Roles and Responsibilities Flashcards
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An EMT arrives on scene and finds a patient who refuses transport. What is the EMT's primary obligation?
Answer: Ensure the patient is competent and informed before accepting refusal
EMTs must verify the patient has decision-making capacity and understands the risks of refusing care before accepting a refusal.
Which action best demonstrates an EMT's responsibility for professional development?
Answer: Attending optional skills refreshers and staying current with protocol changes
Professional EMTs proactively pursue continuing education and stay current with evolving guidelines beyond minimum requirements.
An EMT witnesses a coworker falsifying a patient care report. What is the EMT's responsibility?
Answer: Report the falsification to a supervisor or appropriate authority
EMTs have an ethical and legal obligation to report documentation fraud to protect patient safety and professional integrity.
Which best describes the EMT's role in the EMS system's quality improvement (QI) process?
Answer: Participate by reviewing calls, identifying learning opportunities, and implementing feedback
EMTs are integral to QI by actively participating in case reviews and applying constructive feedback to improve future patient care.
An EMT is treating a patient when bystanders begin interfering with care. What is the appropriate response?
Answer: Calmly but firmly ask bystanders to step back and designate one helper if needed
EMTs should assertively manage the scene to ensure safe, uninterrupted patient care while remaining professional.
What does the EMT's duty to act refer to?
Answer: A legal and ethical obligation to provide care when a patient-provider relationship is established
Duty to act means an EMT is legally obligated to provide care once a patient-provider relationship has been established.
Which scenario represents an EMT acting within their scope of practice?
Answer: Assisting a patient with their prescribed nitroglycerin per protocol
Assisting patients with their own prescribed medications such as nitroglycerin is within standard EMT scope of practice per most protocols.