West Coast EMT Block 1 | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version

Mentally competent patients have the right to refuse treatment. T/F? - True When a patient is unconscious, you may provide treatment under the concept of _________________. - Implied consent List conditions where minors may, by state law, give consent for medical care despite their young age. - 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. - Forcible restraint What is the difference between advance directives and DNR orders? - 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? - 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.