Professional Responsibities

Question 1

Define Dignity

Answer 1

The state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect.

Question 2

Identify cultural differences that impact patient dignity

Answer 2

Language barriers, cultural stereotyping, eye contact, personal space and social norms

Question 3

Discuss legislative and regulatory requirements related to patient confidentiality:

Answer 3

The principle of law that prohibits the release of medical or other personal information
about a patient without the patients consent

Question 4

Explain common quality assurance and enhancement process:

Answer 4

A program designed to maintain continuous monitoring and measurement of the quality of clinical core
delivered to patients

Question 5

Describe the characteristics of local emergency medical services:

Answer 5

Provision of EMS is delegated to municipalities, cities, EMS departments and are separate from Fire/ Police, but EMS standards are still provincially set

Question 6

Describe EMS characteristics in Canada:

Answer 6

Canadian EMS has remained a provincially or territorially responsibility

Question 7

Identify professional associations for paramedics in Canada:

Answer 7

The paramedic association of Canada, Paramedic associations of various provinces and territories

Question 8

Describe the professional role of paramedic associations:

Answer 8

The NOCP gives licensing and professional bodies a way to compare programs from different jurisdiction
standards and works by enabling the mobility act.

Question 9

Define ethics

Answer 9

The rules or standards that govern the conduct of members of a particular group or profession

Question 10

Define patient advocacy

Answer 10

Performing in the best interests of the patient despite the wishes/demands of other parties, despite
personal/religious beliefs, and while maintaining patient confidentiality.

Question 11

List situations where patient advocacy

Answer 11

Child abuse, elder abuse, inability to cope or assault

Question 12

What is professional development

Answer 12

Only through continuing education and recertification can the public be assured that quality patient care
is being developed consistently

Question 13

Discuss strategy for professional improvement

Answer 13

Mentoring programs, research projects, MCI drills, in hospital rotations, refresher course, self study
exercises

Question 14

Distinguish qualitative and quantitative research methodology

Answer 14

Qualitative Research – usually deals with data that are nonnumeric; i.e. male/female
Quantitative Research – numerical in nature; i.e. temperature

Question 15

Define evidence based practice:

Answer 15

The practice in health care in which the practitioner systemically finds, appraises and uses the most
current and valid research findings as the bars for clinical data.

Question 16

Define scope of practice

Answer 16

Range of duties and skills paramedics are allowed and expected to perform

Question 17

What is medical oversight?

Answer 17

Is a responsibility of the medical director; a physician responsible legally for all clinical and patient
care aspects of an EMS system

Question 18

What is a protocol

Answer 18

The policies and procedures for all components of EMS; principles for managing certain patient
conditions

Question 19

What is a standing order

Answer 19

Preauthorized treatment procedures; a type of treatment protocol; a standardized approach to common
patient problems

Question 20

Define directives and guidelines:

Answer 20

Medical directives are designed to guide a paramedic in the provision of timely and appropriate
care to ill and injured patients in pre-hospital

Question 21

Describe the process to be followed if no protocol, standing order, directive or guideline covers
it:

Answer 21

Protocols are established for special circumstances such as DNR, abuse, refusal termination of CPR
etc. Although protocols standardize field practices, they should also allow the paramedic the
flexibility to improvise and adapt to special circumstances

Question 22

What are the rights of the patient?

Answer 22

respectful care, to obtain info, physician info, to refuse treatment, privacy, patient
records remaining confidential, accredited EMS care, continuity of care, see bill, rules

Question 23

Describe criminal law as it applies to the paramedic practice

Answer 23

Division of the legal system that deals with the wrongs committed against society or its members; it
applies to paramedicine because paramedics need to know how to make good medical and legal
decisions

Question 24

Describe the role of the paramedic in the management of a real or potential crime scene

Answer 24

Preserve evidence, document evidence, on scene observations.
*Main priority and role of the paramedic in a crime scene is your/the paramedics safety and crime
scene awareness.

Question 25

Describe the requirements of a legal testimony:

Answer 25

In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter obtained by a
witness

Question 26

Describe the ethical and legal requirements for reporting real or suspected situations of abuse;
from ethical and legal perspectives:

Answer 26

Duty to act in a formal contractual or informal legal obligation to provide care