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33 Cards in this Set
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Abandonment
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Unilateral termination of care by an EMT with out the patients consent and with out making provisions for transferring care to another medical professional with the skills and training necessary to met the needs of the patient.
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Advanced Directive
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Written document that specifies medical treatment for a competent person should the person become unable to make decisions: also called a living will.
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Applied Ethics
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The manner in which principles of ethics are incorporated into professional conduct.
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Assault
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Unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm.
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Battery
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Touching a person or providing emergency care without permission
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Bioethics
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The study of ethics related to issues that arise in health care.
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Breach of Confidentiality
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Disclosure information without proper authorization.
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Certification
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A process in which a person, and institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide a safe and ethical care.
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Compensatory Damages
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Damages awarded in a civil suit that intended to restore the person to the same condition that they were in prior to the incident being complained about.
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Competent
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Able to make rational decisions about personal well being
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Consent
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Permission to render care.
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Contributary Negligence
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A legal defense that may be raised when the defendant feels that the conduct of the plaintiff somehow contributed to any injury or damages that we sustained by the plaintiff.
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Decision making capacity
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Ability to understand process information and make a choice regarding appropriate medical care.
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Defamation
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The communication of false information about a person that is damaging to their reputation.
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Lividity
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Blood settling to the lowest point of the body causing discoloration.
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Deposition
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Oral questions asked to parties and witnesses under oath.
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Discovery
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The phase of a civil suit where the plaintiff and defense obtain information from each other that will enable the attorneys to have a better understanding of the case and which will assist in negotiating a possible settlement or preparing for trial.
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DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)
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Written document by a physian giving permission to medical personal to not attempt resuscitation in the event of cardiac arrest.
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Durable power of attorney for health care
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A type of advance directive executed by a competent adult that appoints another person to make medical treatment decisions on their behalf in the event that person loses their decision making capacity.
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Duty to Act
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A medico-legal term relating to certain personnel who either by stature or by function have a responsibility to provide care.
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Emancipated Minors
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A person who is under legal age in a given state but, because of other circumstances the court has legally deemed them an adult.
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Emergency
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A serious situation, such as an injury or illness that threatens that life or welfare of a person or group of people and requires immediate intervention.
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Emergency Doctrine
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The principle of law that permits a health care provider to treat a patient in an emergency situation when the patient in incapable of granting consent because of an altered level of consciousness, disability, the effects of drugs or alcohol or the patients age.
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EMC ( Emergency Medical Care)
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Immediate care or treatment.
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Ethics
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The philosophy of right and wrong, of moral duties and of ideal professional behavior.
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Expressed consent
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A type of consent in which a patient gives expressed authorization for provision of care or transport.
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False Imprisonment
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The confinement of a person without legal authority for person consent.
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Forcible Restraint
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The act of physically preventing an individual from initiating any physical action.
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Good Samartian Laws
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Statutory provisions enacted by many states to protect people from liability for errors and omissions in giving good faith emergency medical care, unless there is gross negligence.
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Governmental Immunity
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If your service s covered by immunity, it may mean that you can’t be sued r it may limit the amount of monetary judgment that the plaintiff may recover.
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Gross negligence
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Conduct that constitutes a willful or reckless disregard for a duty or standard of care.
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In local parentis
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Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take one some functions and responsibilities of a parent.
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Interrogatories
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Written questions that the defense and plaintiff send to one other.
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