MEDICAL UCLA EMT STUDY GUIDE 2026
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● CONSENT.
Answer: PERMISSION TO RENDER CARE.
●● COMPETENT.
Answer: ABLE TO MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS ABOUT
PERSONAL WELL-BEING.
●● COMPENSATORY DAMAGES.
Answer: DAMAGES AWARDED IN A CIVIL SUIT THAT ARE
INTENDED TO RESTORE THE PLAINTIFF TO THE SAME
CONDITION THAT HE OR SHE WAS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT
COMPLAINED ABOUT IN THE LAWSUIT.
●● PUTREFACTION.
Answer: DECOMPOSITION OF BODY TISSUES.
●● PROXIMATE CAUSATION.
, Answer: WHEN A PERSON WHO HAS A DUTY ABUSES IT AND
CAUSES HARM TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THE EMT, AGENCY
OR MEDICAL DIRECTOR MAY BE SUED FOR NEGLIGENCE.
●● CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE.
Answer: A LEGAL DEFENSE THAT MAY BE RAISED WHEN THE
DEFENDANT FEELS THAT THE CONDUCT OF THE PLAINTIFF
SOMEHOW CONTRIBUTED TO ANY INJURIES OR DAMAGES
THAT WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PLAINTIFF.
●● APPLIED ETHICS.
Answer: THE MANNER IN WHICH PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS ARE
INCORPORATED INTO PROFESSIONAL.
●● BREECH OF CONFIDENTIALITY.
Answer: DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WITHOUT PROPER
AUTHORIZATION.
●● PATIENT AUTONOMY.
Answer: THE RIGHT OF A PATIENT TO MAKE INFORMED
CHOICES RE. HIS/HER HEALTH CARE.
●● PRECEDENCE.
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● CONSENT.
Answer: PERMISSION TO RENDER CARE.
●● COMPETENT.
Answer: ABLE TO MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS ABOUT
PERSONAL WELL-BEING.
●● COMPENSATORY DAMAGES.
Answer: DAMAGES AWARDED IN A CIVIL SUIT THAT ARE
INTENDED TO RESTORE THE PLAINTIFF TO THE SAME
CONDITION THAT HE OR SHE WAS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT
COMPLAINED ABOUT IN THE LAWSUIT.
●● PUTREFACTION.
Answer: DECOMPOSITION OF BODY TISSUES.
●● PROXIMATE CAUSATION.
, Answer: WHEN A PERSON WHO HAS A DUTY ABUSES IT AND
CAUSES HARM TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THE EMT, AGENCY
OR MEDICAL DIRECTOR MAY BE SUED FOR NEGLIGENCE.
●● CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE.
Answer: A LEGAL DEFENSE THAT MAY BE RAISED WHEN THE
DEFENDANT FEELS THAT THE CONDUCT OF THE PLAINTIFF
SOMEHOW CONTRIBUTED TO ANY INJURIES OR DAMAGES
THAT WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PLAINTIFF.
●● APPLIED ETHICS.
Answer: THE MANNER IN WHICH PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS ARE
INCORPORATED INTO PROFESSIONAL.
●● BREECH OF CONFIDENTIALITY.
Answer: DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WITHOUT PROPER
AUTHORIZATION.
●● PATIENT AUTONOMY.
Answer: THE RIGHT OF A PATIENT TO MAKE INFORMED
CHOICES RE. HIS/HER HEALTH CARE.
●● PRECEDENCE.