Chapters 1,2,3 Flashcards
Any emergency medical responder is operating as a designated agent of the
Medical Director
EMS personnel can treat an unconscious patient because the law acknowledges that a rational person with consent to treatment if they were unconscious, the principal is known as ————-consent
Implied
A policy said by an EMS medical Director that allows EMT to administer glucose to patients in certain circumstances without speaking to the physician is an example of a
Standing order
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated in before the patient has been transferred to someone equal or greater medical training is known as
Abandonment
Publishing, a false written statement about a person that damages, the reputation or character, is known as
Oral defamation
EMTs using a protocol book to guide them in delivering medical care to an injured patient. This is known as————— medical control
Off-line
The actions in care that an emergency medical worker is legally allowed to perform or referred to as their
Scope of practice
The majority of emergency medical services courses or talk today or based on models developed by the
National Highway, traffic safety administration
Children and mentally, incompetent adults are legally allowed to provide consent for their own treatment
False
Miners who are married, or of a certain age, and who are legally able to give consent for medical care, or known as
Emancipated
The___________ is legally responsible for the clinical and patient care aspects of an emergency medical service system
Medical Director
The right of a patient to make decisions about their medical care is termed
Patient autonomy
And EMTs obligation in certain situations to provide care to a patient is referred to as an
Duty to act
Making a false spoken statement that damages, a persons, reputation or character, is known as
Slander
The system of internal and external reviews and audit for all aspects of an emergency care system is known as
Quality improvement
Mentally competent adult of legal age who except care from an EMS crew, or said to give__________ consent
Expressed
Which agency is the federal source for the EMT education standards
National Highway, traffic safety administration 
What is the primary job of the EMT?
Ensure personal safety
This act of legislation protects people with disabilities from being denied access to programs and services that are provided by the state or local governments
Americans with disabilities act
What is not a component of an EMS system under the EMS agenda for the future
Certification reciprocity
What is an example of secondary prevention?
Providing cervical spine immobilization
The roles and responsibilities of an EMT include all of the following, except:
A. Performing a patient assessment
B. Upholding, medical and legal standards.
C. Providing legal advice to patients.
D. Ensuring and protecting patient privacy.
C. Providing legal advice to patients.
An example of teamwork in diplomacy is
Being able to communicate, while giving respect to the listener
The health insurance, portability and accountability act (HIPPA):
Limits the availability of a patient’s health care information
What is continuous quality improvement (CQI) and how is it used to help you ensure the safety of patient
Continuous quality improvement is a circular system of continuous internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system. By looking at all the components of an EMS system, the CQI process seeks to identify areas that need improvement and enables the problems to be resolved throughout remediation and training rather than through punitive measures. 
Why is EMS research a vital part in the evolution of patient management?
Research provides data that identify treatments that are beneficial and/or
lifesaving for trauma patients and knows that or not. Participation in EMS research empowers the EMT to help shape the future of trauma care.
Emergency care for a patient identified as an organ donor should not differ from the care provider to any other patient.
True
False
True
What NREMT certifications is considered to be the highest level a healthcare worker can obtain?
Paramedic
The level of EMS that involves medical training for those who are usually first on the scene of an emergency is:
Emergency medical responder
When a patient refuses care, he or she must sign a(n):
Release of liability form
Good Samaritan laws do not prevent someone from initiating a lawsuit, nor will they protect the rescuer from being found liable for acts of gross negligence and other violations of the law.
True
False
True
The first priority of any emergency medical responder is to:
Insure personal safety
An order from an EMS system on duty physician given by a radio is an example of:
On-line medical control
It is not necessary to explain all procedures and risk of treatment to the rational, conscious patient.
True
False
False
An unconscious patient must regain consciousness before consent can be granted and treatment can begin.
True
False
False
All of the following are considered signs incompatible with life except:
A patient that was involved in a motorcycle accident and has been decapitated
A patient last seen yesterday and is found to have stiff arms and legs
A patient that is found in their bed with very cold skin and signs of dependent lividity
A patient that was just seen five minutes ago and is found unconscious in the bathroom
A patient that was just seen five minutes ago and is found unconscious in the bathroom
An emergency medical responder’s duty to act continues throughout the call or until care is transferred to someone with equal or greater expertise.
True
False
True
The first concern of any emergency medical responder always must be______safety.
Personal
Adult patients who are mentally competent, have the legal right to refuse emergency medical care
True
False
True