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27 Cards in this Set
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Abandonment |
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient had been transferred to someone edited equal or greater medical training. |
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Advanced directive |
A DNR order; instructions written in advance of an event. |
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Assault |
Placing a person in fear of bodily harm. |
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Battery |
Causing bodily harm to our restraining a person. |
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Confidentiality |
The obligation not to reveal information obtained about a patient except to other health care professionals involved in the patients care or under subpoena or in a court of law or when the patient has signed a release of confidentiality |
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Consent |
Permission from the patient for care or other actions by the EMT. |
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Crime scene |
The location where a crime has been committed it any place that evidence relating to a crime may be found |
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Do not resuscitate (DNR) order |
A legal document, usually signed by the patient and his physician, which states that the patient has a terminal illness and fitted not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts |
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Duty to act |
An obligation to provide care to the patient |
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Ethical |
Regarding a social system or social or professional expectations for applying principles of right and wrong |
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Expressed consent |
Consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision in regards to their medical well being |
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Good Samaritan laws |
A series of laws, varying in each state, designed to provide limited legal Peterson for citizens and since health care personnel when they are administering emergency care |
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HIPPA |
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed |
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Implied consent |
The consent it is presumed a patient or patients parent or guardian would give if they could, such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when care is needed. |
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In loco parentis |
In place of a parent, indicating a person who may give consent for care of a child when the parents are not present our able give consent |
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Liability |
Being held legally responsible |
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Libel |
False injurious information in written form |
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Moral |
Regarding personal standards out principles of right and wrong |
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Negligence |
A funding of failure to act properly in a situation in which there was a duty to act that needed care as would reasonably be expected of the EMT was not provided, and that harm was caused to the patient as a result |
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Organ donor |
A person who has completed a legal document that allows for donation of organs and tissues in the event of death. |
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Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) |
Physician orders that state not only the patient's wishes regarding resuscitation attempts but also the patient's wishes of artificial feeding, antibiotics, and other life-sustaining care of the person is unable try state his desires later |
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Res ipsa loquitur |
A Latin teen meaning "the thing speaks for itself" |
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Safe haven law |
A law that permits a person to drop off an infant or child at a police, fire, or EMS station or to deliver the infant or child to any available public safety personnel. The intent of the law is to protect children who may otherwise be abandoned or harmed |
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Scope of practice |
A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope, or extent and limits, of the EMT's job |
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Slander |
False injurious information stated verbally |
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Standard of care |
For an EMT providing care for a specific patient in a specific situation, the care that would be expected to be provided by an EMT with similar trading when caring for a patient in a similar situation. |
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Tort |
A civil, not criminal, offense; an action or injury caused by negligence from which a lawsuit may arise |
