Chapter 2 First Aid Flashcards
___ ______ is a network of trained professionals linked to provide advanced, out-of-hospital care for victims of sudden traumatic injury or illness.
EMS system
USDOT
United States Department of Transportation
EMTs
Emergency medical technicians
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
ABCs
Airway, Breathing, and Circulation
“a duty to take some action to prevent harm to another and for the failure of which one may be liable depending on the relationship of the parties and the circumstances.”
Duty to act
______ __ _____ occurs when you either fail to act or act inappropriately.
Breach of duty
“In the law of negligence, the degree of care that a reasonable person should exercise; under the law of negligence, the conduct demanded of a person in a given situation. Typically, this involves a person’s giving attention both to possible dangers, mistakes, and pitfalls and to ways of ensuring that these risks do not materialize.”
Standard or scope of care
Protects a civilian first aid provider from liability for medical care performed in good faith or medical care similar to that expected of another first aid provider with equal training.
Good Samaritan Act
“The relinquishing of a right or interest with the intention of never again claiming it.”
Abandonment
“Failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonably prudent would have exercised in a similar situation; any conduct that falls below the legal standard established to protect others against unreasonable risk of harm, except for conduct that is intentionally, wantonly, or willfully disregardful of other’s rights.”
Negligence
“The use of force against another resulting in harmful or offensive contact; an intentional and offensive touching of another without lawful justification–also termed tortuous battery.”
Battery
“Agreement, approval, or permission as to some act of purpose, especially given voluntarily by a competent person.”
Consent
“Consent that is clearly and unmistakably stated.”
Expressed consent
“Consent inferred from one’s conduct rather than from one’s direct expression.”
Implied consent
