WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 2 EXAM STUDY
TEST WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024/2025, EXAMS OF NURSING
What maneuver should be used to open the airway of an
unresponsive patient with suspected trauma? Correct Answer
Jaw-thrust maneuver
When approaching a 32-year-old male who is complaining of
traumatic neck pain, you should? Correct Answer ensure that the
patient can see you approaching him
When you shine a light into one pupil, the normal reaction of the
other pupil should be to? Correct Answer become smaller
Which of the following actions would NOT be performed during
the scene size-up? Correct Answer Rapidly assessing a patient's
respiratory status
Which of the following conditions would be LEAST likely to cause
an altered level of consciousness? Correct Answer Acute anxiety
Which of the following scenarios does NOT involve the presence
of any symptoms? Correct Answer A 61-year-old female who is
unconscious with facial cyanosis
Which of the following statements regarding the mechanism of
injury (MOI) is correct? Correct Answer The MOI may allow you
to predict the severity of a patient's injuries
Which of the following statements regarding the secondary
assessment is correct? Correct Answer The secondary
assessment should focus on a certain area or region of the body
as determined by the chief complaint
,You are assessing a 72-year-old man with abdominal pain. The
patient is sitting in a chair; he is conscious, alert, and calm. As
you are talking to the patient, your partner discreetly directs your
attention to a handgun, which is located on a nearby table. You
should: Correct Answer position yourself in between the patient
and the gun and ask your partner to request law enforcement
assistance
You should suspect that a patient is experiencing respiratory
failure if he or she? Correct Answer has bradycardia and
diminished muscle tone
A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and
apneic. You should? Correct Answer begin CPR until an AED is
available
Basic life support (BLS) is defined as? Correct Answer
noninvasive emergency care that is used to treat conditions such
as airway obstruction, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest
Between each chest compression, you should __________.
Correct Answer allow full chest recoil
Complications associated with chest compressions include all of
the following, EXCEPT? Correct Answer gastric distention
CPR is in progress on a pregnant woman. Shortly after manually
displacing her uterus to the left, return of spontaneous circulation
occurs. Which of the following would MOST likely explain this?
Correct Answer Pressure was relieved from her aorta and vena
cava, which improved chest compression effectiveness
CPR retraining is the MOST effective when it: Correct Answer
involves hands-on practice
,CPR should be initiated when Correct Answer a valid living will is
unavailable
CPR will NOT be effective if the patient is Correct Answer prone
Gastric distention will MOST likely occur: Correct Answer if you
ventilate a patient too quickly.
If an object is visible in the unconscious patient's airway, you
should __________. Correct Answer remove it
In most cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is
caused by? Correct Answer respiratory arrest
Signs of a sudden severe upper airway obstruction include all of
the following, EXCEPT? Correct Answer forceful coughing
The impedance threshold device (ITD) may improve circulation
during active compression-decompression CPR by? Correct
Answer limiting the amount of air that enters the lungs during the
recoil phase between chest compressions, which results in
negative intrathoracic pressure and improved cardiac filling
What is the correct compression-to-ventilation ratio for adult
CPR? Correct Answer 30:2
When performing CPR on a child, you should compress the
chest? Correct Answer with one or two hands
While rescuer one is finishing his or her fifth cycle of 30
compressions, rescuer two should? Correct Answer move to the
opposite side of the patient's chest
, Without practice, your CPR skills will __________. Correct
Answer deteriorate over time
Your conscious patient has a mild partial airway obstruction. You
should? Correct Answer encourage the patient to cough
Your partner is performing one-rescuer CPR on a middle-aged
woman in cardiac arrest. When you apply the AED pads, you note
that she has a medication patch over the same area where one of
the AED pads will be placed. You should? Correct Answer
remove the medication patch, wipe away any medication residue,
and apply the AED pads
Ten days after treating a 34-year-old patient with tuberculosis,
you are given a tuberculin skin test, which yields a positive result.
This MOST likely indicates that? Correct Answer you were
exposed to another infected person prior to treating the 34-year-
old patient
After sizing up the scene of a patient with a possible infectious
disease, your next priority should be to? Correct Answer take
standard precautions
An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as? Correct
Answer a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of
small, harmful organisms within the body
Assessment of the medical patient is usually focused on the
_________. Correct Answer nature of illness
Hepatitis B is more virulent than hepatitis C, which means that it?
Correct Answer has a greater ability to produce disease
In 2009, the H1N1 virus accounted for over 200,000 deaths
worldwide in the form of the swine flu. In 1919, a similar outbreak
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