Self Assessment 7

A 60-year-old man complains of chest pain. He is conscious, alert, and denies shortness of breath. Which of the following questions would be the most appropriate to ask him?

"Do you have any heart problems or take any medications?"

Which of the following components are needed to prove negligence?

Duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages, and causation

You are dispatched to an office building for a 49-year-old male with chest pain. When you arrive at the scene, you find the patient to be conscious and alert but in obvious pain. He tells you that he did not call 911; a coworker did. He further states that he does not want to be treated or transported to the hospital. You should:

Ensure that he is aware of the risks of refusing medical care.

When performing his or her duties, the EMT is generally expected to:

Exercise reasonable care and act prudently

Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's condition. After confirming that you heard the physician correctly, what should you do?

Express your concerns and respectfully question if the order is appropriate

While interviewing a patient, she says she is 2 months pregnant. Where would you document this information when using the SOAP method?

Subjective

In which of the following circumstances can the EMT legally release confidential patient information?

The patient is competent and signs a release form

When communicating information over the radio, you should:

Use the words "affirmative" and "negative" instead of "yes" or "no"

Which of the following is an example of an open-ended question?

What did this feel like when it happened before?

In which of the following situations does a legal duty to act clearly exist?

A call is received 15 minutes prior to shift change.

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

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

While transporting a stable patient with chest pain to the hospital, you come across a major motor vehicle crash involving several critically injured patients. Your should:

Continue transporting your patient and notify the dispatcher of the crash.

Which of the following is not a function of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)?

Maintaining communications equipment on the ambulance

When caring for a 65-year-old male with respiratory distress, you place him in a comfortable position but do not apply oxygen. The patients condition continues to deteriorate: He develops cardiac arrest and dies at the hospital. This scenario is an example of:

Negligence

You are dispatched to an apartment complex to respond to a shooting. Law enforcement personnel are present and have the suspect in custody. You find the patient lying in a narrow space between the couch and coffee table of his small apartment. He is semiconscious and has a large gunshot wound to his chest. You should:

Quickly move the coffee table so you can access and treat the patient.

After receiving online orders from medical control to perform a patient care intervention, you should:

Repeat the order to medical control word for word

The care that an EMT is able to provide is most commonly defined as a:

Scope of practice

You and your partner are dispatched to a residence for an "ill person." When you arrive, you find the patient, a 44-year-old man, does not speak English. There are no relatives or bystanders present who can act as an interpreter. You should:

Use short, simple questions and point to specific parts of your body to try to determine the source of the patients complaint.

At the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you determine that a second ambulance is needed. You attempt to contact dispatch with your portable radio, but you are unsuccessful. What should you do?

Use the radio in the ambulance to contact dispatch

You and your partner are out past the end of your scheduled shift and driving the ambulance back to base when you come upon a car accident. Do you have a legal duty to act?

Yes, because you are still an on-duty EMT, you have a legal and ethical obligation to stop and assist.