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Health Skills-EMR1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name

Class

Date

You are first to arrive on scene of a patient who has had a motor vehicle accident. He is still in the vehicle , which has power lines draped across the hood. You should:

carefully remove the patient from the vehicle w/o touching any metal

ask the patient to crawl out of the vehicle

put on rubber gloves and carefully move the power lines away

advise the patient to remain still and immediately contact the power company

Any sick or injured patient should be transported to the closest hospital, regardless of the patient's condition

True

False

EMRs are legally obligated to accompany the patient in the back of the ambulance to the hospital

False

True

The EMR is usually the last medically trained person to arrive at the scene

Ture

False, usually the first

False, but I don't know why

An EMR will Most likely preform what at the scene of a cardiac arrest?

initiation of an intravenous line

insertion of an endotracheal tube

CPR and defibrillation

administer medications

When documenting the events of an emergency call, the EMR should NEVER include the treatment provided before EMS arrival.

False

True

You arrive at the scene of an incident involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian. The paramedic unit is not there. There is a 16 year old patient who is unconscious and bleeding from the head....

begin immediate treatment and ask a law enforcement officer to attempt to contact the child's parents

contact the child's parents first before rendering any care

keep curious by standards away from the scene

You are dispatched to an elementary school for a 8 year old boy. The child is conscious, alert, and does not appear to have any life-threatening injuries. What do you do?

Begin treatment of the child

Ask a teacher to contact the child's parents to obtain consent for you to begin treatment

Allow the teacher to sign a patient refusal form because the child does not require treatment

Send the child to the nurses office

Which of the following terms defines what the nurse aide can and cannot do?

Job Description

Nurse Practice Act

Scope of Practice

OBRA

10.

Rules, regulations, and laws, though they may vary from state to state or region to region, that govern the practice of emergency responders are considered to be:

scope of practice

proximate causation

negligence

protocols

11.

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

implied

expressed

refusal

random

12.

Children are allowed to give medical consent?

True

False

13.

What must be obtained before patient information is disclosed?

patient permission

a court order

a DNR order

none of the above

14.

An emergency medial responder (EMR) has a legal duty to act

even when outside of their response jurisdiction

if they encounter an emergency scene while not on duty

while employed by an agency as an EMR

15.

Emergency Medical Responders or EMRs are trained to provide basic medical care with minimal equipment.

True

False

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Health Skills-EMR1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

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