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18 Cards in this Set
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A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope or extent and limits of the emts job
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Scope of Practice
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Permission from the patient for care or other actions
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Consent
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Consent where adult is mentally competent and able to make rational decisions
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Expressed
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Consent assumed if patient is unconscious
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Implied
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Consent given by parent or guardian
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Children and mentally incompetent adults
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being held legally responsible
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liability
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Conditions that must be met for patient refusal of care
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-legal age or emancipated minor
-mentally competent and oriented -fully informed -signed release form |
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a legal document, signed by patient and physican stating the wish not to prolong life through resuscitative efforts
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DNR Do not Resuscitate
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instuctions written in advance of an event
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advance directive
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failure to act causing harm to patient
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negligence
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obligation to provide care
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duty to act
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leaving a patient before transferring to equal or greater medical treatment
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abandonment
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laws designed to provide legal protection for citizens that are administering emergency care
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good samaritan laws
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HIPAA
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health insurance portability and accountability act. law that protects privacy of patient- specific health care information and gives patient control of how information is distributed
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the obligation to not reveal information obtained about a patient except for other healthcare providers involved with that patients care
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confidentiality
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permission from the patient prior to treatment or action by the EMT
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consent
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An action or inaction that violates the standard of care expected from an EMT
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Breach of duty
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An action or inaction that immediately caused or worsened the damage
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proximate cause
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