EMT Chapter 3 Quiz with Answers Rated A
Shortly after loading your patient, a 50 year old d.) withhold treatment until the parents arrive and
man with abdominal pain, into the ambulance, he give you consent for treatment - ANSWER -
tells you that he changed his mind and does not transport the child immediately and have the
want to go the hospital. He is conscious and alert parents meet you at the hospital
and has no sign of mental incapacitation. You
are suspicious that the man has a significant
underlying condition and feel strongly that he When faced with a situation in which a patient is
should go to the hospital. Which of the following in cardiac arrest, and a valid living will or DNR
statements regarding this situation is correct? order cannot be located, you should:
a.) a mentally competent adult can withdraw his a.) being resuscitation at once
or her consent to treat at any time. b.) contact medical control first
b.) any patient who refuses EMS treatment must c.) determine the patients illness
legally sign a patient refusal form d.) notify the coroner immediately -
c.) because of your suspicions, the best ANSWER -being resuscitation at once
approach is to transport him to the hospital
d.) once a patient is in the ambulance, he or she
cannot legally refuse EMS treatment - What section of the Health Insurance Portability
ANSWER -a mentally competent adult can and Accountability Act (HIPAA) MOST affects
withdraw his or her consent to treat at any time. EMS personnel?
a.) controlling insurance cost
b.) protecting patient privacy
Which of the following statements regarding the c.) preventing insurance fraud
good samaritan law is correct? d.) ensuring access to insurance -
a.) it provides the EMT immunity from a lawsuit ANSWER -protecting patient privacy
b.) it guarantees that the EMT will not be held
liable if he or she is sued
c.) the law does not protect EMT's who are off Which of the following components and needed
duty to prove negligence?
d.) it will not protect the EMT in cases of gross a.) abandonment, breach of duty, damages,
negligence - ANSWER -it will not protect causation
the EMT in cases of gross negligence b.) duty to act, abandonment, breach of duty, and
causation
c.) duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages,
You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle versus and causation
pedestrian accident. The patient, a 13 year old d.) breach of duty, injury/damages,
male, is unconscious and has multiple injuries. abandonment, and causation - ANSWER -
As you are treating the child, a law enforcement duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages, and
officer advises you that the children's parents will causation
be at the scene in approximately 15 minutes.
What should you do?
a.) transport the child immediately and have the You and your partner are the first to arrive at a
parents meet you at the hospital potential crime scene with a critically injured
b.) treat the child at the scene and wait for the patient involved. The scene is safe. Your first
parents to arrive and give consent priority is to:
c.) begin transport at once and have the parents a.) notify medical control for advice
meet you en route to the hospital b.) provide immediate patient care
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Shortly after loading your patient, a 50 year old d.) withhold treatment until the parents arrive and
man with abdominal pain, into the ambulance, he give you consent for treatment - ANSWER -
tells you that he changed his mind and does not transport the child immediately and have the
want to go the hospital. He is conscious and alert parents meet you at the hospital
and has no sign of mental incapacitation. You
are suspicious that the man has a significant
underlying condition and feel strongly that he When faced with a situation in which a patient is
should go to the hospital. Which of the following in cardiac arrest, and a valid living will or DNR
statements regarding this situation is correct? order cannot be located, you should:
a.) a mentally competent adult can withdraw his a.) being resuscitation at once
or her consent to treat at any time. b.) contact medical control first
b.) any patient who refuses EMS treatment must c.) determine the patients illness
legally sign a patient refusal form d.) notify the coroner immediately -
c.) because of your suspicions, the best ANSWER -being resuscitation at once
approach is to transport him to the hospital
d.) once a patient is in the ambulance, he or she
cannot legally refuse EMS treatment - What section of the Health Insurance Portability
ANSWER -a mentally competent adult can and Accountability Act (HIPAA) MOST affects
withdraw his or her consent to treat at any time. EMS personnel?
a.) controlling insurance cost
b.) protecting patient privacy
Which of the following statements regarding the c.) preventing insurance fraud
good samaritan law is correct? d.) ensuring access to insurance -
a.) it provides the EMT immunity from a lawsuit ANSWER -protecting patient privacy
b.) it guarantees that the EMT will not be held
liable if he or she is sued
c.) the law does not protect EMT's who are off Which of the following components and needed
duty to prove negligence?
d.) it will not protect the EMT in cases of gross a.) abandonment, breach of duty, damages,
negligence - ANSWER -it will not protect causation
the EMT in cases of gross negligence b.) duty to act, abandonment, breach of duty, and
causation
c.) duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages,
You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle versus and causation
pedestrian accident. The patient, a 13 year old d.) breach of duty, injury/damages,
male, is unconscious and has multiple injuries. abandonment, and causation - ANSWER -
As you are treating the child, a law enforcement duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages, and
officer advises you that the children's parents will causation
be at the scene in approximately 15 minutes.
What should you do?
a.) transport the child immediately and have the You and your partner are the first to arrive at a
parents meet you at the hospital potential crime scene with a critically injured
b.) treat the child at the scene and wait for the patient involved. The scene is safe. Your first
parents to arrive and give consent priority is to:
c.) begin transport at once and have the parents a.) notify medical control for advice
meet you en route to the hospital b.) provide immediate patient care
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