Ch 4 Medical/Legal And Ethical Issues

Question 1

Scope Of Practice

Answer 1

A set of regulations and ethical considerations that find a scope, or extend and limits, of EMT’s job

Question 2

Standard of Care

Answer 2

For an EMT providing care for specific patient and his pacific situation, the care that would be expected to be provided by an EMT similar training when caring for a patient in a similar situation.

Question 3

Consent

Answer 3

Permission from the patient for car or other action by the EMT.

Question 4

Expressed Consent

Answer 4

Consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision in regards to their medical well-being.

Question 5

Implied Consent

Answer 5

The consent it is presumed a patient or patient’s parent or guardian would give if they could, such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when care is needed.

Question 6

In Loco Parentis

Answer 6

In place of a parent, indicating a person who may give consent for car of a child when the parents are not present or able to give consent.

Question 7

Liability

Answer 7

Being held legally responsible.

Question 8

Assault

Answer 8

Placing a person in fear of bodily harm.

Question 9

Battery

Answer 9

Causing bodily harm to or restraining a person.

Question 10

Do not Resuscitate (DNR)

Answer 10

A legal document, usually signed by patient and his physician, which states that the patient has a terminal illness and does not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts.

Question 11

Advance Directive

Answer 11

A DNR order; instructions written in advance of an event.

Question 12

Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

Answer 12

Physician orders that state not only the patient’s wishes regarding resuscitation attempts but also the patient’s wishes of artificial feeding, antibiotics, and other life sustaining care if the person is unable to set his desire later.

Question 13

Negligence

Answer 13

A finding of failure to act properly in a situation in which there was a duty to act, that needed care as would reasonably be expected of the EMT was not provided, and that harm was caused to the patient as a result.

Question 14

Tort

Answer 14

A civil, not criminal, offense; an action or injury caused by negligence from which a lawsuit may arise.

Question 15

Res Ipsa Loquitar

Answer 15

A Latin term meaning “the thing speaks for itself.”

Question 16

Duty to Act

Answer 16

An obligation to provide care to a patient.

Question 17

Abandonment

Answer 17

Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.

Question 18

Moral

Answer 18

Regarding personal standard or principles of right and wrong.

Question 19

Good Samaritan Laws

Answer 19

A series of laws, varying in each state, designed to provide limited legal protection for citizens and some health care personnel when they are administrating emergency care.

Question 20

Confidentiality

Answer 20

The obligation not to reveal information 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.

Question 21

HIPPA

Answer 21

The Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act, which includes the Privacy Rule protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed.

Question 22

Libel

Answer 22

Written defamation of character.

Question 23

Slander

Answer 23

Oral defamation of character.

Question 24

Organ Donor

Answer 24

A person who has completed a legal document that allows for donation of organs and tissues in the event of death.

Question 25

Safe Haven Laws

Answer 25

A law that permits a person to drop off an infant or child at a police, fire, or EMS station or to deliver the infant or child to any public safety personnel. The intent of the law is to protect children who may otherwise be abandoned or harmed.

Question 26

Crime Scene

Answer 26

The location where a crime has been committed or any place the evidence relating to a crime may be found.

Question 27

Ethical

Answer 27

Regarding a social system or social or professional expectations for applying principles of right and wrong.