OEC UPDATED STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔You arrive at the scene of an accident where a 22-year-old female skier has hit a
tree and has
a large bleeding cut on her head. When you ask her if she needs help, she refuses care
and says
she just needs to sit for a while. Noticing the amount of bleeding, you calmly express
your
concern for her, but she continues to say she doesn't want help. You hesitate to touch
her
because you are concerned that if you do, she could accuse you of:
a. Assault
b. Battery
c. Breach of duty
d. Duty to act - ✔✔b
✔✔You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol
jacket you
come upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You recognize that if
you
approach the collision wearing your patrol jacket, members of the public may have a
reasonable
expectation that you will provide care. This expectation is known as:
a. The absence of negligence
b. Professional ethics
c. Moral obligation
d. the doctrine of public reliance - ✔✔d.
✔✔While in the aid room treating a patient with a fractured wrist, the patient tells you
that he
was skiing on a slope that was too difficult for him, and that he started going too fast
and got out
of control. You recognize that this information must be documented on the accident
report
because it provides evidence of:
a. Gross negligence.
b. Assumption of risk.
c. Contributory negligence.
d. Willful negligence. - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following statements concerning "standard of training" is true?
a. Acting within the "standard of training" is fundamental to reducing an OEC
Technician's
legal risk.
,b. "Standard of training" is the same thing as "standard of care."
c. "Standard of training" includes the mountain area's protocols.
d. "Standard of training" includes your state's laws and procedures. - ✔✔a
✔✔Which of the following is not considered a form of patient consent?
a. Informed consent
b. Minor consent
c. Implied consent
d. Absolute consent - ✔✔d
✔✔Upon finding an unconscious patient at the scene of a bad accident, your next step
should be
to:
a. Assume "implied consent" and begin to examine and treat the patient.
b. Delay your examination and ask other patrollers to respond as witnesses.
c. Delay your examination until you can locate a spouse or a friend of the patient.
d. Begin your assessment but not provide any treatment until another patroller arrives. -
✔✔a
✔✔You are skiing down your favorite slope and notice a small group gathered around a
middle-
aged man sitting on the ground. You note that the boarder is holding his wrist and
appears in
pain. He agrees to have you examine him but then refuses any more help. You explain
the
possible consequences of not splinting the wrist and of the boarder trying to get down
the
mountain without help. This explanation of the risk of refusing care is provided in order
to:
a. Demonstrate that you know how to treat a wrist injury.
b. Diminish your risk of being accused of abandonment.
c. Reduce your risk of an accusation of battery.
d. Help the patient understand why you are about to put the splint on anyway. - ✔✔b
✔✔The type of consent that is based on an appreciation and understanding of the facts,
implications, and possible future consequences of an action is known as:
a. Implied consent
b. Educated consent
c. Expressed consent
d. Informed consent - ✔✔d
✔✔Which of the following descriptions is the best example of expressed consent?
a. A 37-year-old man who is found unresponsive
b. A 52-year-old skier who comes to the aid room and asks for help
c. A 19-year-old male who appears to be intoxicated and lets you examine him
,d. A man who asks you to help his unresponsive 29-year-old diabetic wife - ✔✔b
✔✔What type of consent would apply for an unresponsive 28-year-old male victim of a
motorcycle collision?
a. Expressed consent
b. Implied consent
c. Informed consent
d. Assumed consent - ✔✔b
✔✔A situation in which an OEC Technician leaves a patient before the patient's care is
transferred to another qualified individual is considered:
a. Negligence
b. Breach of duty
c. Abandonment
d. Assault - ✔✔c
✔✔Although regulations may differ from state to state, the general laws that may protect
OEC
Technicians from liability while providing emergency care to a patient are known as:
a. Emergency rescue protection laws
b. Good Samaritan laws
c. Volunteer rescue liability laws
d. First rescuer liability laws - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following goals best describes a key goal of an emergency care
system?
a. To have trained personnel respond and provide emergency care on the scene
b. To identify and modify illness and injury risks
c. To have trained personnel understand the limitations of their training and to "do no
harm"
d. To have trained personnel knowledgeable in all aspects of emergency medical care -
✔✔b
✔✔A network of specially trained personnel, equipment, facilities, and other resources
that
respond to medical emergencies—regardless of cause, location, or the patient's ability
to
pay—best describes:
a. A community wellness program
b. A health care system
c. An emergency care system
d. A public health system - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following attributes is not one of the 14 attributes of an effective
emergency care
, system?
a. Integration of health services
b. System finance
c. Public access
d. Public acceptance - ✔✔d
✔✔Which of the following levels of training emphasizes the provision of immediate life-
saving
treatment and stabilization to critically ill or injured patients while waiting for additional
emergency response?
a. Emergency Medical Technician
b. Emergency Medical Responder
c. Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
d. Critical care responder - ✔✔b
✔✔An OEC Technician meets or exceeds the NHTSA national training requirements of:
a. An Emergency Medical Technician
b. An advanced Emergency Medical Technician
c. A Paramedic
d. An Emergency Medical Responder - ✔✔d
✔✔Most emergency care systems deploy personnel to emergencies using a stratified
approach
based on the patient's condition or anticipated needs. Which of the following lists
presents the
normal order of deployment of responders?
a. EMT, AEMT, EMR, Paramedic
b. EMR, AEMT, Paramedic, EMT
c. EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
d. AEMT, Paramedic, EMT, EMR - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following choices is not an example of direct medical oversight?
a. Telephone communication
b. Physical presence of a physician
c. Written protocols
d. Video conferencing - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following characteristics is not a characteristic of indirect medical
control?
a. Communication by radio
b. Use for expediting patient care
c. Common use for "pre-authorizing" routine and life-saving procedures
d. Provision through the use of protocols - ✔✔a
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔You arrive at the scene of an accident where a 22-year-old female skier has hit a
tree and has
a large bleeding cut on her head. When you ask her if she needs help, she refuses care
and says
she just needs to sit for a while. Noticing the amount of bleeding, you calmly express
your
concern for her, but she continues to say she doesn't want help. You hesitate to touch
her
because you are concerned that if you do, she could accuse you of:
a. Assault
b. Battery
c. Breach of duty
d. Duty to act - ✔✔b
✔✔You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol
jacket you
come upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You recognize that if
you
approach the collision wearing your patrol jacket, members of the public may have a
reasonable
expectation that you will provide care. This expectation is known as:
a. The absence of negligence
b. Professional ethics
c. Moral obligation
d. the doctrine of public reliance - ✔✔d.
✔✔While in the aid room treating a patient with a fractured wrist, the patient tells you
that he
was skiing on a slope that was too difficult for him, and that he started going too fast
and got out
of control. You recognize that this information must be documented on the accident
report
because it provides evidence of:
a. Gross negligence.
b. Assumption of risk.
c. Contributory negligence.
d. Willful negligence. - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following statements concerning "standard of training" is true?
a. Acting within the "standard of training" is fundamental to reducing an OEC
Technician's
legal risk.
,b. "Standard of training" is the same thing as "standard of care."
c. "Standard of training" includes the mountain area's protocols.
d. "Standard of training" includes your state's laws and procedures. - ✔✔a
✔✔Which of the following is not considered a form of patient consent?
a. Informed consent
b. Minor consent
c. Implied consent
d. Absolute consent - ✔✔d
✔✔Upon finding an unconscious patient at the scene of a bad accident, your next step
should be
to:
a. Assume "implied consent" and begin to examine and treat the patient.
b. Delay your examination and ask other patrollers to respond as witnesses.
c. Delay your examination until you can locate a spouse or a friend of the patient.
d. Begin your assessment but not provide any treatment until another patroller arrives. -
✔✔a
✔✔You are skiing down your favorite slope and notice a small group gathered around a
middle-
aged man sitting on the ground. You note that the boarder is holding his wrist and
appears in
pain. He agrees to have you examine him but then refuses any more help. You explain
the
possible consequences of not splinting the wrist and of the boarder trying to get down
the
mountain without help. This explanation of the risk of refusing care is provided in order
to:
a. Demonstrate that you know how to treat a wrist injury.
b. Diminish your risk of being accused of abandonment.
c. Reduce your risk of an accusation of battery.
d. Help the patient understand why you are about to put the splint on anyway. - ✔✔b
✔✔The type of consent that is based on an appreciation and understanding of the facts,
implications, and possible future consequences of an action is known as:
a. Implied consent
b. Educated consent
c. Expressed consent
d. Informed consent - ✔✔d
✔✔Which of the following descriptions is the best example of expressed consent?
a. A 37-year-old man who is found unresponsive
b. A 52-year-old skier who comes to the aid room and asks for help
c. A 19-year-old male who appears to be intoxicated and lets you examine him
,d. A man who asks you to help his unresponsive 29-year-old diabetic wife - ✔✔b
✔✔What type of consent would apply for an unresponsive 28-year-old male victim of a
motorcycle collision?
a. Expressed consent
b. Implied consent
c. Informed consent
d. Assumed consent - ✔✔b
✔✔A situation in which an OEC Technician leaves a patient before the patient's care is
transferred to another qualified individual is considered:
a. Negligence
b. Breach of duty
c. Abandonment
d. Assault - ✔✔c
✔✔Although regulations may differ from state to state, the general laws that may protect
OEC
Technicians from liability while providing emergency care to a patient are known as:
a. Emergency rescue protection laws
b. Good Samaritan laws
c. Volunteer rescue liability laws
d. First rescuer liability laws - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following goals best describes a key goal of an emergency care
system?
a. To have trained personnel respond and provide emergency care on the scene
b. To identify and modify illness and injury risks
c. To have trained personnel understand the limitations of their training and to "do no
harm"
d. To have trained personnel knowledgeable in all aspects of emergency medical care -
✔✔b
✔✔A network of specially trained personnel, equipment, facilities, and other resources
that
respond to medical emergencies—regardless of cause, location, or the patient's ability
to
pay—best describes:
a. A community wellness program
b. A health care system
c. An emergency care system
d. A public health system - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following attributes is not one of the 14 attributes of an effective
emergency care
, system?
a. Integration of health services
b. System finance
c. Public access
d. Public acceptance - ✔✔d
✔✔Which of the following levels of training emphasizes the provision of immediate life-
saving
treatment and stabilization to critically ill or injured patients while waiting for additional
emergency response?
a. Emergency Medical Technician
b. Emergency Medical Responder
c. Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
d. Critical care responder - ✔✔b
✔✔An OEC Technician meets or exceeds the NHTSA national training requirements of:
a. An Emergency Medical Technician
b. An advanced Emergency Medical Technician
c. A Paramedic
d. An Emergency Medical Responder - ✔✔d
✔✔Most emergency care systems deploy personnel to emergencies using a stratified
approach
based on the patient's condition or anticipated needs. Which of the following lists
presents the
normal order of deployment of responders?
a. EMT, AEMT, EMR, Paramedic
b. EMR, AEMT, Paramedic, EMT
c. EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
d. AEMT, Paramedic, EMT, EMR - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following choices is not an example of direct medical oversight?
a. Telephone communication
b. Physical presence of a physician
c. Written protocols
d. Video conferencing - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following characteristics is not a characteristic of indirect medical
control?
a. Communication by radio
b. Use for expediting patient care
c. Common use for "pre-authorizing" routine and life-saving procedures
d. Provision through the use of protocols - ✔✔a
