EMT FISDAP Readiness Exam 2
1. The collective set of regulations and ethical consider- b. scope of practice
ations governing the EMT is called:
a. duty to act
b. scope of practice
c. advanced directives
d. good samaritan laws
2. Legislation that governs the skills and medical inter- b. different from state to
ventions that may be performed by the EMT is: state
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
3. When the EMT makes the physical/emotional needs of c. ethical responsibility
the patient a priority, this is considered a(n)_______ of
the EMT.
a. advanced directive
b. protocol
c. ethical responsibility
d. legal responsibility
4. Which one of the following is NOT a type of consent c. applied
required for any treatment or action by an EMT?
a. child and mentally incompetent adult
b. implied
c. applied
d. expressed
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5. When you informed the adult patient of the proce- a. expressed consent
dures were about to perform and its associated risks,
you are asking for his or her:
a. expressed consent
b. negligence
c. implied
d. applied
6. You are treating a patient that was found unconscious c. implied
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
7. Your record of a patient's refusal of medical care (aid) c. signing of the form by
or transport should include all of the following EX- the medical director
CEPT:
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 wit-
nessed signature
8. Forcing a competent adult patient to go to the hospital b. assault and battery
agains his or her will may result in _______ charges
against the EMT.
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a. abandonment
b. assault and battery
c. implied consent
d. negligence
9. Which of the following is an action you should not take b. recommend that a rel-
if a patient refuses care? ative call the family physi-
cian to report the incident
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
10. Another name for a DNR order is: d. advanced directive
a. deviated nervous response
b. duty not to react
c. refusal of treatment
d. advanced directive
11. There are varying degrees of DNR orders, expressed a. allowing CPR only if car-
through a variety of detailed instructions that may be diac or respiratory arrest
part of the order such as: was observed
a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was
observed
b. allowing comfort-care measures such as intra-
venous feeding
c. disallowing the use of long-term life-support mea-
sures
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d. specify that only five minutes of artificial respiration
will be attempted
12. In a hospital, long-term life support and comfort care b. the use of a respirator
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
13. If an EMT with a duty to act fails to provide the stan- b. negligence
dard 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
14. Leaving a patient on the hallway stretcher in a busy c. abandonment
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
15. The EMT should not discuss information about the d. all of the above
patient except to relate pertinent information to the
physician at the ED. Information considered confiden-
tial includes:
a. patient history gained through the interview
1. The collective set of regulations and ethical consider- b. scope of practice
ations governing the EMT is called:
a. duty to act
b. scope of practice
c. advanced directives
d. good samaritan laws
2. Legislation that governs the skills and medical inter- b. different from state to
ventions that may be performed by the EMT is: state
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
3. When the EMT makes the physical/emotional needs of c. ethical responsibility
the patient a priority, this is considered a(n)_______ of
the EMT.
a. advanced directive
b. protocol
c. ethical responsibility
d. legal responsibility
4. Which one of the following is NOT a type of consent c. applied
required for any treatment or action by an EMT?
a. child and mentally incompetent adult
b. implied
c. applied
d. expressed
, EMT FISDAP Readiness Exam 2
5. When you informed the adult patient of the proce- a. expressed consent
dures were about to perform and its associated risks,
you are asking for his or her:
a. expressed consent
b. negligence
c. implied
d. applied
6. You are treating a patient that was found unconscious c. implied
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
7. Your record of a patient's refusal of medical care (aid) c. signing of the form by
or transport should include all of the following EX- the medical director
CEPT:
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 wit-
nessed signature
8. Forcing a competent adult patient to go to the hospital b. assault and battery
agains his or her will may result in _______ charges
against the EMT.
, EMT FISDAP Readiness Exam 2
a. abandonment
b. assault and battery
c. implied consent
d. negligence
9. Which of the following is an action you should not take b. recommend that a rel-
if a patient refuses care? ative call the family physi-
cian to report the incident
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
10. Another name for a DNR order is: d. advanced directive
a. deviated nervous response
b. duty not to react
c. refusal of treatment
d. advanced directive
11. There are varying degrees of DNR orders, expressed a. allowing CPR only if car-
through a variety of detailed instructions that may be diac or respiratory arrest
part of the order such as: was observed
a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was
observed
b. allowing comfort-care measures such as intra-
venous feeding
c. disallowing the use of long-term life-support mea-
sures
, EMT FISDAP Readiness Exam 2
d. specify that only five minutes of artificial respiration
will be attempted
12. In a hospital, long-term life support and comfort care b. the use of a respirator
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
13. If an EMT with a duty to act fails to provide the stan- b. negligence
dard 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
14. Leaving a patient on the hallway stretcher in a busy c. abandonment
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
15. The EMT should not discuss information about the d. all of the above
patient except to relate pertinent information to the
physician at the ED. Information considered confiden-
tial includes:
a. patient history gained through the interview
