EMR PRACTICE TESTS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| GRADED A
member of EMS system trained in first aid care who help EMTs at emergency scene. Correct
Answer: Emergency Medical Responder (EMR):
*Identifies duties and skills EMS provider is legally allowed to perform
*Defined by state and/or regional statutes and regulations
*Defines related licensing, credentialing, and certification Correct Answer: Scope of Practice
EMRs are trained to: Correct Answer: *Reach patients
*Find out what is wrong
*Provide emergency care
*Move patients without causing further injury
Four Levels of EMS Training: Correct Answer: *Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
*Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
*Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
*Paramedic
legal term that one is morally or legally obligated to provide care. Correct Answer: Duty:
minimize exposure to liability; encourage bystanders to provide emergency care. Correct
Answer: "Good Samaritan laws"
*What is legally permitted to be done by individuals trained or licensed at a particular level
*Does not define what must be done for patient or in a particular situation
*Based on EMS education standards Correct Answer: Scope of Practice
*Varies county to county, state to state, region to region
*Based on what is expected of someone with training and experience working under similar
conditions
*Expected to follow approved standing orders/protocols for your EMS system Correct Answer:
Standard of Care
study of principles that define behavior as right, good, and proper. Correct Answer: Ethics:
*Integrity
*Compassion
*Accountability
*Respect
*Empathy Correct Answer: EMS values
*Married
*Pregnant
, *Parent
*Member of armed forces
*Financially independent; living away from home Correct Answer: Emancipated Minor
Document that allows a patient to define in advance what his/her wishes are should he/she
become incapacitated due to medical illness or severe injury. Correct Answer: Advanced
Directives
*Designation of agent to make decisions on your behalf
*Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order
*Choice to prolong or not prolong life
*Pain relief options
*Donation of organs Correct Answer: Advanced Directives
*Written legal document, signed by patient and physician.
*States patient has terminal illness and does not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts.
*Does not mean "do not care." Correct Answer: Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders
Four elements to determine if negligent: Correct Answer: *Duty to act
*Breach of duty
*Damages
*Causation
BSI Correct Answer: Body Substance Isolation
Anterior Correct Answer: Front of body or body part.
Posterior Correct Answer: Back of body or body part.
Midline Correct Answer: Imaginary vertical line used to divide body into right and left halves.
Medial Correct Answer: Toward midline of body.
Lateral Correct Answer: To side, away from midline of body.
Superior Correct Answer: Toward top of head.
Inferior Correct Answer: Toward feet.
Proximal Correct Answer: Closer to torso.
Distal Correct Answer: Farther away from torso.
Supine Correct Answer: Lying face up.
Prone Correct Answer: Lying face down.
ANSWERS| GRADED A
member of EMS system trained in first aid care who help EMTs at emergency scene. Correct
Answer: Emergency Medical Responder (EMR):
*Identifies duties and skills EMS provider is legally allowed to perform
*Defined by state and/or regional statutes and regulations
*Defines related licensing, credentialing, and certification Correct Answer: Scope of Practice
EMRs are trained to: Correct Answer: *Reach patients
*Find out what is wrong
*Provide emergency care
*Move patients without causing further injury
Four Levels of EMS Training: Correct Answer: *Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
*Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
*Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
*Paramedic
legal term that one is morally or legally obligated to provide care. Correct Answer: Duty:
minimize exposure to liability; encourage bystanders to provide emergency care. Correct
Answer: "Good Samaritan laws"
*What is legally permitted to be done by individuals trained or licensed at a particular level
*Does not define what must be done for patient or in a particular situation
*Based on EMS education standards Correct Answer: Scope of Practice
*Varies county to county, state to state, region to region
*Based on what is expected of someone with training and experience working under similar
conditions
*Expected to follow approved standing orders/protocols for your EMS system Correct Answer:
Standard of Care
study of principles that define behavior as right, good, and proper. Correct Answer: Ethics:
*Integrity
*Compassion
*Accountability
*Respect
*Empathy Correct Answer: EMS values
*Married
*Pregnant
, *Parent
*Member of armed forces
*Financially independent; living away from home Correct Answer: Emancipated Minor
Document that allows a patient to define in advance what his/her wishes are should he/she
become incapacitated due to medical illness or severe injury. Correct Answer: Advanced
Directives
*Designation of agent to make decisions on your behalf
*Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order
*Choice to prolong or not prolong life
*Pain relief options
*Donation of organs Correct Answer: Advanced Directives
*Written legal document, signed by patient and physician.
*States patient has terminal illness and does not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts.
*Does not mean "do not care." Correct Answer: Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders
Four elements to determine if negligent: Correct Answer: *Duty to act
*Breach of duty
*Damages
*Causation
BSI Correct Answer: Body Substance Isolation
Anterior Correct Answer: Front of body or body part.
Posterior Correct Answer: Back of body or body part.
Midline Correct Answer: Imaginary vertical line used to divide body into right and left halves.
Medial Correct Answer: Toward midline of body.
Lateral Correct Answer: To side, away from midline of body.
Superior Correct Answer: Toward top of head.
Inferior Correct Answer: Toward feet.
Proximal Correct Answer: Closer to torso.
Distal Correct Answer: Farther away from torso.
Supine Correct Answer: Lying face up.
Prone Correct Answer: Lying face down.
