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19 Cards in this Set
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Abandonment |
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater training. |
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Advance Directive |
A DNR order; instructions written in advacne of an event |
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Assault |
Placing a person in fear or bodily harm |
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battery |
causing bodily harm to or restraining a person |
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Confidentiality |
The obligation not to reveal info obtained about a patient except to other health care professionals involved in the patient's 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 action by the EMT |
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DNR |
a Legal document, usually signed by the patient and his physician, which states that the patient has terminal illnes and does not with to prolong life through rersuscitave efforts |
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Duty to act |
An obligation to provide care to a patient |
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Expressed consent |
Consent given by adults who are of legal ageand mentally competent to make rational decision in regard to their medical well-being |
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HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
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Implied Consent |
The consent it is presumed a patient or patient's parent or guardian would give if they could, such as for a unconscious patient or 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 or able to give consent |
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libel |
false injurious information in written form |
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Negligence |
a finding of failure to act properly in a situation in which ther was a duty to act, that needed care as would reasonably be expected of the EMT was not provided, and that harm was casued to the patient as a result. |
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POLST |
Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment |
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Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment |
Physicain ordrs that state not only the patient's wishes regarding resuscitation attempts but also that patient's wishes of artificial feeding, antibiotics, and other life-sustaining care if the person is unablw to state his desires later. |
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res ipsa loquitur |
"the thing speaks for itself" |
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Safe haven law |
a law that permits a person to drop of an infant or child at a police, fire or EMS station. |
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Scope of Practice |
a set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope and limits of the EMT's job |
