San Diego Miramar College EMT Program: Final
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1. To minimize the risk of litigation, the Provide competent care that meets current
EMT should always: standards.
2. What type of consent is involved Implied consent.
when a 79-year-old unresponsive
patient receives care?
3. You are dispatched to a middle Provide treatment up to your level of training and
school for a 7-year-old female who is transport the child at once.
complaining of right
forearm pain after falling from the
jungle gym. She alert, but in severe
pain. The school nurse
informs you that she has tried several
times to contact the patient's parents
but has not been
successful. You should:
4. What is the BEST protection Thoroughly document the entire event.
against legal liability when a
competent patient refuses EMS care?
,5. You arrive at the scene of an Rigor mortis.
apparent death. When evaluating the
patient, which of the
following is a definitive sign of
death?
6. In which situation does the EMT D. you are off duty and stopped to provide care
have a legal duty to act?
A. a response to the residence of a
79 year-old male patient who fell
and has refused care
B. a response to a motor vehicle
crash while off duty
C. a response to an injured patient
while off duty
D. you are off duty and stopped to
provide care
7. What is the most accurate definition A tort in which a breach in the duty to act occurred.
of negligence?
, 8. Which of the following scenarios B. An EMT transfers care to an Emergency Medical
MOST accurately depicts Responder.
abandonment?
A. An EMT transfers care to an
Emergency Medical Responder.
B. An AEMT transfers patient care to
a paramedic.
C. A physician assumes patient care
from an EMT.
D. An EMT gives a verbal report to an
ED nurse.
9. Calming and reassuring an anxious Maintain eye contact with the patient whenever
patient can be facilitated by: possible.
10. In relation to the hip, the knee is: Distal.
11. The diaphragm and intercostal exhalation
muscles relax during:
12. How does respiration differ from Respiration is the process of gas exchange,
ventilation? whereas ventilation is the simple movement of air
between the lungs and the environment.
13. What is an anatomic difference The trachea of an infant is narrower and more
between children and adults? flexible than an adult's.
14. When assessing an 80-year-old age-related changes in the cardiovascular system
patient in shock, it is important to may make the patient less able to
remember that: compensate for decreased perfusion.
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Terms in this set (99)
1. To minimize the risk of litigation, the Provide competent care that meets current
EMT should always: standards.
2. What type of consent is involved Implied consent.
when a 79-year-old unresponsive
patient receives care?
3. You are dispatched to a middle Provide treatment up to your level of training and
school for a 7-year-old female who is transport the child at once.
complaining of right
forearm pain after falling from the
jungle gym. She alert, but in severe
pain. The school nurse
informs you that she has tried several
times to contact the patient's parents
but has not been
successful. You should:
4. What is the BEST protection Thoroughly document the entire event.
against legal liability when a
competent patient refuses EMS care?
,5. You arrive at the scene of an Rigor mortis.
apparent death. When evaluating the
patient, which of the
following is a definitive sign of
death?
6. In which situation does the EMT D. you are off duty and stopped to provide care
have a legal duty to act?
A. a response to the residence of a
79 year-old male patient who fell
and has refused care
B. a response to a motor vehicle
crash while off duty
C. a response to an injured patient
while off duty
D. you are off duty and stopped to
provide care
7. What is the most accurate definition A tort in which a breach in the duty to act occurred.
of negligence?
, 8. Which of the following scenarios B. An EMT transfers care to an Emergency Medical
MOST accurately depicts Responder.
abandonment?
A. An EMT transfers care to an
Emergency Medical Responder.
B. An AEMT transfers patient care to
a paramedic.
C. A physician assumes patient care
from an EMT.
D. An EMT gives a verbal report to an
ED nurse.
9. Calming and reassuring an anxious Maintain eye contact with the patient whenever
patient can be facilitated by: possible.
10. In relation to the hip, the knee is: Distal.
11. The diaphragm and intercostal exhalation
muscles relax during:
12. How does respiration differ from Respiration is the process of gas exchange,
ventilation? whereas ventilation is the simple movement of air
between the lungs and the environment.
13. What is an anatomic difference The trachea of an infant is narrower and more
between children and adults? flexible than an adult's.
14. When assessing an 80-year-old age-related changes in the cardiovascular system
patient in shock, it is important to may make the patient less able to
remember that: compensate for decreased perfusion.
