COMPLETE WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 1 EXAM 2025. ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
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COMPLETE WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 1 EXAM 2025. ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
American Heart Association protocols are based on .
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. evidence-based research
As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a patient with chest pain based on:...
COMPLETE WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 1 EXAM 2025.
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
American Heart Association protocols are based on .
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. evidence-based research
As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a patient with chest pain based on:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. medical director approval.
National guidelines for EMS care are intended to . Select one:
- Correct Answer:
D. provide more consistent delivery of EMS care across the United States
Online medical control requires . Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. phone or radio contact with the medical director
Prehospital patient care decisions should be based on . Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. EMS research
The ability to handle multiple tasks based on their priority is called . Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. time management
The ability to take appropriate action with little direction is known as . Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. self-motivation
The ability to understand others and have them understand you is known as
. Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. communication
The determination that prompt surgical care in the hospital is more important than performing time-consuming
procedures in the field on a major trauma patient is based MOSTLY on:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. EMS research.
The EMT is legally obligated to protect a patient's privacy according to . Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. HIPAA
What is an EMT's primary service area? Select one:
- Correct Answer:
B. The main area in which the EMS agency operates
What should an EMT do to limit errors in the field? Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. Follow the agency's written protocols.
Which of the following courses requires about 150 hours of training? Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. EMT
Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays emergency medical services (EMS)?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: B. A team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing emergency care and
transportation to the sick and injured
Which of the following interventions is used by all levels of EMS providers? Select one:
,- Correct Answer: B. Automated external defibrillator
Which of the following is a specific example of the Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) model?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. The paramedic administers a patient's flu vaccination
Which of the following statements regarding the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is correct?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. The ADA prohibits employers from failing to provide full and equal employment to those who are
disabled.
Which of the following statements regarding the NREMT is correct? Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. The NREMT provides a national standard for EMS testing
You are caring for a driver who struck a light pole. She admits to drinking alcohol but orders you not to tell anyone. You
should report the information to .
Select one:
- Correct Answer: c. the receiving nurse or doctor
You are encouraging a patient to go to the hospital by ambulance. You know that a transport will keep you on duty
several hours after your regular quitting time. This is an example of .
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. patient advocacy
After assessing a patient's blood glucose level, you accidentally stick yourself with the contaminated lancet. You should:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: B. report the incident to your supervisor after the call.
At the scene of an automobile crash, a utility pole has been broken and power lines are lying across the car. The patients
inside the car are conscious. You should:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. mark off a danger zone around the downed lines.
Common factors that influence how a patient reacts to the stress of an illness or injury include all of the following,
EXCEPT:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. assessment by the EMT.
General adaptation syndrome is characterized by which of the following phases? Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. Alarm response, reaction and resistance, and recovery
Gloves, a mask, eye protection, and a face shield should be used: Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. when performing endotracheal intubation.
Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when the harasser: Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
The EMT's first priority is . Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. personal safety
The MOST serious consequence of drug or alcohol abuse among EMS personnel is: Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. substandard or inappropriate patient care.
The simplest, yet most effective method of preventing the spread of an infectious disease is to:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. wash your hands in between patient contacts.
Upon arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you note that two small cars collided head-on; the occupants are still
in their vehicles. The fire department is in the process of stabilizing the vehicles and law enforcement personnel are
directing traffic. After parking the ambulance at a safe distance, you and your partner should:
, Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. put on high-visibility safety vests.
Vaccination against the hepatitis A virus is unnecessary if you: Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. have been infected with hepatitis in the past.
Vector-borne transmission of an infectious organism occurs via: Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. animals or insects.
When decontaminating the back of your ambulance after a call, you should: Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. allow surfaces to air dry unless otherwise indicated in the product directions.
Which of the following is an effective stress management strategy? Select one:
- Correct Answer: B. Developing a social network outside of EMS
Which of the following scenarios MOST accurately depicts a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reaction?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. An EMT becomes distracted at the scene of a motor vehicle crash involving the same type of car in
which a child was previously killed.
Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct? Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
Which of the following statements regarding the different stages of the grieving process is correct?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. The stages of the grieving process may occur simultaneously.
Which of the following would provide the EMT with the BEST cover in a situation involving active gunfire?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. A concrete barricade
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?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. Indirect contact
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:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: C. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good care of her.
As an EMT, the standards of emergency care are often partially based on: Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. locally accepted protocols.
During your monthly internal quality improvement (QI) meeting, you review several patient care reports (PCRs) with the
staff of your EMS system. You identify the patient's name, age, and sex, and then discuss the treatment that was provided
by the EMTs in the field. By taking this approach to the QI process, you:
Select one:
- Correct Answer: A. are in violation of HIPAA because you did not remove the PHI from the PCR beforehand.
In which of the following circumstances can the EMT legally release confidential patient information?
Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. The patient is competent and signs a release form
In which of the following situations does a legal duty to act clearly exist? Select one:
- Correct Answer: D. A call is received 15 minutes prior to shift change.
Maintaining the chain of evidence at the scene of a crime should include: Select one:
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