EMT FISDAP READINESS EXAM 2 Questions and Answers (2022/2023)
(Verified Answers)
1. The collective set of regulations and ethical consideration governing the
EMT is called:: Scope of practice
2. Legislation that governs the skills and medical interventions that may be
performed by the EMT is:: Different from state to state
3. When the EMT makes the physical/emotional need of the patient a priority,
this is considered a(n) of the EMT.: Ethical responsibility
4. Which of the following is NOT a type of consent required for any treatment
or action by an EMT?: applied
5. when you informed the adult patient of the procedures were about to
perform and its associated risks, you are asking for his or her:: expressed
consent
6. You are treating a patient that was found unconscious 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:: implied
7. your record of the patient's refusal of medical care (aid) or transport
should include all of the following EXCEPT:: signing of the form by the medical
director
8. Forcing a competent adult to go to the hospital against his or her will may
result in charges against the EMT: assault and battery
9. Which of the following is an action you should take if a patient refuses
care?: tell the patient to call his or her family physician if the problem reoccurs
10. Another name for DNR order is:: advanced directive
11. There are varying degrees of DNR orders, expressed through a variety of
detailed instructions that may be part of the order such as:: allowing the CPR
only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
12. If an EMT with 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:: negligence
13. Leaving a patient on the hallway stretcher in a busy ED and leaving
without report with a healthcare professional is an example of:: abandonment
14. The EMT should not discuss information about the patient except to re-
late pertinent information to the physician at the ED. Information considered
confidential includes: All of the above
, EMT FISDAP READINESS EXAM 2 Questions and Answers (2022/2023)
(Verified Answers)
15. The EMT can release confidential patient information in all of the fol-
lowing circumstances EXCEPT to:: protect the other victims of a motor vehicle
collision
16. A medical identification device indicated serious patient medical condi-
tions, allergies, and/or medications they are currently prescribed comes in
the form of each of the following except:: patches
17. you respond to a high-speed collision a motorcycle and automobile. The
22-year-old male cyclist has a severe head injury and is not likely to live
through the evening. When treating this critical patient, who happens to have
an organ donor card, the EMT should:: treat the patient with the same care as
any other patient and inform the ED physician
18. you are treating at the scene of a home invasion where the homeowner
was shot to death by the perpetrators. At this crime scene, you should:: avoid
disturbing any evidence at the scene unless emergency care requires it
19. commonly required reporting situations include all of the following EX-
CEPT:: crimes in public places
20. The extent of limits of the EMT's job is called the:: scope of practice
21. you were called to the scene of an incident where a 21-year-old male was
knocked unconscious in a bar fight. Upon arrival, the patient is awake and
has a broken nose but no life threats. He admits to drinking 6 beers in the
last hour. He wants to refuse medical attention. Why should you discourage
a refusal?: He may not be mentally competent at this time
22. The federal law designed to protect the patient's private medical informa-
tion is the:: HIPPA
23. you are on the scene of a call where a patient barricaded himself and
his wife in their home and is threatening to do harm. The police have been
notified at the scene for hours and, after the wife escaped, they rushed in.
It is now your responsibility to transport this now-restrained patient to the
local ED. what should be your highest priority?: Monitoring the patient's mental
status and vital signs
24. Advanced directive:: A DNR order
25. abandonment:: leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the
patient has been transferred to someone with equal or higher medical training
(Verified Answers)
1. The collective set of regulations and ethical consideration governing the
EMT is called:: Scope of practice
2. Legislation that governs the skills and medical interventions that may be
performed by the EMT is:: Different from state to state
3. When the EMT makes the physical/emotional need of the patient a priority,
this is considered a(n) of the EMT.: Ethical responsibility
4. Which of the following is NOT a type of consent required for any treatment
or action by an EMT?: applied
5. when you informed the adult patient of the procedures were about to
perform and its associated risks, you are asking for his or her:: expressed
consent
6. You are treating a patient that was found unconscious 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:: implied
7. your record of the patient's refusal of medical care (aid) or transport
should include all of the following EXCEPT:: signing of the form by the medical
director
8. Forcing a competent adult to go to the hospital against his or her will may
result in charges against the EMT: assault and battery
9. Which of the following is an action you should take if a patient refuses
care?: tell the patient to call his or her family physician if the problem reoccurs
10. Another name for DNR order is:: advanced directive
11. There are varying degrees of DNR orders, expressed through a variety of
detailed instructions that may be part of the order such as:: allowing the CPR
only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
12. If an EMT with 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:: negligence
13. Leaving a patient on the hallway stretcher in a busy ED and leaving
without report with a healthcare professional is an example of:: abandonment
14. The EMT should not discuss information about the patient except to re-
late pertinent information to the physician at the ED. Information considered
confidential includes: All of the above
, EMT FISDAP READINESS EXAM 2 Questions and Answers (2022/2023)
(Verified Answers)
15. The EMT can release confidential patient information in all of the fol-
lowing circumstances EXCEPT to:: protect the other victims of a motor vehicle
collision
16. A medical identification device indicated serious patient medical condi-
tions, allergies, and/or medications they are currently prescribed comes in
the form of each of the following except:: patches
17. you respond to a high-speed collision a motorcycle and automobile. The
22-year-old male cyclist has a severe head injury and is not likely to live
through the evening. When treating this critical patient, who happens to have
an organ donor card, the EMT should:: treat the patient with the same care as
any other patient and inform the ED physician
18. you are treating at the scene of a home invasion where the homeowner
was shot to death by the perpetrators. At this crime scene, you should:: avoid
disturbing any evidence at the scene unless emergency care requires it
19. commonly required reporting situations include all of the following EX-
CEPT:: crimes in public places
20. The extent of limits of the EMT's job is called the:: scope of practice
21. you were called to the scene of an incident where a 21-year-old male was
knocked unconscious in a bar fight. Upon arrival, the patient is awake and
has a broken nose but no life threats. He admits to drinking 6 beers in the
last hour. He wants to refuse medical attention. Why should you discourage
a refusal?: He may not be mentally competent at this time
22. The federal law designed to protect the patient's private medical informa-
tion is the:: HIPPA
23. you are on the scene of a call where a patient barricaded himself and
his wife in their home and is threatening to do harm. The police have been
notified at the scene for hours and, after the wife escaped, they rushed in.
It is now your responsibility to transport this now-restrained patient to the
local ED. what should be your highest priority?: Monitoring the patient's mental
status and vital signs
24. Advanced directive:: A DNR order
25. abandonment:: leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the
patient has been transferred to someone with equal or higher medical training
