Chapter 4 Test Limmer Emergency care 2024
1. Which of the following statements is true concerning protection by Good
Samaritan laws?
A. An EMT is expected to act as a lag person when providing emergency
care off duty
B. The purpose of Good Samaritan laws is to protect people who are trying
to help in an emergency
C. A Good Samaritan law allows an EMT to exceed the scope of practice if
necessary when providing emergency care off duty
D. An EMT cannot be sued for negligence if the state in which he works has
a Good Samaritan law: The purpose of Good Samaritan law is to protect people
who are trying to help in an emergency
2. Your patient is a 40 year old known diabetic who was found unconscious
at work by a coworker. On what basis will you treat this patient?: implied
consent
3. While treating a patient involved in a shooting at the patients vacation
home, which of the following actions is unlikely to interfere with the
investigation of a crime scene?
A. Failing to take notes on scene
B. Moving the patient
C. Using the bathroom
D. Using the patients phone: Failing to take notes on scene
4. You respond to the report of an unconscious female patient. You can
acquire important medical information about the patient through which of the
following? A. A DNR
B. The online medical director
C. Drivers license
D. Medical identification device: Medical identification device
5. You respond to a bus accident with multiple patients. As you arrive at the
scene, you are approached by a local politician who states that his wife has
been involved. He tells you that if you will take care of her first, he will ensure
that you get the promotion you are up for. This becomes what type of decision
for you as an EMT?
A. Legal
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B. Financial
C. Medical
D. Ethical: Ethical
6. The administration of oxygen and the application of spinal immobilization
are part of which of the following for the EMT?
A. Scope of practice
B. Duty to act
C. Proximate causation
D. Standard of care: Scope of practice
7. You are providing care to a 54 year old male patient complaining of chest
pain. The patient asks to speak to you privately. He tells you he is taking Cialis
for erectile dysfunction, and does not want his wife to know. As you are
putting the EMS bags back in the ambulance, the wife corners you and insists
that you tell her what her husband said. What should you do, and why?: You
should not to her. By law, your conversation with your patient is confidential
8. Which type of consent must be used by the EMT when seeking to treat a
mentally competent adult?
A. Implied
B. Unconditional
C. Conscious
D. Expressed: Expressed
9. Your patient is a 10 year old boy who suffered a possible fractured arm
while rollerblading at a friends house. Which of the following is the best way
to obtain consent for treatment?
A. Act on implied consent
B. Get consent from the patient's 15 year old sister who is on scene
C. Call the patients mother at worker
D. Allow the patient to consent as an emancipation minor: Call the patients
mother at work
10. You are on the scene with a 72 year old male patient with chest pain. The
patient is complaining of shortness of breath but also refuses to go to the
hospital, even after multiple attempts urging him to go. Which of the following
should you do next?
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1. Which of the following statements is true concerning protection by Good
Samaritan laws?
A. An EMT is expected to act as a lag person when providing emergency
care off duty
B. The purpose of Good Samaritan laws is to protect people who are trying
to help in an emergency
C. A Good Samaritan law allows an EMT to exceed the scope of practice if
necessary when providing emergency care off duty
D. An EMT cannot be sued for negligence if the state in which he works has
a Good Samaritan law: The purpose of Good Samaritan law is to protect people
who are trying to help in an emergency
2. Your patient is a 40 year old known diabetic who was found unconscious
at work by a coworker. On what basis will you treat this patient?: implied
consent
3. While treating a patient involved in a shooting at the patients vacation
home, which of the following actions is unlikely to interfere with the
investigation of a crime scene?
A. Failing to take notes on scene
B. Moving the patient
C. Using the bathroom
D. Using the patients phone: Failing to take notes on scene
4. You respond to the report of an unconscious female patient. You can
acquire important medical information about the patient through which of the
following? A. A DNR
B. The online medical director
C. Drivers license
D. Medical identification device: Medical identification device
5. You respond to a bus accident with multiple patients. As you arrive at the
scene, you are approached by a local politician who states that his wife has
been involved. He tells you that if you will take care of her first, he will ensure
that you get the promotion you are up for. This becomes what type of decision
for you as an EMT?
A. Legal
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B. Financial
C. Medical
D. Ethical: Ethical
6. The administration of oxygen and the application of spinal immobilization
are part of which of the following for the EMT?
A. Scope of practice
B. Duty to act
C. Proximate causation
D. Standard of care: Scope of practice
7. You are providing care to a 54 year old male patient complaining of chest
pain. The patient asks to speak to you privately. He tells you he is taking Cialis
for erectile dysfunction, and does not want his wife to know. As you are
putting the EMS bags back in the ambulance, the wife corners you and insists
that you tell her what her husband said. What should you do, and why?: You
should not to her. By law, your conversation with your patient is confidential
8. Which type of consent must be used by the EMT when seeking to treat a
mentally competent adult?
A. Implied
B. Unconditional
C. Conscious
D. Expressed: Expressed
9. Your patient is a 10 year old boy who suffered a possible fractured arm
while rollerblading at a friends house. Which of the following is the best way
to obtain consent for treatment?
A. Act on implied consent
B. Get consent from the patient's 15 year old sister who is on scene
C. Call the patients mother at worker
D. Allow the patient to consent as an emancipation minor: Call the patients
mother at work
10. You are on the scene with a 72 year old male patient with chest pain. The
patient is complaining of shortness of breath but also refuses to go to the
hospital, even after multiple attempts urging him to go. Which of the following
should you do next?
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