STC Paramedic Midterm Study
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You arrive at a convenience store to find a middle-aged male in
cardiac arrest. Your protocols provide for standing orders in this
type of scenario. This
means that you should:
Select one:
A. contact medical control before providing advanced-level care.
B. perform certain interventions prior to contacting medical control.
C. begin CPR and then contact medical control for further direction.
D. pronounce the patient dead if there is no response after 10
minutes. - answer B
A return to an earlier age level of behavior or emotional adjustment
during a crisis situation is called:
Select one:
A. projection.
B. regression.
C. digression.
,D. redirection. - answer B
Burnout is MOST accurately defined as:
Select one:
A. an acute reaction to an overwhelming situation.
B. the exhaustion of physical or emotional strength.
C. cynicism after being a paramedic for many years.
D. a person's emotional reaction to a stressful event. - answer B
During a crisis, the paramedic is able to focus and function, but
afterwards, he or she may be left with nervous, excited energy that
continues to build.
This is indicative of:
Select one:
A. burnout.
B. an acute stress reaction.
C. a delayed stress reaction.
D. a cumulative stress reaction - answer C
A DNR order is MOST accurately defined as a:
,Select one:
A. written or oral directive that stipulates the care that a patient
should receive at the end of his or her life.
B. written order designed to tell health care providers when
resuscitation is or is not appropriate.
C. legal document that is executed by the patient while he or she
still has decision-making capacity.
D. legal document signed by at least two physicians that prohibits
resuscitative efforts in terminally ill patients - answer B
Which of the following patients is NOT an emancipated minor?
Select one:
A. 18-year-old woman who is pregnant and lives with her
grandmother
B. 16-year-old woman who is pregnant and lives with her boyfriend
C. 17-year-old woman who goes to college and lives with her
parents
D. 17-year-old man who is a member of the U.S. armed forces -
answer C
Without obtaining her consent, you transport a mentally competent
young woman to the hospital because you suspect she is
experiencing
, internal bleeding. This action:
Select one:
A. is defensible in a court of law.
B. constitutes false imprisonment.
C. is justifiable because of our suspicions.
D. reflects an act of gross negligence. - answer B
An advance directive is MOST accurately defined as a:
Select one:
A. general guideline provided to the paramedic by the medical
director that stipulates the level of care provided to terminally ill
patients.
B. legal document that describes which life-sustaining procedures
are to be performed if the patient's condition acutely deteriorates.
C. notarized document that is executed by a terminally ill patient's
family when the patient develops cardiopulmonary arrest.
D. written document that expresses the wants, needs, and desires
of a patient in reference to his or her future medical care. - answer
D
Patients with decision-making capacity:
Select one:
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