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NREMT Paramedic

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The EMT Code of Ethics describes which of the following as an EMT’s responsibility?
  1. A fundamental responsibility of the Emergency Medical Technician is to conserve life, to alleviate suffering, to promote health, to do no harm, and to encourage the quality and equal availability of emergency medical care.
  2. An EMT is responsible to help anyone who asks for help.
  3. An EMT is responsible to respond to any emergency they know about.
  4. An abiding responsibility of the Emergency Medical Technician is to be at the ready without break or hesitation and regardless of their schedule.
Explanation
Answer: A - The EMT Code of Ethics adopted by the National Association of EMT’s in 1978 and written by Dr. Charles Gillespie describes the ethical commitments the NAEMT believes inform the role of EMT. An EMT has specific duties to act, but is not obliged to help everyone who asks, is not obliged to respond off duty and has a duty to take needed breaks for sleep and decompression to be in good form when they actually have a duty to act.
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