Medical Examination NREMT Questions & Answers

• Question 41:

  A law that provides protection to someone who provides help too an injured person from legal action is known as what?

  A. No law exists

  B. Duty to act

  C. Good Samaritan law

  D. EMT Registration

  Correct Answer: C

  Under the common law, Good Samaritan laws provide a defense against torts over the activity of attempted rescue.

• Question 42:

  This practice of protecting yourself and your patient from the transfer of bodily fluids is known as what

  A. Wearing Gloves

  B. Body Substance Isolation

  C. Universal Precautions

  D. Being Safe

  Correct Answer: B

  Body substance isolation is a practice of isolating all body substances (blood, urine, feces, tears, etc.) of individuals undergoing medical treatment, particularly emergency medical treatment of those who might be infected with illnesses such as HIV, or hepatitis so as to reduce as much as possible the chances of transmitting these illnesses

• Question 43:

  If a patient refuses treatment and an EMT treats the patient anyway what crime and the EMT be charged with

  A. Medical Malpractice

  B. Battery

  C. Slander

  D. Kidnapping

  Correct Answer: B

  To treat a patient without some form of legal consent could be considered Battery

• Question 44:

  You are dispatched to 123 Somewhere Rd to a call for an injured woman as you approach the door or the home a man answers opens the door and tells you "this is none of your business" and to "get out of here". What is the correct course of action in this case.

  A. Return to the ambulance and tell dispatch that the patient has refused care

  B. Reason with the man and explain that the women may need medical attention

  C. Return to the ambulance drive a safe distance away and call for the police to help

  D. Barge past the man and help the woman in the home

  Correct Answer: C

  As an EMT you should never place yourself in harms way, if you feel a situation may be dangerous you should always wait for assistance from the police.

• Question 45:

  You are dispatched to the scene of a 9 years old girl who has been struck by a car, Police are unable to reach her parents. What gives you the ability to treat the girl.

  A. Expressed Consent

  B. Revoked Consent

  C. Implied Consent

  D. Informed Consent

  Correct Answer: C

  In the absence of a parent or guardian, evaluation, treatment and/or transport of a child should not be delayed pending parental consent. Therefore consent is "implied" assuming the parent would want you to help there child.

• Question 46:

  Food poisoning may be difficult in the field to diagnose due to its broad range of symptoms and time it takes to make the patient ill. All of the following are types of food borne illness except?

  A. Salmonella

  B. Champylobacter

  C. Encephalitis

  D. Escherichia coli (E. coli)

  Correct Answer: C

  Encephalitis is an infection of the brain usually viral in nature. All of the others are indeed food borne illnesses.

• Question 47:

  Patients who inhale poisons to get high are often referred to as _____________?

  A. Puffers

  B. Sniffer

  C. Inhalers

  D. Huffers

  Correct Answer: D

  Huffing usually occurs by placing a small amount of chemical, glue, paint or cleaner in a paper bag and then the huffer places the bag over their mouths and/or noses and then they inhale deeply. This causes an anoxic response in the brain which causes all of the blood vessels to dillate. This gives the huffer a period of euphoria and then a pounding head ach.

• Question 48:

  Kids and poisonous ingestions usually occur ____________?

  A. Accidentally

  B. Forced upon them

  C. Purposeful self inflection

  D. Abuse\neglect

  Correct Answer: A

  Most child poisonous ingestions occur accidentally, they explore with their mouths, once they find something new they usually place it in their mouths to taste.

• Question 49:

  There are few antidotes for the number of poisons available, so what is the treatment goal for a poisoning if there is no antidote?

  A. Removal of poison

  B. Limiting the absorption

  C. Treatment of symptoms

  D. Eliminating the target organ

  Correct Answer: B

  If a particular poison does not have an antidote the next best treatment is to limit the amount of the poison to be absorbed. Activated charcoal is often use to absorb ingested poisons. Brushing off powered poisons or flushing with high volumes of water will block slow or prevent absorption. once the absorption has been assured or contraindicated then you are left to treating symptoms.

• Question 50:

  Routes of entry for accidental poisoning is the same as for allergic reactions. What route is the most common route of entry for a poisoning?

  A. Injection

  B. Absorption

  C. Ingestion

  D. Inhalation

  Correct Answer: C

  Ingestion is the number one cause of accidental poisoning mostly secondary to children eating or drinking stuff they shouldn't. Smaller children explore with their mouths, they don't have enough dexterity or experience with much other than eating or placing things in their mouths, hence drinking or eating things which could be hazardous to them.