NREMT Advanced EMT Practice Test #3 - Question List

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16. You have just stumbled upon a hurt man bleeding to death on the sidewalk as you were walking home from work. The man is bleeding very badly and it is obvious he needs sutures. You have a suture kit in your pocket that you forgot to give the doctor early during your shift when you got sidetracked. You are feeling experimental and decide to give the man stitches. What are you being when you decide to give the man stitches instead of calling for help?
  1. A Good Samaritan
  2. Working within your scope of practice.
  3. Negligent
  4. Productive
17. Richard has informed the nurses on duty and written in a patient’s chart that the patient that has just arrived is homeless and homosexual and therefore most likely is HIV Positive and a Meth addict. What act is Richard committing?
  1. Libel
  2. Slander
  3. Defamation of character
  4. Misfeasance
18. Eva was at soccer practice at her university and snapped her femur. She needs to be put in traction to prevent further damage and to prepare her to be moved. Eva appears to be in sound mind, yet she is refusing any form of treatment. Why can’t you help Eva?
  1. The coach won’t allow you to help Eva.
  2. Eva has not given her consent.
  3. Eva is crazy.
  4. You only help football players.
19. Paul may be getting fired from his job as an Advanced EMT because last week when he was at the mall, he gave CPR to a woman that wasn’t breathing and then left without making sure that the ambulance that was called came. Why is Paul in trouble?
  1. He failed to act as a good samaritan
  2. He performed outside his scope of practice
  3. He was negligent
  4. He abandoned his patient
20. You are on a run and see that there has been a serious car crash involving six cars. You are helping one patient out of a vehicle that may die. The patient realizes that he is severely injured and hands you a document conveying “do no resuscitate” orders. What do you, as an Advanced EMT, do?
  1. Continue helping the patient regardless of documentation
  2. Contact the medical direction physician
  3. Assume the patient is in an incapacitated state and keep helping
  4. All of the above

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