EMR Chp 2

As a paid Emergency Medical Responder, while on duty you are expected to provide care according to those standard operating procedures outlined by your department. This is called:

Duty to act

An Emergency Medical Responder is working for a paid fire service. They required to provide care under the:

Duty to act provision

As an Emergency Medical Responder, you have to behave in a way that puts your patient's needs above your own. This is called:

Ethical Responsibilities

You are driving in your car and see a crash. You stop to provide care. You are protected by:

Good Samaritan Law

You and your partner are on the way back to work when you see a child who has been struck by a vehicle and is unresponsive in the road. You begin care for her and call for advanced care to transport her to a nearby emergency department. You know you can legally do this based on:

Implied consent

Your are called to the scene of a 57-year-old that had "passed out" in the hallway of his home. On arrival the scene is safe, and the patient remains unresponsive. You begin your assessment and management of the situation because you believe the patient would want treatment under:

Implied consent

A 13-year old female requests that an Emergency Medical Responder treat her broken arm. The parents were called, but they have not arrived on scene yet. The Emergency Medical Responder:

May need to obtain parental consent.

Failure to provide a standard of care that leads to further harm is called:

Negligence

As a first responder, you need to know that if a patient is intoxicated he/she is

Not competent to make medical decisions

After an incident, confidentiality laws indicate that the Emergency Medical Responder can only discuss patient information for the following reasons EXCEPT:

Talking about events of the day with close family members and spouse

You have a patient that stops breathing and has no sign of circulation. You notice a medical alert bracelet indication the patient is a registered organ donor. You should:

Treat the patient as you would any other

Patient confidentiality applies to all of the following EXCEPT:

When giving a report to transfer care to the arriving medical professionals.

Using spinal restriction on a patient who does not give his/her consent for treatment could be classified as any of these EXCEPT

Abandonment

During your assessment of the unresponsive patient, the patient arouses and becomes responsive. He claims that he does not want any care and asks you to leave him alone. You should do all of the following EXCEPT:

Advise ALS and have them turn back due to the refusal

An Emergency Medical Responder could be charged with abandonment in which of the following situations?

Allowing a Paramedic to take over care and leaving the scene without giving a report.

When an Emergency Medical Responder touches a patient against his or her will, it can be a violation of the patient's civil rights. This is called:

Battery

You have an ethical responsibility to:

Be ready to perform at all times, read professional publications, maintain your skills and knowledge

In order to prove negligence, you need to establishL

Breach of duty to provide care, duty to provide care, damages

Your crew responds to a distress call and finds a man in cardiac arrest. Several family members are at the scene, in varying degrees of distress. Some of them are demanding you begin CPR, but one family member hands you a piece of paper that proves to be a legal Do Not Resuscitate order. What should you do?

Call for medical direction

Engine 111 is called to a motor vehicle crash. As you arrive, you see two cars and two victims walking around. As you approach the two victims, they state that they are not injured, and do not need your help. You should:

Carefully document the refusal of care.