EMT FISDAP READINESS EXAM 2

EMT FISDAP READINESS EXAM 2

Question 1: The collective set of regulations and ethical

considerations governing the EMT is called:

• duty to act
• scope of practice
• advanced directives
• good samaritan laws

CORRECT ANSWER : b. scope of practice

Question 2: Legislation that governs the skills and medical

interventions that may be performed by the EMT is:

• standardized (uniform) throughout the country
• different from state to state
• standardized for regions within a state
• governed by the US Department of Transportation

CORRECT ANSWER : b. different from state to state

Question 3: When the EMT makes the physical/emotional

needs of the patient a priority, this is considered a(n)_______ of the EMT.

• advanced directive
• protocol
• ethical responsibility
• legal responsibility

CORRECT ANSWER : c. ethical responsibility

Question 4: Which one of the following is NOT a type of

consent required for any treatment or action by an EMT?

• child and mentally incompetent adult
• implied
• applied

• expressed

CORRECT ANSWER : c. applied

Question 5: When you informed the adult patient of the

procedures were about to perform and its associated risks, you

are asking for his or her:

• expressed consent
• negligence
• implied
• applied

CORRECT ANSWER : a. expressed consent

Question 6: You are treating a patient that was found

unconscious at the bottom of the stairwell. Consent that is based on the assumption that an unconscious patient would

approve the EMT's life-saving interventions is called:

• expressed
• negligence
• implied
• applied

CORRECT ANSWER : c. implied

Question 7: Your record of a patient's refusal of medical care

(aid) or transport should include all of the following

EXCEPT:

• informing the patient of the risks and consequences of

refusal

• documenting the steps you took
• signing of the form by the medical director
• obtaining a release form with the patient's witnessed

signature

CORRECT ANSWER : c. signing of the form by the medical

director