EMT Chp 4 Post Test

The person who is legally did designated to make healthcare decisions for the patient if the patient is unable to do so it's called:

A healthcare proxy

For which of the following situations with the EMT not be allowed to share protected health information about a patient?

A reporter Pools USA to ask you questions about the people involved in a school bus accident

An EMT who turns the care of a multi system trauma patient over to a doctor of dermatology has likely:

Abandoned the patient

Leaving a patient after initiating care and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training is known as

Abandonment

Which of the following is likely to be inscribed on a medical identification device worn as a bracelet?

Allergies

A patient call 911 is now refusing transport. You should:

Assess the patient, advise the patient of risks of refusal, and clearly document everything and the patient care report.

EMS is on the scene of a cardiac arrest of a terminally ill cancer patient. The family states the patient has a valid DNR, but they are unable to locate it. The family is upset and adamant that the patient does not want resuscitation. The EMS crew should:

Begin resuscitation inconsiderate establishing online medical direction

Which of the following would most likely be considered evidence at a crime scene?

Blood spatter

A patient is suing an EMT for failing to administer oxygen for a heart attack. The patient is alleging that the EMT was negligent in this case would be considered a:

Civil case

You are on the scene with a patient who is complaining of chest pain, and you have administered medication. Your partner brings in the stretcher, and the patient tells you that she does not want to be transported to the ED. You should:

Contact medical direction for a consult

Quality improvements relates primarily to:

Standard of care

The actions that an EMT is legally allowed to perform well caring for an injured or ill patient are known as:

The scope of practice

Which of the following is most clearly a HIPAA violation?

You provide a personal injury attorney with a copy of a patient care report.

You are caring for a patient who was stabbed. During your assessment, you find a small knife impaled in one of the stab wounds. You determine that removing the weapon now would be dangerous for the patient. You should:

treat the wound as usual, but notify police that you must transport the weapon with the patient.

EMS is called to a cardiac arrest. The family states that the patient does not want resuscitative efforts to be made. To withhold resuscitation, which of the following Valley documents with the EMS crew need to have supplied to them?

DNR order

You explain a risky procedure to a patient. He says, "as long as it's guaranteed to work, you can do it" You should:

Explain that a risky procedure is not guaranteed

When EMT takes the time to ask permission from a conscious adult to do an assessment and procedures, this is respecting the legal principle of:

Expressed Consent

You are on the scene of a cardiac arrest. You have already begun resuscitation when family members arrive and present you with a valid DNR order. You should::

Follow your local protocols in contact medical direction if unsure how to proceed

Which of the following would most likely be considered evidence at a crime scene

Footprints

Do you suspect that a pediatric patient is being abused. You decide not to report this to the appropriate authorities because the parent is very upset and remorseful. This is:

If isolation a professional ethics and possibly a crime

A patient appears to be in the midst of a psychotic episode and is unable to make a rational decision about consenting to emergency care. The EMT may care for the patient on the basis of:

Implied consent

You are at the scene of a patient with obvious signs of traumatic death. You are required by law in your state to report violent deaths. Your duty as an EMT is to notify:

Law-enforcement

You were transporting a patient from a doctors office and see that the patient has not been well cared for. On your documentation, you write that the doctor seem to be "a quack." This comment could be viewed as:

Libelous

Why does the EMT scope of practice vary from state to state

Local legislation

As you enter a hectic possible crime scene, you find out a coffee table is blocking your access to the patient. Which of the following is the best way to manage the situation?

Move the table as little as possible, wearing gloves; notify police on the scene; and document your actions precisely In you're patient care report

You respond to the scene of an automobile accident where a patient has an obvious fractured femur. You ask your partner to get the traction split from the ambulance. Your partner returns until you there is no traction split in the ambulance. You could be guilty of::

Negligence

Add a crime scene, which of the following is the first priority of the EMT?

Patient care and transport

good Samaritan laws were an acted to:

Protect individuals who try to help people in emergencies

Hey suicidal 14-year-old who has critically injured herself is trying to get you to withhold care. She is screaming that she wants to die and that you should not touch her or come near her. You should:

Provide the care she needs.

Good Samaritan laws are based on:

Providing care in good faith

Ethical considerations:

Relate primarily to making patient care and will be in a priority

A photo of a pair of EMTs on a call shows them laughing and looking casual and relaxed a few feet away from a patient in apparent distress. This would most likely be used to demonstrate:

Res ipsa loquitur

Which of the following is concerned generally with what you can do, as opposed to what you should do and how you should do it?

Scope of practice

You are at the dinner table with your crew and mention to everyone that a coworker on the opposite shift is moving up the ministration chain quickly, pro probably because she sleeping with the company CEO. This comment could be considered:

Slander

You are off duty and on your way to the grocery store when you witnessed a car accident in front of the store entrance. He stopped her and her assistant and identify yourself as an EMT to the occupants of the vehicles. The patient in the first car denies the need for assistance, but the second driver is complaining of neck pain. She tells you that she thinks she will be OK but would like to get checked out. You are in a hurry, as you have an appointment and want to get your shopping done first. You should:

Stay with the patient until someone with an equal or higher care level of training or certification assumes care

You have just returned to the station after completing a call in which you transported an elderly female patient to the hospital for nausea and vomiting. Upon exiting the ambulance, you were approached by an adult male who indicates that the patient you just transported was his mother and that he wants to know the details of the run. You should:

Tell him that you can pass his contact information along to the privacy officer at your department.

Which of the following could be a source of information to let the EMT know that a patient is an organ donor?

The patients drivers license