CH4: Communication & Documentation - Practice Questions

when health care providers force their cultural values onto their patients because they believe their values are better, they are displaying:

a. ethnocentrism

b. proxemics

c. nonverbal communications

d. cultural imposition

cultural imposition

when communicating with an older patient, you should:

a. approach the patient slowly and calmly

b. step back to avoid making the patient uncomfortable

c. raise your voice to ensure that the patient can hear you

d. obtain the majority of your information from family members

approach the patient slowly and calmly

while caring for a 5 year old boy with respiratory distress, you should

a. avoid direct eye contact with the child, as this may frighten him

b. avoid letting the child hold any toys, as this may hinder your care

c. avoid alerting the child prior to a patient procedure

d. allow a parent or caregiver to hold the child if the situation allows

allow a parent or caregiver to hold the child if the situation allows

which of the following pieces of patient information is of LEAST pertinence when giving a verbal report to a nurse or physician at the hospital?

a. the patient’s name and age

b. the patient’s family medical history

c. vital signs that may have changed

d. medications that the patient is taking

patient’s family medical history

which of the following statements about the patient care report (PCR) is true?

a. it is not a legal document in the eyes of the law

b. it cannot be used for patient billing information

c. it helps ensure efficient continuity of patient care

d. it is intended for use only by the prehospital care provider

it helps ensure efficient continuity of patient care

a device that receives a low-frequency signal and then transmits it at a relatively higher frequency is called a:

a. duplex

b. scanner

c. repeater

d. receiver

repeater

when treating a potentially hostile patient, you should try to diffuse the situation by

a. assuming an aggressive posture

b. staring at the patient

c. speaking calmly, confidently, and slowly

d. verbally threatening the patient

speaking calmly, confidently, and slowly

all of the following are functions of the emergency medical dispatcher EXCEPT

a. alerting the appropriate EMS response unit

b. screening a call and assigning it a priority

c. providing emergency medical instructions to the caller

d. providing medical direction to the EMT in the field

providing medical direction to the EMT in the field

after receiving an order from medical control over the radio, the EMT should:

a. carry out the order immediately

b. disregard the order if it is not understood

c. obtain the necessary consent from the patien

d. repeat the order to the physician word for word

repeat the order to the physician word for word

when requesting medical direction for a patient who was involved in a major car accident, the EMT should avoid:

a. using radio codes to describe the situation

b. questioning an order that seems inappropriate

c. relaying vital signs unless they are abnormal

d. the use of medical terminology when speaking

using radio codes to describe the situation