West Coast EMT Block #1 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
New Update
Mentally competent patients have the right to refuse treatment. T/F? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔True
When a patient is unconscious, you may provide treatment under the
concept of _________________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Implied consent
List conditions where minors may, by state law, give consent for medical
care despite their young age. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Forcible restraint
What is the difference between advance directives and DNR orders? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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.
The laws that define what an EMT can do are called _________________.
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Scope of Practice
Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
New Update
Mentally competent patients have the right to refuse treatment. T/F? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔True
When a patient is unconscious, you may provide treatment under the
concept of _________________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Implied consent
List conditions where minors may, by state law, give consent for medical
care despite their young age. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Forcible restraint
What is the difference between advance directives and DNR orders? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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.
The laws that define what an EMT can do are called _________________.
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Scope of Practice
