EMR Chapter 3 Review

following a call involving a high profile individual, a police officer asks you for a copy of your pts care report

The best way to avoid being accused of abandonment is to:

If you are presented with an advance directive that does not appear to be valid, you should:

For the pt to be legally able to make a decision regarding his or her own health care, he or she must:

In most states,pts personal information cannot be released to someone not directly involved in that pt's care unless:

the purpose of the Good Samaritan law is to :

you are @scene young woman with abd pain, pt conscious, alert,stable you are dispatched to another MI call. you should

The principle of implied consent assumes that an unconscious patient:

scene of cardiac arrest you don't start CPR because elderly and probably dead.Paramedics determine pt was in card arrest

Which of the following components is not required to prove negligence?

in general you should never change or alter a patient care report unless:

Maintenance of required certifications or registrations is the responsibility of the

The scope of care under which the EMR functions is specified by the

You are performing CPR on a 77yr old man when his wife state he has terminal cancer and does not want CPR

To comply with the standard of care, the EMR must:

you are the first to arrive on a scene, pt is outside car sitting on a curb and yells for you to take her BP, this pt

The presence of rigor mortis indicates that:

An advance directive is most accurately defined as:

all of the following are signs of obvious death except:

When functioning at a crime scene, the EMR should:

As part of your ethical responsibilities, you are expected to :

Documentation regarding pt care provided by the EMR should

The most common abandonment scenario occurs when:

Which of the following is not considered an advanced directive?

A DNR order is a written request giving permission for medical personnel not to:

Proximate cause is most accurately defined as:

Which of the following is the least important to document on a pt care report

second only to your own safety, your priority at a crime scene is to:

If a pt refuses emergency medical care but is not thinking rationally and appears to be a threat to himself or others,

which of the following statements regarding pt's consent to tx is correct:

A pt who verbally or nonverbally lets you know that he or she is willing to accept treatment is giving you ____consent

If a mentally competent adult refuses medical care, it it important to

An EMR has a legal duty to act:

In most cases treatment of a minor in an out of hospital setting must wait until

Which of the following concepts is the first and most important when providing patient care?

you are only EMS at accident, police on scene, unconscious 16 yr old has severe bleeding from head, you should

The section of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ACT(HIPPA)that most directly affects EMS relates to :

Events that the EMR would not likely be required to report to the state or federal agency include:

An uninvolved citizen who encounters a motor vehicle crash:

Several hours following death, a pt develops red/purple color area on parts of the body close to ground: this is called:

you are dispatched to school for 7 yr old boy who has a minor injury. child conscious, alert,no life threatening injury

You are vol EMR on 12 hr shift with 10 minutes left you are dispatched to call with poss fractured leg, you should