HCM Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Hospitals are required to have an emergency department. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
A man is seen in the emergency department and is found to have a condition that the hospital
is not equipped to treat. Which of the following statements is the best summary of the
hospital's responsibility to the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Stabilize the condition
and transfer him to a hospital that is equipped to treat him properly.
EMTALA applies to all of the following areas/situations except when a patient: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- All of these are correct.
A patient who is in a hospital-owned ambulance is considered to have "come to the hospital"
for purposes of the federal law on emergency medical care. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
True
An undiagnosed behavioral health emergency that is untreated is a matter for state medical
malpractice law, not EMTALA. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
A woman is seriously injured at midnight in an automobile accident. Her life appears to be in
jeopardy. Paramedics take her to the nearest hospital, a small facility in a rural area that does
not have a true emergency department. No physician is on duty. Which of the following is the
best summary of what the hospital's staff should do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Examine
the patient and stabilize her condition the best they can.
A hospital has two facilities in the same town, but they are six miles apart. Each has an
emergency department. A patient is seen in the "North Campus" emergency department. He
has a condition requiring immediate treatment by a specialist located at the "South Campus."
The hospital has two options: require the physician to travel to North Campus, or transfer the
patient to South Campus. Which of the following is the best answer to the hospital's
dilemma? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Determine what is in the patient's best interests and
the best interests of the other patients they physician is seeing at the time.
As a matter of common law, a physician has no duty to respond to a stranger's call for
medical assistance. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
, "Emergency medical condition" means the following, except: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Transfer of pregnant patient if there is time for a safe transfer to another hospital before
delivery
When can a patient who appears at a hospital and ask for emergency treatment be transferred
to another facility? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When it is in the patient's best interest and
certain standards of care have been met
To be a violation of the federal emergency medical treatment law, a hospital's refusal to see
patient must have been motivated by the patient's inability to pay. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- False
Under federal law, a woman who is in labor is considered to have an emergency condition. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
From a legal risk standpoint, which of the following is the best health care professional to
staff the ED of a large hospital? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Board certified ED physician
The federal law that requires evaluation of persons who come to a hospital emergency room
with an emergency condition is called what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- EMTALA
Which of the following is the best summary of the purpose of a Good Samaritan statute? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To protect people who render aid at the scene of an accident
from liability
Which of the following statements is the best summary of a hospital's duty of care in
emergency care? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Once care has begun, there is a duty to
provide reasonable treatment under the circumstances in the patient's best interest.
In civil proceedings for long-term commitment of psychiatric patients, which of the following
must be provided to the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Due process
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Hospitals are required to have an emergency department. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
A man is seen in the emergency department and is found to have a condition that the hospital
is not equipped to treat. Which of the following statements is the best summary of the
hospital's responsibility to the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Stabilize the condition
and transfer him to a hospital that is equipped to treat him properly.
EMTALA applies to all of the following areas/situations except when a patient: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- All of these are correct.
A patient who is in a hospital-owned ambulance is considered to have "come to the hospital"
for purposes of the federal law on emergency medical care. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
True
An undiagnosed behavioral health emergency that is untreated is a matter for state medical
malpractice law, not EMTALA. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
A woman is seriously injured at midnight in an automobile accident. Her life appears to be in
jeopardy. Paramedics take her to the nearest hospital, a small facility in a rural area that does
not have a true emergency department. No physician is on duty. Which of the following is the
best summary of what the hospital's staff should do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Examine
the patient and stabilize her condition the best they can.
A hospital has two facilities in the same town, but they are six miles apart. Each has an
emergency department. A patient is seen in the "North Campus" emergency department. He
has a condition requiring immediate treatment by a specialist located at the "South Campus."
The hospital has two options: require the physician to travel to North Campus, or transfer the
patient to South Campus. Which of the following is the best answer to the hospital's
dilemma? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Determine what is in the patient's best interests and
the best interests of the other patients they physician is seeing at the time.
As a matter of common law, a physician has no duty to respond to a stranger's call for
medical assistance. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
, "Emergency medical condition" means the following, except: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Transfer of pregnant patient if there is time for a safe transfer to another hospital before
delivery
When can a patient who appears at a hospital and ask for emergency treatment be transferred
to another facility? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When it is in the patient's best interest and
certain standards of care have been met
To be a violation of the federal emergency medical treatment law, a hospital's refusal to see
patient must have been motivated by the patient's inability to pay. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- False
Under federal law, a woman who is in labor is considered to have an emergency condition. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
From a legal risk standpoint, which of the following is the best health care professional to
staff the ED of a large hospital? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Board certified ED physician
The federal law that requires evaluation of persons who come to a hospital emergency room
with an emergency condition is called what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- EMTALA
Which of the following is the best summary of the purpose of a Good Samaritan statute? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To protect people who render aid at the scene of an accident
from liability
Which of the following statements is the best summary of a hospital's duty of care in
emergency care? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Once care has begun, there is a duty to
provide reasonable treatment under the circumstances in the patient's best interest.
In civil proceedings for long-term commitment of psychiatric patients, which of the following
must be provided to the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Due process
