Medical/Legal Issues

Question 1

All of the following are components to establishing negligence, except:

A. the EMT’s action or lack of action caused additional injury to the patient
B. the EMT violated the standard of care
C. the EMT was on duty with a paying EMS service (not volunteer)
D. the EMT has a duty to act

Answer 1

C.

Regardless of being paid or volunteering, the same components are required to established negligence.

Question 2

By law, the EMT is allowed to release confidential patient information without the patient’s or guardian’s permission in all of the following situations except:

A. when the press requests identifying information about the patient
B. a third-party billing form requires the information
C. another health-care provider needs to know the information for continued care
D. when the EMT is required by legal subpoena to provide information to the court

Answer 2

A. When the press requests identifying information about the patient

Question 3

While providing patient care at a secured crime scene, the EMT should:

A. not cut through holes in clothing possibly caused by bullets or stabbing(s)
B. pick up any evidence found and deliver directly to a police officer
C. cover the deceased patient with a sheet and remove the body to the ambulance
D. use the telephone to call in a report to medical control

Answer 3

A Not cut through holes in clothing possibly caused by bullets or stabbing(s)

Question 4

Most states require an EMT to report certain conditions or situations, including:

A. use of patient restraints
B. gunshot or stab wounds
C. suspected child abuse
D. all of the above

Answer 4

D All of the above