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EMT EXAM 2 STUDY QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST A+ GRADE
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HOSMERITEMT EXAM 2 STUDY QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST A+ GRADE
B - ✅✅-The 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
B - ✅✅-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
C - ✅✅-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
C - ✅✅-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
A - ✅✅-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
,C - ✅✅-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
C - ✅✅-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
B - ✅✅-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
C. In all cases of refusal you should advise patients to call EMS back at any time if there is a
problem or they wish to be transported. - ✅✅-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
D - ✅✅-Another name for a DNR order is:
a. deviated nervous response
b. duty not to react
c. refusal of treatment
d. advanced directive
B - ✅✅-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
C - ✅✅-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
D - ✅✅-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
D - ✅✅-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
D - ✅✅-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
d. patches
B - ✅✅-You responded to a high-speed collision involving a motorcycle and automobile. The
22-year-old male cyclist has a severe head injury and is not likely to live through the evening.
When treating this critical patient, who happens to have an organ donor card, the EMT should:
a. transport without delay and document a DNR
b. treat the patient with the same care as any other patient and inform the ED physician
c. withhold oxygen therapy from the patient to keep the organ hypoxic
, d. all of the above
A - ✅✅-You are at the scene of a home invasion where the homeowner was shot to death by the
perpetrators. At this crime scene, you should:
a. avoid disturbing any evidence at the scene unless emergency care requires it
b. immediately remove the patient from the scene
c. move all obstacles from around the patient to make more room to work
d. search the house for clues to find the cause of the crime
B - ✅✅-Commonly required reporting situations include all the following EXCEPT:
a. child and elder abuse
b. crimes in public places
c. sexual assault
d. domestic abuse
C - ✅✅-The extent of limits of the EMT's job is called the:
a. ethical dilemma
b. national curriculum
c. scope of practice
d. regional protocol
B - ✅✅-You were called to the scene of an incident where a 21-year-old male was knocked
unconscious in a bar fight. Upon arrival, the patient is awake and has a broken nose but no life
threats. He admits to drinking six beers in the last hour. He wants to refuse medical attention.
Why should you discourage a refusal?
a. he is not legally old enough to consent
b. he may not be mentally competent at this time
c. he is unable to actually sign the release
d. the patient may die from a broken nose
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - ✅✅-The federal law designed to protect
the patient's private medical information is the:
a. NHTSA
b. ANSI
c. HIPPA
d. OSHA
A - ✅✅-You are on the scene of a call where a patient barricaded himself and his wife in their
home and is threatening to do harm. The police have been at the scene for hours and, after the
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