HIGH LIABILITY, CHAPTER 2,
FIRST AID QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
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Your Exam Plug
,Criminal justice officers - Answer: Ensures the safety of victims and bystanders, gains access to patients,
provides basic first aid, and alerts the EMS system.
EMS system - Answer: A network of trained professionals linked to provide advanced, out-of-hospital
care for victims of sudden traumatic injury or illness.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, United States Department of Transportation - Answer:
Each state regulates its EMS system. Who sets the standard?
First Responder, EMT Basic, EMT Paramedic - Answer: What are the three EMS levels of training?
First Responder Training - Answer: Airway care with use of adjunctive equipment, patient assessment,
CPR, bleeding control, stabilization of injuries to the spine and extremities, care for medical and trauma
emergencies, use of limited amount of equipment, assistance to other EMS providers, other skills or
procedures as local or state regulations permit.
EMT Basic Training - Answer: Performs all techniques of a first aid provider and a first responder,
performs complex immobilization procedures, restrains patients, staffs and drives ambulance.
EMT Paramedic Training - Answer: Administers medications, performs advanced techniques, including
cardiac monitoring.
patient - Answer: What is your primary concern as a first aid provider?
Criminal Justice First Aid Provider Levels of Training - Answer: Airway care, patient assessment,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, bleeding control, stabilization of injuries to the spine and extremities or
limbs, care for medical and trauma emergencies, use of limited amount of equipment, assistance to
other EMS providers, cannot administer medications.
Duty to act - Answer: A duty to take some action to prevent harm to another and for the failure of which
one may be liable depending on the relationship of the parties and the circumstances.
Breach of duty - Answer: Occurs when you either fail to act or act inappropriately.
, Standard or scope of care - Answer: Care that you are expected to provide to the same patient under
the same conditions as would any criminal justice first aid provider who received the same level of
training.
1959 - Answer: When was the Good Samaritan Act enacted?
The Good Samaritan Act - Answer: Based on s. 768.13, F.S., protects a civilian first aid provider from
liability for medical care performed in good faith or medical care similar to that expected of another first
aid provider with equal training.
Automated external defibrillator - Answer: What does AED stand for?
Abandonment - Answer: The relinquishing of a right or interest with the intention of never again
claiming it.
Negligence - Answer: The failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonably prudent person
would have exercised in a similar situation.
Duty to act, breach of standard of care, causation, and damages - Answer: Negligence occurs if what
conditions are present?
Consent - Answer: Agreement, approval, or permission as to some act of purpose, especially given
voluntarily by a competent person.
Expressed consent - Answer: Consent that is clearly and unmistakably stated.
Implied consent - Answer: Consent inferred from one's conduct rather than from one's direct
expression.
Informed consent - Answer: A person's agreement to allow something to happen made with full
knowledge of the risks involved and the alternatives.
FIRST AID QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
Your Exam Plug
,Criminal justice officers - Answer: Ensures the safety of victims and bystanders, gains access to patients,
provides basic first aid, and alerts the EMS system.
EMS system - Answer: A network of trained professionals linked to provide advanced, out-of-hospital
care for victims of sudden traumatic injury or illness.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, United States Department of Transportation - Answer:
Each state regulates its EMS system. Who sets the standard?
First Responder, EMT Basic, EMT Paramedic - Answer: What are the three EMS levels of training?
First Responder Training - Answer: Airway care with use of adjunctive equipment, patient assessment,
CPR, bleeding control, stabilization of injuries to the spine and extremities, care for medical and trauma
emergencies, use of limited amount of equipment, assistance to other EMS providers, other skills or
procedures as local or state regulations permit.
EMT Basic Training - Answer: Performs all techniques of a first aid provider and a first responder,
performs complex immobilization procedures, restrains patients, staffs and drives ambulance.
EMT Paramedic Training - Answer: Administers medications, performs advanced techniques, including
cardiac monitoring.
patient - Answer: What is your primary concern as a first aid provider?
Criminal Justice First Aid Provider Levels of Training - Answer: Airway care, patient assessment,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, bleeding control, stabilization of injuries to the spine and extremities or
limbs, care for medical and trauma emergencies, use of limited amount of equipment, assistance to
other EMS providers, cannot administer medications.
Duty to act - Answer: A duty to take some action to prevent harm to another and for the failure of which
one may be liable depending on the relationship of the parties and the circumstances.
Breach of duty - Answer: Occurs when you either fail to act or act inappropriately.
, Standard or scope of care - Answer: Care that you are expected to provide to the same patient under
the same conditions as would any criminal justice first aid provider who received the same level of
training.
1959 - Answer: When was the Good Samaritan Act enacted?
The Good Samaritan Act - Answer: Based on s. 768.13, F.S., protects a civilian first aid provider from
liability for medical care performed in good faith or medical care similar to that expected of another first
aid provider with equal training.
Automated external defibrillator - Answer: What does AED stand for?
Abandonment - Answer: The relinquishing of a right or interest with the intention of never again
claiming it.
Negligence - Answer: The failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonably prudent person
would have exercised in a similar situation.
Duty to act, breach of standard of care, causation, and damages - Answer: Negligence occurs if what
conditions are present?
Consent - Answer: Agreement, approval, or permission as to some act of purpose, especially given
voluntarily by a competent person.
Expressed consent - Answer: Consent that is clearly and unmistakably stated.
Implied consent - Answer: Consent inferred from one's conduct rather than from one's direct
expression.
Informed consent - Answer: A person's agreement to allow something to happen made with full
knowledge of the risks involved and the alternatives.
