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11) Rules or standards that govern the conduct of members of a particular group or profession are called: A) Regulations B) Ethics C) Morals D) Statutes 12) You are on the scene where an 80-year-old female is unresponsive and has shallow, snoring respirations. The patient’s husband wants you to do nothing for the patient, but her daughter is crying and pleading with you to do something to help her mother. The patient lacks a DNR. The husband insists that his wife would not want to be “kept alive by machines.” Which of the following is the best course of action ethically? A) Follow the husband’s wishes, because he has the legal authority to make the decision while the daughter does not. B) Explain to the husband that you do not yet know what is wrong with his wife, that it may be something readily treatable, and that without a written order from her physician you cannot withhold treatment. C) Consider how you would feel if it was your spouse or parent, and ask yourself what you would want done. D) Find out more about the patient’s medical history in an attempt to determine if resuscitative measures would be futile. 13) Social, religious, or personal standards of right and wrong are called: A) Morals B) Culture C) Common laws D) Ethics 14) When analyzing an ethical problem, the method in which you ask yourself whether you would be willing to undergo a procedure or action if you were in the patient’s place is known as the: A) Universalizability test B) Rationalization test C) Impartiality test D) Interpersonal justifiability test 15) Which of the following questions should guide the paramedic in ethical decision making? A) “Have I consulted with medical direction?” B) “What legal liability will I face as a result of this action?” C) “What is in the patient’s best interest?” D) “What do the system protocols say?” 16) Your patient is a 49-year-old woman with terminal cancer. She has a DNR order, but her family has called 911 because the patient is having difficulty breathing and seems to be very uncomfortable. Making the patient as comfortable as possible demonstrates the ethical principle of: A) Beneficence B) Autonomy C) Justice D) Malfeasence 17) When students are working with patients under a preceptor in an EMS system, at what point should the preceptor inform the patients that their care, or part of it, is being performed by a student? A) This information should not be revealed to the patient. B) The patient should be informed after the procedure but only if there are no complications from the procedure. C) The patient should be informed if he asks what the caregiver’s qualifications are. D) The patient should be informed before procedures are performed, and the student should be allowed to proceed only with the patient’s consent. 18) The right of competent people to determine what happens to their bodies is one example of the principle of: A) Autonomy B) Libertarianism C) Democracy D) Agency 19) You are driving home late one night from a state-to-state interhospital transport. You are still in the other state driving home at 0200 hours when you come upon a single-vehicle MVC on a deserted stretch of the highway. You stop your ambulance, and you and your partner assess the scene and find out there is only one occupant of the vehicle and that the victim is unresponsive. If you initiate care and transport the patient to a hospital without summoning local EMS or fire, your actions could be considered: A) Illegal B) Unethical C) Inappropriate D) Unnecessary 20) Failure to stop and render assistance could be perceived by the patient’s family or other EMS providers as being: A) Illegal B) Unethical C) Appropriate