pg. 1 West Coast EMT - Block 4 Latest 2024 Complete Exam 170 Updated Questions with 100% Correct Verified Answers/ Graded A+
Which of the following interventions is the MOST critical to the outcome of a patient with multisystem trauma?
Select one:
- Intravenous fluid administration
- Early administration of oxygen
- Rapid transport to a trauma center
- Elevation of the lower extremities - Correct Answer - C. Rapid transport to a trauma
center
Which of the following statements regarding gunshot wounds is correct?
Select one:
- The size of a bullet has the greatest impact on the injury produced.
- High-velocity bullets will cause less severe internal injuries.
- The speed of a bullet has the greatest impact on the injury produced.
- Low-velocity bullets will cause the greatest amount of trauma. - Correct Answer - C.
The speed of a bullet has the greatest impact on the injury produced.
Which types of motor vehicle collisions present the greatest potential for multiple impacts?
Select one:
- Lateral and rollover
- Frontal and rotational
- Rotational and rollover
- Rear-end and rotational - Correct Answer - C. Rotational and rollover 1 / 4
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While end route to a major motor vehicle crash, an on-scene police officer advises you that a 6-year-old male who was riding in the front seat is involved. He further states that the child was only wearing a lap belt and that the air bag deployed. On the basis of this
information, you should be MOST suspicious that the child has experienced:
Select one:
- lower extremity fractures.
- neck and facial injuries.
- blunt trauma to the head.
- open abdominal trauma. - Correct Answer - B. neck and facial injuries.
Which of the following injuries would MOST likely occur as a direct result of the third collision in a motor vehicle crash?
Select one:
- Flail chest
- Forehead lacerations
- Aortic rupture
- Extremity fractures - Correct Answer - C. Aortic rupture
When caring for a patient with an open facial injury, the EMT's immediate priority should
be to:
Select one:
- wear gloves and facial protection.
- consider the mechanism of injury.
- manually stabilize the patient's head.
- closely assess the patient's airway. - Correct Answer - A. wear gloves and facial
protection.
When performing a full body scan, you should assess for ________.
Select one: 2 / 4
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A. SAMPLE
B. OPQRST
C. DCAP-BTLS
- AVPU - Correct Answer - C. DCAP-BTLS
When transporting a patient with a facial injury, it is MOST important to be as descriptive
as possible with the hospital regarding the patient's injuries because:
Select one:
- most patients with facial trauma will need surgery.
- it saves time on repeat assessments at the hospital.
- they may need to call a specialist to see the patient.
- they must make arrangements for an ICU bed. - Correct Answer - C. they may need
to call a specialist to see the patient.
Your patient has a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13, a systolic blood pressure of 80 mm Hg, and a respiratory rate of 8 breaths/min. His Revised Trauma Score (RTS) is:
Select one:
A. 10.
B. 11.
- 9.
- - Correct Answer - C. 9.
A 43-year-old man is experiencing a severe nosebleed. His blood pressure is 190/110 mm Hg and his heart rate is 90 beats/min and bounding. Preferred treatment for this
patient includes:
Select one:
- packing both nostrils with gauze pads until the bleeding stops.
- placing a rolled 4² × 4² dressing between his lower lip and gum.
- pinching the patient's nostrils and having him lean forward. 3 / 4
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- having the patient pinch his own nostrils and then lie supine. - Correct Answer - C.
pinching the patient's nostrils and having him lean forward.
A 67-year-old male presents with weakness, dizziness, and melena that began approximately 2 days ago. He denies a history of trauma. His blood pressure is 90/50 mm Hg and his pulse is 120 beats/min and thready. You should be MOST suspicious
that this patient is experiencing:
Select one:
- an aortic aneurysm.
- acute appendicitis.
- gastrointestinal bleeding.
- intrathoracic hemorrhaging. - Correct Answer - C. gastrointestinal bleeding.
A young male was shot in the abdomen by an unknown type of gun. He is semiconscious, has shallow breathing, and is bleeding externally from the wound. As
you control the external bleeding, your partner should:
Select one:
- perform a secondary assessment.
- apply a nonrebreathing mask.
- obtain baseline vital signs.
- assist the patient's ventilations. - Correct Answer - D. assist the patient's ventilations.
Circulation of blood within an organ or tissue in adequate amounts to meet the cells' oxygen, nutritional, and waste-removal needs is termed _______.
Select one:
- perfusion
- hypoperfusion
- coagulation
- hemorrhage - Correct Answer - A. perfusion
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