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As a chiropractor, your scope of practice may entitle you to be a what and provide emergency stabilization>

A

Doctor On Duty

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In emergency situations it is part of the responsibility of being a?

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Healthcare Provider

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A delay of as little as how many minutes when a person’s heart stops can mean death?

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4 minutes

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What is the value to yourself knowing what to do in an emergency situation?

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Care for your own injuries

Develop safety awareness & promote injury prevention

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What is the value to others knowing what to do in an emergency situation?

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Allows you to offer proper assistant to family members, coworkers, acquaintances and strangers.

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What types of areas present unique first aid challenges?

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Urban Areas
Remote Occupations
Remote Communities
Developing Countries

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What is the immediate assessment and stabilization provided when a person has been injured or is suddenly ill?

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First Aid

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First aid does not take the place of what?

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Proper Medical Care

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First aid also includes recognizing a serious medical emergency and knowing what?

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How to get help

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First aid can mean the difference between?

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Life vs Death
Rapid Recovery vs Long Hospitalization
Temporary vs Permanent Disability

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You can be sued for rendering first aid, however the risk can be minimized if you do what steps?

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Get victims consent
Follow guidelines
Don't exceed training
Explain any first aid you will give
Stay with the person after you start
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What is permission that the victim must give before first aid can be given?

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Consent

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It is unlawful to begin first aid without the victims consent so therefore touching another person without his/her consent is known as?

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Battery

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When consent is obtained from an alert mentally competent person of legal age is it known as?

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Expressed Consent

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What is acceptable for obtaining expressed consent?

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Nod of Head

Verbal Indication

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What is it called when it’s assumed or implied that an unresponsive victim would consent to lifesaving interventions?

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Implied Consent

17
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An alert victim who doesn’t resist the administrations of a first aider is also assumed to have given?

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Implied Consent

18
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In order to care for children or mentally incompetent consent must be obtained from who?

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Parent or Legal Guardian of child/victim

19
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When a life threatening situation exists and a parent/guardian is not present, first aid should be given based on what?

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Implied Consent

20
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If an alert and mentally competent rejects help what should you do?

A

Explain the situation to the victim and what you intend to do
Call 911
Try to persuade victim to accept care
Try to have witnesses of refusal

21
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Who is the only person with the authority to restrain and transport a person against the person’s will?

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Police Officer

22
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Once you respond to an emergency, you must not leave a victim who needs continuing first aid until another competent and trained person takes responsibility for the victim. If you leave this is considered?

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Abandonment

23
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What is failure to follow the accepted standards of care, resulting in further injury to the victim?

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Negligence

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What is the faiure to do what a reasonably prudent person with the same or similar training would do in the same or similar situation?

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Act of Omission

25
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What is doing something that a reasonably prudent person would not do under the same or similar circumstances?

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Act of Commission

26
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The law requires you to report what?

A

Rape
Abuse
Gunshot Wounds

27
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You do not have to help a stranger unless you have a legal obligation to that person or you were involved in the events that led to the victims injuries. This is known as?

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Duty to Act

28
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You have a duty to act if you?

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designated by employer to provide first aid
licensed by state to give emergency care
have preexisting relationship with victim

29
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What are the laws that are designed to protect trained health care providers from lawsuits arising from emergency care provided while not on duty?

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Good Samaritan Laws

30
Q

The good samaritan laws are designed to encourage people to assist others in distress by granting them what?

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Immunity against lawsuits

31
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Good samaritan laws protect the rescuer?

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Acting during an emergency
Not on duty
Acting in good faith with good intentions
Acting without compensation
Not guilty of malicious misconduct or gross negligence toward the victim

32
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Effective prevention uses a combination of what 3 E’s?

A

Education
Enforcement
Engineering

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