Identify the situation where a physician can refuse treating a patient even if the case is an emergency:

• a. Danger to the life of the patient

• b. Danger to life of the doctor

• c. Danger of not being able to collect a professional fee

• d. None

Select the injury that is immediately life-threatening that can occur after a vehicular accident and should be identified for appropriate and immediate management:

• a. Hemothorax

• b. Flail chest

• c. Pulmonary contusion

• d. Diaphragmatic rupture

Any member of the Board of Medicine can be removed by the President of the Philippines, after due investigation, for the following charges EXCEPT:

• a. Incompetency

• b. Unprofessional conduct

• c. Neglect of duty

• d. Jealousy

Before a physician can perform a surgical procedure, the patient's informed consent should. Which of the following is incorrect?

• a. Patient must have adequate reasoning faculties

• b. Patient must have all the relevant facts

• c. Physician can proceed without the consent in case of emergency

• d. Physician can proceed without consent if patient has severe intellectual disability

Select the INCORRECT statement regarding a physician's role in multi-media exposure:

• a. Articles written must be evidence-based.

• b. Physician can make a specific diagnosis given the pertinent facts.

• c. Physician should be well informed about the matter under discussion.

• d. Physician should only make a general opinion.

• CODE OF ETHICS OF THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Select the INCORRECT statement regarding burial:

• a. No remains shall be buried without a death certificate.

• b. No unembalmed corpse shall be unburied in more than 7 days.

• c. The cost of burial shall be borne by the nearest kin.

• d. Where remains are buried shall be at least 1.5 meters deep.

• CODE ON SANITATION OF THE PHILIPPINES:

This is the part of the fingerprint that goes from one side of the pattern to another and does not make a loop:

• a. Composites

• b. Loops

• c. Arch

• d. Whorls

• Types of Fingerprint Patterns:

A dead body was discovered in the woods by children hiking. The description of the body is as follows: the whole body is grossly swollen and disfigured, with hair, nails, tissues loose, and discolored. It is presumed by the medical coroner that the body has been dead within:

• a. 12 hours

• b. 72 hours

• c. 48 hours

• d. 24 hours

• Chronological Sequence of Putrefactive Changes Occurring in Tropical Regions:

The person was the victim of an electrical accident while fixing a jumper on the Meralco line. You explained to the relatives that the death is most probably due to:

• a. Burns
• b. Cardiac arrhythmia

The patient's obligation to their physician is:

The following women have had sex with Don Juan. Who committed adultery? Adultery is committed by:

When a driver is intoxicated with alcohol, it leads to higher incidents of road accidents for the following reasons, EXCEPT:

During the lecture in a conference or scientific meeting, the product mentioned should be the:

During the arraignment, a person is unfit to enter a plea with the occurrence of the following, EXCEPT:

Which of the following points to a homicide rather than suicide?

Dorothy claimed that she was raped by the suspect. She claimed that the doctor said she has the Chadwick's sign, a presumptive sign that a woman is pregnant. This refers to:

A well-respected lawyer contracted HIV because of engaging in sexual relations with multiple male partners. He, however, refused to seek treatment and even did not tell his family for fear of disappointing them. His refusal to seek treatment, even after his doctor has fully explained his options, shows an exercise of his right to:

Patient Maria needs to be referred to a specialist. In choosing the criteria to evaluate a specialist for patient referral, consider the following, except:

In a severely decomposed body, to identify the sex, scrapings of the buccal mucosa to identify the Barr bodies are seen in?

Which of the following best describes euthanasia?