CHAPTER 4 TEST (EMS 105) EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION GRADED A++
Which of the following situations involves a HIPAA violation?
A.An off-duty EMT does not provide care for a patient.
B. An EMT informs the receiving nurse of a patient's condition.
C. An EMT documents a patient's refusal of care.
D. An EMT discusses patient cases with his physician.
D. An EMT discusses patient cases with his physician.
Which type of consent must be used by the EMT when seeking to treat a mentally
competent adult?
A. Implied consent
B. Conscious consent
C. Expressed consent
,D. Unconditional consent
A. Implied consent
You arrive on the scene of a 55-year-old male patient. The patient's wife called
911 because he is having chest pains. The patient is very angry with his wife for
calling 911 because he states he only has heartburn and adamantly refuses any
treatment or transport. After signing the patient refusal form, the patient
collapses and goes into sudden cardiac arrest. The wife is crying uncontrollably
and begging you to do something. What should you do?
A. Provide emergency care under implied consent.
B. Respect his legal right to not have any treatment, regardless of how much the
wife begs you to help.
C. Explain to the wife that her husband signed a legal document refusing care,
and if you intervened to help him now, you would be breaking the law.
D. Provide emergency care for the patient only if his wife signs a document
stating they will not sue the EMS service.
A. Provide emergency care under implied consent.
Which of the following refers to the set of regulations that defines the legal
actions expected of and limitations placed on the EMT?
, A. Professional standards
B. Scope of practice
C. Protocols and standing orders
D. Legal standards of practice
B. Scope of practice
If the EMT is in doubt as to whether a patient in cardiac arrest should be
resuscitated, which of the following is the best decision?
A. Consult with the patient's physician.
B. Withhold resuscitative measures.
C. Begin resuscitative measures.
D. Have the patient's family put their wishes in writing.
C. Begin resuscitative measures.
Which of the following situations BEST illustrates the act of abandonment by the
EMT?
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION GRADED A++
Which of the following situations involves a HIPAA violation?
A.An off-duty EMT does not provide care for a patient.
B. An EMT informs the receiving nurse of a patient's condition.
C. An EMT documents a patient's refusal of care.
D. An EMT discusses patient cases with his physician.
D. An EMT discusses patient cases with his physician.
Which type of consent must be used by the EMT when seeking to treat a mentally
competent adult?
A. Implied consent
B. Conscious consent
C. Expressed consent
,D. Unconditional consent
A. Implied consent
You arrive on the scene of a 55-year-old male patient. The patient's wife called
911 because he is having chest pains. The patient is very angry with his wife for
calling 911 because he states he only has heartburn and adamantly refuses any
treatment or transport. After signing the patient refusal form, the patient
collapses and goes into sudden cardiac arrest. The wife is crying uncontrollably
and begging you to do something. What should you do?
A. Provide emergency care under implied consent.
B. Respect his legal right to not have any treatment, regardless of how much the
wife begs you to help.
C. Explain to the wife that her husband signed a legal document refusing care,
and if you intervened to help him now, you would be breaking the law.
D. Provide emergency care for the patient only if his wife signs a document
stating they will not sue the EMS service.
A. Provide emergency care under implied consent.
Which of the following refers to the set of regulations that defines the legal
actions expected of and limitations placed on the EMT?
, A. Professional standards
B. Scope of practice
C. Protocols and standing orders
D. Legal standards of practice
B. Scope of practice
If the EMT is in doubt as to whether a patient in cardiac arrest should be
resuscitated, which of the following is the best decision?
A. Consult with the patient's physician.
B. Withhold resuscitative measures.
C. Begin resuscitative measures.
D. Have the patient's family put their wishes in writing.
C. Begin resuscitative measures.
Which of the following situations BEST illustrates the act of abandonment by the
EMT?
