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West Coast EMT Block #2 Exam Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass) 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: Select one: A. the disease is dormant in your body, bu...

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West Coast EMT Block #2 Exam Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)


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:


Select one:


A. the disease is dormant in your body, but will probably never cause symptoms.


B. you are actively infected with tuberculosis and should be treated immediately.


C. you were exposed to another infected person prior to treating the 34-year-old patient.


D. you contracted the disease by casual contact instead of exposure to secretions. -

✔️✔️C. 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:


Select one:


A. contact medical control.


B. notify law enforcement.



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C. quickly access the patient.


D. take standard precautions. - ✔️✔️D. take standard precautions.


An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:


Select one:


A. any disease that enters the body via the bloodstream and renders the immune

system nonfunctional.


B. the invasion of the human body by a bacterium that cannot be destroyed by

antibiotics or other drugs.


C. a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms

within the body.


D. a disease that can be spread from one person or species to another through a

number of mechanisms. - ✔️✔️C. 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 _________.


Select one:


A. nature of illness


B. field diagnosis


C. associated symptoms




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D. medical history - ✔️✔️A. nature of illness


Hepatitis B is more virulent than hepatitis C, which means that it:


Select one:


A. is a more contagious type of disease.


B. has a greater ability to produce disease.


C. leads to chronic infection after exposure.


D. is less resistant to treatment. - ✔️✔️B. 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 of the H1N1 occurred in the form of the Spanish

flu. Starting in Kansas City, the virus spread rapidly worldwide, claiming up to 50 million

lives. These are both examples of:


Select one:


A. epidemics.


B. parasitic infection.


C. uncontrolled outbreaks.


D. pandemics. - ✔️✔️D. pandemics.


In which of the following situations would it be MOST appropriate to utilize an air

medical transportation service?




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Select one:


A. 29-year-old woman who is 18 weeks pregnant, has light vaginal bleeding, and stable

vital signs


B. 50-year-old conscious woman with severe nausea and vomiting, fever, and chills of 3

days' duration


C. 43-year-old man experiencing a heart attack, and the closest appropriate hospital is

15 minutes away


D. 61-year-old man with signs and symptoms of a stroke and a ground transport time of

50 minutes - ✔️✔️D. 61-year-old man with signs and symptoms of a stroke and a ground

transport time of 50 minutes


It is especially important to assess pulse, sensation, and movement in all extremities as

well as pupillary reactions in patients with a suspected ___________ problem.


Select one:


A. endocrine


B. respiratory


C. cardiac


D. neurologic - ✔️✔️D. neurologic


Most patients with an infectious disease will have _________.


Select one:



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