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19 Cards in this Set
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emergency medical care
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Immediate care or treatment.
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competent
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Able to make rational decisions about personal well-being.
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Good Samaritan Laws
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Statutory provisions enacted by many states to protect citizens from liability for errors and omissions in giving good faith emergency medical care, unless there is wanton, gross, or willful negligence.
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informed consent
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Permission for treatment given by a competent patient after the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been explained.
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expressed consent
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A type of consent in which a patient gives express authorization for provision of care or transport.
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medicolegal
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A term relating to medical jurisprudence or forensic medicine.
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advanced directive
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Written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a competent patient should the patient become unable to make decisions.
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standard of care
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Written, accepted levels of emergency care expected by reason of training and profession; written by legal or professional organizations.
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consent
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Permission to render care.
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battery
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Touching a patient or providing emergency care without consent.
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certification
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A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.
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abandonment
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Unilateral termination of care by the EMT-B without the patient's consent and without making provisions for transferring care to another medical professional with skills at the same level or higher.
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negligence
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Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide.
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implied consent
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Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
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assault
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Unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm.
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emergency
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A serious situation, such as injury or illness, that threatens the life or welfare of a person or group of people and requires immediate intervention.
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DNR (DO NOT RESUSICITATE) Orders
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Written documentation giving permission to medical personnel not to attempt resuscitation in the event of cardiac arrest.
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forcible restraint
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The act of physically preventing an individual from treating any physical action.
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duty to act
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A medicolegal term relating to certain personnel who either by statute or by function have a responsibility to provide care.
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