newborn?
A. routine post delivery care
B. full resuscitation is needed and reassess APGAR score
C. some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen
D. continue to monitor and reassess the APGAR score in 10 minutes
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.
QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS| 2026 LATEST UPDATED| A+
A. routine post delivery care - (answer)A newborn's one minute APGAR score is 8. Which of the
following EMT interventions will you provide to this newborn?
A. routine post delivery care
B. full resuscitation is needed and reassess APGAR score
C. some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen
D. continue to monitor and reassess the APGAR score in 10 minutes
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.
