2026/2027 Update | 100% Correct Latest (Graded A+)
Question 1
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
Correct Answer
b. scope of practice
Question 2
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
Correct Answer
b. different from state to state
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,Question 3
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
Correct Answer
c. ethical responsibility
Question 4
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
Correct Answer
c. applied
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,Question 5
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
Correct Answer
a. expressed consent
Question 6
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
Correct Answer
c. implied
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, Question 7
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
Correct Answer
c. signing of the form by the medical director
Question 8
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
Correct Answer
b. assault and battery
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