PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE
ELEVENTH EDITION EXAM SCRIPT FINAL
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE SOLVED
QUESTIONS PARAMEDIC ACADEMIC
INSIGHT
◉ Consent
Answer: -Permission (before providing care)
◉ Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Answer: -Federal regulation that ensures public's access to
emergency health care regardless of ability to pay.
-Basic, you get emergency care even if you cannot afford it.
-Intended to eliminate discrimination and "patient dumping"
◉ Defamation
Answer: -Releasing information about a patient to the public that
might be damaging to that person's character, reputation, or
standing in community
-Basically, when you talk about your patients to the public in any
format.. Which is BAD.
,◉ Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR)
Answer: -Basically, when the patient's heart stops, you cannot do
any resuscitation on them. Hence, do NOT resuscitate... Advance
directive.
◉ Durable Power of Attorney
Answer: -AKA health care proxy
-Person who's legally empowered to make a decision about person's
health care if person isn't able to do it themself.
◉ Duty to Act
Answer: -Legal obligation to provide service, whether you think the
patient needs an ambulance or not
-When you're on duty, you have a duty to act.
-Off duty: no duty to act (generally)
-When you're off duty and act, you create a duty to act
◉ Emergency Medical Treatment And Active Labor Act
Answer: -Also referred to as the "anti-dumping statute"
-Specifically deals with patient seeking medical care for an
emergency medical condition, whether it be an illness or injury
-Can't just deny them care if they can't afford it
,◉ Expressed Consent
Answer: -Must be obtained from conscious, mentally competent
patient prior to care
-Patient must be of legal age, competent to make a rationale
decision, and informed of procedure and assessment
◉ False Imprisonment
Answer: -Taking a patient to the hospital against their wishes
◉ Good Samaritan Law
Answer: -Protects person who's not being paid for their services
from liability for acts performed in good faith unless those acts
constitute gross negligence
-Basically, if you see someone getting hurt and you help them in
good faith and make a mistake, this protects you.
◉ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (refer to page
50 of Brady Book for specifics)
Answer: -Protects privacy of patient health care info and gives
patient control over how information is distributed and used.
-Patient records are very private. You are limited as to what you
release about the patient and have to be very careful.
, ◉ Implied Consent
Answer: -aka emergency doctrine
-used when the patient is unresponsive, not competent, or unable to
make a rational decision
◉ Intentional Tort
Answer: -Intentional wrongful act, injury, or damage.
◉ Involuntary Consent
Answer: -Can be used when you're dealing with an incarcerated
person, person in custody of law, or someone who's mentally
incompetent
◉ Libel
Answer: -Putting a false or damaging statement in written form or
via mass media
◉ Living Will
Answer: -Advance directive
-Covers more general health issues, should something happen to a
patient (like life support, breathing tubes, etc)
◉ Minor Consent
ELEVENTH EDITION EXAM SCRIPT FINAL
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE SOLVED
QUESTIONS PARAMEDIC ACADEMIC
INSIGHT
◉ Consent
Answer: -Permission (before providing care)
◉ Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Answer: -Federal regulation that ensures public's access to
emergency health care regardless of ability to pay.
-Basic, you get emergency care even if you cannot afford it.
-Intended to eliminate discrimination and "patient dumping"
◉ Defamation
Answer: -Releasing information about a patient to the public that
might be damaging to that person's character, reputation, or
standing in community
-Basically, when you talk about your patients to the public in any
format.. Which is BAD.
,◉ Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR)
Answer: -Basically, when the patient's heart stops, you cannot do
any resuscitation on them. Hence, do NOT resuscitate... Advance
directive.
◉ Durable Power of Attorney
Answer: -AKA health care proxy
-Person who's legally empowered to make a decision about person's
health care if person isn't able to do it themself.
◉ Duty to Act
Answer: -Legal obligation to provide service, whether you think the
patient needs an ambulance or not
-When you're on duty, you have a duty to act.
-Off duty: no duty to act (generally)
-When you're off duty and act, you create a duty to act
◉ Emergency Medical Treatment And Active Labor Act
Answer: -Also referred to as the "anti-dumping statute"
-Specifically deals with patient seeking medical care for an
emergency medical condition, whether it be an illness or injury
-Can't just deny them care if they can't afford it
,◉ Expressed Consent
Answer: -Must be obtained from conscious, mentally competent
patient prior to care
-Patient must be of legal age, competent to make a rationale
decision, and informed of procedure and assessment
◉ False Imprisonment
Answer: -Taking a patient to the hospital against their wishes
◉ Good Samaritan Law
Answer: -Protects person who's not being paid for their services
from liability for acts performed in good faith unless those acts
constitute gross negligence
-Basically, if you see someone getting hurt and you help them in
good faith and make a mistake, this protects you.
◉ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (refer to page
50 of Brady Book for specifics)
Answer: -Protects privacy of patient health care info and gives
patient control over how information is distributed and used.
-Patient records are very private. You are limited as to what you
release about the patient and have to be very careful.
, ◉ Implied Consent
Answer: -aka emergency doctrine
-used when the patient is unresponsive, not competent, or unable to
make a rational decision
◉ Intentional Tort
Answer: -Intentional wrongful act, injury, or damage.
◉ Involuntary Consent
Answer: -Can be used when you're dealing with an incarcerated
person, person in custody of law, or someone who's mentally
incompetent
◉ Libel
Answer: -Putting a false or damaging statement in written form or
via mass media
◉ Living Will
Answer: -Advance directive
-Covers more general health issues, should something happen to a
patient (like life support, breathing tubes, etc)
◉ Minor Consent
