WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 1 EXAM LATEST
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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?
Select one:
A. Withhold treatment until the parents arrive and give you consent for
treatment.
B. Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the
hospital.
C. Begin transport at once and have the parents meet you en route to the
hospital.
D. Treat the child at the scene and wait for the parents to arrive and give
consent. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------B. Transport the child
immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital.
You respond to the home of a 59-year-old man who is unconscious; has
slow, shallow breathing; and has a weak pulse. The family states that the
patient has terminal brain cancer and does not wish to be resuscitated.
They further state that there is a DNR order for this patient, but they are
unable to locate it. You should:
Select one:
A. decide on further action once the DNR order is produced.
B. honor the patient's wishes and withhold all treatment.
C. transport the patient without providing any treatment.
D. begin treatment and contact medical control as needed. ------CORRECT
ANSWER---------------D. begin treatment and contact medical control as
needed.
,A 4-year-old boy had an apparent seizure. He is conscious and calm and is
sitting on his mother's lap. His father is sitting in a nearby chair. The child's
mother suddenly begins crying uncontrollably, which causes the child to
start crying. You should:
Select one:
A. attempt to calm the child's mother, but avoid separating her from her
child because this will increase her anxiety.
B. ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner
tries to calm the mother.
C. reassure the child's mother that seizures in children are very common
and that there is nothing to worry about.
D. give the child a favorite toy or blanket to hold onto and perform your
assessment to the best of your ability. ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------
-B. ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your
partner tries to calm the mother.
As you are wheeling your patient through the emergency department
doors, you receive another call for a major motor vehicle crash. You
should:
Select one:
A. place the patient in a high-visibility area and then respond to the call.
B. leave a copy of the run form with a nurse and then respond to the call.
C. inform the admissions clerk of the situation and then respond at once.
D. respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician. -
-----CORRECT ANSWER---------------D. respond only after giving a verbal
patient report to a nurse or physician.
Communicating with patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can be
facilitated by doing all of the following, EXCEPT:
Select one:
A. shining a light on your face when you are in a darkened environment.
B. placing yourself in a position to ensure that the patient can see your lips.
C. providing pen and paper if the patient prefers to write his or her
response.
,D. elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation. ---
---CORRECT ANSWER---------------D. elevating the tone of your voice and
exaggerating word pronunciation.
During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and
nausea, you ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer
your question immediately. You should:
Select one:
A. allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
B. tell him that you cannot help him unless he answers your questions.
C. repeat your question because he probably did not hear you.
D. ask him if he frequently experiences severe headaches and nausea. -----
-CORRECT ANSWER---------------A. allow him time to think about the
question and respond to it.
Effective therapeutic communication skills require _________.
Select one:
A. supervision by advanced life support personnel
B. correct use of complex medical terminology
C. English-speaking patients or family members
D. verbal and nonverbal communication techniques ------CORRECT
ANSWER---------------D. verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
Ethnocentrism is defined as:
Select one:
A. considering your own cultural values to be more important when
interacting with people of a different culture.
B. understanding that people from different cultural backgrounds respond
to pain and stress differently.
C. subconsciously forcing your cultural values onto a patient because you
feel that your own values are more acceptable.
D. suspecting that a person has an ulterior motive based on the tone of his
or her voice when answering a question. ------CORRECT ANSWER----------
, -----A. considering your own cultural values to be more important when
interacting with people of a different culture.
Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the
patient's condition. After confirming that you heard the physician correctly,
you should:
Select one:
A. carry out the order and then carefully document it on the run form.
B. advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
C. state that you will not carry out the order because it is inappropriate.
D. obtain consent from the patient and then carry out the order as usual. ---
---CORRECT ANSWER---------------B. advise the physician that the order is
unclear and ask for clarification.
When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's
privacy by:
Select one:
A. not disclosing his or her name.
B. refraining from objective statements.
C. withholding medical history data.
D. using coded medical language. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------A.
not disclosing his or her name.
When relaying patient information via radio, communications should be:
Select one:
A. brief and easily understood.
B. lengthy and complete.
C. spoken in a loud voice.
D. coded and scripted. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------A. brief and
easily understood.
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