EMT Test 1 Chapters 1-4 Review

Which of the following is true of medical control?

• it is determined by the dispatcher

• it may be written or "standing orders"

• it requires online radio or phone consultation

• it only affects ALS providers

The major goal of continuous quality improvement is:

• to perform quarterly audits of the EMS system

• to verify EMTs have received BLS/CPR training

• to ensure the public receives the highest standard care

• to verify the proper information is received in the billing department

A professional appearance and manner by the EMT will help build the patient's confidence and ease the patient's anxiety.

• true

• false

As a healthcare professional and extension of physician care, you are not bound by patient confidentiality.

• true

• false

_________ is federal legislation designed to limit the availability of patients' healthcare information and penalize violations of patient privacy.

• quality control

• ALS

• public health

• HIPAA

The _________ authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field

• EMS director

• medical director

• ER physician

• dispatch center

A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and the injured is called:

• ADA

• EMT

• PSA

• EMS

Permission for treatment obtained directly from a patient who is in need of care is

• written consent

• expressed consent

• implied consent

• emancipated consent

Patients who are able to legally consent to treatment are also able to decline it. This is more commonly referred to as:

• refusal of care

• healthy care proxy

• expressed consent

• advanced directives

When you have an unconscious patient and he is in need of care, what consent is used for this patient

• implied

• expressed

• refusal

• random