WEST COAST EMT BLOCK #1 EXAM |
QUESTIONS & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS | 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE |
GRADED A+
Mentally competent patients have the right to refuse treatment. T/F?
Correct Answer: True
When a patient is unconscious, you may provide treatment under the concept of
.
Correct Answer: Implied consent
List conditions where minors may, by state law, give consent for medical care despite
their young age.
Correct Answer: Married, armed services, pregnant
is sometimes necessary when you are confronted with a patient who is in
need of medical treatment and transportation but is combative and presents a
significant risk of danger to himself, herself, or others.
Correct Answer: Forcible restraint
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, What is the difference between advance directives and DNR orders?
Correct Answer: An advance directive is a written document that specifies the types
of care a patient would want if she were unable to express it herself. A DNR order
prevents resuscitative efforts from starting if a patient goes into cardiac arrest.
You respond to the home of a 72-year-old cancer patient with a valid DNR order. The
patient's family has called because he is having difficulty breathing. Should you give him
oxygen?
Correct Answer: Yes. A DNR order only applies to resuscitative measures
(ventilation, chest compressions, and defibrillation). The EMT must perform all other
measures in his scope of practice to make DNR patients comfortable and safe,
including giving oxygen, stopping bleeding, applying splints, etc.
The laws that define what an EMT can do are called .
Correct Answer: Scope of Practice
What four elements must be present to prove negligence?
Correct Answer: Duty, Breach of Duty, Damages and Causation
Despite the expressed refusal of care by a competent 40-year-old patient, you splint an
ankle that you believe may be sprained. What crime have you committed by doing this?
Correct Answer: Battery
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QUESTIONS & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS | 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE |
GRADED A+
Mentally competent patients have the right to refuse treatment. T/F?
Correct Answer: True
When a patient is unconscious, you may provide treatment under the concept of
.
Correct Answer: Implied consent
List conditions where minors may, by state law, give consent for medical care despite
their young age.
Correct Answer: Married, armed services, pregnant
is sometimes necessary when you are confronted with a patient who is in
need of medical treatment and transportation but is combative and presents a
significant risk of danger to himself, herself, or others.
Correct Answer: Forcible restraint
1
, What is the difference between advance directives and DNR orders?
Correct Answer: An advance directive is a written document that specifies the types
of care a patient would want if she were unable to express it herself. A DNR order
prevents resuscitative efforts from starting if a patient goes into cardiac arrest.
You respond to the home of a 72-year-old cancer patient with a valid DNR order. The
patient's family has called because he is having difficulty breathing. Should you give him
oxygen?
Correct Answer: Yes. A DNR order only applies to resuscitative measures
(ventilation, chest compressions, and defibrillation). The EMT must perform all other
measures in his scope of practice to make DNR patients comfortable and safe,
including giving oxygen, stopping bleeding, applying splints, etc.
The laws that define what an EMT can do are called .
Correct Answer: Scope of Practice
What four elements must be present to prove negligence?
Correct Answer: Duty, Breach of Duty, Damages and Causation
Despite the expressed refusal of care by a competent 40-year-old patient, you splint an
ankle that you believe may be sprained. What crime have you committed by doing this?
Correct Answer: Battery
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