SOE Paramedic Final Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
HIPPA
(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) -
correct answer ✅- Outlines strict privacy agreements for the
patient information.
- Provides civil penalties and criminal sanctions for releasing a
patient's private medical information in an unauthorized manner.
- Protects a patient's Protected Health Information (PHI) which is
any identifiable information created, disclosed, used, maintained,
stored, or transmitted that is related to providing a health care
service.
Consent -
correct answer ✅Decisional Capacity: The capacity to make
appropriate medical care decisions for themselves.
Informed Consent: Patient's voluntary agreement to be treated
after being told about the nature of the disease, risks, and benefits
to the proposed treatment, alternative treatment, or no treatment
Expressed Consent: Form of informed consent that occurs when the
patient does something, either by telling you or by taking action
that demonstrates permission to provide care.
,SOE Paramedic Final Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Implied Consent: Assumed consent to be given by unconscious
adults or by adults who are too ill or injured to imply consent
verbally. Also applies to minors without a present parent/ guardian.
Involuntary Consent: Law enforcement officer or legal guardian
grants someone to be treated who is undr arrest, incapacitated,
minor, or other reasons.
Advanced Directives -
correct answer ✅- Written statement that expresses the wants,
needs, and desires of a patient about future medical care.
DNR:
- Describes which life-sustaining procedures should be performed if
the patient's medical condition suddenly deteriorates.
- Different states have different criteria on whats considered a valid
DNR. Ie. written document, jewelry, etc.
- Generally, DNR orders must meet these requirements: Clearly
state the patient's medical condition, signature of patient/ legal
guardian, signature of a physician, expiration date dated in the
preceding 12 months.
,SOE Paramedic Final Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
- You are still obligated to provide supportive measures: Oxygen,
pain relief, and comfort.
Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST):
- Applied only when patient has lost decision making capacity.
- May apply to patient's with impending pulmonary failure who are
not in cardiac arrest.
- Contains provisions such as addressing initiation of CPR,
intubation, feeding tubes, antibiotics, and palliative care.
Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney:
- Designates another person to to make health care decisions for
the patient when the patient is unable to.
Organ Donation
Radio Etiquette -
correct answer ✅- Know what you want to say before beginning
your transmission
- Make sure the channel is clear
, SOE Paramedic Final Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
- Keep microphone 2-3 inches away from mouth
- Start the transmission with the identifier of unit being called, then
your own identifier. "Hey you, it's me"
- Speak slowly, clearly, and distinctly.
- Use plain language. Use radio codes only approved by your system
- Lot of information: Break transmission into 30 second chunks
using "Break" to indicate a pause in transmission.
- Speaking a word or name that may be misunderstood, use the
phonetic alphabet
- Speaking numbers that may be misunderstood, say number as a
whole and then digit by digit. (16, one-six)
- Confirm receipt of all replies by repeating back information.
Anatomical Locations -
correct answer ✅- Coronal (Frontal): Front and Back
- Transverse (Axial): Top and Bottom
- Sagittal (Lateral): Left and Right
- Midsagittal (Midline): Left and Right
- Superior: Top
- Inferior: Bottom
& Answers (Grade A+)
HIPPA
(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) -
correct answer ✅- Outlines strict privacy agreements for the
patient information.
- Provides civil penalties and criminal sanctions for releasing a
patient's private medical information in an unauthorized manner.
- Protects a patient's Protected Health Information (PHI) which is
any identifiable information created, disclosed, used, maintained,
stored, or transmitted that is related to providing a health care
service.
Consent -
correct answer ✅Decisional Capacity: The capacity to make
appropriate medical care decisions for themselves.
Informed Consent: Patient's voluntary agreement to be treated
after being told about the nature of the disease, risks, and benefits
to the proposed treatment, alternative treatment, or no treatment
Expressed Consent: Form of informed consent that occurs when the
patient does something, either by telling you or by taking action
that demonstrates permission to provide care.
,SOE Paramedic Final Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Implied Consent: Assumed consent to be given by unconscious
adults or by adults who are too ill or injured to imply consent
verbally. Also applies to minors without a present parent/ guardian.
Involuntary Consent: Law enforcement officer or legal guardian
grants someone to be treated who is undr arrest, incapacitated,
minor, or other reasons.
Advanced Directives -
correct answer ✅- Written statement that expresses the wants,
needs, and desires of a patient about future medical care.
DNR:
- Describes which life-sustaining procedures should be performed if
the patient's medical condition suddenly deteriorates.
- Different states have different criteria on whats considered a valid
DNR. Ie. written document, jewelry, etc.
- Generally, DNR orders must meet these requirements: Clearly
state the patient's medical condition, signature of patient/ legal
guardian, signature of a physician, expiration date dated in the
preceding 12 months.
,SOE Paramedic Final Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
- You are still obligated to provide supportive measures: Oxygen,
pain relief, and comfort.
Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST):
- Applied only when patient has lost decision making capacity.
- May apply to patient's with impending pulmonary failure who are
not in cardiac arrest.
- Contains provisions such as addressing initiation of CPR,
intubation, feeding tubes, antibiotics, and palliative care.
Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney:
- Designates another person to to make health care decisions for
the patient when the patient is unable to.
Organ Donation
Radio Etiquette -
correct answer ✅- Know what you want to say before beginning
your transmission
- Make sure the channel is clear
, SOE Paramedic Final Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
- Keep microphone 2-3 inches away from mouth
- Start the transmission with the identifier of unit being called, then
your own identifier. "Hey you, it's me"
- Speak slowly, clearly, and distinctly.
- Use plain language. Use radio codes only approved by your system
- Lot of information: Break transmission into 30 second chunks
using "Break" to indicate a pause in transmission.
- Speaking a word or name that may be misunderstood, use the
phonetic alphabet
- Speaking numbers that may be misunderstood, say number as a
whole and then digit by digit. (16, one-six)
- Confirm receipt of all replies by repeating back information.
Anatomical Locations -
correct answer ✅- Coronal (Frontal): Front and Back
- Transverse (Axial): Top and Bottom
- Sagittal (Lateral): Left and Right
- Midsagittal (Midline): Left and Right
- Superior: Top
- Inferior: Bottom
