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Ethical & Legal Issues - Chapter 4 Flashcards

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What is another name for a DNR order or other instruction in advance of an event?

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Advance directive

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What is it called when a patient is left after care has been initiated and before transfer to another medical professional?

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Abandonment

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What is it called when a person is placed in fear of bodily harm?

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Assault

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What is it called when a person is harmed or restrained against their will?

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Battery

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What is obligation not to reveal information about a patient called?

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Confidentiality

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What are the three allowances for revealing patient information?

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  1. Other health professionals who need to know.
  2. Subpoena or court of law
  3. With signature from the patient
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Permission from the patient for care or other action by the EMT is called…

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Consent

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The location where a crime has been committed or any place that evidence relating to a crime may be found is called a…

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Crime scene

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A legal document which states the patient has a terminal illness and does not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts is called…

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A do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order

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The obligation to provide care to the patient is called…

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Duty to act

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The social system or expectations for applying principles or right and wrong is called…

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Ethics

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Consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision is called…

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Expressed consent.

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A series of laws designed to provide limited legal protection for citizens and some health care personnel providing emergency care is called…

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Good Samaritan Laws

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The federal law protecting privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed is called…

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Being held legally responsible is called…

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Liability

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False or injurious information in written form is called…

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Libel

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Personal standards of right and wrong are called…

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Morals

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A failure to act properly in a situation that causes the patient harm is called…

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Negligence

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A person who has completed a legal document that allows for organ and tissue donation in the event of death is called an…

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Organ donor

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“Res ipsa loquitur” is a Latin term meaning…

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The thing speaks for itself

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A law that permits a person to drop of an infant or child at a station or to station personnel (instead of abandoning or seeing harm brought on the child) is called…

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Safe Haven Laws

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A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scrip, extent, and limits of the EMTs job is called…

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Scope of practice

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False or injurious information stated verbally is called…

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Slander.

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The expected care for specific patients in specific situations according to training.

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Standard of care

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A civil offense resulting from an injury caused by negligence from which a lawsuit may arise is called…

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Tort.

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What three groups of people cannot offer expressed consent?

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  1. Minors
  2. Mentally disabled
  3. Unconscious/unresponsive
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What are the four criteria for a patient to refuse care or transport?

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  1. The patient must be mentally competent and orientated
  2. The patient must be fully informed
  3. The patient must sign a release form
  4. The patient must be of legal age
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What are the three circumstance required to prove negligence?

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  1. The EMT had duty to act
  2. The EMT did not provide the standard of care
  3. The EMT’s action or inaction cause the patient harm
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What are the four types of medical conditions that may be listed on a medical identification device?

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  1. Heart condition
  2. Diabetes
  3. Allergies
  4. Epilepsy

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