Chapter 3 Flashcards
Abandonment
Ending the care of an injured or ill person without obtaining that patient’s consent or without ensuring that someone with equal or greater training will continue care
Advance directive
A written instruction signed by that patient and a physician which documents a patient’s wishes if the patient is unable to communicate their wishes.
Assault
A crime that occurs when a person tries to physically harm another in a way that makes the person under attack feel immediately threatened.
Battery
A crime that occurs when there is unlawful touching of a person without the person’s consent.
DNR order
A type of advance directive that protects a patient’s right to refuse efforts for resusitation
Duty to act
Legal responsibility of some individuals to provide a reasonable standard of emergency care
Expressed consent
Permission to receive emergency care granted by a competent adult verbally or through gestures.
Implied consent
Legal consepts that assume a patient would consent to receive emergency care if he were physically able or old enough to do so
Living will
Type of advance directive that outlines the patient’s wishes about certain kinds of medical treatments and procedures that prolong life
Negligence
Failure to provide the level of care a person of similar training would provide causing injury or damage to another
Next of Kin
closest relatives of a deceased person; spouse or blood relative
Refusal of care
declining of care by a competent patient
Standard of Care
criterion established for the extent and quality of and EMR’s care
How to obtain consent
identify yourself state your level of training ask if you may help explain observations explain your plan of action
How to prove Negligence
EMR had a duty to act
EMR breached duty to act
Patient was harmed
Harm was due to EMR’s breach of duty
