WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 1 |2024 UPDATE |ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
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Mentally competent patients have the right to refuse treatment. T/F? -
(answers)True
When a patient is unconscious, you may provide treatment under the concept of
_________________. - (answers)Implied consent
List conditions where minors may, by state law, give consent for medical care
despite their young age. - (answers)Married, armed services, pregnant
__________ is sometimes necessary when you are confronted with a patient who is
in need of medical treatment and transportation but is combative and presents a
significant risk of danger to himself, herself, or others. - (answers)Forcible
restraint
What is the difference between advance directives and DNR orders? -
(answers)An advance directive is a written document that specifies the types of
care a patient would want if she were unable to express it herself. A DNR order
prevents resuscitative efforts from starting if a patient goes into cardiac arrest.
You respond to the home of a 72-year-old cancer patient with a valid DNR order.
The patient's family has called because he is having difficulty breathing. Should
you give him oxygen? - (answers)Yes. A DNR order only applies to resuscitative
measures (ventilation, chest compressions, and defibrillation). The EMT must
perform all other measures in his scope of practice to make DNR patients
, comfortable and safe, including giving oxygen, stopping bleeding, applying splints,
etc.
The laws that define what an EMT can do are called _________________. -
(answers)Scope of Practice
What four elements must be present to prove negligence? - (answers)Duty, Breach
of Duty, Damages and Causation
Despite the expressed refusal of care by a competent 40-year-old patient, you splint
an ankle that you believe may be sprained. What crime have you committed by
doing this? - (answers)Battery
List four special situations that may, based on state or local laws, have to be
reported. - (answers)Any four of the following: Abuse, injury during a felony,
drug-related injuries, childbirth, scene of a crime, deceased patient, exposure to
infectious disease
The first key rule of lifting is to ____________. - (answers)keep the back in a
straight, upright position and lift without twisting.
What are the six steps of a power lift as described in Skill Drill 35-1? -
(answers)1. Tighten your back in its normal upright position and use your
abdominal muscles to lock it in a slight curve.
2. Spread your legs apart about 15″, and bend your legs to lower your torso and
arms.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS/ACCURATE SOLUTIONS |GET IT 100%
CORRECT!! ALREADY GRADED A+
Mentally competent patients have the right to refuse treatment. T/F? -
(answers)True
When a patient is unconscious, you may provide treatment under the concept of
_________________. - (answers)Implied consent
List conditions where minors may, by state law, give consent for medical care
despite their young age. - (answers)Married, armed services, pregnant
__________ is sometimes necessary when you are confronted with a patient who is
in need of medical treatment and transportation but is combative and presents a
significant risk of danger to himself, herself, or others. - (answers)Forcible
restraint
What is the difference between advance directives and DNR orders? -
(answers)An advance directive is a written document that specifies the types of
care a patient would want if she were unable to express it herself. A DNR order
prevents resuscitative efforts from starting if a patient goes into cardiac arrest.
You respond to the home of a 72-year-old cancer patient with a valid DNR order.
The patient's family has called because he is having difficulty breathing. Should
you give him oxygen? - (answers)Yes. A DNR order only applies to resuscitative
measures (ventilation, chest compressions, and defibrillation). The EMT must
perform all other measures in his scope of practice to make DNR patients
, comfortable and safe, including giving oxygen, stopping bleeding, applying splints,
etc.
The laws that define what an EMT can do are called _________________. -
(answers)Scope of Practice
What four elements must be present to prove negligence? - (answers)Duty, Breach
of Duty, Damages and Causation
Despite the expressed refusal of care by a competent 40-year-old patient, you splint
an ankle that you believe may be sprained. What crime have you committed by
doing this? - (answers)Battery
List four special situations that may, based on state or local laws, have to be
reported. - (answers)Any four of the following: Abuse, injury during a felony,
drug-related injuries, childbirth, scene of a crime, deceased patient, exposure to
infectious disease
The first key rule of lifting is to ____________. - (answers)keep the back in a
straight, upright position and lift without twisting.
What are the six steps of a power lift as described in Skill Drill 35-1? -
(answers)1. Tighten your back in its normal upright position and use your
abdominal muscles to lock it in a slight curve.
2. Spread your legs apart about 15″, and bend your legs to lower your torso and
arms.
