Lecture Quiz Q&As Chapter 4 Questions and Answers Graded A+
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Lecture Quiz Q&As Chapter 4 Questions and Answers Graded A+
During a particulary violent interaction with a patient who has taken meth, you use restraints on the patient. This opens you up to a potential charge of
False Imprisonment
Which act provides stringent privacy requirements for pat...
Lecture Quiz Q&As Chapter 4 Questions
and Answers Graded A+
During a particulary violent interaction with a patient who has taken meth, you use
restraints on the patient. This opens you up to a potential charge of - answerFalse
Imprisonment
Which act provides stringent privacy requirements for patient information? -
answerHIPAA
As a paramedic, you have a legal obligation to stop at all emergencies; true or false? -
answerFALSE
If you perform an act that you are legally permitted to do, but you do so in an improper
manner, you are guilty of malfeasance; true or false? - answerFALSE
If the parent or guardian is unavailable, emergency treatment to sustain life may be
given to a minor under implied consent; true or false? - answerTRUE
In a lawsuit, the plaintiff only needs to show the paramedic had a legal duty to the
patient, and the paramedic breached the standard of care; true of false? -
answerFALSE
You are treating an unconscious 13-year-old girl and you have no information about
how to reach her parents. Under which type of consent can you treat this patient? -
answerImplied consent
If you do not meet the standard of care in treating a patient, which requirement for
proving negligence does this fulfill? - answerBreach of duty
Is an advanced directive that describes which life-sustaining procedures, if any, should
be performed if a patient's medical condition suddenly deteriorates: - answerDo not
resuscitate order (DNR)
Lawsuits against EMS providers most often result from: - answerEmergency vehicle
crashes
What is the purpose of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act?
(EMTALA) - answerTo prevent patient dumping to those who cannot pay for medical
care
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