WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 1 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+
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WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 1
WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 1 WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS RATED A+
__________ is sometimes necessary when you are confronted
with a patient who is in need of medical treatment and
transportation but is combative and presents a significant risk of
danger to himself, herself, or o...
WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 1 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+ __________ is sometimes necessary when you are confronted with a patient who is in need of medical treatment and transportation but is combative and presents a significant risk of danger to himself, herself, or others. Correct Answer Forcible restraint What is the difference between advance directives and DNR orders? Correct Answer An advance directive is a written document that specifies the types of care a patient would want if she were unable to express it herself. A DNR order prevents resuscitative efforts from starting if a patient goes into cardiac arrest. What is the agency that regulates radio operations in the United States? Correct Answer Federal Communications Commission (FCC) What seven items should be included in the radio report given about a patient? Correct Answer Unit identification and level of services, receiving hospital and ETA, patient's age and gender, chief complaint or your perception of the problem and its severity, brief history and current problem, physical findings and summary of care given, and any pa tient response. What are the routes of transmission for an infectious disease? Correct Answer Direct contact, indirect contact, airborne transmission, vector -borne transmission, and foodborne transmission. What body fluid is most likely to expose the EMT to HIV? Correct Answer Blood Which government body develops and publishes guidelines concerning reducing risk in the workplace? Correct Answer OSHA Mentally competent patients have the right to refuse treatment. T/F? Correct Answer True When a patient is unconscious, you may provide treatment under the concept of _________________. Correct Answer Implied consent List conditions where minors may, by state law, give consent for medical care despite their young age. Correct Answer Married, armed services, pregnant Which of the following diseases does not have an immunization available? Correct Answer HIV You respond to the home of a 72 -year-old cancer patient with a valid DNR order. The patient's family has called because he is having difficulty breathing. Should you give him oxygen? Correct Answer Yes. A DNR order only applies to resuscitative measures (ventilation, chest compressions, and defibrillation). The EMT must perform all other measures in his scope of practice to make DNR patients comfortable and safe, including giving oxygen, stopping bl eeding, applying splints, etc. The laws that define what an EMT can do are called _________________. Correct Answer Scope of Practice
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