EMTALA UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

EMTALA UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

Question:
1. EMTALA
Answer:
Emergency Medical Treatment & Active Labor Act (1986)

Question:
2. E in EMTALA
Answer:
emergency

Question:
3. M in EMTALA
Answer:
Medical

Question:
4. T in EMTALA
Answer:
treatment

Question:
5. A (first) in EMTA- LA
Answer:
active

Question:
6. L in EMTALA
Answer:
labor

Question:
7. A (second) in EM- TALA
Answer:
act

Question:
8. why was EMTALA put in place?
Answer:
-enacted in response to some hospitals turning away uninsured and indigent patients
-many of these patients either died or had serious complications

, Question:
9. true or false: EM- TALA is federally-mandated
Answer:
true

Question:
10. EMTALA is the patient ________ law
Answer:
anti-dumping

Question:
11. Hospitals are responsible for complying with EMTALA by participating in ________
Answer:
medicare

Question:
12. 6 main pieces of EMTALA
Answer:
1. qualified medical professionals
2. medical screening exam
3. the "emergency department"
4. emergency medical condition
5. stabilization/transfer
6. on-call providers

Question:
13. qualified medical personel
Answer:
-designated by hospital policies/bylaws
-most hospitals include physician assistants & nurse practitioners -some hospitals include nurse midwives

Question:
14. a QMP must have capacity to _____
Answer:
order diagnostic procedures

Question:
15. medical screening exam (MSE)
Answer:
-Must be performed by a QMP!!
-MSE begins, but does not end, at triage
- can take a few seconds or many hours
- So even if a patient is deemed "non-emergent" at triage, they still need a MSE by a QMP

Question:
16. triage