Advanced EMT 2nd Edition (Alexander/Belle) Chapter 4 Ethical and Medical/Legal Considerations in Advanced EMT Practice Exam

Advanced EMT 2nd Edition (Alexander/Belle) Chapter 4 Ethical and Medical/Legal Considerations in Advanced EMT Practice Exam What refers to the set of regulations that defines what the AEMT is permitted to do and the limitations placed on him? - Answer-scope of practice What is the service Medical Director responsible for? - Answer-managing inappropriate medical conduct by service AEMTs What type of consent allows you to treat a 40 y/o known diabetic who was found unconscious at work by a coworker? - Answer-implied consent What is an appropriate means of getting a patient who is a 45 y/o male suffering from chest pain; is pale, diaphoretic, and short of breath and is refusing to go to the hospital, the care he needs? - Answer-try to find out why the patient does not want to go so you can answer his objection and transport him to the hospital What is the philosophy that answers questions about notions of what is good and bad and right and wrong called? - Answer-ethics What provides some protection from liability for emergency care provided in good faith? - Answer-Good Samaritan Law What best illustrates FAILURE to meet the standard of care for a patient with chest pain of suspected cardiac origin? - Answer-administering Benadryl What would be an example of res ipsa loquitur? - Answer-you deliver D50 to a patient through a non patent vein causing tissue damage Under the law, in order to refuse treatment and transport, a patient MUST: - Answer-be mentally competent and understand what he is doing What BEST indicates that informed consent has been obtained? - Answer-the patient agrees to O2 therapy after being informed it will decrease his chest pain Stopping care without ensuring that another appropriately credentialed health care provider will take over is called what? - Answer-abandonment Continues...