EME 106 (PALOMAR) TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
Abandonment - Answers Failure to transfer the patient to another competent professional of an
equal or higher level of training.
Assault and/or battery - Answers A battery takes place when a person commits an act that does
inflict physical harm on another.
Assault is when you willfully and unlawfully attempt or offer with force or violence to do a
corporal hurt to another
Negligence (what criteria must be present to prove negligence?) - Answers failure to take proper
care in doing something.
they need to prove
Duty to act
Breach
Damages injury
Cause(proximate causation
Good Samaritan law - Answers Protects a person who is not being paid for his services from
liability for acts performed in good faith unless those acts constitute gross negligence
Does not protect you from being sued
Duty to act - Answers Your legal obligation to provide service whether you think the patient
needs an ambulance or not
Scope of practice - Answers The care that is expected to be provided by an EMT with Similar
training when managing a patient in a similar situation
The "Reasonable person standard"
Informed/expressed consent - Answers A conscious rational patient who consents to your
assessment and treatment (expresses Consent)
Implied consent - Answers Your assumption that a patient who is
Unresponsive
, Disoriented
A minor without guardian consent would accept care if he could
Also applies to a patient who initially refuses care then becomes unresponsive
Involuntary consent - Answers Dealing with A mentally incompetent adult
In custody of law enforcement
DNR (Do not resuscitate) - Answers an order that tells medical professionals not to perform
CPR
Emancipated Minor (who qualifies and what can they consent to?) - Answers A minor who is
Married
Pregnant
A parent
A member of the armed
Financially independent
Emancipated by court order
Against Medical Advise (AMA). Who qualifies to make this decision? - Answers A patient who is
competent to refuse care may legally do so Competent means Oriented to person place time
and event
Not under the influence of drugs or alcohol
What is a "5150" and what type of patient may be placed under a 5150? - Answers Danger to self,
Danger to others, Gravely disabled, The only people authorized to place a 5150 is a Police
Officer or ED Physician
Mandatory reporter - Answers A mandated reporter is required to call the Police Department in
the city where the incident occurred immediately or as soon as is practicable
San Diego County protocol S-411 - Answers San Diego County Special Assignment - Paramedic
S-411. Reporting of Suspected Child, Dependent Adult, or Elder Abuse/Neglect
Compression to ventilation ratios CPR - Answers The compression-ventilation ratio for 2-
rescuer adult CPR is 30:2
Abandonment - Answers Failure to transfer the patient to another competent professional of an
equal or higher level of training.
Assault and/or battery - Answers A battery takes place when a person commits an act that does
inflict physical harm on another.
Assault is when you willfully and unlawfully attempt or offer with force or violence to do a
corporal hurt to another
Negligence (what criteria must be present to prove negligence?) - Answers failure to take proper
care in doing something.
they need to prove
Duty to act
Breach
Damages injury
Cause(proximate causation
Good Samaritan law - Answers Protects a person who is not being paid for his services from
liability for acts performed in good faith unless those acts constitute gross negligence
Does not protect you from being sued
Duty to act - Answers Your legal obligation to provide service whether you think the patient
needs an ambulance or not
Scope of practice - Answers The care that is expected to be provided by an EMT with Similar
training when managing a patient in a similar situation
The "Reasonable person standard"
Informed/expressed consent - Answers A conscious rational patient who consents to your
assessment and treatment (expresses Consent)
Implied consent - Answers Your assumption that a patient who is
Unresponsive
, Disoriented
A minor without guardian consent would accept care if he could
Also applies to a patient who initially refuses care then becomes unresponsive
Involuntary consent - Answers Dealing with A mentally incompetent adult
In custody of law enforcement
DNR (Do not resuscitate) - Answers an order that tells medical professionals not to perform
CPR
Emancipated Minor (who qualifies and what can they consent to?) - Answers A minor who is
Married
Pregnant
A parent
A member of the armed
Financially independent
Emancipated by court order
Against Medical Advise (AMA). Who qualifies to make this decision? - Answers A patient who is
competent to refuse care may legally do so Competent means Oriented to person place time
and event
Not under the influence of drugs or alcohol
What is a "5150" and what type of patient may be placed under a 5150? - Answers Danger to self,
Danger to others, Gravely disabled, The only people authorized to place a 5150 is a Police
Officer or ED Physician
Mandatory reporter - Answers A mandated reporter is required to call the Police Department in
the city where the incident occurred immediately or as soon as is practicable
San Diego County protocol S-411 - Answers San Diego County Special Assignment - Paramedic
S-411. Reporting of Suspected Child, Dependent Adult, or Elder Abuse/Neglect
Compression to ventilation ratios CPR - Answers The compression-ventilation ratio for 2-
rescuer adult CPR is 30:2
