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CPR PRO homework chapter one(You will get more out of this open book quiz if you read the chapter first and then go back and look for the answers.)
CHAPTER 1: THE PROFESSIONAL RESCUER
Multiple Choice
Circle the correct answer.
1. Good Samaritan laws are designed to protect lay responders from—
a. The need to obtain consent before providing care.
b. Legal action, as long as they act in good faith and do not go beyond the scope of
their training.
c. Legal action as a result of sharing information about the victim with bystanders and
local media.
d. The need to legally document what was seen, heard and done at the scene.
2. Before providing care for a conscious injured or ill victim, you must first—
a. Obtain the victim’s consent.
b. Begin to write your record of what happened.
c. Announce to bystanders what you are going to do.
d. Find out if you have a duty to act.
3. Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of professional rescuers?
a. Ensuring personal and bystander safety.
b. Determining any threats to the victim’s life.
c. Providing needed care for the victim.
d. Ensuring that the victim returns to his or her previous state of health.
4. A victim of injury or illness refuses care. You should—
a. Tell the victim you are trained to help.
b. Honor the victim’s wishes and document the refusal of care.
c. Continue to provide care as needed.
d. Interview bystanders and fill out the incident report.
5. Negligence includes all of the following EXCEPT—
a. Providing inappropriate care.
b. Failing to provide care if you have a duty to act.
c. Failing to control or stop behavior that could result in injury.
d. Providing the standard of care.
6. Which statement best describes the emergency medical services (EMS) system?
a. The EMS system is organized to prevent injuries and sudden illnesses.
b. The EMS system is a network of community resources organized to care for victims
of injury and sudden illness.
c. The EMS system provides an ambulance to transport victims to the hospital.
d. Personnel and equipment for removing victims from dangerous locations are part of
the EMS system.
7. The role of the professional rescuer in the EMS system includes—
a. Transporting the victim to a hospital.
b. Providing instructions to the lay responder before the arrival of advanced medical
personnel.
c. Providing a critical transition between the actions of the lay responder and the care provided by more advanced medical personnel.
d. Serving as the field extension of the emergency physician.
Matching
Match each term with the correct definition.
8.
A. Abandonment
B. Negligence
C. Duty to Act
D. Scope of Practice
E. Standard of Care
F. Advanced Directives
___ Employees, who by occupation and job description, have a responsibility to provide
care at the scene of an emergency.
___ Set of skills and knowledge acquired in training and which a rescuer is authorized
by certification to practice.
___ Training guidelines and expectations of level of knowledge and skills for professional
rescuers.
___ Failure to follow the standard of care or failure to act, which results in injury or
causes further harm to a victim.
___ Leaving the scene of an emergency or ceasing to provide care for a victim before
someone with equal or greater training arrives and takes over.
____ Written instructions that describe the wishes of a person regarding
medical treatment or health-care decisions in the event the person becomes incapacitated
and can no longer express his or her wishes.
Multiple Answers
Choose the correct answer or answers.
9. Professional rescuers share important responsibilities that include—
a. When on the job, if willing, responding to an emergency.
b. Ensuring personal, fellow team member and bystander safety.
c. Determining what care hospital emergency personnel will perform.
d. Determining any life-threatening conditions.
e. Providing needed care for the victim.
10. Situations that require consent from the individual or a parent or guardian include—
a. An unconscious victim of a car accident.
b. A person who is conscious but in shock from a gunshot wound.
c. A person who is currently conscious but previously was unconscious, according to
statements given by bystanders at the scene.
d. A child who is with his parents but is unconscious from a playground accident.
e. A person who can talk and give information regarding his or her injury or illness.
f. An unconscious child at a sporting event who carpooled with another player’s family
but whose parent cannot be located.
g. A college student who is confused, whose speech is slow or who gives strange answers
about what happened or how she feels.
True or False
Circle True or False.
11. True False The vast majority of states and the District of Columbia have Good Samaritan
Laws.
12. True False Good Samaritan Laws protect people who willingly give emergency
care without accepting anything in return.
13. True False Good Samaritan Laws protect people from legal liability resulting
from a victim’s injury if they act in good faith to provide care outside
of their training.
14. True False Good Samaritan Laws may not protect a rescuer from legal liability
resulting from a victim’s injury if the rescuer ceased providing care
and left the scene of the emergency before another rescuer of equal or
more advanced training arrived to take over.
15. True False Good Samaritan Laws protect all professional rescuers all the time.
16. True False Since accuracy is important in completing your agency’s accident reports,
remember to record facts, names and personal opinions and
feelings when completing the forms.
17. True False You, the first rescuer, arrive on the scene of an injured minor whose parents are present.
The 15-year-old gives consent for you to treat him or her. You do not need
consent from a parent or guardian of the teenager.
18. True False A conscious adult victim has refused care, but iit is obvious to you that they will die without care. Because of the gravity of the situation, you, as a professional rescuer, do not need to honor his or her wishes and can give the desperately needed care.
19. True False You can stop giving CPRor other care when the ambulance arrives.
20. True False An adult victim has refused care. After that you are not required to explain why the care is needed and what might happen if they do not seek medical attention.
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