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NREMT Paramedic

Category - Operations

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Paul may be getting fired from his job as an EMT because last week when he was at the mall he gave CPR to a woman who 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.
Explanation
Answer: D - He abandoned his patient. Once an EMT has initiated treatment, arbitrarily discontinuing treatment without assuring further care is abandonment. Abandonment is the termination of the EMT -patient relationship without assuring continuation of care. In a hospital setting, abandonment may occur if an EMT delivers a patient without turning care over with a full report to another medical provider of their licensure or higher.
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