West Coast EMT Final Exam 2024 Expected Questions and Answers (Verified by Expert)
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West Coast EMT - Block 4
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West Coast EMT - Block 4
West Coast EMT Final Exam 2024 Expected Questions and Answers (Verified by Expert)West Coast EMT Final Exam 2024 Expected Questions and Answers (Verified by Expert)West Coast EMT Final Exam 2024 Expected Questions and Answers (Verified by Expert)West Coast EMT Final Exam 2024 Expected Questions and...
West Coast EMT Final Exam 2024
Expected Questions and Answers
(Verified by Expert)
1. 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
ANS : A. routine post delivery care
2. If you could only take two pieces of equipment with you to
a patient's side, you should choose the
ANS : AED and portable suction unit
,3. 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
ANS : C. A team of health care professionals who are
responsible for providing emergency care and transporta- tion
to the sick and injured
4. 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
ANS : B. Automated external defibrillator
5. 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.
. ANS : C. report the incident to your supervisor after the call.
, 6. 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.
ANS : C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something
else.
7. 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.
ANS : B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
8. 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?
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