EMT FISDAP Readiness Exam 2
b. scope of practice
The collective set of regulations and ethical considerations governing the EMT is called:
a. duty to act
b. scope of practice
c. advanced directives
d. good samaritan laws
b. different from state to state
Legislation that governs the skills and medical interventions that may be performed by the EMT
is:
a. standardized (uniform) throughout the country
b. different from state to state
c. standardized for regions within a state
d. governed by the US Department of Transportation
c. ethical responsibility
When the EMT makes the physical/emotional needs of the patient a priority, this is considered
a(n)_______ of the EMT.
a. advanced directive
,b. protocol
c. ethical responsibility
d. legal responsibility
c. applied
Which one of the following is NOT a type of consent required for any treatment or action by an
EMT?
a. child and mentally incompetent adult
b. implied
c. applied
d. expressed
a. expressed consent
When you informed the adult patient of the procedures were about to perform and its associated
risks, you are asking for his or her:
a. expressed consent
b. negligence
c. implied
d. applied
c. implied
You are treating a patient that was found unconscious at the bottom of the stairwell. Consent
that is based on the assumption that an unconscious patient would approve the EMT's life-
saving interventions is called:
,a. expressed
b. negligence
c. implied
d. applied
c. signing of the form by the medical director
Your record of a patient's refusal of medical care (aid) or transport should include all of the
following EXCEPT:
a. informing the patient of the risks and consequences of refusal
b. documenting the steps you took
c. signing of the form by the medical director
d. obtaining a release form with the patient's witnessed signature
b. assault and battery
Forcing a competent adult patient to go to the hospital agains his or her will may result in
_______ charges against the EMT.
a. abandonment
b. assault and battery
c. implied consent
d. negligence
b. recommend that a relative call the family physician to report the incident
, Which of the following is an action you should not take if a patient refuses care?
a. leave phone stickers with emergency numbers
b. recommend that a relative call the family physician to report the incident
c. tell the patient to call his or her family physician if the problem reoccurs
d. call a relative or neighbor who can stay with the patient
d. advanced directive
Another name for a DNR order is:
a. deviated nervous response
b. duty not to react
c. refusal of treatment
d. advanced directive
a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
There are varying degrees of DNR orders, expressed through a variety of detailed instructions
that may be part of the order such as:
a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
b. allowing comfort-care measures such as intravenous feeding
c. disallowing the use of long-term life-support measures
d. specify that only five minutes of artificial respiration will be attempted
b. scope of practice
The collective set of regulations and ethical considerations governing the EMT is called:
a. duty to act
b. scope of practice
c. advanced directives
d. good samaritan laws
b. different from state to state
Legislation that governs the skills and medical interventions that may be performed by the EMT
is:
a. standardized (uniform) throughout the country
b. different from state to state
c. standardized for regions within a state
d. governed by the US Department of Transportation
c. ethical responsibility
When the EMT makes the physical/emotional needs of the patient a priority, this is considered
a(n)_______ of the EMT.
a. advanced directive
,b. protocol
c. ethical responsibility
d. legal responsibility
c. applied
Which one of the following is NOT a type of consent required for any treatment or action by an
EMT?
a. child and mentally incompetent adult
b. implied
c. applied
d. expressed
a. expressed consent
When you informed the adult patient of the procedures were about to perform and its associated
risks, you are asking for his or her:
a. expressed consent
b. negligence
c. implied
d. applied
c. implied
You are treating a patient that was found unconscious at the bottom of the stairwell. Consent
that is based on the assumption that an unconscious patient would approve the EMT's life-
saving interventions is called:
,a. expressed
b. negligence
c. implied
d. applied
c. signing of the form by the medical director
Your record of a patient's refusal of medical care (aid) or transport should include all of the
following EXCEPT:
a. informing the patient of the risks and consequences of refusal
b. documenting the steps you took
c. signing of the form by the medical director
d. obtaining a release form with the patient's witnessed signature
b. assault and battery
Forcing a competent adult patient to go to the hospital agains his or her will may result in
_______ charges against the EMT.
a. abandonment
b. assault and battery
c. implied consent
d. negligence
b. recommend that a relative call the family physician to report the incident
, Which of the following is an action you should not take if a patient refuses care?
a. leave phone stickers with emergency numbers
b. recommend that a relative call the family physician to report the incident
c. tell the patient to call his or her family physician if the problem reoccurs
d. call a relative or neighbor who can stay with the patient
d. advanced directive
Another name for a DNR order is:
a. deviated nervous response
b. duty not to react
c. refusal of treatment
d. advanced directive
a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
There are varying degrees of DNR orders, expressed through a variety of detailed instructions
that may be part of the order such as:
a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
b. allowing comfort-care measures such as intravenous feeding
c. disallowing the use of long-term life-support measures
d. specify that only five minutes of artificial respiration will be attempted
