Chapter 3: Medical, Legal, Ethical Issues Flashcards
Consent
-Expressed: PT expresses ackowledgement of care
-Informed: Explained nature of treatment with risks, benefits etc
-Implied: PTs that cant care from themselves and allows treatment to them w/o expressed consent
Standard of care
Written, accepted levels of emergency care expected by reason of training and profession; written by legal or professional organizations so that patients are not exposed to unreasonable risk or harm
In loco parentis
Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the functions and responsibilities of a parent
Advance Directives
-Written document that specifies medical treatment (living will)
Living will also known as health care directive
-DNR
Physical signs of death (Definitive vs Presumptive
Definitive:
-Rigor mortis- stiffing
-Algor mortis- cooling
-Putrefication- Decomposing
Presumptive:
-More evidence is needed
-Unresponsive
-Absence of breathing
-No BP
Durable vs General POA
-Durable for health care
-General for all other events
Scope of practice
Care legally allowed to provide
Standard of care
How to behave and/or act
Duty to act
Individuals responsibility to provide patient care
-once treamtment has begun
Negligence
Failuire to provide the care:
-Duty
-Breach of duty
-Damages
-Causation
Abandonment
-Unilateral termination of care by EMT
-Turn over PT
Where:
-ER
-On scene
Good samaritian laws
-Good faith
-Without comp
-Within scope of training
-Did not act in negligent manner
Consent vs Decision Making Capacity
Consent- All coherent and stable pts must give consent before treatment is applied
Decision making capacity- The pts ability to understand the information being provided
Interrogatories
Written questions that each side sends to the other
Depositions
Oral questions asked of parties under oath
