Chapter 4 Quiz

When relaying patient information via radio, communications should be:

brief and easily understood.

When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's privacy by:

not disclosing his or her name

Which of the following statements regarding a patient refusal is correct?

A mentally competent adult has the legal right to refuse EMS care and transport.

Which of the following incidents does NOT require a report to be filed with local authorities?

Cardiac arrest

Which of the following statements is NOT appropriate to document in the narrative section of a PCR?

General impression revealed that the patient was intoxicated.

You are transporting a 54-year-old male in respiratory arrest. An EMR is driving the ambulance as you and your p caring for the patient. Which of the following is the MOST logical way of notifying the hospital?

Have the driver contact dispatch and relay the patient information to the hospital.

Which of the following statements regarding a "dedicated line" is correct?

It is a constantly open line of communication that cannot be accessed by outside use

Which of the following types of questions allow for the most detailed response?

Open-ended questions

Which of the following will help improve radio communications?

Wait 1 second after pressing the transmit button before speaking.

Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's condition. After confirming that you h physician correctly, you should:

advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.

During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask him when his heada he does not answer your question immediately. You should:

allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.

A 4-year-old boy had an apparent seizure. He is conscious and calm and is sitting on his mother's lap. His father i nearby chair. The child's mother suddenly begins crying uncontrollably, which causes the child to start crying. You

ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner tries to calm

Ethnocentrism is defined as:

considering your own cultural values to be more important when interacting with pe

Communicating with patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can be facilitated by doing all of the following, EXCEPT

elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation

When you are communicating with an older patient, it is important to remember that:

most older people think clearly and are capable of answering questions

As you are wheeling your patient through the emergency department doors, you receive another call for a major crash. You should:

respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician

You could be sued for ___________ if your radio report to the hospital describes the patient in a manner that injur reputation.

slander

You are caring for a 56-year-old male patient complaining of abdominal pain. Your service has recently switched t PCR system (ePCR). When completing the ePCR, it is important to be aware that:

the ePCR allows patient information to be transmitted directly to the receiving hospital

You are providing care to a 61-year-old female complaining of chest pain that is cardiac in origin. Your service utili communication system. You wish to transmit the patient's electrocardiogram to the hospital. In order to accomplis must:

use the multiplex system to transmit the information

Effective therapeutic communication skills require

verbal and nonverbal communication techniques