3. Medical, Legal, And Ethical

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Patient specifically acknowledges that he or she wants you to provide care or transport. This consent may be verbal or nonverbal.

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Expressed consent or actual consent

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Consent given once you’ve explained the nature of the treatment being offered, along with the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment, as well as potential consequences of refusing treatment

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Informed consent

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The type of consent for when a person is unconscious or otherwise incapable of making a rational, informed decision about care and unable to give consent, consent is assumed. This applies only when a serious medical condition exists and should never be used unless there is a threat to life or limb. AKA the emergency doctrine.

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Implied consent

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Another name for implied consent

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The emergency doctrine

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A patient who is mentally incapable of providing consent. Consent should be obtained from a legal guardian. This type of consent is aka:

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Implied consent

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What if you cannot get consent for minor when an emergency exists?

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Consent is implied

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Who should you talk to prior to forcibly restraining someone?

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Medical control or law enforcement

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Who has the right to refuse?

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A conscious, alert adult with decision making capacity

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At what point can a patient refuse treatment?

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At any point

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What does HIPAA stand for?

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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What is an Advanced Directive

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A written document that specifies medical treatment for a competent patient, should he or she become unable to make decisions. Also known as a living will or a health care directive.

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What does POLST stand for?

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Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment

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What does MOLST stand for ?

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Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment

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What is the definition of Dependent lividity?

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Blood settling to the lowest point of the body, causing discoloration of the skin.

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What is the definition of Rigor mortis?

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The stiffening of body muscles caused by chemical changes within muscle tissue.

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Algor Mortis

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The cooling of the body until it matches the ambient temperature.

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What is the definition of Putrefaction ?

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Decomposition of body tissues. Depending on temperature conditions, this occurs sometime between 40 and 96 hours after death.

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What is Negligence?

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Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide in the same or a similar situation. It is deviation from the accepted standard of care that may result in further injury to the patient.

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What are the four factors of Negligence?

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Duty, breach of duty, damages, causation.

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What are Torts?

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Negligence, or civil wrongs.

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What is Ngeligence per se?

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Improperly administering care which potentially leads to injury

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What is abandonment?

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The unilateral termination of care by the EMT without the patient’s consent and without making any provisions for continuing care by a medical professional who is competent to provide care for the patient.

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What is the definition of Assault?

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Unlawfully placing a person in fear of immediate bodily harm. (Often verbal)

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What is the definition of Battery

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Unlawfully touching a person; this includes providing emergency care without consent.

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What is the definition of Defamation?

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The communication of false information that damages the reputation of a person.

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What is the definition of Libel?

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Defamation that is in writing.

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What is the definition of Slander?

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Defamation that is spoken.

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What is the definition for Dependent Lividity?

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Blood settling to the lowest point of the body, causing discoloration of the skin; a definitive sign of death.

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For a DNR order to be valid it must:

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Clearly state the patients medical problem

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The EMT’s scope of practice within his or her local response area is defined by who?

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The Medical Director

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Maintaining the chain of evidence at the scene of the crime should include?

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Not cutting through holes in the clothing that were caused by weapons

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The manner in which the EMT must act or behave when caring for a patient is called the:

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Standard of care