CHAPTER 4 POST TEST (EMS 105) EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST
UPDATE
A patient appears to be in the midst of a psychotic episode and is unable to make
a rational decision about consenting to emergency care. The EMT may care for
the patient on the basis of:
A.
involuntary transportation.
B.
expressed consent.
C.
informed consent.
D.
implied consent.
D.
implied consent.
The person who is legally designated to make health care decisions for the
patient if the patient is unable to do so is called:
A.
the attorney of record.
B.
,the executor of the estate.
C.
a health care proxy.
D.
a patient advocate.
C.
a health care proxy.
Leaving a patient after initiating care and before the patient has been transferred
to someone with equal or greater medical training is known as:
A.
abandonment.
B.
res ipsa loquitur.
C.
negligence.
D.
in loco parentis.
A.
abandonment.
You are at the scene of a patient with obvious signs of traumatic death. You are
required by law in your state to report violent deaths. Your duty as an EMT is to
notify:
A.
, the district attorney's office.
B.
your EMS chief.
C.
medical direction.
D.
law enforcement.
D.
law enforcement.
You suspect that a pediatric patient is being abused. You decide not to report this
to the appropriate authorities because the parent is very upset and remorseful.
This is:
A.
an ethical violation but definitely not a crime.
B.
a violation of professional ethics and possibly a crime.
C.
a reasonable judgment call.
D.
a violation of policy but not an ethical violation.
B.
a violation of professional ethics and possibly a crime.
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST
UPDATE
A patient appears to be in the midst of a psychotic episode and is unable to make
a rational decision about consenting to emergency care. The EMT may care for
the patient on the basis of:
A.
involuntary transportation.
B.
expressed consent.
C.
informed consent.
D.
implied consent.
D.
implied consent.
The person who is legally designated to make health care decisions for the
patient if the patient is unable to do so is called:
A.
the attorney of record.
B.
,the executor of the estate.
C.
a health care proxy.
D.
a patient advocate.
C.
a health care proxy.
Leaving a patient after initiating care and before the patient has been transferred
to someone with equal or greater medical training is known as:
A.
abandonment.
B.
res ipsa loquitur.
C.
negligence.
D.
in loco parentis.
A.
abandonment.
You are at the scene of a patient with obvious signs of traumatic death. You are
required by law in your state to report violent deaths. Your duty as an EMT is to
notify:
A.
, the district attorney's office.
B.
your EMS chief.
C.
medical direction.
D.
law enforcement.
D.
law enforcement.
You suspect that a pediatric patient is being abused. You decide not to report this
to the appropriate authorities because the parent is very upset and remorseful.
This is:
A.
an ethical violation but definitely not a crime.
B.
a violation of professional ethics and possibly a crime.
C.
a reasonable judgment call.
D.
a violation of policy but not an ethical violation.
B.
a violation of professional ethics and possibly a crime.
