AAFP Board Review - Pain/End of Life correctly
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1. Which one of the following
B. Stabilizing an injured victim at the
situations is most likely to result in
scene of an automobile accident until
immunity from court-awarded
EMS arrives
damages for personal in- juries
occurring as a result of reasonable
and ordinary emergency care? (check
one)
A. Evaluating a football injury as a
volun- teer team physician at a local
high-school game
B. Stabilizing an injured victim at the
scene of an automobile accident until
EMS arrives
C. Providing emergency care to your
office nurse after he collapses while
on the job
D. Responding to the collapse of one
of your patients in the hospital
parking lot
E. Treating an asthma attack while
staffing the first-aid shelter at an
outdoor rock con- cert
2. The 1990 Patient Self-Determination Act re- C. hospitals ask patients about
advance di-
quires that: (check one) rectives
A. the process for advance - then incorporate the information
directives be standardized for all into medical records
50 states
B. a living will be implemented for patients - The living will, a written
advance directive,
,AAFP Board Review - Pain/End of Life correctly
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upon admission to the hospital allows a competent person to
C. hospitals ask patients about indicate his or her health care
advance directives preferences while cogni- tively and
D. verbally expressed wishes be physically healthy.
honored for individuals who do not -A living will may list medical
have a written advance directive interventions the patient wishes to
have withheld or with- drawn when
he or she becomes unable to
communicate.
-Another type of advance
directive, the durable power of
attorney for health care,
, AAFP Board Review - Pain/End of Life correctly
answered to pass
allows persons to designate a proxy
(or sur- rogate) to make decisions for
them if they become incapacitated.
3. An 82-year-old female is B. Attending physician
hospitalized for
pneumonia and sepsis. She has advance di- - responsible for determining
capacity and
rectives in place. significance of
information and its
Should it become necessary, the consequences
patient's decision-making capacity
is determined by: 5. The advance
(check one) directive
A. The spouse or next of kin specifications con-
B. The attending physician tained in an
C. A consulting psychiatrist individual's living will
D. A judge, at the request of hospital become effective:
social services or the (check one)
4. When obtaining informed consent
from a patient, which one of the
following is NOT required for a
patient to legally have deci- sion-
making capacity? (check one)
A. The absence of mental illness
B. The ability to express choice
C. The ability to understand relevant
infor- mation
D. The ability to engage in reasoning
E. The ability to appreciate the
answered to pass
1. Which one of the following
B. Stabilizing an injured victim at the
situations is most likely to result in
scene of an automobile accident until
immunity from court-awarded
EMS arrives
damages for personal in- juries
occurring as a result of reasonable
and ordinary emergency care? (check
one)
A. Evaluating a football injury as a
volun- teer team physician at a local
high-school game
B. Stabilizing an injured victim at the
scene of an automobile accident until
EMS arrives
C. Providing emergency care to your
office nurse after he collapses while
on the job
D. Responding to the collapse of one
of your patients in the hospital
parking lot
E. Treating an asthma attack while
staffing the first-aid shelter at an
outdoor rock con- cert
2. The 1990 Patient Self-Determination Act re- C. hospitals ask patients about
advance di-
quires that: (check one) rectives
A. the process for advance - then incorporate the information
directives be standardized for all into medical records
50 states
B. a living will be implemented for patients - The living will, a written
advance directive,
,AAFP Board Review - Pain/End of Life correctly
answered to pass
upon admission to the hospital allows a competent person to
C. hospitals ask patients about indicate his or her health care
advance directives preferences while cogni- tively and
D. verbally expressed wishes be physically healthy.
honored for individuals who do not -A living will may list medical
have a written advance directive interventions the patient wishes to
have withheld or with- drawn when
he or she becomes unable to
communicate.
-Another type of advance
directive, the durable power of
attorney for health care,
, AAFP Board Review - Pain/End of Life correctly
answered to pass
allows persons to designate a proxy
(or sur- rogate) to make decisions for
them if they become incapacitated.
3. An 82-year-old female is B. Attending physician
hospitalized for
pneumonia and sepsis. She has advance di- - responsible for determining
capacity and
rectives in place. significance of
information and its
Should it become necessary, the consequences
patient's decision-making capacity
is determined by: 5. The advance
(check one) directive
A. The spouse or next of kin specifications con-
B. The attending physician tained in an
C. A consulting psychiatrist individual's living will
D. A judge, at the request of hospital become effective:
social services or the (check one)
4. When obtaining informed consent
from a patient, which one of the
following is NOT required for a
patient to legally have deci- sion-
making capacity? (check one)
A. The absence of mental illness
B. The ability to express choice
C. The ability to understand relevant
infor- mation
D. The ability to engage in reasoning
E. The ability to appreciate the
