Fisdap emt readiness exam 2

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Fisdap emt readiness exam 2

Fisdap emt readiness exam 2

• The collective set of regulations and ethical considerations governing the

EMT is called(Answer)

• duty to act
• scope of practice
• advanced directives
• good samaritan laws(Answer) B
• Legislation that governs the skills and medical interventions that may be

performed by the EMT is(Answer)

• standardized (uniform) throughout the country
• different from state to state
• standardized for regions within a state
• governed by the US Department of Transportation(Answer) B
• When the EMT makes the physical/emotional needs of the patient a prior-

ity, this is considered a(n) of the EMT.

• advanced directive
• protocol
• ethical responsibility
• legal responsibility(Answer) C
• 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(Answer) C
• When you informed the adult patient of the procedures were about to

perform and its associated risks, you are asking for his or her(Answer)

• expressed consent
• negligence
• implied
• applied(Answer) A 1 / 4

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• 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(Answer)

• expressed
• negligence
• implied
• applied(Answer) C 2 / 4

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• Your record of a patient's refusal of medical care (aid) or transport should

include all of the following EXCEPT(Answer)

• 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(Answer)

C

• Forcing a competent adult patient to go to the hospital agains his or her

will may result in charges against the EMT.

• abandonment
• assault and battery
• implied consent
• negligence(Answer) B
• Which of the following is an action you should not take if a patient refuses

care?

• leave phone stickers with emergency numbers
• recommend that a relative call the family physician to report the incident
• tell the patient to call his or her family physician if the problem reoccurs
• call a relative or neighbor who can stay with the patient(Answer) C. In all

cases of refusal you should advise patients to call EMS back at any time if there is a problem or they wish to be transported.

• Another name for a DNR order is(Answer)
• deviated nervous response
• duty not to react
• refusal of treatment
• advanced directive(Answer) D
• There are varying degrees of DNR orders, expressed through a variety of

detailed instructions that may be part of the order such as(Answer)

• allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
• allowing comfort-care measures such as intravenous feeding
• disallowing the use of long-term life-support measures
• specify that only five minutes of artificial respiration will be

attempted(Answer) A. The other options are part of a living will and not a DNR order. DNR orders generally do not specify procedures that are improper such as specifying that only five minutes of artificial respiration will be attempted.

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consist of intravenous feeding and(Answer)

• routine inoculations
• the use of a respirator
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