WEST COAST EMT BLOCK EXAM 4 160

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WEST COAST EMT BLOCK EXAM 4 | 160

QUESTIONS AND ANSWER S WITH

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Question :A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash

will MOST likely experience serious injuries or death if he or

she:

Select one:

• experiences multiple impacts.
• is ejected or partially ejected.
• is wearing only a lap belt.
• remains within the vehicle.

Correct answer:B. is ejected or partially ejected.

Question :According to the American College of Surgeons

Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT), an adult trauma patient should be transported to the highest level of trauma center if he

or she:

Select one:

• was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which another

patient in the same vehicle was killed.

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• has a systolic blood pressure of less than 110 mm Hg or a

heart rate greater than 110 beats/min.

• has a bleeding disorder or takes anticoagulant medications

and has any blunt or penetrating injury.• D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to v trauma.

Correct answer:D. has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13

with a mechanism attributed to v trauma.

Question :Airbags are designed to:

Select one:

• prevent a second collision inside the car.
• prevent the driver from sustaining head trauma.
• be used with or without a shoulder harness.
• decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.

Correct answer:D. decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.

Question :Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle

during extrication will allow the EMT to:

Select one:

• assess the severity of the third collision of the crash.

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• recognize if the driver hit the brakes before impact.
• identify contact points and predict potential injuries.
• determine the vehicle's speed at the time of impact.

Correct answer:C. identify contact points and predict potential

injuries.

Question :Factors that should be considered when assessing a

patient who has fallen include all of the following, EXCEPT:

Select one:

• the surface struck.
• the speed of the fall.
• the height of the fall.
• the primary impact point.

Correct answer:B. the speed of the fall.

Question :Force acting over a distance is the definition of:

Select one:

• kinetic energy.
• potential energy.
• work.

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• latent energy.

Correct answer:C. work.

Question :If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are

killed in a crash, the EMT should:

Select one:

• transport the survivors only if they have injuries or complain

of pain.

• allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have no

obvious injuries.

• suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious

trauma.

• rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced

obvious trauma.

Correct answer:C. suspect that all living occupants experienced

the same serious trauma.

Question :In contrast to a Level Ill trauma center, a Level I

trauma center must:

Select one:

• be involved in trauma prevention programs.