EMT-B Final Exam Study Set

EMT-B Final Exam Study Set / Complete Questions 7 Correct Detailed Answers (100% Correct)

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• National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). -

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Most EMT training programs are based on standards developed by the:

• American Red Cross (ARC).
• American Heart Association (AHA).
• National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
• National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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• being pleasant, cooperative, and sincere, and a good listener. -

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An EMT can inspire patient confidence and cooperation by:

• transporting the patient from the scene to a hospital.
• providing patient care without regard for her own personal safety.
• telling the patient that everything will be all right.
• being pleasant, cooperative, and sincere, and a good listener.

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• negligence. -

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Answer✓✓ If an on-duty EMT fails to provide the standard of care and if this failure

causes harm or injury to the patient, the EMT may be accused of:

• assault.
• abandonment.
• negligence.
• breach of promise.

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• informed -

Answer✓✓ You are treating a conscious and mentally competent adult patient who wants to refuse your care and transport to the hospital. This refusal must be _____ and documented.

• implied
• actual
• involuntary
• informed

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• implied -

Answer✓✓ The EMT is authorized to treat and transport an unconscious patient because of the legal consideration known as _____ consent.

• applied
• implied
• triage
• immunity

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• meaningless. -

Answer✓✓ A child falls of a trampoline at an elementary school and twists her ankle.Because the parents are not present, the child's consent is

• not needed.
• actual.
• implied.
• meaningless.

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• Good Samaritan laws -

Answer✓✓ In some states, _____ help protect the off-duty EMT from lawsuits when stopping at the scene of a collision to offer assistance.

• professional associations
• blanket insurance policies
• Good Samaritan laws
• abandonment laws

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• entering hazmat scenes with SCBA. -

Answer✓✓ Each of the following is the responsiblity of an EMT at a hazardous-

materials (hazmat) incident except:

• entering hazmat scenes with SCBA.

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• protecting yourself and others.
• recognizing potential problems.
• notifying the hazardous-materials response team.

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• Standard Precautions. -

Answer✓✓ The form of infection control that assumes that all body fluids should be

considered potentially infectious is:

• infectious disease.
• Standard Precautions.
• immunity.
• universal precautions.

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• the distance the patient needs to be carried. -

Answer✓✓ When planning to lift a patient, all of the following are important

considerations for the EMT except:

• the weight of the patient.
• one's physical characteristics.
• communicating with one's partner.
• the distance the patient needs to be carried.

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• use the leg muscles to do the lift. -

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