NREMT Paramedic Top Predicted Questions and CORRECT Answers

What are morals? - What society deems is acceptable What are ethics? - What a profession deems to be right and wrong What is a tort? - One individual against another What is civil law? - 2 or more parties against another party What is scope of practice? - Duties and skills paramedics are allowed and expected to perform What requires mandatory reporting? - Spouse abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, sexual assault, gunshot and stab wounds, animal bites, communicable diseases What is Ryan White Care Act? - Requires notification and assistance to paramedics who have been exposed to certain diseases What is malfeasance? - Performance of wrongful/unlawful act (malpractice) What is misfeasance? - Performance of legal act in harmful or injurious manner (misbehave) What is nonfeasance? - Failure to perform a required act or duty What is proximate cause? - An action or inaction that immediately caused or worsened the damage What is borrowed servant doctrine? - A paramedic may be liable for any act and EMT-I or EMT-B performs What is libel? - The act of injuring a persons name, character, reputation by false statements made in writing What is slander? - The act of injuring a persons name, character, reputation by statements spoken What is consent? - Must be obtained from every competent adult. A parent or guardian must give consent for a child What is informed consent? - Consent based on full disclosure of the nature, risks and benefits of a procedure What is expressed consent? - Verbal, non verbal or written communication by a pt who wishes to receive treatment (act of calling EMS is expressed consent) What is implied consent? - Consent for treatment for a pt who is mentally, physically, or emotionally unable to give consent What is involuntary consent? - Consent for treatment by a court order (mental health eval, pt under arrest) What are examples of emancipated minor? - Pregnant, married, a parent, member of the armed forces, financially independent What is withdrawal of consent? - A pt may withdraw consent at any time What is abandonment? - Leaving pt without assurance that an equal or greater level of care will continue What is an assault? (Legal complications) - An act of unlawfully placing a person in apprehension without his or her consent What is battery? (Legal complications) - Unlawful touching of another person without consent What is an advanced directive? - A document created to ensure that certain treatment choices are honored What is a living will? - Allows a person to specify what kinds of medical treatment he or she should receive What is a DNR? - Life sustaining measure should be taken when the patients heart and respiratory functions have ceased Trachea anatomy - C-Shaped rings Bronchi - Main stems Bronchioles - Bronchiole rings (stimulated by drugs) Where does perfusion take place and what keeps them open? - Alveoli (surfactant keeps them open What is lung parenchyma? - Where gases are exchanged What are pediatric differences in the airway? (4) - Smaller jaw, larger tongue, narrowest part of their airway is cricoid cartilage, epiglottis is rounder and floppier What is respiration? - The exchange of gases between an organism and its environment What is ventilation? - The mechanical process that moves air in and out of the lungs