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NREMT Advanced EMT Practice Test #3

Category - EMT-I/99

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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
Explanation
Answer - D - Once an Advanced EMT has initiated treatment and arbitrarily discontinues treatment without assuring further care, it is considered abandonment. Abandonment is the termination for the Advanced EMT-patient relationship without assuring continuation of the care. Advanced EMTs should not initiate care and then arbitrarily discontinue it. This can also take place within a hospital setting. For example, leaving a patient unattended on an emergency room stretcher without getting help and having the patient further deteriorate can be considered abandonment.
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