EMS 131 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● EMS Documentation. Answer: Accurate recording of patient assessment and treatment
● Patient Care Report. Answer: Written record of EMS call including assessment and
treatment
● SOAP Format. Answer: Subjective Objective Assessment Plan documentation structure
● Times Documentation. Answer: Recording times of dispatch, arrival, interventions, and
transport
● Refusal of Care. Answer: Patient's legal right to decline treatment after being informed
● Informed Refusal. Answer: Patient declines care after understanding risks of refusal
● Mental Competence. Answer: Patient's capacity to make informed decisions about care
● Implied Consent. Answer: Assumed consent for unconscious or incapacitated patient
● Expressed Consent. Answer: Verbal or written permission from patient to provide care
● Consent for Minors. Answer: Parent or guardian must consent for minor patients
● Emancipated Minor. Answer: Minor who can consent independently under certain legal
conditions
● Advance Directive. Answer: Legal document specifying patient's wishes regarding
resuscitation
● Do Not Resuscitate Order. Answer: Physician order preventing initiation of resuscitation
● POLST. Answer: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment guiding emergency care
● Living Will. Answer: Document describing patient's wishes for end-of-life care
● Healthcare Proxy. Answer: Person designated to make medical decisions for
incapacitated patient
● Confidentiality. Answer: Protecting patient's private health information
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● EMS Documentation. Answer: Accurate recording of patient assessment and treatment
● Patient Care Report. Answer: Written record of EMS call including assessment and
treatment
● SOAP Format. Answer: Subjective Objective Assessment Plan documentation structure
● Times Documentation. Answer: Recording times of dispatch, arrival, interventions, and
transport
● Refusal of Care. Answer: Patient's legal right to decline treatment after being informed
● Informed Refusal. Answer: Patient declines care after understanding risks of refusal
● Mental Competence. Answer: Patient's capacity to make informed decisions about care
● Implied Consent. Answer: Assumed consent for unconscious or incapacitated patient
● Expressed Consent. Answer: Verbal or written permission from patient to provide care
● Consent for Minors. Answer: Parent or guardian must consent for minor patients
● Emancipated Minor. Answer: Minor who can consent independently under certain legal
conditions
● Advance Directive. Answer: Legal document specifying patient's wishes regarding
resuscitation
● Do Not Resuscitate Order. Answer: Physician order preventing initiation of resuscitation
● POLST. Answer: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment guiding emergency care
● Living Will. Answer: Document describing patient's wishes for end-of-life care
● Healthcare Proxy. Answer: Person designated to make medical decisions for
incapacitated patient
● Confidentiality. Answer: Protecting patient's private health information
