Brady Paramedic Care Third Edition Volume 1 Chapter 6

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The act of injuring a persons character, name, or reputation by false statements made in writing or through the mass media with malicious intent or reckless disregard for the falsity of those statements

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Libel

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Consent for treatment that is presumed for a patient who is mentaly, physically, or emotionally unable to grant consent. Also refered to as emergency doctorine.

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Implied consent

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Verbal, nonverbal, or written communication by a patient that he wishes to receive medical care

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Expressed consent

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The patients granting of permision for treatment

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Consent

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Act of injuring a persons character, name, or reputation by false or malicious statements spoken with malicious intent or reckless disregard for the falsity of those statements

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Slander

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The degree of care skill and judgement that would be expected under like or similar circumstances by a similary trained, reasonable paramedic in the same community

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Standard of care

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An action or inaction that violates the standard of care expected from a paramedic

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Breach of duty

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A formal contractual or informal legal obligation

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Duty to act

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deviation from accepted standards of care recognized by law for the protection of others against the unreasonable risk of harm

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Negligence

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A breach of duty by performance of a wrongful or unlawful act

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Malfeasance

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Laws that provide immunity to certain people who assist at the scene of a medical emergency

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Good Samaritan Laws

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A breach of duty by performance of a legal act in a maner that is harmful or injurious

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Misfeasance

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An intentional false communication that injures another person's reputation or good name

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Defamation

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Refers to compensable physical, psychological, or financial harm

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Actual damages

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Action or inaction of the paramedic that immediately caused or worsened the damage suffered by the patient

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Proximate cause

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A breach of duty by faliure to perform a required act or duty

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Nonfeasance

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An act that unlawfully places a person in apprehension of immediate bodily harm without his consent

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Assult

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Name 1 of the 4 types of Advance Directives?

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1.Living Will
2.Durable power of attorney for health care
3.DNR orders
4.Organ donor cards

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A DNR is commonly refered to as a type of what?

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Advance Directive

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The principle of law that prohibits the release of medical or other personal information about a patient without the patients consent

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Confidentiality

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Able to make an informed decision about medical care

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Competent

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Intentional and unjustifiable detention of a person without his consent or other legal authority

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False imprisonment

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Legal document, ussually signed by the patient and his physician, that indicates to medical personnel which if any, life sustaining measures should be taken when the patients heart and respiratory functions have ceased.

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Do not resuscitate order (DNR)

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A legal document that allows a person to specify the kinds of medical treatment he/she wishes to receive should the need arise

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Living Will

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The unlawful touching of another individual without his consent

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Battery

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A person under 18 years of age who is married, pregnant, a parent, a member of the armed forces, or financially independent and living away from home

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Emancipated minor

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Depending on the state law, this is usually a person under the age of 18

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Minor

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Law that is dervived from society's acceptance of customs and norms over time. Also refered to as case law or judge made law.

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Common Law

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Law created by lawmaking bodies such as congress and state assemblies. Also called Statutory law.

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legislative Law

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The minimal amount of force necessary to ensure that an unruly or violent person does not cause injury to himself or others

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Reasonable force

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Range of duties and skills paramedics are allowed and expected to perform

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Scope of practice

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A document created to ensure that certain treatment choices are honored when a patient is unconscious

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Advance Directive

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Law based on the U.S. Constitution

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Constitutional Law

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Enacted by governmental agencies at either the federal or the state level. Also called regulatory law.

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Administrative Law

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Division of the legal system that deals with wrongs committed against society or its members

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Criminal Law

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Division of the legal system that deals with non criminal issues and conflicts between 2 or more parties

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Civil Law

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A legal doctrine invoked by plantiffs to support a claim of negligence; It is a latin term that means "The thing speaks for itself"

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Res ipsa loquitur

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Division of the legal system that deals with civil wrongs committted by one individual against another

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Tort Law

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Exemption from legal liability

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Immunity

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Termination of the paramedic patient relationship without assurance that an equal or greater level of care will continue

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Abandonment

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consent to treatment granted by the authority of a court order

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Involuntary consent

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Consent for treatment that is given based on full disclosure of information

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Informed consent

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Legal responsibility

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Liability