WEST COAST EMT - BLOCK EXAM 4 WITH PASSED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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WEST COAST EMT - BLOCK EXAM 4 WITH PASSED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
A 12-year-old male jumped approximately 12 feet from a tree and landed on his feet. He complains of pain to his lower back. What injury mechanism is MOST likely responsible for his back pain?
Select one:
- Correct Answer...
WEST COAST EMT - BLOCK EXAM 4 WITH PASSED
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
A 12-year-old male jumped approximately 12 feet from a tree and landed on his feet. He complains of pain
to his lower back. What injury mechanism is MOST likely responsible for his back pain?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. Energy transmission to the spine
A 15-year-old female was struck by a small car while riding her bicycle. She was wearing a helmet and was
thrown to the ground, striking her head. In addition to managing problems associated with airway,
breathing, and circulation, it is MOST important for you to:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. stabilize her entire spine.
A young male sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen during an altercation. As your partner is
assessing and managing his airway, you should control the obvious bleeding and then:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: B. assess for an exit wound.
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:
- Correct Answer: D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to trauma.
According to the Association of Air Medical Services, you should consider air medical transport of a trauma
patient if:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: B. traffic conditions hamper the ability to get the patient to a trauma center by ground
within the ideal time frame for the best clinical outcome.
Approximately 25% of severe injuries to the aorta occur during:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. lateral collisions.
Following a blunt injury to the head, a 22-year-old female is confused and complains of a severe headache
and nausea. On the basis of these signs and symptoms, you should be MOST concerned with the possibility
of:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. intracranial bleeding.
Force acting over a distance is the definition of: Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. work.
,The index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying injuries.
When assessing a patient who experienced a blast injury, it is important to remember that: Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. primary blast injuries are the most easily overlooked.
When assessing an elderly patient who fell, it is important to remember that: Select one:
- Correct Answer: B. osteoporosis can cause a fracture as a result of a fall from a standing position.
When the speed of a motor vehicle doubles, the amount of kinetic energy: Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. quadruples.
Which of the following destinations is most appropriate for a 41-year-old male patient who was involved
in a rollover motor vehicle collision and is unconscious and unresponsive, assuming that travel times to
each is equal?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. A Level I or Level II trauma center
Which of the following findings would be LEAST suggestive of the presence of high-energy trauma?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. Deployment of the air bag
Which of the following injuries would MOST likely occur as a direct result of the third collision in a motor
vehicle crash?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. Aortic rupture
Which of the following interventions is the MOST critical to the outcome of a patient with multisystem
trauma?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. Rapid transport to a trauma center
Which of the following statements regarding gunshot wounds is correct? Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. The speed of a bullet has the greatest impact on the injury produced.
Which types of motor vehicle collisions present the greatest potential for multiple impacts?
- Correct Answer: C. Rotational and rollover
While en route to a major motor vehicle crash, an on-scene police officer advises you that a 6- year-old
male who was riding in the front seat is involved. He further states that the child was only wearing a lap
, belt and that the air bag deployed. On the basis of this information, you should be MOST suspicious that
the child has experienced:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: B. neck and facial injuries.
Your patient has a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13, a systolic blood pressure of 80 mm Hg, and a
respiratory rate of 8 breaths/min. His Revised Trauma Score (RTS) is:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. 9.
A 43-year-old man is experiencing a severe nosebleed. His blood pressure is 190/110 mm Hg and his heart
rate is 90 beats/min and bounding. Preferred treatment for this patient includes:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. pinching the patient's nostrils and having him lean forward.
A 67-year-old male presents with weakness, dizziness, and melena that began approximately 2 days ago.
He denies a history of trauma. His blood pressure is 90/50 mm Hg and his pulse is 120 beats/min and
thready. You should be MOST suspicious that this patient is experiencing:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. gastrointestinal bleeding.
A young male was shot in the abdomen by an unknown type of gun. He is semiconscious, has shallow
breathing, and is bleeding externally from the wound. As you control the external bleeding, your partner
should:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. assist the patient's ventilations.
Circulation of blood within an organ or tissue in adequate amounts to meet the cells' oxygen, nutritional,
and waste-removal needs is termed .
Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. perfusion
Following blunt trauma to the abdomen, a 21-year-old female complains of diffuse abdominal pain and
pain to the left shoulder. Your assessment reveals that her abdomen is distended and tender to palpation.
On the basis of these findings, you should be MOST suspicious of injury to the:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. spleen.
Hypovolemic shock occurs when:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. the body cannot compensate for rapid blood loss.
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