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West Coast EMT Final Exam, All Answers Correct-A. routine post delivery care - 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 resusc...

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West Coast EMT Final Exam, All Answers Correct
A. routine post delivery care - 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


AED and portable suction unit - If you could only take two pieces of equipment
with you to a patient's side, you should choose the:


C. A team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing
emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured - 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


B. Automated external defibrillator - 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


C. report the incident to your supervisor after the call. - 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.


C. requests sexual favors in exchange for something else. - 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.


B. There is no vaccine against HIV infection. - 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.


D. Indirect contact - 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?


A. Vector-borne transmission
B. Airborne transmission
C. Direct contact
D. Indirect contact


A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good care of her. -
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:


A. acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good care of her.
B. reassure her that after proper treatment in the hospital, she will regain her
speech in time.
C. tell her that you understand why she is scared and that everything will likely be
okay.
D. maintain eye contact at all times and tell her that there is no need for her to be
scared.

, A. medical director. - The EMT's scope of practice within his or her local response
area is defined by the:


A. medical director.
B. state EMS office.
C. EMS supervisor.
D. local health district.


A. have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the patient is deceased. -
You and your partner arrive at the scene of a major motor vehicle crash. The
driver, a young male, is severely entrapped in his car. He has an open head injury
and massive facial trauma. He is unresponsive, is not breathing, and does not have
a palpable carotid pulse. You should:


A. have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the patient is deceased.
B. ventilate the patient for 5 minutes and then stop if there is no response.
C. stop any active bleeding and advise dispatch to send a paramedic crew.
D. request the fire department to extricate the patient so you can begin CPR.


D. Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital. -
You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle-versus-pedestrian accident. The patient,
a 13-year-old male, is unconscious and has multiple injuries. As you are treating
the child, a law enforcement officer advises you that the child's parents will be at
the scene in approximately 15 minutes. What should you do?


A. Treat the child at the scene and wait for the parents to arrive and give consent.
B. Begin transport at once and have the parents meet you en route to the hospital.

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