Chapter 1: Introduction to Outdoor Emergency Care Flashcards
Abandonment
The act of withdrawing one’s support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility
Assault
The act of making a person reasonable fear that battery will occur
Battery
The act of touching someone without his or her consent
Breach of duty
The failure to perform a promised act or obligation of due care
Charles Minot “Minnie” Dole
The founder and creator of the National Ski Patrol
Consent
Permission or approval to perform a proposed or requested action
Doctrine of public reliance
A reasonable expectation held by the general public that an OEC technician can and will provide first-aid services
Duty to act
A person’s legal obligation to perform an action
Ethics
The science (study) of morality or behavior that defines what is “good” or “right.”
Expressed Consent
Consent given when a competent injured person gives permission to provide first-aid treatment
Good Sumaritan Laws
Laws that protect a person from legal liability when the person volunteers to perform an act to help someone else
Gross Negligence
An intentional failure to perform a manifest duty in reckless disregard of the consequences as affecting the life or property of another. It also implies a thoughtless disregard of the consequences without the exertion of any effort to avoid them.
Health Insurances Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
A law requiring that medical personnel who are compensated for the services they provide maintain patient confidentiality during the electronic transmission of medical records
Implied Consent
A form of consent that is not expressly granted by a person, but instead is inferred from a person’s actions and the facts and circumstances of a particular situation
Informed Consent
Consent a person gives based on an appreciation and understanding of the facts, implications, and possible future consequences of an action
Minor Consent
Consent a parent or legal guardian gives for the treatment of a minor, because legally the minor is not competent to give consent to medical treatment. the ability to provide such consent varies among states.
National Medical Advisor
A licensed physician with an interest in outdoor/wilderness medicine and ski patrolling who is appointed by the NSP’s chairman and approved by the NSP board of directors to advise the NSP in all matters of medical concerns.
Chairs the National Medical Committee
National Medical Committee
A group of physicians that includes the Division Medical Advisor from each division of the NSP, the National OEC Program Director, and other physicians selected at large as approved by the National Board and the National Medical Advisor
National OEC Program Committee
A committee composed of all Division OEC Supervisors and the National Medical Advisor, and chaired by the National OEC Program Director.
Provides insight and guidance and guidance to the board of directors annually on matters related to the functioning of the OEC program
National OEC Program Director
A NSP member who is responsible to the board for the effective management and operation of the national OEC program. This individual is an active specialist in the field of outdoor medicine and is appointed by the NSP chairman and confirmed by the NSP board of directors. The OEC Program Director also chairs the committee
OEC Refresher Committee
A committee responsible for developing the annual OEC refresher program. It is appointedand supervised by th eOEC Program Director
National Ski Patrol System, INC
the largest winter rescue group in the world, as recognized by the US congress uner Title 36 of the US Code
Negligence
the failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person with similar training would exercise in a similar circumstance.
OEC
Outdoor Emergency Care.
A course of medical instruction developed and taught by the NSP.
Prehospital Care
Any medical care rendered by trained personnel prior to arrival at a hospital.
Refresher
Annual required continuing education training, usually given each year in the fall, that covers one-third of topics taught in the OEC curriculum
Standards of Care
A level of care and OEC tech must render based on OEC training, local medical protocols, and the requirements of a state’s EMS system
Standard of training
The training of NSP OEC technicians as set forth in the OEC course, using the text a reference
Winter Emergency Care
Text developed by Dr. Warren Bowman that was the precursor to the current OEC text
