West Coast EMT Final Exam Questions with Verified Answers (2023/2024 New Update!!)
QUESTION
What can every level of responder do at a scene
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AED
QUESTION
Which of the following statements regarding the EMS medical director and an EMT's scope of practice is correct?
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An EMT's scope of practice may be expanded by the medical director after proper training and state approval.
QUESTION
If you are exposed to a patient's blood or bodily fluids
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a.) Turn over patient care to another EMS provider.
b.) Clean the exposed area with soap and water.
c.) If your eyes were exposed, rinse your eyes for 20 minutes. d.) Activate your department's infection control plan.
QUESTION
Which of the following chemicals requires identification with a placard, regardless of how many pounds the shipment weighs?
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water-reactive solids
QUESTION
Your best protection when a patient refuses care or transport is to
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com- pletely and thoroughly document the incident.
QUESTION
The areas of the spinal column, in descending order, are
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cervical, tho- racic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx.
QUESTION
Which statement best describes the anatomical difference between a child and an adult airway?
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The epiglottis is much higher in the child airway than in the adult airway.
pharynx is smaller and less deeply curved
QUESTION
You suspect that a 75-year-old man has internal injuries after he fell
and struck his ribs and abdomen on the corner of a table. When assessing and treating an injured patient of this age, you must recall that
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his ability to physiologically compensate for his injury may be impaired due to an inability to increase cardiac output.
QUESTION
Infants are often referred to as "belly breathers" because
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their rib cage is less rigid and the ribs sit horizontally.
QUESTION
You have two patients who were involved in a motor vehicle crash when their SUV struck a tree—one with neck and back pain, and the other with a deformed left femur. The patient with the deformed femur states that he does not want to be placed on a hard board, nor does he want a collar around his neck. What is the MOST appropriate and practical method of securing these patients and placing them into the ambulance?
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Immobilize the patient with neck and back pain on a long backboard and place him on the wheeled stretcher;
place the patient with the deformed femur on a folding stretcher secured to the squad bench
QUESTION
trauma patient what to do after primary assessment
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QUESTION
treatment for slow shallow respirations
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QUESTION
An unconscious patient found in a prone position must be placed in a supine position in case he or she
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CPR
QUESTION
Treatment for chest pain
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QUESTION
S/S of anaphylactic shock
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QUESTION
know S/S of septic shock
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QUESTION
Abdominal thrusts in a conscious child or adult with a severe upper airway obstruction are performed
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until he or she loses consciousness.
QUESTION
Ventricular fibrillation is
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A disorganized cardiac rhythm that produces no pulse or cardiac output.
QUESTION
The principal symptom in both infectious and noninfectious gastroenteri- tis is
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diarrhea
QUESTION
A 58-year-old man complains of chest discomfort and nausea. He is conscious and alert; his blood pressure is 140/90 mm Hg, his pulse is
104 beats/min, and his respirations are 16 breaths/min. Your partner has applied supplemental oxygen. Prior to assisting the patient with one of his prescribed nitroglycerin tablets, you ask him if he takes medication to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) and he tells you that he does. You should
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Ask him what he takes, how much, and when he last took it
QUESTION
When auscultating the lungs of an elderly patient, you note rhonchi-like noises to the upper lobes of both lungs. As a knowledgeable EMT, you would recognize that this is caused by
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accumulation of mucus in the bronchi.
QUESTION
Potentially life-threatening consequences of pelvic inflammatory disease
(PID) include
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ovarian abscess and ectopic pregnancy
QUESTION
The left ventricle has the thickest walls because it
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pumps blood into the aorta and systemic circulation.
QUESTION
S&S A RUPTURED CEREBRAL ARTERY
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Sudden severe headache
Hypertension
Bradycardia
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