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