TN Critical Care Paramedic Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

TN Critical Care Paramedic Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Abandonment Scenario: Moving a patient over to ICU bed and receives another emergency call, nurse is unable to take report so CCP gives report to nurses aide. Who could be held liable and for what if the patient falls out of the bed and breaks a hip? - Correct Answer When a provider ceases care or hands care over to a less qualified or competent provider. Living Will Question asked which choice best explained a living will. - Correct Answer Instructions given by competent individuals specifying what actions should be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity. EMTALA Question asked which choice best explained EMTALA. - Correct Answer The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. Requires doctor to doctor contact and is considered the "Anti-Dumping Act." Hospitals are responsible for 250 yards. COBRA Question asked which choice best explained COBRA - Correct Answer The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. Passed in 1986, EMTALA was part of this Act. Designed to prevent financially motivated transfers of patients in unstable condition. HIPPA Scenario: CCP worked a call with multiple DOA's and informed the media of the patient's name and details of the call. - Correct Answer The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act. Kepps patient's health information private. Online Medical Direction