EMT FISDAP READINESS EXAM 2/ EMT
READINESS EXAM 2
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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 - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > 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
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,d. advanced directive - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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 -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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:
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,a. res ipsa loquitur
b. negligence
c. abandonment
d. assault - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. negligence
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 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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
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, d. governed by the US Department of Transportation - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > 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 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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
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READINESS EXAM 2
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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 - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > 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
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,d. advanced directive - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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 -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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:
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,a. res ipsa loquitur
b. negligence
c. abandonment
d. assault - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. negligence
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 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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
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, d. governed by the US Department of Transportation - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > 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 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 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
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