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FISDAP EMT READINESS EXAM 2
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FISDAP EMT READINESS EXAM 2The collective set of regulations and ethical considerations governing the EMT is called:
a. duty to act
b. scope of practice
c. advanced directives
d. good samaritan laws - Answers-b. scope of practice
Legislation that governs the skills and medical interventions that may be performed by
the EMT is:
a. standardized (uniform) throughout the country
b. different from state to state
c. standardized for regions within a state
d. governed by the US Department of Transportation - Answers-b. different from state to
state
When the EMT makes the physical/emotional needs of the patient a priority, this is
considered a(n)_______ of the EMT.
a. advanced directive
b. protocol
c. ethical responsibility
d. legal responsibility - Answers-c. ethical responsibility
Which one of the following is NOT a type of consent required for any treatment or action
by an EMT?
a. child and mentally incompetent adult
b. implied
c. applied
d. expressed - Answers-c. applied
When you informed the adult patient of the procedures were about to perform and its
associated risks, you are asking for his or her:
a. expressed consent
b. negligence
c. implied
d. applied - Answers-a. expressed consent
You are treating a patient that was found unconscious at the bottom of the stairwell.
Consent that is based on the assumption that an unconscious patient would approve
the EMT's life-saving interventions is called:
a. expressed
,b. negligence
c. implied
d. applied - Answers-c. implied
Your record of a patient's refusal of medical care (aid) or transport should include all of
the following EXCEPT:
a. informing the patient of the risks and consequences of refusal
b. documenting the steps you took
c. signing of the form by the medical director
d. obtaining a release form with the patient's witnessed signature - Answers-c. signing of
the form by the medical director
Forcing a competent adult patient to go to the hospital agains his or her will may result
in _______ charges against the EMT.
a. abandonment
b. assault and battery
c. implied consent
d. negligence - Answers-b. assault and battery
Which of the following is an action you should not take if a patient refuses care?
a. leave phone stickers with emergency numbers
b. recommend that a relative call the family physician to report the incident
c. tell the patient to call his or her family physician if the problem reoccurs
d. call a relative or neighbor who can stay with the patient - Answers-b. recommend that
a relative call the family physician to report the incident
Another name for a DNR order is:
a. deviated nervous response
b. duty not to react
c. refusal of treatment
d. advanced directive - Answers-d. advanced directive
There are varying degrees of DNR orders, expressed through a variety of detailed
instructions that may be part of the order such as:
a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
b. allowing comfort-care measures such as intravenous feeding
c. disallowing the use of long-term life-support measures
d. specify that only five minutes of artificial respiration will be attempted - Answers-a.
allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
, In a hospital, long-term life support and comfort care measures would consist of
intravenous feeding and:
a. routine inoculations
b. the use of a respirator
c. infection control by the healthcare providers
d. hourly patient documentation - Answers-b. the use of a respirator
If an EMT with a duty to act fails to provide the standard of care, and if this failure
causes harm or injury to the patient, the EMT may be accused of:
a. res ipsa loquitur
b. negligence
c. abandonment
d. assault - Answers-b. negligence
Leaving a patient on the hallway stretcher in a busy ED and leaving without giving
report with a healthcare professional is an example of:
a. liability infraction
b. battery
c. abandonment
d. breach of duty - Answers-c. abandonment
The EMT should not discuss information about the patient except to relate pertinent
information to the physician at the ED. Information considered confidential includes:
a. patient history gained through the interview
b. assessment findings
c. treatment rendered
d. all of the above - Answers-d. all of the above
The EMT can release confidential patient information in all of the following
circumstances EXCEPT to:
a. inform other health care professionals who need to know information to continue care
b. report incidents required by state law, such as rape or abuse
c. comply with the legal subpoena
d. protect the other victims of a motor vehicle collision - Answers-d. protect the other
victims of a motor vehicle collision
A medical identification device that indicates serious patient medical conditions,
allergies, and/or medications they are currently prescribed comes in the form of each of
the following except:
a. bracelets
b. necklaces
c. cards
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