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West Coast EMT Block 3 Exam Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass) A 40-year-old patient without a history of seizures experiences a generalized (tonic- clonic) seizure. The LEAST likely cause of this seizure is: A: a serious infection B: a brain tumor C: epilepsy D: intercranial bleedin...

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West Coast EMT Block 3 Exam Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)



A 40-year-old patient without a history of seizures experiences a generalized (tonic-

clonic) seizure. The LEAST likely cause of this seizure is:




A: a serious infection


B: a brain tumor


C: epilepsy


D: intercranial bleeding - ✔️✔️C: epilepsy


A patient who is experiencing aphasia is:




A: not able to swallow without choking


B: experiencing a right hemispheric stroke


C: unable to produce or understand speech




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D: usually conscious but has slurred speech - ✔️✔️C: unable to produce or understand

speech


A patient who is possibly experiencing a stroke is NOT eligible for thrombolytic

(fibrinolytic) therapy if he or she:




A: has a GCS score that is less than 8


B: has had a prior heart attack


C: is older than 60 years of age


D: has bleeding within the brain - ✔️✔️D: has bleeding within the brain


A patient with an altered mental status is:




A: typically alert but is confused as to preceding events


B: usually able to be aroused with a painful stimulus


C: completely unresponsive to all forms of stimuli


D: not thinking clearly or is incapable of being aroused - ✔️✔️D: not thinking clearly or is

incapable of being aroused


Components of the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale include:




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A: arm drift, memory, and grip strength


B: speech, pupil reaction, and memory


C: facial droop, speech, and pupil size


D: arm drift, speech, and facial droop - ✔️✔️D: arm drigt, speech, and facial droop


Febrile seizures:




A: are usually benign but should be evaluated


B: are also referred to as absence seizures


C: often result in permanent brain damage


D: occur when a child's fever rises slowly - ✔️✔️A: are usually benign but should be

evaluated


Individuals with chronic alcoholism are predisposed to intracranial bleeding and

hypoglycemia secondary to abnormalities in the:




A: pancreas


B: kidneys


C: brain


D: liver - ✔️✔️D: liver



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Muscle control and body coordination are controlled by the:




A: brain stem


B: cerebral cortex


C: cerebellum


D: cerebrum - ✔️✔️C: cerebellum


Status epilepticus is characterized by:




A: generalized seizures that last less than 5 minutes


B: an absence seizure that is not preceded by an aura


C: prolonged seizures without a return of consciousness


D: profound tachycardia and total muscle flaccidity - ✔️✔️C: prolonged seizures without a

return of consciousness


The most basic functions of the body, such as breathing, blood pressure, and

swallowing, are controlled by the:




A: brain stem


B: cerebellum



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