OEC TEST BANK EXAM 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The course called "Outdoor Emergency Care" was created by the National Ski Patrol to: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅provide a standard of training for OEC technicians and others involved in outdoor
recreation.
The person who first organized a volunteer "ski patrol" and then was asked to organize a national
patrol was: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Minnie Dole
The 10th Mountain Division was founded: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅by members of the 87th
Mountain Infantry Regiment, many of whom were skiers.
The first emergency responder textbook created exclusively for ski patrollers was titled: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Winter Emergency Care.
Dr. Warren Bowman is considered the father of Outdoor Emergency Care because he: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅created the concept of "intermediate" medical care for ski patrollers.
The 6th Edition of Outdoor Emergency Care: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅contains the knowledge and
skills identified by the NHSTA for Emergency Medical Responder training
plus additional information and training for patrollers.
In order to maintain OEC certification, you must: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅complete the assigned
refresher course each year that covers one-third of the curriculum every year
during the three year refresher cycle.
Good Samaritan laws generally: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅may apply to people who do not receive
compensation for helping people.
Although regulations may differ from state to state, the general laws that may protect OEC technicians
from liability while providing emergency care to a patient are known as: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Good Samaritan laws.
, You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol jacket, you come
upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You recognize that if you approach the
collision
wearing your patrol jacket, members of the public may have a reasonable expectation that you will
provide care. This expectation is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the doctrine of public reliance.
While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow patroller calls and tells
you that your own young child was just injured in the terrain park. Concerned for your child, you leave
the
patient's care unfinished and run to the terrain park. Your action could be viewed as: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅abandonment.
The harming of an individual by not performing up to the technician's standard of training is called: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅negligence.
A situation in which an OEC technician leaves a patient before the patient's care is transferred to
another qualified individual is considered: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅abandonment.
You are skiing down your favorite slope and notice a small group gathered around a middle-aged man
sitting on the ground. You note that the boarder is holding his wrist and appears in pain. He agrees to
have you examine him but then refuses any more help. You explain the possible consequences of not
splinting the wrist and of the boarder trying to get down the mountain without help. This explanation of
the
risk of refusing care is provided in order to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅diminish your risk of being
accused of abandonment.
Which of the following statements concerning "standard of training" is true? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Acting within the "standard of training" is fundamental to reducing an OEC
technician's legal risk.
The course called "Outdoor Emergency Care" was created by the National Ski Patrol to: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅provide a standard of training for OEC technicians and others involved in outdoor
recreation.
The person who first organized a volunteer "ski patrol" and then was asked to organize a national
patrol was: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Minnie Dole
The 10th Mountain Division was founded: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅by members of the 87th
Mountain Infantry Regiment, many of whom were skiers.
The first emergency responder textbook created exclusively for ski patrollers was titled: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Winter Emergency Care.
Dr. Warren Bowman is considered the father of Outdoor Emergency Care because he: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅created the concept of "intermediate" medical care for ski patrollers.
The 6th Edition of Outdoor Emergency Care: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅contains the knowledge and
skills identified by the NHSTA for Emergency Medical Responder training
plus additional information and training for patrollers.
In order to maintain OEC certification, you must: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅complete the assigned
refresher course each year that covers one-third of the curriculum every year
during the three year refresher cycle.
Good Samaritan laws generally: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅may apply to people who do not receive
compensation for helping people.
Although regulations may differ from state to state, the general laws that may protect OEC technicians
from liability while providing emergency care to a patient are known as: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Good Samaritan laws.
, You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol jacket, you come
upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You recognize that if you approach the
collision
wearing your patrol jacket, members of the public may have a reasonable expectation that you will
provide care. This expectation is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the doctrine of public reliance.
While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow patroller calls and tells
you that your own young child was just injured in the terrain park. Concerned for your child, you leave
the
patient's care unfinished and run to the terrain park. Your action could be viewed as: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅abandonment.
The harming of an individual by not performing up to the technician's standard of training is called: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅negligence.
A situation in which an OEC technician leaves a patient before the patient's care is transferred to
another qualified individual is considered: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅abandonment.
You are skiing down your favorite slope and notice a small group gathered around a middle-aged man
sitting on the ground. You note that the boarder is holding his wrist and appears in pain. He agrees to
have you examine him but then refuses any more help. You explain the possible consequences of not
splinting the wrist and of the boarder trying to get down the mountain without help. This explanation of
the
risk of refusing care is provided in order to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅diminish your risk of being
accused of abandonment.
Which of the following statements concerning "standard of training" is true? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Acting within the "standard of training" is fundamental to reducing an OEC
technician's legal risk.
