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ems 1021 chapter 3 flash cards to study Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
If an EMT were to write false, damaging, or misleading information on a run report,
that EMT could be charged with:
Ans: libel
You are called to the scene of a 45-year-old man who is unresponsive. You can legally
begin treatment because of
Ans: implied consent
What is the legal term that is used to describe the obligation the EMT has to provide
emergency care to a patient?
Ans: duty to ACT
In a legal action, the jury may determine if an EMT followed his standard of care,
which is based upon all of the following, EXCEPT:
Ans: current trade journals
While you are assisting with the education at a local EMT training class, a student asks
you what the basic definition is for standard of care. How would you respond?
Ans: Standard of care is the minimum acceptable level of care in a community.
An emergency medical technician (EMT) initiated intravenous access in a patient. This
skill is not authorized for the EMT's level of licensure. This EMT has exceeded the:
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Ans: scope of practice
You are off duty and on your way to the grocery store when you witness a car
accident in front of the store entrance. You stop to render assistance and identify
yourself as an EMT to the occupants of the vehicles. The patient in the first car denies
the need for assistance, but the second driver is complaining of neck pain. The patient
tells you she thinks she will be okay but would like to get checked out. You are in a
hurry, as you have an appointment later today. It is acceptable to:
Ans: stay with the patient until someone with equal or higher care level assumes care.
You have just returned to the station after completing a call where you transported
an elderly female patient to the hospital for nausea and vomiting. Upon exiting the
ambulance, you are approached by a man who indicates that the patient you just
transported was his mother, and he wants to know the details of the run. The EMT
should:
Ans: advise him that you can take his information and pass it along to the privacy
officer at your department who will contact him with instructions to access the
information he requests.
Who determines whether an emergency medical technician (EMT) has the duty to act
when off duty?
Ans: state
You have been under a lot of family stress lately and you have NOT been sleeping
well. When you got to work this morning, you realized you forgot to place your badge
on your uniform shirt. You tell your partner how you just cannot seem to think about
anything else lately than your problems at home. Your partner tells you that he is
concerned about your well-being. After hearing this, you know that your duty as an
EMT is to:
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ems 1021 chapter 3 flash cards to study Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
If an EMT were to write false, damaging, or misleading information on a run report,
that EMT could be charged with:
Ans: libel
You are called to the scene of a 45-year-old man who is unresponsive. You can legally
begin treatment because of
Ans: implied consent
What is the legal term that is used to describe the obligation the EMT has to provide
emergency care to a patient?
Ans: duty to ACT
In a legal action, the jury may determine if an EMT followed his standard of care,
which is based upon all of the following, EXCEPT:
Ans: current trade journals
While you are assisting with the education at a local EMT training class, a student asks
you what the basic definition is for standard of care. How would you respond?
Ans: Standard of care is the minimum acceptable level of care in a community.
An emergency medical technician (EMT) initiated intravenous access in a patient. This
skill is not authorized for the EMT's level of licensure. This EMT has exceeded the:
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Ans: scope of practice
You are off duty and on your way to the grocery store when you witness a car
accident in front of the store entrance. You stop to render assistance and identify
yourself as an EMT to the occupants of the vehicles. The patient in the first car denies
the need for assistance, but the second driver is complaining of neck pain. The patient
tells you she thinks she will be okay but would like to get checked out. You are in a
hurry, as you have an appointment later today. It is acceptable to:
Ans: stay with the patient until someone with equal or higher care level assumes care.
You have just returned to the station after completing a call where you transported
an elderly female patient to the hospital for nausea and vomiting. Upon exiting the
ambulance, you are approached by a man who indicates that the patient you just
transported was his mother, and he wants to know the details of the run. The EMT
should:
Ans: advise him that you can take his information and pass it along to the privacy
officer at your department who will contact him with instructions to access the
information he requests.
Who determines whether an emergency medical technician (EMT) has the duty to act
when off duty?
Ans: state
You have been under a lot of family stress lately and you have NOT been sleeping
well. When you got to work this morning, you realized you forgot to place your badge
on your uniform shirt. You tell your partner how you just cannot seem to think about
anything else lately than your problems at home. Your partner tells you that he is
concerned about your well-being. After hearing this, you know that your duty as an
EMT is to:
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