EMR FINAL EXAM 2026 BASIC EMERGENCY
CARE ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Standard of Care. Answer: care expected based on training and
experience taking into account the conditions under which the care
is rendered
◉ Competence. Answer: The ability to understand questions and to
the implication of decisions made
( do you know who / where / what you are? )
◉ Expressed Consent. Answer: The patient must be told in an easy
to understand nature and the extent of the procedure to be
preformed as well as the possible risks involved
◉ Implied Consent. Answer: Consent based on the assumption that
the unresponsive patient would consent to life saving interventions
◉ Advanced Directives. Answer: Written documentation that
specifies what medical treatment a patient wishes to have and what
to withhold should the patient become unable to make a decision
,◉ Assault and Battery. Answer: Unlawfully touching a patient
without consent providing emergency medical care when a
competent patient does not consent to the emergency medical care
◉ Abandonment. Answer: Terminating care of the patient without
insuring that care will continue at the same level or higher
◉ Four Components of Negligence. Answer: 1. Duty to act (legal
obligation)
2. Breach of Duty (failure to act)
3. Injury where Inflicted (some injury occurred)
4. Proximate Cause (the actions of the EMR caused injury)
◉ Negligence. Answer: Deviating from the accepted standard of care
resulting in further injury of the patient
◉ Good Samaritan Law. Answer: State Laws intended to protect care
providers from liability if they deliver the standard care in good faith
to the level of their training and to the best of their ability. Don't
protect from Wanton, Gross, or Willful Negligence
◉ Anatomical Position. Answer: body is erect facing forward, arms
are at the sides palms face forward
, ◉ Anterior / Posterior. Answer: Front / Back
◉ Medial / Lateral. Answer: Toward the Middle / Toward the side
◉ Superior / Inferior. Answer: Toward the Head / Toward the Feet
◉ Skeletal. Answer: Gives the Body its shape
protects vital internal organs
◉ Axial. Answer: Skull
only movable bone is the mandible
◉ Muscular. Answer: Gives the Body shape
Protects interal organs provides for movement
Muscles are Voluntary (cardiac is involuntary)
◉ Respiratory. Answer: Delivers oxgen to the body
removes carbon
◉ Circulatory. Answer: Delivers oxgen and nutrients to the tissues
and removes waste products from the tissues
CARE ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Standard of Care. Answer: care expected based on training and
experience taking into account the conditions under which the care
is rendered
◉ Competence. Answer: The ability to understand questions and to
the implication of decisions made
( do you know who / where / what you are? )
◉ Expressed Consent. Answer: The patient must be told in an easy
to understand nature and the extent of the procedure to be
preformed as well as the possible risks involved
◉ Implied Consent. Answer: Consent based on the assumption that
the unresponsive patient would consent to life saving interventions
◉ Advanced Directives. Answer: Written documentation that
specifies what medical treatment a patient wishes to have and what
to withhold should the patient become unable to make a decision
,◉ Assault and Battery. Answer: Unlawfully touching a patient
without consent providing emergency medical care when a
competent patient does not consent to the emergency medical care
◉ Abandonment. Answer: Terminating care of the patient without
insuring that care will continue at the same level or higher
◉ Four Components of Negligence. Answer: 1. Duty to act (legal
obligation)
2. Breach of Duty (failure to act)
3. Injury where Inflicted (some injury occurred)
4. Proximate Cause (the actions of the EMR caused injury)
◉ Negligence. Answer: Deviating from the accepted standard of care
resulting in further injury of the patient
◉ Good Samaritan Law. Answer: State Laws intended to protect care
providers from liability if they deliver the standard care in good faith
to the level of their training and to the best of their ability. Don't
protect from Wanton, Gross, or Willful Negligence
◉ Anatomical Position. Answer: body is erect facing forward, arms
are at the sides palms face forward
, ◉ Anterior / Posterior. Answer: Front / Back
◉ Medial / Lateral. Answer: Toward the Middle / Toward the side
◉ Superior / Inferior. Answer: Toward the Head / Toward the Feet
◉ Skeletal. Answer: Gives the Body its shape
protects vital internal organs
◉ Axial. Answer: Skull
only movable bone is the mandible
◉ Muscular. Answer: Gives the Body shape
Protects interal organs provides for movement
Muscles are Voluntary (cardiac is involuntary)
◉ Respiratory. Answer: Delivers oxgen to the body
removes carbon
◉ Circulatory. Answer: Delivers oxgen and nutrients to the tissues
and removes waste products from the tissues
