ECare - Chapter 4 (Medical/Legal and Ethical Issues)

Question 1

scope of practice

Answer 1

defines scope (extent and limits) of an EMT’s job

Question 2

standard of care

Answer 2

expected care to be provided

Question 3

three types of consent

Answer 3

expressed, implied, and consent to treat minors/incompetent patients

Question 4

expressed consent

Answer 4

given by legal adults and mentally competent

Question 5

implied consent

Answer 5

consent is presumed to be given if conscious

Question 6

in loco parentis

Answer 6

in place of a parent

Question 7

Criteria to refuse care

Answer 7

legally able to consent, awake and oriented, fully informed, sign a release form

Question 8

assault

Answer 8

placing a person in fear of bodily harm

Question 9

battery

Answer 9

causing bodily harm

Question 10

advance directive

Answer 10

instructions written in advance (ex. DNR)

Question 11

negligence

Answer 11

failure to act properly where there was a duty to act, lack of standard of care, and proximate causation

Question 12

tort

Answer 12

civil offense; action caused by negligence

Question 13

res ipsa loquitur

Answer 13

the things speaks for itself

Question 14

moral

Answer 14

personal standards of right and wrong

Question 15

ethical

Answer 15

social expectations for applying principles of right and wrong

Question 16

Good Samaritan laws

Answer 16

laws that limit legal protection for citizens and health care personnel when they are giving care

Question 17

libel

Answer 17

false, harmful info in written form

Question 18

slander

Answer 18

false, harmful info verbally

Question 19

safe haven law

Answer 19

person can drop off infant to police, fire, or EMS